Games like Retirement Holmes
If Retirement Holmes is your kind of game, the closest matches are FORKLIFT FLOWERPOT: Botanical Investigator, Welcome to Lightford and Security 51 — 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 Retirement Holmes: Sneak, Scheme, and Sabotage your way through this sandbox detective adventure as the latest member of the OAP PD - A crew of vigilante pension-claiming detectives. Identify and capture criminals hiding in plain sight whilst collecting clues to solve a procedurally generated mystery.
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FORKLIFT FLOWERPOT: Botanical Investigator
WHY THIS
Top pick for Retirement Holmes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Retirement Holmes.
An exploration game about knowledge and discovery. Change the seasons, investigate plants, and discover secrets about the world to stop an ecological disaster.
Welcome to Lightford
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Retirement Holmes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Investigate a supernatural conspiracy in a 90s town hiding something far worse than secrets. Travel between 1990 and its ruined 1995 future, photograph anomalies, decode entities, and survive a town that doesn't want you here. Think outside the box. Every problem has more than one solution.
Security 51
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Retirement Holmes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
You're a security officer deep within Area 51. Scan the staff, verify clearances, and decide who can enter the elevator and who absolutely mustn't leave. The deeper you go, the less certain you are that anyone standing before you is still human.
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Retirement Holmes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Retirement Holmes.
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.
Hard Time III
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Retirement Holmes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
The toughest prison sim in the yard is back to serve its 3rd consecutive sentence - combining classic moments from the OG with the best aspects of 2D, while putting out a few hits of its own! Tackle crime from either side of the prison fence, while a larger world beyond it makes life worth living.
The Escapists 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Retirement Holmes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Craft, Steal, Brawl and Escape! It’s time to bust out of the toughest prisons in the world as you return to the life of an inmate in The Escapists 2, now with multiplayer! Have you got what it takes to escape?
Totally Reliable Delivery Service
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Retirement Holmes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Delivery Attempted. That's the Totally Reliable Delivery Service guarantee! T.R.D.S. is a ragdoll physics simulation about terrible package delivery couriers. Work together using odd machinery, useful gadgets, and the wonders of physics to reliably deliver packages to their destination.
Free alternatives
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Retirement Holmes.
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.
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.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Retirement Holmes.
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.
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.
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.
Security 51
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
You're a security officer deep within Area 51. Scan the staff, verify clearances, and decide who can enter the elevator and who absolutely mustn't leave. The deeper you go, the less certain you are that anyone standing before you is still human.
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Casual with Retirement Holmes.
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.
Hard Time III
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
The toughest prison sim in the yard is back to serve its 3rd consecutive sentence - combining classic moments from the OG with the best aspects of 2D, while putting out a few hits of its own! Tackle crime from either side of the prison fence, while a larger world beyond it makes life worth living.
Totally Reliable Delivery Service
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
Delivery Attempted. That's the Totally Reliable Delivery Service guarantee! T.R.D.S. is a ragdoll physics simulation about terrible package delivery couriers. Work together using odd machinery, useful gadgets, and the wonders of physics to reliably deliver packages to their destination.
Frequently asked about Retirement Holmes
- Does Retirement Holmes have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Retirement Holmes supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Retirement Holmes?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Retirement Holmes are FORKLIFT FLOWERPOT: Botanical Investigator, Welcome to Lightford, Security 51.
- Who developed Retirement Holmes?
- Retirement Holmes was developed by Tom Jakubkis and published by Ad-Lib Games.
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 Retirement Holmes.
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