Choose Crime Detective: Red Flags
Choose Crime Detective: Red Flags if you want the HDR available, Camera Comfort, and Save Anytime side of the pairing. Crime Detective: Red Flags launched in 2025.
Crime Detective: Red Flags vs Crime Podcast: Welcome to the Neighborhood
Crime Detective: Red Flags and Crime Podcast: Welcome to the Neighborhood both land in Indie, Adventure, Casual on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Indie, Adventure, Casual on Steam. Crime Detective: Red Flags (2025) is 1 year older than Crime Podcast: Welcome to the Neighborhood (2026). Crime Detective: Red Flags is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Crime Podcast: Welcome to the Neighborhood has no Deck rating yet. No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Crime Podcast: Welcome to the Neighborhood
Choose Crime Podcast: Welcome to the Neighborhood if you want the #category_playable_at_your_own_pace side of the pairing. Crime Podcast: Welcome to the Neighborhood launched in 2026.
Both Crime Detective: Red Flags and Crime Podcast: Welcome to the Neighborhood sit in Indie, Adventure, and Casual on Steam and both list Custom Volume Controls, Stereo Sound, and Surround Sound, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Crime Detective: Red Flags |  Crime Podcast: Welcome to the Neighborhood | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2025 | 2026 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, Casual | Indie, Adventure, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | 6.99 USD | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 59.2% positive (98 reviews) | — |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Wizard Team | Midnight Archive |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Adventure, Casual on Steam.
- Crime Detective: Red Flags (2025) is 1 year older than Crime Podcast: Welcome to the Neighborhood (2026).
- Crime Detective: Red Flags is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Crime Podcast: Welcome to the Neighborhood has no Deck rating yet.
Crime Detective: Red Flags vs Crime Podcast: Welcome to the Neighborhood — FAQ
- Should I play Crime Detective: Red Flags or Crime Podcast: Welcome to the Neighborhood first?
- If you want chronology, Crime Detective: Red Flags (2025) came out before Crime Podcast: Welcome to the Neighborhood (2026). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Crime Detective: Red Flags and Crime Podcast: Welcome to the Neighborhood similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Adventure, Casual on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Does Crime Detective: Red Flags run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Crime Detective: Red Flags is rated Deck Playable by Valve. Crime Podcast: Welcome to the Neighborhood doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.