Single-player games like Dean Archer Stories: The Missing Detective
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Dean Archer Stories: The Missing 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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Hillthorn
Single-player alternative to Dean Archer Stories: The Missing Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dean Archer Stories: The Missing Detective.
A disappearance in a secluded community. A mountain hiding its secrets. A detective running out of time. Welcome to Hillthorn, a dark investigation game that invites you to uncover the mystery without a single word spoken, using your skills of logic and intuition through cards.
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Black File
Single-player alternative to Dean Archer Stories: The Missing Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dean Archer Stories: The Missing Detective.
Istanbul, after midnight. Black File is a noir detective game: investigate crime scenes, examine evidence in 3D — rotate it, zoom in, read the back — then use what you find to break a suspect's story.
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Across Crime
Single-player alternative to Dean Archer Stories: The Missing Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dean Archer Stories: The Missing Detective.
A deduction game where every case challenges you to uncover who committed the murder, with what, and where. Step into the shoes of Leah Sharp, a detective working for an agency that uses neural synchronization to send its investigators into reconstructed crime scenes across time and space.
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BLACKMIND: Psychic Social Simulator
Single-player alternative to Dean Archer Stories: The Missing Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dean Archer Stories: The Missing Detective.
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
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Still Life
Single-player alternative to Dean Archer Stories: The Missing Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dean Archer Stories: The Missing Detective.
Still Life 2 also now available!
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Post Mortem
Single-player alternative to Dean Archer Stories: The Missing Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dean Archer Stories: The Missing Detective.
After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…
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The Operator
Single-player alternative to Dean Archer Stories: The Missing Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dean Archer Stories: The Missing Detective.
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
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Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
Single-player alternative to Dean Archer Stories: The Missing Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Dean Archer Stories: The Missing Detective.
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.