Single-player games like Tails Noir
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Tails Noir, 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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Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
Single-player alternative to Tails Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tails Noir.
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
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Subsurface Circular
Single-player alternative to Tails Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tails Noir.
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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The Posthumous Investigation
Single-player alternative to Tails Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tails Noir.
A dead man hired you to solve his own murder. You have one day. Fourteen suspects. And as many attempts as it takes. A hand-drawn noir mystery set in 1937 Rio de Janeiro, where every suspect has a life, a schedule, and something to hide.
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Sarawak
Single-player alternative to Tails Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tails Noir.
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
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AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative
Single-player alternative to Tails Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Tails Noir.
Special Agents Mizuki and Ryuki, along with their AI partners Aiba and Tama, are tasked to solve the bizarre Half Body serial killings in this sequel to the critically acclaimed AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES.
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Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases
Single-player alternative to Tails Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Tails Noir.
Discover an untold crime story from the mysterious youth of the famous detective Hercule Poirot.
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Chicken Police - Paint it RED!
Single-player alternative to Tails Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tails Noir.
A wild tale of love, death, chickens, and redemption! Chicken Police is a buddy-cop noir adventure with a carefully crafted world, a gritty story, and absurd humor. The game mixes classic adventure games with visual novel-style storytelling, presented in a beak-droppingly unique art style.
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The Drifter
Single-player alternative to Tails Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tails Noir.
A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.
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Parasite
Single-player alternative to Tails Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tails Noir.
This is a roguelike open-world sandbox survival horror set in a modern city. Play as an --redacted-- parasite, possess human hosts, exploit and evolve them to help you survive in a hostile world, all to find out your one true purpose.
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Tails Noir Preludes
Single-player alternative to Tails Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tails Noir.
Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
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Tails Noir: Prologue
Single-player alternative to Tails Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tails Noir.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
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Tails Noir: Rebel Rush
Single-player alternative to Tails Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tails Noir.
Rebel Rush is a single-player speedrunning driving platformer where you sacrifice himbos for hideous carkour moves.