Games like The Missing Thing
If The Missing Thing is your kind of game, the closest matches are Project: Z3R0 Chapter 1&2, Crossword City Chronicles and Subsurface Circular — 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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Project: Z3R0 Chapter 1&2
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Missing Thing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with The Missing Thing.
The "Chip" was humanity’s evolution; Now, it’s a silent weapon. Navigate a web of conspiracy in Vesper City as Detective Richard Apocryphal, alongside your Android partner E.M.R.S, as your investigation outcomes ripple through a fractured society. Can you solve the case before it’s too late?
Crossword City Chronicles
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Missing Thing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Missing Thing.
Play as a 1950s reporter investigating crimes by using your word building skills to interview, interrogate, convince, deceive & debate your way to a solution! Draw letters tiles onto a rack, then place them on the board to make a word that connects with those already placed to advance the plot.
Subsurface Circular
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Missing Thing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Missing Thing.
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.
Uncover the Smoking Gun
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Missing Thing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Missing Thing.
A Battle of Wits with AI: Solve the case by conversing with a suspect robot using GPT to gather evidence. What single truth emerges from countless dialogues and pieces of information?
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Missing Thing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Missing Thing.
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.
CaseCracker2
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Missing Thing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Missing Thing.
Jia huasheng ,the policeman of Chicheng police station, got disappeared without any trace after leaving a letter which illustrates the police station to start the CaseCracker system version 2.0.
7 Days to End with You
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Missing Thing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Missing Thing.
To know a language, know the world, and finally know you.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Missing Thing at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Missing Thing on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Missing Thing.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Missing Thing on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Missing Thing.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Missing Thing on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Missing Thing.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Missing Thing on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Missing Thing.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Missing Thing on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Missing Thing.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Missing Thing on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Missing Thing.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Missing Thing on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Missing Thing.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
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 The Missing Thing.
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.
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 The Missing Thing.
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 and Simulation with The Missing Thing.
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 with The Missing Thing.
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 Simulation with The Missing Thing.
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 with The Missing Thing.
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. Shares Indie and Casual with The Missing Thing.
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.
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Frequently asked about The Missing Thing
- How much does The Missing Thing cost?
- The Missing Thing is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Missing Thing?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Missing Thing are Project: Z3R0 Chapter 1&2, Crossword City Chronicles, Subsurface Circular.
- Who developed The Missing Thing?
- The Missing Thing was developed by Tommy Games.
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