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Games like Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir

If Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King, A Case of Distrust and Throne of Monsters 怪物的王座 — 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 Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir: Shadow City Mysteries is a narrative adventure game in which players take on the role of a detective investigating a Mystery. Or is it a Conspiracy? Or is it a Supernatural Thriller? Experience the story multiple times to discover a story and world bigger than they suspected existed.

IndieAdventureWindowsby Play On Words Studios
Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir — Steam game cover

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  1. Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir.

    Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files – Rise of the Rat King is a narrative game set in Shadow City’s underbelly. Assume the role of the Rat King, an underworld mastermind fighting for absolute power. Shape your legend by forging alliances, crushing rivals, and leaving a trail of consequences.

    IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  2. A Case of Distrust

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir.

    A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.

    2018IndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Throne of Monsters 怪物的王座

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir.

    "Throne of Monsters" is a fantasy visual novel with map exploration and card-based combat.Trapped in a mist-covered city, you must slay the false king to escape.Face monsters, confront tears and regret, and lead the world to rebirth.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Dark Nights with Poe and Munro

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir.

    Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.

    2020IndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir.

    Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.

    2024IndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Wolf Among Us

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir.

    From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.

    2013ActionAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Her Story

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir.

    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 ↗
  8. IMMORTALITY

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir.

    Marissa Marcel was a film star. She made three movies. But none of the movies were ever released. And Marissa Marcel disappeared. An interactive trilogy from Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir.

    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 ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

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    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. 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 with Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir.

    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 ↗
  5. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir.

    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 ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir.

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir

What games are most similar to Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir are Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King, A Case of Distrust, Throne of Monsters 怪物的王座.
Who developed Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir?
Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir was developed by Play On Words Studios.

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