Single-player games like The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana, 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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Doctor Arcana and The Secret of Shadowspire
Single-player alternative to The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana.
Doctor Arcana's second adventure takes you to a legendary castle on a mysterious island where new puzzling challenges await and dark secrets are guarded by deadly traps. Can you complete the Trials of the Elders?
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Criminal Archives: Alphabetic Murders Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana.
Are the murders of three different people connected? Or are we dealing with three different incidents? Cunning and logic are your best weapons in solving this case!
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恶灵退散 Go Back to Hell
Single-player alternative to The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana.
This is a click game with horror theme to find hidden items. Players play exorcists and go to all kinds of gloomy and terrible scenes. Please be sure to find every suspicious place, otherwise ghosts will suddenly appear!!!
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fCorvus
Single-player alternative to The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana.
Solve puzzles, uncover riddles, and hunt crows and ravens through layered scenes of mystery. Reveal the hidden truth in a world where every shadow tells a story. Learn about the fabulous corvus.
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TIERRA - Mystery Point & Click Adventure
Single-player alternative to The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana.
A mystery puzzle adventure, inspired by hidden object escape room games.
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City Legends: The Ghost of Misty Hill Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana.
The most gruesome incidents often occur in medical institutions, the doors of which hide terrible secrets and unexplained incidents. Can you handle the darkest secrets of Misty Hill?
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Contract With The Devil
Single-player alternative to The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana.
Welcome to the world where mysticism and reality, past and present, good and evil are united in a single whole!
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Little Adventurer Treasure Hunt
Single-player alternative to The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana.
"Little Adventurer Treasure Hunt" is a game focused on object-finding. The main storyline revolves around helping alien friends who have been forced to land on Earth due to an "accident", assisting them in searching for scattered items, parts, and their lost crew members across various locations.
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The 7th Guest
Single-player alternative to The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana.
Henry Stauf's mansion has been abandoned for as long as anyone dare remember. Stauf was a master toy maker, a maker of amazing puzzles and this strange house was his greatest creation. Now the mansion stands empty, rotting ever since the children started dying, ever since the six guests came.
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The Room
Single-player alternative to The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana.
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
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Shiver
Single-player alternative to The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana.
Welcome to Windy Oaks National Park. A beautiful and chilling point-and-click horror adventure. On your way to visit your aging father, everything goes wrong, leaving you trapped and isolated.
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Demonologist
Single-player alternative to The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Cabinets of Doctor Arcana.
Demonologist is a Co-Op horror game that can be played with at least 1 and up to 4 players. Your goal is to identify the type of evil spirit in cursed places and exorcise it using your equipment, either alone or with your team.