Games like Master Magistrate
If Master Magistrate is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fires At Midnight, Nanairo Reincarnation and AI: The Somnium Files — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and emotional. 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 →About Master Magistrate: The samurai detective visual novel! Solve crimes and pass judgment on vigilantes, officials, inventors, and brigands to protect a city of eternal cherry blossoms.
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Fires At Midnight
WHY THIS
Top pick for Master Magistrate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Master Magistrate.
In a world where making love without being in love makes you spontaneously combust, the person you love most may be the one who burns you in Fires at Midnight – a cinematic and interactive visual novel about a couple who struggles to stay together.
Nanairo Reincarnation
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Master Magistrate.
Second-strongest match for Master Magistrate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Master Magistrate.
Join spirit detective Kagami Makoto and his demon familiars as they hunt down the wandering ghosts disrupting the peace of his small town.
AI: The Somnium Files
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Master Magistrate.
Third-strongest match for Master Magistrate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Master Magistrate.
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Tokyo Dark
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Master Magistrate.
Ranked #4 for Master Magistrate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Master Magistrate.
Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.
Raging Loop
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Master Magistrate.
Ranked #5 for Master Magistrate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Master Magistrate.
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Master Magistrate.
Ranked #6 for Master Magistrate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Master Magistrate.
Roman, the wolf detective plans to spend his Christmas vacation in his favorite tavern, but murder cases happened in the tavern put him to work again.
月影魅像-解放之羽-
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Master Magistrate.
Ranked #7 for Master Magistrate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Master Magistrate.
《月影魅像-解放之羽-》是由日本美少女游戏品牌Applique制作的一款悬疑传奇题材作品。本作由小田原箱根负责作画、桐月编写剧本、鹰石忍制作音乐。讲述了一个层层剥茧，需要完成十几种不同结局才能最终了解全貌的精彩故事。本作曾荣获萌系游戏大赏2017年度话题金奖。
Magical Girl Witch Trials
WHY THIS
Shares branching narrative and an atmospheric mood with Master Magistrate.
Ranked #8 for Master Magistrate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Master Magistrate.
Thirteen girls awaken, only to find themselves in a prison. What awaits them: a Witch Trial. Help them prepare for the trial by exploring the prison in order to find the witch hidden amongst them. Find the witch, learn what kind of magic she holds, dispel the lies, and prepare for the execution.
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Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Master Magistrate.
Reviewers of Master Magistrate cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Master Magistrate.
The first game in the Utawarerumono trilogy of story-rich tactics RPGs. Into a world filled with verdant nature, populated by folk with fluffy ears and fuzzy tails, awakens Hakuowlo, a man of masked mien and missing memory.
Baldr Sky
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Master Magistrate.
Reviewers of Master Magistrate cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Master Magistrate.
Kou Kadokura, a cyber officer, seeks to uncover the truth behind the tragedy that ended his once peaceful life. A war looms, and the answers he’s looking for are locked away in him... So why can't he remember anything? Unravel the mysteries hidden in his lost memories through this fast-paced mech action game!
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Master Magistrate.
Reviewers of Master Magistrate cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Master Magistrate.
Become Phoenix Wright and experience the thrill of battle as you fight to save your innocent clients in a court of law. Play all 14 episodes, spanning the first three games, in one gorgeous collection.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Master Magistrate at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~67% under Master Magistrate on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Master Magistrate.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Master Magistrate on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Master Magistrate.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~73% under Master Magistrate on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Master Magistrate.
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?
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Master Magistrate on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Master Magistrate.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~73% under Master Magistrate on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Master Magistrate.
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...
It Takes Two
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Master Magistrate on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Master Magistrate.
Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.
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 Master Magistrate.
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.
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 Master Magistrate.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about Master Magistrate
- Does Master Magistrate run on Steam Deck?
- Master Magistrate is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Master Magistrate cost?
- Master Magistrate is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Master Magistrate?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Master Magistrate are Fires At Midnight, Nanairo Reincarnation, AI: The Somnium Files.
- Who developed Master Magistrate?
- Master Magistrate was developed by IRODORI and published by Shiravune.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Master Magistrate.
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