Games like Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel
If Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fateful End: True Case Files, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy and Trials of Innocence — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and mysterious. 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 Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel: Take on the role of Detective Kobayashi, the one and only genius detective who has a reputation for solving any case, however dark or difficult...if he isn't playing games at the office or awkwardly hitting on girls, that is.
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Fateful End: True Case Files
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
Top pick for Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
Solve your own murder in this thrilling true crime adventure game. You've come face-to-face with your fate and someone close to you is going to kill you...unless you find out who it is before the time runs out!
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
Second-strongest match for Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Trials of Innocence
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
Third-strongest match for Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
The Silver Case
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
Ranked #4 for Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
The Silver Case – the debut title from world-renowned developer SUDA51 has been fully remastered and localized to English for the first time ever!
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
Ranked #5 for Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Greyhat - A Digital Detective Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
Ranked #6 for Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
How far would you go to save your daughter? As an infamous hacker-for-hire you have the skills to steal almost any secret. But when your daughter is taken, will you be able to use these skills to uncover a dark conspiracy that goes further than you could ever imagine?
Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
Ranked #7 for Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
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.
Subsurface Circular
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
Ranked #8 for Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~62% under Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~62% under Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Slay the Spire
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Priced ~52% under Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~62% under Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
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Priced ~62% under Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~92% under Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~77% under Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
OneShot
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Priced ~54% under Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
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. Shares Indie and Casual with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
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 Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
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. Shares Indie and Casual with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
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 Indie and Adventure with Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel.
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.
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Frequently asked about Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel
- How much does Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel cost?
- Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel are Fateful End: True Case Files, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy, Trials of Innocence.
- Who developed Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel?
- Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel was developed by Genuine and published by Giiku Games.
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