Single-player games like The Shapeshifting Detective
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The Shapeshifting Detective, 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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Dark Nights with Poe and Munro
Single-player alternative to The Shapeshifting Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shapeshifting Detective.
Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.
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The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
Single-player alternative to The Shapeshifting Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shapeshifting Detective.
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
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The Complex
Single-player alternative to The Shapeshifting Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Shapeshifting Detective.
After a major bio-weapon attack on London, two scientists find themselves in a locked-down laboratory with time, and air, running out. The Complex is an interactive sci-fi thriller movie where your decisions lead to one of eight suspenseful endings.
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Late Shift
Single-player alternative to The Shapeshifting Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shapeshifting Detective.
Late Shift is a high stakes FMV crime thriller. Forced into a brutal London heist, your choices matter in this interactive cinematic experience with adaptable storylines that lead to one of seven conclusions. Your decisions are you.
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Night Book
Single-player alternative to The Shapeshifting Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Shapeshifting Detective.
Tricked into reading an ancient book, Loralyn summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive occult thriller movie, created in lockdown, from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker.
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She Sees Red - Interactive Movie
Single-player alternative to The Shapeshifting Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shapeshifting Detective.
She Sees Red is a mature, hard-boiled interactive thriller. When someone is killed inside a nightclub, an experienced detective vows to put the murderer behind bars. Make choices that affect the narrative and experience several different endings in this blood-red interactive movie.
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Mindcop
Single-player alternative to The Shapeshifting Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shapeshifting Detective.
Mindcop is a non-linear „whodunnit“ detective game. It mixes a story driven adventure with real-time puzzle gaming. As the infamous Mindcop, you can dive into the minds of your suspects to uncover their secrets and unravel their lies.
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The Operator
Single-player alternative to The Shapeshifting Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shapeshifting Detective.
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
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MazM: The Phantom of the Opera
Single-player alternative to The Shapeshifting Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Shapeshifting Detective.
A thrilling love story unfolds in a majestic Parisian opera house.
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Murderous Muses
Single-player alternative to The Shapeshifting Detective — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shapeshifting Detective.
Solve a sinister murder by spending three reality-shifting nights in a haunted art gallery. An infinitely re-playable murder mystery blending deduction, exploration, puzzles, collectibles and FMV.