Games like Blacksad: Under the Skin
If Blacksad: Under the Skin is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Wolf Among Us, L.A. Noire and Heavy Rain — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its intriguing story and characters, unique anthropomorphic setting and writing quality is exceptional. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Blacksad: Under the Skin is a 2019 adventure game developed by Pendulo Studios and YS Interactive, priced at $19.99 USD and verified for Steam Deck. The game features point-and-click mechanics combined with interactive drama and decision-making that carries consequences, elements that define its gameplay loop. Players explore a noir detective scenario where players describe the experience as atmospheric, dark, and immersive. Reviewers highlight the intriguing story and characters as central hooks, while the unique anthropomorphic setting provides a distinctive visual and narrative framework. The game received 79% positive reviews from 1701 Steam users, indicating solid reception among its player base.
About Blacksad: Under the Skin: BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!
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The Wolf Among Us
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Top pick for Blacksad: Under the Skin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
L.A. Noire
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Second-strongest match for Blacksad: Under the Skin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.
Heavy Rain
WHY THIS
Shares interactive drama and an atmospheric mood with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Third-strongest match for Blacksad: Under the Skin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
Blues and Bullets
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Ranked #4 for Blacksad: Under the Skin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Blues and Bullets is a dark and violent crime thriller. Set in an alternative Eliot Ness & Al Capone story, Blues and Bullets blends a stunning script with detective work to deliver an amazing interactive experience.
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Ranked #5 for Blacksad: Under the Skin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
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…
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Ranked #6 for Blacksad: Under the Skin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
The Posthumous Investigation
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Ranked #7 for Blacksad: Under the Skin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
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.
Murdered: Soul Suspect
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Ranked #8 for Blacksad: Under the Skin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Blacksad: Under the Skin at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under Blacksad: Under the Skin on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
PEAK
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Priced ~60% under Blacksad: Under the Skin on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Blacksad: Under the Skin on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Blacksad: Under the Skin on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~95% under Blacksad: Under the Skin on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Papers, Please
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Blacksad: Under the Skin on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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More from Pendulo Studios
Other recommendable Steam games by Pendulo Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Yesterday
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Another title from Pendulo Studios, the studio behind Blacksad: Under the Skin. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Yesterday is a thrilling and dark mystery from the masters of adventure, Pendulo Studios.
Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Another title from Pendulo Studios, the studio behind Blacksad: Under the Skin. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Can you trust your own mind? Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller of a new kind, playing with the limits between reality and fantasy. Freely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s universe.
Runaway, A Road Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Another title from Pendulo Studios, the studio behind Blacksad: Under the Skin. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
New York, 2000......Without knowing how or why, Brian, a student on the verge of graduating from college, is attacked by Mafia gangsters. During his desperate getaway, in the company of a mysterious striptease dancer, he ends up meeting a wide range of unusual characters.
The Next BIG Thing
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Another title from Pendulo Studios, the studio behind Blacksad: Under the Skin. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
The Next Big Thing is a great adventure game in high definition, loaded with laughs, tributes, mysteries and wacky puzzles!
Yesterday Origins
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Another title from Pendulo Studios, the studio behind Blacksad: Under the Skin. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
John Yesterday becomes immortal following an occult ritual. However, not everything goes to plan. He and his girlfriend Pauline must embark on an investigation to try to reproduce the immortality ritual. But his former acquaintances have other plans for him...
Runaway: A Twist of Fate
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Another title from Pendulo Studios, the studio behind Blacksad: Under the Skin. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Runaway: A Twist of Fate is the adventure game of the year! Featuring a production worthy of a big 2D animated movie, Runaway follows a story full of twists and turns, and packed with comical highlights. All in all, you will be confronted with more than 200 mysteries and puzzles to keep your brain running through a big adventure that you...
Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Another title from Pendulo Studios, the studio behind Blacksad: Under the Skin. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Travel to the four corners of the world with Brian and Gina in a crazy story packed full of surprises. Pirates, spies, surfers, soldiers, and even aliens get in on the act - all combining to create a wonderfully rewarding experience to savour and remember forever!
Tintin Reporter - Cigars of the Pharaoh
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Another title from Pendulo Studios, the studio behind Blacksad: Under the Skin. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Tintin and his faithful companion Snowy are going to experience some extraordinary adventures…After meeting Professor Sarcophagus whilst cruising the Mediterranean Sea, the famous reporter sets out in search of the tomb of the Pharaoh Kih-Oskh.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Heavy Rain
WHY THIS
Shares interactive drama and an atmospheric mood with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
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…
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
Murdered: Soul Suspect
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Blacksad: Under the Skin.
MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.
Frequently asked about Blacksad: Under the Skin
- Is Blacksad: Under the Skin verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Blacksad: Under the Skin is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Blacksad: Under the Skin cost?
- Blacksad: Under the Skin is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Blacksad: Under the Skin?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Blacksad: Under the Skin are The Wolf Among Us, L.A. Noire, Heavy Rain.
- Who developed Blacksad: Under the Skin?
- Blacksad: Under the Skin was developed by Pendulo Studios, YS Interactive and published by Microids.
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