Single-player games like L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files, 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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L.A. Noire
Single-player alternative to L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files.
In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.
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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Single-player alternative to L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files.
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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Scene Investigators
Single-player alternative to L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files.
Scene Investigators is a hardcore deductive reasoning game for fans of the "true crime" genre. Step into re-created crime scenes, observe closely for pieces of evidence, analyze possible motives behind the crimes, and uncover what truly happened.
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The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Single-player alternative to L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files.
Become the greatest detective of all time in The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, a twisting, turning investigation game set in a faithfully-reproduced London of 1898. As Sherlock Holmes, you must find clues, interrogate suspects and unveil a mystery in a story full of twists!
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Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
Single-player alternative to L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files.
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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Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
Single-player alternative to L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files.
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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Max Payne
Single-player alternative to L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files.
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…
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Chinatown Detective Agency
Single-player alternative to L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files.
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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Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Single-player alternative to L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files.
From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness. Set in the Viking age, a broken Celtic warrior embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover.
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Red Dead Redemption 2
Single-player alternative to L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files.
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Single-player alternative to L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files.
Five years ago Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas... a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and corruption. Where filmstars and millionaires do their best to avoid the dealers and gangbangers. Now, it's the early 90s. Carl's got to go home.
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Single-player alternative to L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files.
Welcome to Vice City. Welcome to the 1980s. From the decade of big hair, excess and pastel suits comes a story of one man's rise to the top of the criminal pile.
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Red Dead Redemption
Single-player alternative to L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files.
Experience the story of former outlaw John Marston as he tracks down the last remaining members of the notorious Van der Linde Gang in the PC debut of the critically acclaimed predecessor to Red Dead Redemption 2.
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: It’s the early ’90s. After a couple of cops frame him for homicide, Carl ‘CJ’ Johnson is forced on a journey that takes him across the entire state of San Andreas, to save his family and to take control of the streets.
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Grand Theft Auto III
Single-player alternative to L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files.
Welcome to Liberty City. Where it all began. With stellar voice acting, a darkly comic storyline, a stunning soundtrack and revolutionary open-world gameplay, Grand Theft Auto III is the game that defined the open world genre for a generation.
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files.
Welcome to the 1980s. From the decade of big hair and pastel suits comes the story of one man's rise to the top of the criminal pile. Grand Theft Auto returns with Tommy Vercetti’s tale of betrayal and revenge in a neon-soaked tropical town full of excess and brimming with possibilities.