Single-player games like The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark, 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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The Darkside Detective
Single-player alternative to The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark.
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.
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On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook
Single-player alternative to The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark.
On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook is a pixel-art, dialogue-driven mystery game. You’re an AI in a taxi, teaming up with a talkative driver on late-night runs to hear bizarre passenger stories, solve cases in secret, and let him play the “great detective.”
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Loco Motive
Single-player alternative to The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark.
There's been a murder aboard the Reuss Express, and you're the suspects! Prove your innocence in this comedy 'point n' click' murder mystery - packed with twists, laughs, and larger-than-life characters!
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Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Single-player alternative to The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark.
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
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Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
Single-player alternative to The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark.
A wild tale of conspiracy, loss, friendship, and... chickens?! Two rooster detectives are about to venture into the insect underworld to uncover a worldwide conspiracy, while also battling their inherent demons in this animal noir adventure satire.
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Subsurface Circular
Single-player alternative to The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark.
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
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Strange Antiquities
Single-player alternative to The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
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Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark.
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.
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Twin Peaks VR
Single-player alternative to The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark.
Twin Peaks VR brings people into the world of Twin Peaks using the immersive technology of VR. Based on the iconic television series created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, players will be able to experience several locations from the show including the Red Room, Glastonbury Grove, Sheriff's Department, Glass Box Observation and more.
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The Feeble Files
Single-player alternative to The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark.
An epic space adventure which sees our hero Feeble undertaking acts of betrayal, intrigue, revolution, and even a bit of cross dressing, in an attempt to right his previous wrongs and save the universe from a fate worse than life.
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Return to Monkey Island
Single-player alternative to The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark.
Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.
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Thimbleweed Park™
Single-player alternative to The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark.
In Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town in a modern mystery adventure game from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.
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Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure
Single-player alternative to The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark.
Delores is back home and working as a photographer for the Nickel News. Thimbleweed Park hasn’t changed at all in the year she’s been away… or has it? Sample Ron Gilbert’s new adventure game engine in this free prototype that uses “found art” from the award-winning Thimbleweed Park.
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The Séance of Blake Manor
Single-player alternative to The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark.
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.