Games like A Death in the Red Light
If A Death in the Red Light is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Wolf Among Us Remastered, Hauma - A Detective Noir Story and Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer — 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 A Death in the Red Light: Amsterdam, 1988. A dead body in the Red Light District, the Dutch capital of sex and drugs, is a washed-up detective’s one shot at redemption. Explore the seedy underbelly of Europe’s most notorious city, solve complex puzzles, and crack the case while experiencing Amsterdam at its worst.
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The Wolf Among Us Remastered
WHY THIS
Top pick for A Death in the Red Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with A Death in the Red Light.
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Hauma - A Detective Noir Story
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for A Death in the Red Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Death in the Red Light.
Hauma is a deduction visual novel set in Munich. Discover a conspiracy amongst the upper echelons of society alongside former detective Judith, while visiting real locations in a comic-inspired look.
Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for A Death in the Red Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Death in the Red Light.
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for A Death in the Red Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Death in the Red Light.
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
Blake: The Visual Novel
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for A Death in the Red Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with A Death in the Red Light.
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
Contradiction: Spot The Liar
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Ranked #6 for A Death in the Red Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Death in the Red Light.
Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!
The Operator
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Ranked #7 for A Death in the Red Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Death in the Red Light.
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.
Tails Noir
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for A Death in the Red Light fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Death in the Red Light.
Tails Noir is a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below A Death in the Red Light at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~50% under A Death in the Red Light on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Death in the Red Light.
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 A Death in the Red Light on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with A Death in the Red Light.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under A Death in the Red Light on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Death in the Red Light.
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 ~50% under A Death in the Red Light on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Death in the Red Light.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under A Death in the Red Light on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Death in the Red Light.
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 ~70% under A Death in the Red Light on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Death in the Red Light.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under A Death in the Red Light on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with A Death in the Red Light.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under A Death in the Red Light on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Death in the Red Light.
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
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with A Death in the Red Light.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Death in the Red Light.
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 with A Death in the Red Light.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Death in the Red Light.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Death in the Red Light.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Death in the Red Light.
A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Death in the Red Light.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Death in the Red Light.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
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Frequently asked about A Death in the Red Light
- Does A Death in the Red Light run on Steam Deck?
- A Death in the Red Light is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does A Death in the Red Light cost?
- A Death in the Red Light is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to A Death in the Red Light?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A Death in the Red Light are The Wolf Among Us Remastered, Hauma - A Detective Noir Story, Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer.
- Who developed A Death in the Red Light?
- A Death in the Red Light was developed by Mystery City Games BV.
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