Single-player games like Homicide Desk
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Homicide Desk, 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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Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
Single-player alternative to Homicide Desk — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
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The Operator
Single-player alternative to Homicide Desk — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Homicide Desk.
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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Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
Single-player alternative to Homicide Desk — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Homicide Desk.
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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Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
Single-player alternative to Homicide Desk — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Homicide Desk.
You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!
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Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
Single-player alternative to Homicide Desk — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Homicide Desk.
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.
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No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Single-player alternative to Homicide Desk — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Homicide Desk.
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
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Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
Single-player alternative to Homicide Desk — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Homicide Desk.
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
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Cellveillance
Single-player alternative to Homicide Desk — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Homicide Desk.
"Cellveillance" is a detective drama entertainment product, you will visit the apartment every day, and the entire apartment is responsible for everything that happens in the apartment, a mysterious organization asks you to return the information of the residents.