Single-player games like Backup 94
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Backup 94, 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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The Hunter Files: Case One
Single-player alternative to Backup 94 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backup 94.
The Hunter Files: Case One is a story driven point and click adventure about a private detective caught in routine work. What starts as a simple surveillance job slowly turns into a missing person case, told through dialogue, puzzles, and exploration.
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Aurora Hills: Chapter 3
Single-player alternative to Backup 94 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Backup 94.
Aurora Hills: Chapter 3 is the third and final part in series of point and click puzzle adventure games. Follow the journey of Ethan Hill, a park ranger tasked with investigating strange disappearances from a national park and uncover the mystery of Aurora Hills!
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The Other Side of the Wall
Single-player alternative to Backup 94 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Backup 94.
Julian Reed is a 13-year old student at a New England all-boys Catholic boarding school in the early 1980s. When people begin disappearing and no one else seems to remember they ever existed, Julian investigates, with the help of a girl he has never seen, separated from him by a wall.
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Chief? About That File...
Single-player alternative to Backup 94 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Backup 94.
Step into an atmospheric 1990s police archive. Inspect, classify, and organize 3,360 unique criminal dossiers, crack safes, and uncover crime syndicates in this immersive first-person archival detective simulator.
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Lost Key - The Path of Illumination
Single-player alternative to Backup 94 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Backup 94.
An ancient order that protects a secret, kept hidden for centuries. An unexpected crime that causes you to be accused of the murder of a friend. Solve the mysteries and puzzles of a story full of esotericism to prove the truth about your innocence and hold the real murderer responsible.
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Tommy Gun Marionettes
Single-player alternative to Backup 94 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backup 94.
The witches are killing again, harvesting organs from the dead. Special Agent Bram works the backstreets, chasing the witches as the bodies fall. Tommy Gun Marionettes is a point and click noir adventure in a world of witches, squidfolk, pigfolk, and people who'd rather he stopped asking questions.
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Case Solved: The London Files
Single-player alternative to Backup 94 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Backup 94.
Solve logic puzzles and crack multiple cases in a cosy noir London using reason, not guesswork. Murders have taken place, witness statements conflict and the alibis don't add up. Everyone has a motive, and only clear logic reveals the truth.
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Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to Backup 94 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backup 94.
The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.