Games like A Case of Fraud
If A Case of Fraud is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Price of Grief, The Roottrees are Dead and Duck Detective: The Secret Salami — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 Case of Fraud: A short non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.
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The Price of Grief
WHY THIS
Top pick for A Case of Fraud fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Case of Fraud.
Dive into a decade of secrets, mysterious characters and their inexplicable deaths - in the shadow of the darkest time in human history. Investigate crimes, decode documents, collect clues and solve riddles - one word at a time. The deeper you read, the less any of it seems to be an accident.
The Roottrees are Dead
WHY THIS
Shares evidence collection, puzzle solving, detective and an atmospheric mood with A Case of Fraud.
Second-strongest match for A Case of Fraud fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with A Case of Fraud.
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.
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
WHY THIS
Shares deductive reasoning, dialogue choices, detective and a cozy mood with A Case of Fraud.
Third-strongest match for A Case of Fraud fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Case of Fraud.
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.
The Operator
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with A Case of Fraud.
Ranked #4 for A Case of Fraud fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Case of Fraud.
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.
Telling Lies
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A Case of Fraud.
Ranked #5 for A Case of Fraud fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Case of Fraud.
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
Greyhat - A Digital Detective Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares timeline reconstruction and an atmospheric mood with A Case of Fraud.
Ranked #6 for A Case of Fraud fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Case of Fraud.
How far would you go to save your daughter? As an infamous hacker-for-hire you have the skills to steal almost any secret. But when your daughter is taken, will you be able to use these skills to uncover a dark conspiracy that goes further than you could ever imagine?
Strange Antiquities
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving, mystery and an atmospheric mood with A Case of Fraud.
Ranked #7 for A Case of Fraud fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Case of Fraud.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
The Séance of Blake Manor
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A Case of Fraud.
Ranked #8 for A Case of Fraud fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with A Case of Fraud.
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.
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The Roottrees are Dead
WHY THIS
Shares evidence collection, puzzle solving, detective and an atmospheric mood with A Case of Fraud.
Reviewers of A Case of Fraud cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with A Case of Fraud.
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.
Return of the Obra Dinn
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A Case of Fraud.
Reviewers of A Case of Fraud cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Case of Fraud.
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
The Case of the Golden Idol
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A Case of Fraud.
Reviewers of A Case of Fraud cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Case of Fraud.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below A Case of Fraud at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under A Case of Fraud on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Case of Fraud.
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 ~44% under A Case of Fraud on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Case of Fraud.
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!
How to Fish
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under A Case of Fraud on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Case of Fraud.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under A Case of Fraud on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Case of Fraud.
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 ~44% under A Case of Fraud on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Case of Fraud.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~89% under A Case of Fraud on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Case of Fraud.
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 ~67% under A Case of Fraud on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Case of Fraud.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under A Case of Fraud on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Case of Fraud.
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.
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 A Case of Fraud.
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 A Case of Fraud.
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 A Case of Fraud.
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 A Case of Fraud.
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 Case of Fraud.
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 A Case of Fraud.
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 A Case of Fraud.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
WHY THIS
Shares deductive reasoning, dialogue choices, detective and a cozy mood with A Case of Fraud.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Case of Fraud.
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.
The Operator
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with A Case of Fraud.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Case of Fraud.
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.
Strange Antiquities
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving, mystery and an atmospheric mood with A Case of Fraud.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Case of Fraud.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
The Séance of Blake Manor
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A Case of Fraud.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with A Case of Fraud.
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.
Frequently asked about A Case of Fraud
- Does A Case of Fraud run on Steam Deck?
- A Case of Fraud 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 Case of Fraud cost?
- A Case of Fraud is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to A Case of Fraud?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A Case of Fraud are The Price of Grief, The Roottrees are Dead, Duck Detective: The Secret Salami.
- Who developed A Case of Fraud?
- A Case of Fraud was developed by Hesperus Games.
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