Single-player games like Murder Mystery Machine
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Murder Mystery Machine, 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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Still Life
Single-player alternative to Murder Mystery Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Murder Mystery Machine.
Still Life 2 also now available!
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Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders
Single-player alternative to Murder Mystery Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Murder Mystery Machine.
The ABC Murders is an adventure and investigation game adapted from the classic Agatha Christie novel. You are the famous private detective Hercule Poirot and, once again, you find yourself up against a mysterious serial killer who goes by the name of "ABC".
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Lucifer Within Us
Single-player alternative to Murder Mystery Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Murder Mystery Machine.
Solve 3 increasingly intricate murders by examining the evidence -- find the motive, the means, and the opportunity. Use testimonies of the suspects as evidence by examining every detail for contradictions... and signs of sin. Purify the possessed. Purge the daemons.
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Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The London Case
Single-player alternative to Murder Mystery Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Murder Mystery Machine.
Hercule Poirot is back in a brand-new adventure, set in the heart of London.
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Post Mortem
Single-player alternative to Murder Mystery Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Murder Mystery Machine.
After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…
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Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
Single-player alternative to Murder Mystery Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Murder Mystery Machine.
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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Noir Chronicles: City of Crime
Single-player alternative to Murder Mystery Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Murder Mystery Machine.
Step into the shoes of Alfred Fox, a private eye with a knack for getting into trouble, and confront the danger looming over your old flame, Barbara Le Purr. Using your own intuition and wide investigation techniques you will follow the intrigue and face many, sometimes deadly, consequences.
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The Flower Collectors
Single-player alternative to Murder Mystery Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Murder Mystery Machine.
Barcelona, 1977. An ex-cop in a wheelchair witnesses a murder, and teams up with a young ambitious journalist to bring the truth to light. With camera, binoculars and transmitter in hand, uncover the town’s secrets from your balcony in this soul-searching detective mystery.
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Unheard - Voices of Crime
Single-player alternative to Murder Mystery Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Murder Mystery Machine.
What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?
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Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases
Single-player alternative to Murder Mystery Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Murder Mystery Machine.
Discover an untold crime story from the mysterious youth of the famous detective Hercule Poirot.
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Criminal Cage
Single-player alternative to Murder Mystery Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Murder Mystery Machine.
Escape Game Fully animated hentai scenes Punish the officer at the end of life!
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Murderous Pursuits
Single-player alternative to Murder Mystery Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Murder Mystery Machine.
Murderous Pursuits is a kill-or-be-killed Victorian stealth-em-up for 1-8 players in which you must hunt and kill your quarry before your hunters do the same to you, all while avoiding witnesses.
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Distant Star: Revenant Fleet
Single-player alternative to Murder Mystery Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Murder Mystery Machine.
BAFTA award winning fleet-based RTS meets rogue-lite. In Distant Star: Revenant Fleet, build your fleet of up to 5 ships from a choice of 8 classes and traverse a randomly generated galaxy to defeat the Erebus Platform. NOW AVAILABLE ON MAC AND LINUX
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Takenoko - Tilt Five AR
Single-player alternative to Murder Mystery Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Murder Mystery Machine.
Gardeners in imperial Japan have been tasked to see who is worthy of caring for the sacred panda. Cultivate your plots, grow bamboo, and complete objectives in this holographic adaption of the award-winning board game now available for Tilt Five™!
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Arsene Lupin - Once a Thief
Single-player alternative to Murder Mystery Machine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Murder Mystery Machine.
Discover the youth of a legend - Experience the transformation of Arsene Lupin, from whimsical thief to legendary hero, in 'Arsene Lupin - Once a Thief', an adventure and investigation game freely adapted from the works of Maurice Leblanc, with its events unfolding in the early 20th century.