Single-player games like One helluva day
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to One helluva day, 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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Embers Of Spiritflame
Single-player alternative to One helluva day — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with One helluva day.
Embers of Spiritflame is an Emotional Point & Click detective adventure about the exploration of an old abandoned house. Inside, You go through comic book-inspired levels and begin to uncover why everyone is missing. View events and memories of the place and piece the story together.
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The Uncovering
Single-player alternative to One helluva day — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with One helluva day.
In a modern city's daily life, become detective Xiquan, interview suspects face-to-face, catch cracks in their words, use evidence to shatter composure. Shift between viewpoints, gather fragments, trace connections, peel away twisted lies and fixations—until the truth surfaces.
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Turtle Soup World
Single-player alternative to One helluva day — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with One helluva day.
Turtle Soup World – lateral-thinking mystery game. Each chapter: one strange case. Explore, inspect, question NPCs, ask the host Yes/No/Both questions to find the truth. Works with local LLM or API.
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Mutropolis
Single-player alternative to One helluva day — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with One helluva day.
MUTROPOLIS is a lovely sci-fi adventure set on the abandoned Planet Earth. Play as Henry Dijon (hero, nerd, detective) in search of a legendary lost city. Uncover weird ancient artifacts. And PLEASE don’t get obliterated by an ageless evil. You’ve been warned.
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Nine Noir Lives
Single-player alternative to One helluva day — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with One helluva day.
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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Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit
Single-player alternative to One helluva day — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with One helluva day.
Legends of the past come back to life in this charming point-and-click adventure. Pack your bags and journey with Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit through modern day Europe to uncover the conspiracy behind a cursed relic and the secrets of the King who was never crowned.
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Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure
Single-player alternative to One helluva day — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with One helluva day.
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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The Darkside Detective
Single-player alternative to One helluva day — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with One helluva day.
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.