Games like Detective Penguin
If Detective Penguin is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Stepfather Remake, Jason Maxx and Tails Noir — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and cozy. 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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The Stepfather Remake
WHY THIS
Top pick for Detective Penguin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Penguin.
A classic point-and-click adventure full of mystery, humor, and clumsy mobsters. Solve puzzles, talk to quirky characters, and uncover the truth in this fully remastered detective story!
Jason Maxx
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Detective Penguin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Penguin.
A man has fallen to his death in Metro City. Mysterious circumstances. Luckily, hardcore detective Jason Maxx is on the case. The city is dark, the suspects are weirdos, and the graphics party like it’s 1999. Explore, interrogate. Can Jason solve the mystery, even when absurdity takes over?
Tails Noir
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Detective Penguin.
Third-strongest match for Detective Penguin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Penguin.
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.
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
WHY THIS
Shares point and click, environmental puzzle solving, mystery and an atmospheric mood with Detective Penguin.
Ranked #4 for Detective Penguin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Penguin.
The classic multi-award winning adventure "Broken Sword - the Shadow of the Templars" returns with glorious 4K visuals and iconic remastered audio, pitching intrepid tourist George Stobbart and fearless journalist Nico Collard into a journey of perilous adventures and ancient conspiracies.
Blake: The Visual Novel
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Detective Penguin.
Ranked #5 for Detective Penguin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Detective Penguin.
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.
Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Detective Penguin.
Ranked #6 for Detective Penguin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Penguin.
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…
To Hell With The Ugly
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Detective Penguin.
Ranked #7 for Detective Penguin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Penguin.
To Hell with the Ugly is an adventure game where you play as Rock Bailey, a gorgeous yet shallow young man, who must investigate and fight his way to freedom after being kidnapped. Alternate between turn-based combats and investigation in this film noir adaptation of the novel by Boris Vian.
Voodoo Detective
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Detective Penguin.
Ranked #8 for Detective Penguin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Detective Penguin.
Do you like adventure, comedy, and dime store detective novels? Then boy have we got the game for you! Join Voodoo Detective in a hand-drawn, point-and-click noir where you’ll pit your wits and hoodoo know-how against a sinister evil that’s taken root on beautiful Zo Wanga Isle.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Detective Penguin
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The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Detective Penguin.
Reviewers of Detective Penguin cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Detective Penguin.
The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time is a sandboxy physics game for 1-8 players, with everything from sneaky heists to hilarous stupidity to baking pizzas. With continuous updates, plenty of maps, and hundreds of items, clothes and quests, it has something for everyone.
Sons Of The Forest
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Detective Penguin.
Reviewers of Detective Penguin cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Detective Penguin.
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Detective Penguin cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Detective Penguin.
Five years ago Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas... a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and corruption. Where filmstars and millionaires do their best to avoid the dealers and gangbangers. Now, it's the early 90s. Carl's got to go home.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Detective Penguin at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Detective Penguin on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Detective Penguin.
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 ~57% under Detective Penguin on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Detective Penguin.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Detective Penguin on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Penguin.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Detective Penguin on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Penguin.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~79% under Detective Penguin on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Penguin.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Detective Penguin on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Detective Penguin.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Detective Penguin on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Detective Penguin.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Detective Penguin on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective Penguin.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
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 and Casual with Detective Penguin.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Detective Penguin.
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?
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 Penguin.
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 Casual with Detective Penguin.
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 Action and Indie with Detective Penguin.
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 Penguin.
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 and Casual with Detective Penguin.
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 Penguin
- How much does Detective Penguin cost?
- Detective Penguin is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Detective Penguin?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Detective Penguin are The Stepfather Remake, Jason Maxx, Tails Noir.
- Who developed Detective Penguin?
- Detective Penguin was developed by That Other Fish, That Fish and published by That Other Fish, That Fish.
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