Games like DETECTIVE - The Motel
If DETECTIVE - The Motel is your kind of game, the closest matches are Uncover the Smoking Gun, Telling Lies and Scene Investigators — 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.
Get personalized picks →About DETECTIVE - The Motel: DETECTIVE The Motel is a deduction game where, to advance, you must take a pencil and a piece of paper and write down everything that seems like evidence in order to answer all the questions that arise. Solving the case will depend only on you.
Players who liked DETECTIVE - The Motel also play
Steam players who put hours into DETECTIVE - The Motel 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.
Uncover the Smoking Gun
WHY THIS
Top pick for DETECTIVE - The Motel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
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?
Telling Lies
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for DETECTIVE - The Motel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
Scene Investigators
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for DETECTIVE - The Motel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
Scene Investigators is a hardcore deductive reasoning game for fans of the "true crime" genre. Step into re-created crime scenes, observe closely for pieces of evidence, analyze possible motives behind the crimes, and uncover what truly happened.
Mind Diver
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for DETECTIVE - The Motel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.
L.A. Noire
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for DETECTIVE - The Motel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
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.
Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for DETECTIVE - The Motel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
Roman, the wolf detective plans to spend his Christmas vacation in his favorite tavern, but murder cases happened in the tavern put him to work again.
Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for DETECTIVE - The Motel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
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.
The Darkest Files
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for DETECTIVE - The Motel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
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?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below DETECTIVE - The Motel at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under DETECTIVE - The Motel on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under DETECTIVE - The Motel on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
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!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under DETECTIVE - The Motel on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under DETECTIVE - The Motel on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under DETECTIVE - The Motel on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~91% under DETECTIVE - The Motel on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~73% under DETECTIVE - The Motel on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
OneShot
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under DETECTIVE - The Motel on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
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 DETECTIVE - The Motel.
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 DETECTIVE - The Motel.
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 DETECTIVE - The Motel.
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 DETECTIVE - The Motel.
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 DETECTIVE - The Motel.
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 DETECTIVE - The Motel.
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 DETECTIVE - The Motel.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
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.
Narrow it down
Head-to-head comparisons
More from k148 Game Studio
Other recommendable Steam games by k148 Game Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
After You
WHY THIS
Another title from k148 Game Studio, the studio behind DETECTIVE - The Motel. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
After You is a narrative game with puzzles, but it is not an easy game, here you will not have indicators or tutorials, nor can you save when you want. In After You you need to put all your attention and use paper and pencil to move forward, if you're looking for an easy game, this is not your game.
TEMPUS
WHY THIS
Another title from k148 Game Studio, the studio behind DETECTIVE - The Motel. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
TEMPUS is a puzzle adventure game with time travel. Each time you advance, you will see the island where you live change over thousands of years. You can only travel forward so it is a one way trip, how far will you go?
The Creature: Escape Room
WHY THIS
Another title from k148 Game Studio, the studio behind DETECTIVE - The Motel. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
You are a detective sent to investigate the mistreatment of a mysterious creature. In this escape room there are not only puzzles, but also characters and history.
FINIS
WHY THIS
Another title from k148 Game Studio, the studio behind DETECTIVE - The Motel. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
FINIS is a puzzle game with a difference, we create a psychological evaluation based on your choices. Each universe offers a different experience, terror, calm, destruction, war, progress... You can choose between 8 completely different paths and each path will take you to a unique ending.
DETECTIVE - Stella Porta case
WHY THIS
Another title from k148 Game Studio, the studio behind DETECTIVE - The Motel. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
DETECTIVE: Stella Porta Case, puts you in the shoes of a detective who investigates three strange disappearances. In all cases there is a contract signed by the disappeared, that contract is from an organization called "Stella Porta".
DETECTIVE - Minerva case
WHY THIS
Another title from k148 Game Studio, the studio behind DETECTIVE - The Motel. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
DETECTIVE Minerva Case is a crime deduction and solving game, with an adult and original story. Visit the crime scene, look for all the evidence and understand what happened.
DETECTIVE - Rainy night
WHY THIS
Another title from k148 Game Studio, the studio behind DETECTIVE - The Motel. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
Detective Rainy Night is a narrative adventure with elements of deduction. Violent crimes, mature stories, and a touch of psychological horror await you at the Motel Holiday. Grab a pencil and paper because solving this case won’t be easy.
Detective - The Test
WHY THIS
Another title from k148 Game Studio, the studio behind DETECTIVE - The Motel. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETECTIVE - The Motel.
Test your detective instincts across three challenging cases. No hints, no help—just you, your intuition, and your ability to piece together the truth. Can you solve the mystery?
Frequently asked about DETECTIVE - The Motel
- How much does DETECTIVE - The Motel cost?
- DETECTIVE - The Motel is listed on Steam at 10.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to DETECTIVE - The Motel?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside DETECTIVE - The Motel are Uncover the Smoking Gun, Telling Lies, Scene Investigators.
- Who developed DETECTIVE - The Motel?
- DETECTIVE - The Motel was developed by k148 Game Studio and published by JanduSoft.
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 - The Motel.
For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.