Single-player games like CATAL CARTA
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to CATAL CARTA, 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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Kamiya Detective Agency: High School Girl Vanished in The Summer
Single-player alternative to CATAL CARTA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with CATAL CARTA.
A mystery set in Fukuoka, Japan. Former cop Kengo Kamiya and assistant Hikaru tackle a high school girl's disappearance. A "Photoreal Novel" fully utilizing actual photos and AI. Enjoy snappy banter and unexpected twists in this simple, choice-driven mystery visual novel.
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TellTale - Casino Murder Case
Single-player alternative to CATAL CARTA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with CATAL CARTA.
[Telltale - Casino Murder] is a full-voice indie mystery game with the youngest lawyer, Kang Ho-yeon, who reveals the truth of the casino murder case and achieves innocence at trial.
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Sarawak
Single-player alternative to CATAL CARTA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with CATAL CARTA.
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
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The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Single-player alternative to CATAL CARTA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with CATAL CARTA.
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
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Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Single-player alternative to CATAL CARTA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with CATAL CARTA.
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
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Little Locked Rooms
Single-player alternative to CATAL CARTA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with CATAL CARTA.
Grab your magnifying glass and peek inside a series of tiny dioramas filled with crimes and carefully crafted mysteries! Think outside the box and solve them all in this new brand of detective game!
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The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass
Single-player alternative to CATAL CARTA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with CATAL CARTA.
An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.
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Subsurface Circular
Single-player alternative to CATAL CARTA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with CATAL CARTA.
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.