Games like Detective of the Dead
If Detective of the Dead is your kind of game, the closest matches are Finding Polka, Beware of the Cartographer! and Crime O'Clock — 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 of the Dead: You are a dead detective in the Mexican afterlife trying to find your killer. Undercover you prepare unique tacos to make suspects confess. Find clues and solve puzzles. Step into the shoes of your dog, Xolo, and do magical things. Save the Día de los Muertos.
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Finding Polka
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Top pick for Detective of the Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Detective of the Dead.
Set off on a playful search to track down the wandering pup Polka in this game of exploration and serendipity. Meet charming characters, lend them a hand to make new friends, and explore a cozy world sketched in ballpoint pen. You don't need words on this adventure, just smiles and high-fives!
Beware of the Cartographer!
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Second-strongest match for Detective of the Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective of the Dead.
Map a mysterious land during the Age of Enlightenment. Draw the border between two warring kingdoms. Meet the locals. Juggle their demands with the requirements of your mission. Ethical dilemmas, secret plots, strange phenomena… will you be able to bring peace back to the land?
Crime O'Clock
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Third-strongest match for Detective of the Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective of the Dead.
Crime O'Clock is a hidden objects investigation and time exploration game with a deep storyline. Investigate cases through time and evolving maps by unveiling a multi-eras linked story. Will you be observant enough to solve the mysteries? Crime waits for no man!
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
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Ranked #4 for Detective of the Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective of the Dead.
The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.
Expelled!
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Ranked #5 for Detective of the Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective of the Dead.
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
The Beekeeper's Picnic - A Sherlockian Adventure
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Ranked #6 for Detective of the Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective of the Dead.
Beekeeper (and former world’s greatest detective) Sherlock Holmes is arranging a surprise picnic for his friend Watson. Unfortunately pesky mysteries keep getting in the way! Explore, find clues and interrogate your neighbours in this cosy point and click adventure!
Tron: Identity
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Ranked #7 for Detective of the Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective of the Dead.
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Detective of the Dead.
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.
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Detective of the Dead.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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 Detective of the Dead.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective of the Dead.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Detective of the Dead.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective of the Dead.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Detective of the Dead.
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.
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Frequently asked about Detective of the Dead
- What games are most similar to Detective of the Dead?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Detective of the Dead are Finding Polka, Beware of the Cartographer!, Crime O'Clock.
- Who developed Detective of the Dead?
- Detective of the Dead was developed by Actrio Studio.
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 of the Dead.
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