Games like The Darkest Files
If The Darkest Files is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dahlia View, UnQuollified and Almanac: Detective Agency — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and dark. 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 The Darkest Files: Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?
Players who liked The Darkest Files also play
Steam players who put hours into The Darkest Files 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.
Dahlia View
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Darkest Files.
Top pick for The Darkest Files fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkest Files.
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.
UnQuollified
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Darkest Files fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkest Files.
A charming Australian point & click detective mystery about a struggling artist investigating the mysterious death of his childhood best friend. Explore the small town of Bridgegully, interrogate quirky locals, & sketch clues to expose the truth. Are you ready to solve a crime years in the making?
Almanac: Detective Agency
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Darkest Files fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkest Files.
A narrative detective game about solving mysteries through investigation, evidence, and conversation. Question suspects in your own words, photograph clues, and piece together the truth in a town full of secrets. Who is lying, and what are they hiding?
The Séance of Blake Manor
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Darkest Files.
Ranked #4 for The Darkest Files fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Darkest Files.
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.
Loco Motive
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Darkest Files fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkest Files.
There's been a murder aboard the Reuss Express, and you're the suspects! Prove your innocence in this comedy 'point n' click' murder mystery - packed with twists, laughs, and larger-than-life characters!
The Operator
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Darkest Files.
Ranked #6 for The Darkest Files fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkest Files.
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
TR-49
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Darkest Files.
Ranked #7 for The Darkest Files fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Darkest Files.
A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
WHY THIS
Shares hidden object search with The Darkest Files.
Ranked #8 for The Darkest Files fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkest Files.
Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.
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Pentiment
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Darkest Files.
Reviewers of The Darkest Files cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Darkest Files.
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
L.A. Noire
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Darkest Files.
Reviewers of The Darkest Files cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Darkest Files.
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.
The Oregon Trail
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Darkest Files cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Darkest Files.
The Oregon Trail is back in a beautiful blend of charming pixel art characters, 3D environments, and cutting-edge lighting and visual effects!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Darkest Files at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Darkest Files on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Darkest Files.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Darkest Files on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkest Files.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Darkest Files on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Darkest Files.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Darkest Files on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Darkest Files.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Darkest Files on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkest Files.
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?
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 with The Darkest Files.
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 The Darkest Files.
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 Darkest Files.
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 Indie and Adventure with The Darkest Files.
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 Darkest Files.
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 The Darkest Files.
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. Shares Indie with The Darkest Files.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Dahlia View
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Darkest Files.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkest Files.
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.
The Séance of Blake Manor
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Darkest Files.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with The Darkest Files.
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.
Loco Motive
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkest Files.
There's been a murder aboard the Reuss Express, and you're the suspects! Prove your innocence in this comedy 'point n' click' murder mystery - packed with twists, laughs, and larger-than-life characters!
The Operator
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Darkest Files.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkest Files.
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
TR-49
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Darkest Files.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with The Darkest Files.
A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
WHY THIS
Shares hidden object search with The Darkest Files.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkest Files.
Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.
Frequently asked about The Darkest Files
- Is The Darkest Files verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — The Darkest Files 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 The Darkest Files cost?
- The Darkest Files is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Darkest Files?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Darkest Files are Dahlia View, UnQuollified, Almanac: Detective Agency.
- Who developed The Darkest Files?
- The Darkest Files was developed by Paintbucket Games.
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