Single-player games like Detective Gallo
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Detective Gallo, 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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Not Another Weekend
Single-player alternative to Detective Gallo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Gallo.
A hilariously madcap point-and-click adventure as a determined bellboy tasked with clearing out a bustling hotel in just one wild weekend! Can he manage the chaos and evict all the guests? The clock is ticking!
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Adventures of Bertram Fiddle 2: A Bleaker Predicklement
Single-player alternative to Detective Gallo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Gallo.
A Bleaker Predicklement is a hilarious AND mysterious point and click adventure game. Explore smoggy alleys, meet suspicious characters and help Bertram as he finds himself framed for a murdering he did not commit!
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Chicken Police - Paint it RED!
Single-player alternative to Detective Gallo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Gallo.
A wild tale of love, death, chickens, and redemption! Chicken Police is a buddy-cop noir adventure with a carefully crafted world, a gritty story, and absurd humor. The game mixes classic adventure games with visual novel-style storytelling, presented in a beak-droppingly unique art style.
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Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure
Single-player alternative to Detective Gallo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Gallo.
Crazy cultists. Cthulhu. A talking cat. Gibbous takes you on an expansive, traditionally animated, hand-painted adventure. Play as three protagonists and explore a lushly rendered Lovecraft-inspired world, unraveling ancient conspiracies. A comedy cosmic horror adventure made in Transylvania!
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Nine Noir Lives
Single-player alternative to Detective Gallo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Gallo.
Stretch your legs, clean your whiskers, and dive into Nine Noir Lives. Enjoy a "point-and-lick" comedy-noir adventure, full of humour, crazy characters, and intriguing locations. Solve challenging puzzles and answer the immortal question: how many things need to be licked to solve a murder in this town?
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Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure
Single-player alternative to Detective Gallo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Gallo.
A comedic point-and-click adventure where a hungover antique dealer must solve his own robbery in Paris, dragging himself and his friends into a wildly idiotic journey!
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Loco Motive
Single-player alternative to Detective Gallo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Gallo.
There's been a murder aboard the Reuss Express, and you're the suspects! Prove your innocence in this comedy 'point n' click' murder mystery - packed with twists, laughs, and larger-than-life characters!
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Inspector Waffles
Single-player alternative to Detective Gallo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Gallo.
Murder. Nothin’ nice about it. In this old school detective adventure, step into the boots of whip-smart Inspector Waffles and travel the city to track hidden clues, interrogate shady suspects, and unravel a dangerous mystery. But be warned: curiosity killed the cat...
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Sam & Max Hit the Road
Single-player alternative to Detective Gallo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Gallo.
Grab your nightstick, squeal like a siren, and Hit the Road with Sam & Max, Freelance Police, as they attempt to crack their toughest case.
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Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal"
Single-player alternative to Detective Gallo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Gallo.
The super-suave agent, SPY Fox, must find Mr. Udderly, rescue all the cows, and stop William the Kid from depleting the worlds supply of milk. Using ingenious SPY gadgets, keen wits, and daring moves, SPY Fox, jumps out on an udderly exhilarating adventure!
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Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Single-player alternative to Detective Gallo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Gallo.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
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The Curse of Monkey Island
Single-player alternative to Detective Gallo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Gallo.
The only pirate adventure that asks the question: What's sharper, your sword or your wit?