Single-player games like Contraband Police
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Contraband Police, 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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Police Simulator: Patrol Officers
Single-player alternative to Contraband Police — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Contraband Police.
Welcome to Brighton! Join the police force of this fictitious American city and experience the day to day life of a police officer.
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Border Officer
Single-player alternative to Contraband Police — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Contraband Police.
Usually everyone is unemployed here. But by chance you got a job. You'il work for the state.Everyone in your family is sick or unemployed, only you can help them. You're an immigrant officer.
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The Occupation
Single-player alternative to Contraband Police — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Contraband Police.
The Occupation is a fixed-time, investigative thriller set in North West England on Saturday 24th October, 1987.
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Papers, Please
Single-player alternative to Contraband Police — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Contraband Police.
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
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Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
Single-player alternative to Contraband Police — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Contraband Police.
Command the checkpoint in a collapsing city. Screen survivors, manage scarce resources, and hold back the undead. Every choice matters and one mistake could unleash the plague beyond your walls.
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Gas Station Simulator
Single-player alternative to Contraband Police — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Contraband Police.
Buy an abandoned gas station and restore it to its full glory. Renovate, upgrade and expand upon the offered services to keep up with your clients demands.
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Car Dealer Simulator
Single-player alternative to Contraband Police — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Contraband Police.
Uncover a goldmine in the used car market! Sniff out deals, buy low, modify, and sell high. Your journey from amateur grease monkey to car dealer magnate awaits. How fast will you rise in this lucrative venture?
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Euro Truck Simulator 2
Single-player alternative to Contraband Police — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Contraband Police.
Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.
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That's not my Neighbor
Single-player alternative to Contraband Police — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Contraband Police.
It's 1955, and for unknown reasons, doppelgangers are more common than usual. Therefore, the Department of Doppelganger Detection (D.D.D.) has taken action. You are the doorman of an apartment complex, and you must decide whether to let in those who claim to be your neighbors.
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Booth: A Dystopian Adventure
Single-player alternative to Contraband Police — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Contraband Police.
The year is 2036. In this famine-riddled world, food-centric sovereignty has been established. Living alone inside a food-inspection booth, you are striving to find truth and peace beyond the borderline.
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Death and Taxes
Single-player alternative to Contraband Police — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Contraband Police.
In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!
- 12
Thief Simulator 2
Single-player alternative to Contraband Police — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Contraband Police.
The door to your robber’s career is waiting! Just crowbar the lock off and force your way through the threshold. Learn skills, collect tools and become a master of the thieving trade!
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Ravenous Devils
Single-player alternative to Contraband Police — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Contraband Police.
A horror cooking simulator where the secret ingredient is crime. Improve your shops, buy new tools, expand your menu, and above all, make your customers happy.
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Lil' Guardsman
Single-player alternative to Contraband Police — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Contraband Police.
Imagine you're a 12 year old, suddenly in charge of the guard shed at the castle gate, where you decide if elves, goblins and 100+ other characters should be admitted. It's a wonderful combination of deduction, narrative and puzzle games.
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Discounty
Single-player alternative to Contraband Police — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Contraband Police.
Manage your own discount supermarket! Get caught up in small-town drama, organize and plan your shop's layout, and strike lucrative trade deals as you expand your secretive aunt's business empire. Selling more frozen fries will surely heal this broken community...right?
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Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
Single-player alternative to Contraband Police — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Contraband Police.
A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt.
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Ski Sniper
Single-player alternative to Contraband Police — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Contraband Police.
Have you ever wondered how difficult is to shoot a ski jumper on the fly with a sniper rifle? :) Ski Sniper gives you perfect opportunity to find out!