Single-player games like The Hand of Glory
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to The Hand of Glory, 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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Roots in the Sky - The Hand of Glory 2
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Glory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Hand of Glory.
After five years in hiding, former Miami detective Lazarus “Lars” Bundy is swept up in another globe-trotting supernatural mystery whose origins trace back to a legend about the creation of Earth itself.
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Rosewater
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Glory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Hand of Glory.
A thrilling Western adventure in the alternate 19th century world of Lamplight City! Embark on a harrowing journey across the frontier with Harley Leger and her ragtag posse, encountering bandits, rebels, visionaries, eccentrics, and many more friends and foes on your quest for fame and riches.
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The Night is Grey
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Glory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Hand of Glory.
Graham’s alone in a forest filled with strange wolves. While he’s fleeing for his life he finds a lost girl in an abandoned lodge that won’t survive without his help. Try to find their way to safety in this slow-burning cinematic thriller filled with puzzles, hand-drawn animation and lots of mystery
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Angelo and Deemon: One Hell of a Quest
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Glory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Hand of Glory.
Once upon a time, the Grim Reaper chose the wrong door. Angelo – a young lazy bum-a-holic, oh sorry - a blogger, powered only by his blogging skills, must turn on “point-n-click adventure” mode, go around the inferno, meet the locals, and somehow get back home. Enjoy Hell! We made it just for you.
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Shardlight
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Glory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Hand of Glory.
A post-apocalyptic adventure game from the publisher that brought you Primordia, Gemini Rue and Technobabylon! A young woman stricken with a deadly plague searches for a cure in a hostile world.
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Shadows on the Vatican - Act I: Greed
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Glory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Hand of Glory.
The ex-priest James Murphy answers a mysterious call for help from his friend Cristoforo. The disappearance of a briefcase containing compromising documents convinces James that his friend is a victim of something sinister. The Vatican's involvement inspires James to get to the bottom of this mystery.
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Sumatra: Fate of Yandi
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Glory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Hand of Glory.
Lost and alone after a terrible landslide, Yandi must find his way home in this old-school point and click adventure set deep in the Sumatran jungle! Will he make it out alive?
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Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Glory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Hand of Glory.
Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…
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Don't Escape Trilogy
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Glory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Hand of Glory.
In this classic point-and-click adventure anthology by award-winning indie developer Scriptwelder, you'll protect an unsuspecting hamlet from yourself, try to prepare for an incoming undead horde, and search a seemingly empty spaceship for answers to a gruesome mystery.
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Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009)
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Glory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Hand of Glory.
One of the all-time classic adventures, multi award winning "Broken Sword: Director's Cut" pitches sassy journalist Nico Collard, and intrepid American George Stobbart into a mysterious journey of intrigue and jeopardy.
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Deponia
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Glory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Hand of Glory.
In Deponia, the world has degenerated into a vast garbage dump, in which the crotchety Rufus ekes out his sorry existence.
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Detective Grimoire
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Glory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Hand of Glory.
Detective Grimoire has been called to investigate a murder. The owner of a small tourist attraction, seemingly killed by the mythical creature his attraction is based around... Explore the area, inspect the crime scene, grill suspects, solve puzzles, hunt for clues & uncover the secret of the swamp!