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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Netshell
Single-player alternative to Homicide Desk — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Homicide Desk.
A 90s-themed hacking simulation with real shell commands and authentic techniques, set inside a UNIX-style operating system from 1997 with accurately recreated applications. Scan ports, exploit vulnerabilities, evade traces, join the underground, and live the Wild West era of the early internet.
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Kingfisher - An Autism Tale
Single-player alternative to Homicide Desk — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Homicide Desk.
Experience how people with autism see, feel and interact with the world around them in this thrilling detective adventure, taking place near the Belgian coast and in the woods around a local nature reserve.
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Russian Prison Tattoo Simulator
Single-player alternative to Homicide Desk — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Homicide Desk.
Become a tattoo artist in Russian Prison. Get introduced to tattoo iconography and special meanings of Russian Prison tattoos
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The Last Night of Olivia Harrow
Single-player alternative to Homicide Desk — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Olivia Harrow was found dead in her Harborview Tower apartment. The police ruled it an accident. A slip, a fall, a tragic head injury. Case closed. But not everyone is convinced... You've been hired as a private investigator to find out the truth. Can you crack the case?
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PolyCity Stories - The Affair
Single-player alternative to Homicide Desk — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Homicide Desk.
The first short story from PolyCity. A point and click adventure delving into the dark and dirty polygonated corners of the City of angles... mostly right angles. The Affair follows a soft boiled/over easy private detective as he unpicks an organised crime syndicate operating across the city.
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Gnosis
Single-player alternative to Homicide Desk — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Homicide Desk.
A dark atmospheric test that asks you to see things in new ways, including the experience of playing itself. In this love letter to flash horror, explore 60 ending permutations and reactivity to your answers, as the game not only allows but implores you to play and break it how you see fit.
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Accident Investigator Simulator: Black Box
Single-player alternative to Homicide Desk — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Homicide Desk.
Step into the role of a federal investigator and uncover the truth behind every disaster. Recover black boxes, cross-reference evidence, expose contradictions, and name the real cause before an innocent takes the fall. Every conclusion matters in this tense investigation sim full of twists.
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ROUGH KUTS: Night of the Living Dead
Single-player alternative to Homicide Desk — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Homicide Desk.
Interactive Film: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD