Single-player games like The Idiot's Tale
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to The Idiot's Tale, 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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CHUCHEL
Single-player alternative to The Idiot's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Idiot's Tale.
CHUCHEL is a comedy adventure game from the creators of Machinarium, Botanicula and Samorost. Join the hairy hero Chuchel and his rival Kekel as they will be facing numerous puzzles and challenges in their quest to retrieve the precious cherry!
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Cartomante – Fortune Teller
Single-player alternative to The Idiot's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Idiot's Tale.
A branching visual novel with multiple endings about fortune telling for eccentric clients with tarot cards.
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The Big Con
Single-player alternative to The Idiot's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Idiot's Tale.
Hustle your way across ‘90s America as a runaway teen con artist. Choose how to make your scratch as you don disguises, pick pockets, and rip people off in this comedic crime-filled adventure. Experience the totally rad '90s in all its plaid and payphone glory!
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Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die!
Single-player alternative to The Idiot's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Idiot's Tale.
Hair metal's not dead, it just smells funny! Get your denim vest, bandana and makeup, and dive into a point-and-click adventure as a middle-aged teddy bear planning a comeback with his old glam metal band – in a world where glam metal has been dead and buried for decades.
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Pentiment
Single-player alternative to The Idiot's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Idiot's Tale.
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
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Murder by Numbers
Single-player alternative to The Idiot's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Idiot's Tale.
Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues. Use those clues to interrogate witnesses. Work your way to the truth... ...and uncover the mystery of Murder by Numbers!
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Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
Single-player alternative to The Idiot's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Idiot's Tale.
The classic multi-award winning adventure "Broken Sword - the Shadow of the Templars" returns with glorious 4K visuals and iconic remastered audio, pitching intrepid tourist George Stobbart and fearless journalist Nico Collard into a journey of perilous adventures and ancient conspiracies.
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Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders
Single-player alternative to The Idiot's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Idiot's Tale.
A thrilling point-and-click adventure game where you play as Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator, as he tracks a serial killer in the heart of the Tang Dynasty's capital city.
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King's Quest
Single-player alternative to The Idiot's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Idiot's Tale.
King’s Quest is a collection of five different chapter releases, each focusing on an untold tale in Graham’s past. Discover a wondrous world full of whimsical characters, charming puzzles and perilous dangers in this fun and enchanting coming of age story.
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Return of the Obra Dinn
Single-player alternative to The Idiot's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Idiot's Tale.
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
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The Case of the Golden Idol
Single-player alternative to The Idiot's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Idiot's Tale.
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
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Return to Monkey Island
Single-player alternative to The Idiot's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Idiot's Tale.
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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Firefight!
Single-player alternative to The Idiot's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Idiot's Tale.
Put out the fires and rescue the hostages in this fast-paced arcade game!
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MonCon
Single-player alternative to The Idiot's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Idiot's Tale.
Plunge headlong into MonCon, a surreal convention teeming with social monsters, where your conversation skills must be sharpened in order to survive.
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Shape Shift Shawn Episode 1: Tale of the Transmogrified
Single-player alternative to The Idiot's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Idiot's Tale.
Help Shawn to survive the underworld by transforming into powerful new forms and mastering a gauntlet of bizarre platforming challenges!
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Emme Saves the Galaxy
Single-player alternative to The Idiot's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Idiot's Tale.
Join Emme the dog as she battles block invaders in this puzzle action game. Defeat all kinds of unpredictable blocks across hundreds of levels.