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Games like Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime

If Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime is your kind of game, the closest matches are Her Story, Overboard! and Trials of Innocence — picked from the ranked list below. 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.

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About Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime: Marlon's Mystery will test your skills as an investigator. Join Abby Marlon to solve the riddles in this captivating mystery and hidden object game. Embark on an enigmatic adventure and discover the darkest secrets of the Taylor family.

2023IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · macOS · Linuxby Made in Mavis
Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime — Steam game cover

Players who liked Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime also play

Steam players who put hours into Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Her Story

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.

    2015IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Overboard!

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.

    2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Trials of Innocence

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    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.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation14.44 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Death Trick: Double Blind

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Murder by Numbers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues. Use those clues to interrogate witnesses. Work your way to the truth... ...and uncover the mystery of Murder by Numbers!

    2020IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Sarawak

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo

    2021IndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Chicken Police - Paint it RED!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    A wild tale of love, death, chickens, and redemption! Chicken Police is a buddy-cop noir adventure with a carefully crafted world, a gritty story, and absurd humor. The game mixes classic adventure games with visual novel-style storytelling, presented in a beak-droppingly unique art style.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Tangle Tower

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?

    2019IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. 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 Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    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.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Overboard!

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.

    2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Murder by Numbers

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues. Use those clues to interrogate witnesses. Work your way to the truth... ...and uncover the mystery of Murder by Numbers!

    2020IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Chicken Police - Paint it RED!

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    A wild tale of love, death, chickens, and redemption! Chicken Police is a buddy-cop noir adventure with a carefully crafted world, a gritty story, and absurd humor. The game mixes classic adventure games with visual novel-style storytelling, presented in a beak-droppingly unique art style.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Tangle Tower

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

    Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?

    2019IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime

Is Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime 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 Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime cost?
Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime are Her Story, Overboard!, Trials of Innocence.
Who developed Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime?
Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime was developed by Made in Mavis.

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 Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime.

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