Single-player games like Not a Dog
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Not a Dog, 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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Freight Dogs
Single-player alternative to Not a Dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Not a Dog.
Earn your badge as a Freight Dog in the Animal Enlightenment Age world of Sarrow. Trust is currency and you carry it in every letter, package, and secret whispered between man and beast. Explore at your own pace, forge your own path, and let every delivery tell its own story.
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Tailgate
Single-player alternative to Not a Dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Not a Dog.
Hyde, an aging labrador retriever, wakes up and realizes that Derek, his beloved Human has disappeared. The doggo reluctantly leaves the house to investigate, only to find himself in the middle of an ancient dog prophecy.
- 3
Dimhaven - The Lost Source
Single-player alternative to Not a Dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Not a Dog.
Are you ready for an adventure? Challenges, exploration and puzzles in a narrative driven experience, pick up your camera and test your wits in this first-person mystery by the team behind Quern!
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Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
Single-player alternative to Not a Dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Not a Dog.
In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.
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The Forgotten City
Single-player alternative to Not a Dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Not a Dog.
The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.
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Cat Detective Albert Wilde
Single-player alternative to Not a Dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Not a Dog.
Play as the Cat Detective Albert Wilde. Walk, talk, interrogate, joke, solve a mystery, and experience an old film noir setting with humanoid animal characters. A story of quantum theory and parallel universes served with a lot of humour.
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Observer: System Redux
Single-player alternative to Not a Dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Not a Dog.
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
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Paradise Killer
Single-player alternative to Not a Dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Not a Dog.
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.