Single-player games like Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder, 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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Murder on the Marine Express
Single-player alternative to Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder.
A mystery visual novel taking place aboard the underwater train Marine Express. Follow student Ranko Togawa on her quest to find the culprit on the murder of an accompanying teacher... with lots of surprises along the way!
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Bottoms Up!: Part 1
Single-player alternative to Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder.
In equal measures funny, strange and dark crime investigation mystery, set in a unique fantasy world, inspired by Slavic folklore and some of the classic fantasy archetypes (although they are looking quite a bit drunk around here...)
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Fateful End: True Case Files
Single-player alternative to Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder.
Solve your own murder in this thrilling true crime adventure game. You've come face-to-face with your fate and someone close to you is going to kill you...unless you find out who it is before the time runs out!
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Murder On The Island
Single-player alternative to Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder.
Murder on the Island is a Visual Novel story, which takes place on a beautiful tropical island, where one of the 14 vacationers found murdered. Paul Parker, the owner of the island has only one week to find out what happened on the first night.
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Sarawak
Single-player alternative to Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder.
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
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TellTale - Casino Murder Case
Single-player alternative to Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder.
[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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Whispers of the Luminaries Part 1
Single-player alternative to Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder.
Idol-themed murder mystery. Play as a detective, solve logic puzzles, and shape your relationships in this VN inspired by Danganronpa & Famicom Detective Club.
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Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
Single-player alternative to Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder.
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
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Sherlock Holmes - Nemesis
Single-player alternative to Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder.
This new Sherlock Holmes game sends us to 19th Century London where Arséne Lupin, a young French burglar with an impressive track record, has just challenged Scotland Yard and the most famous of detectives - Sherlock Holmes.
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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Single-player alternative to Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder.
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
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Couch Detective
Single-player alternative to Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder.
Couch Detective is a text-based deduction game hosted by AI. Ask questions to uncover bizarre yet logical truths. You can also feed the AI your ideas to generate new puzzles and share them with friends.
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Snowball Saves Summer
Single-player alternative to Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder.
Roll and fling Snowball through 30 levels across multiple worlds to bring the kidnapped Snow Queen back to the North Pole. Each level has three Golden Snowflakes that unlock special rewards and upgrades when collected. Defeat the boss of each world, rescue the queen, and save summer!