Single-player games like Stories Terminal
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Stories Terminal, 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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The Darkest Files
Single-player alternative to Stories Terminal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Stories Terminal.
Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?
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Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
Single-player alternative to Stories Terminal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Stories Terminal.
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
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TR-49
Single-player alternative to Stories Terminal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Stories Terminal.
A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
Single-player alternative to Stories Terminal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Stories Terminal.
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
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Her Story
Single-player alternative to Stories Terminal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Stories Terminal.
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
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Subsurface Circular
Single-player alternative to Stories Terminal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Stories Terminal.
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
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Freud's Bones-the game
Single-player alternative to Stories Terminal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Stories Terminal.
Infiltrate, rule and rescue the mind of the father of Psychoanalysis: Sigmund Freud, in this surreal and obscure adventure. Take control of his inner voice, choose his destiny, solve clinical cases, save or condemn your patients, all whilst trying to save Freud from himself.
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Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
Single-player alternative to Stories Terminal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Stories Terminal.
A wild tale of conspiracy, loss, friendship, and... chickens?! Two rooster detectives are about to venture into the insect underworld to uncover a worldwide conspiracy, while also battling their inherent demons in this animal noir adventure satire.