Single-player games like Whispers of a Machine
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Whispers of a Machine, 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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Kathy Rain
Single-player alternative to Whispers of a Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Whispers of a Machine.
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
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Chinatown Detective Agency
Single-player alternative to Whispers of a Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Whispers of a Machine.
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
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The Blackwell Legacy
Single-player alternative to Whispers of a Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Whispers of a Machine.
When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.
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Gemini Rue
Single-player alternative to Whispers of a Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Whispers of a Machine.
Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.
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Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
Single-player alternative to Whispers of a Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Whispers of a Machine.
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
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Technobabylon
Single-player alternative to Whispers of a Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Whispers of a Machine.
A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.
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Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
Single-player alternative to Whispers of a Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Whispers of a Machine.
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
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Unavowed
Single-player alternative to Whispers of a Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Whispers of a Machine.
A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.
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Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to Whispers of a Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Whispers of a Machine.
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.