Single-player games like Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator, 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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My Arms Are Longer Now
Single-player alternative to Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator.
You are a yucky long-armed thief. Snake through levels, retract like a vacuum cord, or put on a sock to seduce a lonely guard - whatever it takes to pull off the perfect heist!
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MISCHIEF MANDARIN
Single-player alternative to Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator.
Step into a lighthearted adventure where wit beats power and laughter is the best revenge. Play as a brave kid who pulls ingenious pranks on an arrogant mandarin to stand up for bullied friends and villagers. Enjoy a game packed with clever tricks, playful challenges, and nonstop fun!
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Beware of the Cartographer!
Single-player alternative to Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator.
Map a mysterious land during the Age of Enlightenment. Draw the border between two warring kingdoms. Meet the locals. Juggle their demands with the requirements of your mission. Ethical dilemmas, secret plots, strange phenomena… will you be able to bring peace back to the land?
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On a Summer Night
Single-player alternative to Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator.
"Today, I would like to tell you about one night. One night that changed my life." On a Summer Night is a short point-and-click visual novel.
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The Darkside Detective: Backside of the Moon
Single-player alternative to Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator.
You'd think that after 20+ cases, there'd be no crime left in Twin Lakes - but that's not how crime works, rookie. Six new mind-melting mysteries await Detective McQueen and Officer Dooley - just as soon as they get the mustard out of Dooley's gun.
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Magret & FaceDeBouc "The buddy-buddy case"
Single-player alternative to Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator.
Control the unlikely duo of detectives Magret, a refined duck, and FaceDeBouc, a diabolically opposed goat! Help them solve the mystery of the murder of Mr Couane, a local shopkeeper found turned into sausages, in this cartoonish point-and-click police investigation.
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Петя и Волк: дело об артефакте приключений
Single-player alternative to Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator.
An Exciting Adventure Filled with Puzzles, Mini-Games & Captivating Gameplay! Help Petya and the Wolf find their missing parents, solve mysterious secrets, and conquer the challenges of parallel worlds. Switch between characters, use their unique abilities, and overcome obstacles!
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Just in Crime
Single-player alternative to Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator.
Just in Crime is a detective video game in which you play a detective dog and a wizard cat. With a twist; you are able to travel back in time and examine the crime scene a few seconds before it happened.
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#BLUD
Single-player alternative to Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator.
Save your friends, fight off the vampire apocalypse, and survive the horrors of freshman field hockey practice in #BLUD, a delightfully zany animated dungeon crawler that blurs the line between action RPGs and hyperkinetic 90s cartoons.