Single-player games like Genuine Article
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Genuine Article, 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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Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
Single-player alternative to Genuine Article — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Genuine Article.
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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Subsurface Circular
Single-player alternative to Genuine Article — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Genuine Article.
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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The Darkest Files
Single-player alternative to Genuine Article — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Genuine Article.
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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Post Mortem
Single-player alternative to Genuine Article — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Genuine Article.
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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Chinatown Detective Agency
Single-player alternative to Genuine Article — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Genuine Article.
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
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Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
Single-player alternative to Genuine Article — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Genuine Article.
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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Staffer Reborn
Single-player alternative to Genuine Article — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Genuine Article.
Staffer Reborn is a game of supernatural abilities and logical deduction set in 1960s America. It tells the story of a man trapped in a cycle of death and resurrection caused by his supernatural ability and the investigator who was recruited to help.
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Lucifer Within Us
Single-player alternative to Genuine Article — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Genuine Article.
Solve 3 increasingly intricate murders by examining the evidence -- find the motive, the means, and the opportunity. Use testimonies of the suspects as evidence by examining every detail for contradictions... and signs of sin. Purify the possessed. Purge the daemons.