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Games like Detective: Ritual of the Sea

If Detective: Ritual of the Sea is your kind of game, the closest matches are L.A. Noire, Uncover the Smoking Gun and Chicken Police: Into the HIVE! — 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 Detective: Ritual of the Sea: Step into the shoes of an experienced detective and uncover dark secrets while solving criminal cases. In this thrilling detective world, you'll face stressful decision-making moments, reconstruct crime scenes, and utilize cutting-edge technology for evidence analysis.

ActionStrategyIndieAdventureSimulationCasualWindowsby InterStudio
Detective: Ritual of the Sea — Steam game cover

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  1. L.A. Noire

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Detective: Ritual of the Sea fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Detective: Ritual of the Sea.

    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.

    2011StrategyAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Uncover the Smoking Gun

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Detective: Ritual of the Sea fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Detective: Ritual of the Sea.

    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?

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Detective: Ritual of the Sea fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Detective: Ritual of the Sea.

    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.

    2024AdventureSimulationCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Detective: Ritual of the Sea fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Detective: Ritual of the Sea.

    L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files places you directly in the shoes of Detective Cole Phelps as you solve brutal crimes, plots and conspiracies inspired by real cases from 1947 Los Angeles, one of the most corrupt and violent times in L.A. history.

    2017ActionAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Post Mortem

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Detective: Ritual of the Sea fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Detective: Ritual of the Sea.

    After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…

    2011Adventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. This Bed We Made

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Detective: Ritual of the Sea fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective: Ritual of the Sea.

    This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links guests together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder!

    2023IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Shell Part II: Purgatorio

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Detective: Ritual of the Sea fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Detective: Ritual of the Sea.

    Detective Reiji Tokisaka is back to face down a mystery that spans decades, if not centuries. With the aftermath of his last case weighing on his soul and a long-silent cult resurgent, can he solve the crime—or will it become his curse?

    2024AdventureSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Blacksad: Under the Skin

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Detective: Ritual of the Sea fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Detective: Ritual of the Sea.

    BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!

    2019Adventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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  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 Detective: Ritual of the Sea.

    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 Action and Adventure with Detective: Ritual of the Sea.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Detective: Ritual of the Sea.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  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 Detective: Ritual of the Sea.

    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 Simulation with Detective: Ritual of the Sea.

    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 Action and Indie with Detective: Ritual of the Sea.

    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. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Detective: Ritual of the Sea.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective: Ritual of the Sea.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

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Frequently asked about Detective: Ritual of the Sea

What games are most similar to Detective: Ritual of the Sea?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Detective: Ritual of the Sea are L.A. Noire, Uncover the Smoking Gun, Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!.
Who developed Detective: Ritual of the Sea?
Detective: Ritual of the Sea was developed by InterStudio and published by Awaken Realms.

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 Detective: Ritual of the Sea.

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