Games like Motives: The Ultimate Problem
If Motives: The Ultimate Problem is your kind of game, the closest matches are Elroy and the Aliens, Kathy Rain: Director's Cut and The Low Road — 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.
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Elroy and the Aliens
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Top pick for Motives: The Ultimate Problem fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Motives: The Ultimate Problem.
Slope City, 1993. Talking robots, ancient alien secrets, and a mysterious message from the past. Follow Elroy and Peggie through a portal to find Elroy's father, missing for 18 years. A heartfelt point & click adventure where the puzzles make sense and the story stays with you.
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
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Second-strongest match for Motives: The Ultimate Problem fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Motives: The Ultimate Problem.
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.
The Low Road
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Third-strongest match for Motives: The Ultimate Problem fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Motives: The Ultimate Problem.
Lie, blackmail, and steal your way down The Low Road. Rookie agent Noomi Kovacs must navigate her way through the world of corporate espionage in this dark spy comedy set in the 1970s.
Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse
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Ranked #4 for Motives: The Ultimate Problem fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Motives: The Ultimate Problem.
From multi-award winning Revolution Software comes the latest explosive episode in this classic series. Playing as intrepid American George Stobbart and sassy French journalist Nico Collard, you find yourself on the trail of a stolen painting – and a murderous conspiracy...
Paradise Killer
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Ranked #5 for Motives: The Ultimate Problem fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Motives: The Ultimate Problem.
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
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Ranked #6 for Motives: The Ultimate Problem fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Motives: The Ultimate Problem.
A wild tale of conspiracy, loss, friendship, and... chickens?! Two rooster detectives are about to venture into the insect underworld to uncover a worldwide conspiracy, while also battling their inherent demons in this animal noir adventure satire.
BROK the InvestiGator
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Ranked #8 for Motives: The Ultimate Problem fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Motives: The Ultimate Problem.
An innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Motives: The Ultimate Problem.
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
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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!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Motives: The Ultimate Problem.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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 Adventure with Motives: The Ultimate Problem.
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.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Elroy and the Aliens
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Motives: The Ultimate Problem.
Slope City, 1993. Talking robots, ancient alien secrets, and a mysterious message from the past. Follow Elroy and Peggie through a portal to find Elroy's father, missing for 18 years. A heartfelt point & click adventure where the puzzles make sense and the story stays with you.
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Motives: The Ultimate Problem.
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.
Paradise Killer
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Motives: The Ultimate Problem.
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
BROK the InvestiGator
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Motives: The Ultimate Problem.
An innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?
Frequently asked about Motives: The Ultimate Problem
- What games are most similar to Motives: The Ultimate Problem?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Motives: The Ultimate Problem are Elroy and the Aliens, Kathy Rain: Director's Cut, The Low Road.
- Who developed Motives: The Ultimate Problem?
- Motives: The Ultimate Problem was developed by LockedOn Games and published by Erabit.
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 Motives: The Ultimate Problem.
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