Single-player games like Dead Wrong Detective
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Dead Wrong Detective, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Doodle Date
Single-player alternative to Dead Wrong Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Dead Wrong Detective.
Romance, seduce, and even marry your own drawings! Forget about finding true love; In Doodle Date, you create it!
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Monster Prom 4: Monster Con
Single-player alternative to Dead Wrong Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Dead Wrong Detective.
Can you find love at the nerdiest convention ever? "Monster Con" goes back to the multiplayer dating sim formula: go through absurd and funny situations as you find love among six sexy monsters! Who will you romance? The mimic who cosplays? The idol clown? Or the eldritch cutie? (There's also Liam)
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Arcadia Fallen
Single-player alternative to Dead Wrong Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dead Wrong Detective.
Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.
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Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain
Single-player alternative to Dead Wrong Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Dead Wrong Detective.
A comic book adventure of freelance supervillainy, petting cats, and/or destroying capitalism in which your choices determine success in a series of daring heists and capers.
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Petit Game Collection vol.1
Single-player alternative to Dead Wrong Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Dead Wrong Detective.
A spin-off minigame collection of "Needy Streamer Overload". Meet your internet angel in this retro-style game world!
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Misadventures of Laura Silver
Single-player alternative to Dead Wrong Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dead Wrong Detective.
Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.
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Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
Single-player alternative to Dead Wrong Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Dead Wrong Detective.
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
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Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Single-player alternative to Dead Wrong Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dead Wrong Detective.
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.