Games like Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
If Duck Detective: The Secret Salami is your kind of game, the closest matches are Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping, Case Solved: The London Files and UnQuollified — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its comedic, cozy and funny. 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 →Duck Detective: The Secret Salami is a 2024 indie adventure and casual game developed by Happy Broccoli Games. Players take on the role of a duck detective investigating a mystery using brute-force progression, clue-gathering, deductive reasoning, dialogue choices, environmental puzzle-solving, and evidence collection. The game blends comedy, slice-of-life, and noir themes with a short narrative experience. Reviewers highlight the clever duck puns and witty wordplay throughout, and players appreciate the paper-cutout art style with charming animal characters, describing the protagonist as having both personality and noir flair. The game is verified on Steam Deck and costs $9.99 USD. It holds a 95% positive rating from 4666 Steam reviews.
About Duck Detective: The Secret Salami: 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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Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
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Shares evidence collection, point and click, slice of life and a cozy mood with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
Top pick for Duck Detective: The Secret Salami fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!
Case Solved: The London Files
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Second-strongest match for Duck Detective: The Secret Salami fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
A cozy noir puzzle game where you must investigate the dark underbelly of London. Murders have taken place, witness statements conflict and alibis aren’t adding up. Everyone has a motive, only logic reveals the truth.
UnQuollified
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Third-strongest match for Duck Detective: The Secret Salami fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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?
Dahlia View
WHY THIS
Shares evidence collection with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
Ranked #4 for Duck Detective: The Secret Salami fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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.
Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
WHY THIS
Shares evidence collection, point and click, whimsical and a mysterious mood with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
Ranked #5 for Duck Detective: The Secret Salami fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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.
Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
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Shares hidden object search, point and click, mystery and a mysterious mood with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
Ranked #6 for Duck Detective: The Secret Salami fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!
The Darkest Files
WHY THIS
Shares hidden object search with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
Ranked #7 for Duck Detective: The Secret Salami fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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?
Loco Motive
WHY THIS
Shares point and click and a comedic mood with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
Ranked #8 for Duck Detective: The Secret Salami fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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!
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Shares a mysterious mood with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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Tangle Tower
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Shares point and click, puzzle solving and a cozy mood with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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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?
The Case of the Golden Idol
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Shares a mysterious mood with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
Untitled Goose Game
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Shares puzzle solving and a comedic mood with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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It's a lovely morning in the village and you are a horrible goose.
Chicken Police - Paint it RED!
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Shares a whimsical mood with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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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.
Paradise Killer
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Reviewers of Duck Detective: The Secret Salami cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
Mindcop
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Shares a mysterious mood with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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Mindcop is a non-linear „whodunnit“ detective game. It mixes a story driven adventure with real-time puzzle gaming. As the infamous Mindcop, you can dive into the minds of your suspects to uncover their secrets and unravel their lies.
The Roottrees are Dead
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Shares evidence collection, environmental puzzle solving, detective and a mysterious mood with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
Reviewers of Duck Detective: The Secret Salami cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
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Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Duck Detective: The Secret Salami at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~50% under Duck Detective: The Secret Salami on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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 ~50% under Duck Detective: The Secret Salami on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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!
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~50% under Duck Detective: The Secret Salami on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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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WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~90% under Duck Detective: The Secret Salami on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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 ~70% under Duck Detective: The Secret Salami on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
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Priced ~50% under Duck Detective: The Secret Salami on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~50% under Duck Detective: The Secret Salami on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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.
Free alternatives
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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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Other recommendable Steam games by Happy Broccoli Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
WHY THIS
Shares evidence collection, point and click, slice of life and a cozy mood with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
Another title from Happy Broccoli Games, the studio behind Duck Detective: The Secret Salami. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!
Kraken Academy!!
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
Another title from Happy Broccoli Games, the studio behind Duck Detective: The Secret Salami. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
Make friends, free spirits and make sure that the world doesn’t end! Welcome to Kraken Academy, a technicolor fever dream that for legal reasons can only be described as "technically a school." Join forces with a magical kraken to save the world!
Apple Crumble
WHY THIS
Another title from Happy Broccoli Games, the studio behind Duck Detective: The Secret Salami. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
It’s your grandma’s 84th birthday party and nobody is trying to murder her. Stop suspecting your family members, and don’t worry about the strange man in your bedroom. A new creepy-cozy mystery thriller from the creators of Duck Detective.
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 evidence collection with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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.
Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
WHY THIS
Shares hidden object search, point and click, mystery and a mysterious mood with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!
The Darkest Files
WHY THIS
Shares hidden object search with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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?
Loco Motive
WHY THIS
Shares point and click and a comedic mood with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
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!
Frequently asked about Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
- Is Duck Detective: The Secret Salami verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Duck Detective: The Secret Salami 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 Duck Detective: The Secret Salami cost?
- Duck Detective: The Secret Salami is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Duck Detective: The Secret Salami?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Duck Detective: The Secret Salami are Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping, Case Solved: The London Files, UnQuollified.
- Who developed Duck Detective: The Secret Salami?
- Duck Detective: The Secret Salami was developed by Happy Broccoli Games.
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