Games like The Ratline
If The Ratline is your kind of game, the closest matches are Greyhat - A Digital Detective Adventure, Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer and The Operator — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its historical nazi hunting narrative, atmospheric and contemplative. 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 The Ratline: A murdered priest. A secret list. Hunt Nazi fugitives across the globe in this gritty 1971 detective thriller. Analyze evidence, follow leads, and make sharp deductions before the trail goes cold. From the creators of Family, Rivals, Conspiracy, Echo Beach and Riley & Rochelle.
Players who liked The Ratline also play
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Greyhat - A Digital Detective Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Ratline.
Top pick for The Ratline fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
How far would you go to save your daughter? As an infamous hacker-for-hire you have the skills to steal almost any secret. But when your daughter is taken, will you be able to use these skills to uncover a dark conspiracy that goes further than you could ever imagine?
Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Ratline.
Second-strongest match for The Ratline fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
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…
The Operator
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Ratline.
Third-strongest match for The Ratline fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
The Rise of the Golden Idol
WHY THIS
Shares evidence collection, investigation, narrative driven and an atmospheric mood with The Ratline.
Ranked #4 for The Ratline fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.
Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
WHY THIS
Shares evidence collection, hidden collectibles and atmospheric with The Ratline.
Ranked #5 for The Ratline fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
The Shell Part III: Paradiso
WHY THIS
Shares evidence collection, investigation and atmospheric with The Ratline.
Ranked #6 for The Ratline fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Ratline.
The coiling chains of obsession that began with The Shell now threaten to strangle Detective Reiji Tokisaka in the third and final entry in the trilogy. As old friends and foes rise up for one last confrontation, can anyone break the cycle—and can Reiji's heart ever be set free?
Loco Motive
WHY THIS
Shares hint system with The Ratline.
Ranked #7 for The Ratline fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
There's been a murder aboard the Reuss Express, and you're the suspects! Prove your innocence in this comedy 'point n' click' murder mystery - packed with twists, laughs, and larger-than-life characters!
Tails Noir
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Ratline.
Ranked #8 for The Ratline fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
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.
Reviewers mention these as similar to The Ratline
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Return of the Obra Dinn
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Ratline.
Reviewers of The Ratline cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
The Roottrees are Dead
WHY THIS
Shares evidence collection, hint system, narrative driven and an atmospheric mood with The Ratline.
Reviewers of The Ratline cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Ratline.
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
The Darkest Files
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Ratline.
Reviewers of The Ratline cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?
Her Story
WHY THIS
Shares a mysterious mood with The Ratline.
Reviewers of The Ratline cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
The Case of the Golden Idol
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Ratline.
Reviewers of The Ratline cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
The Incident at Galley House
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Ratline cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Ratline.
In 1936, something terrible happened at Galley House. Decades later, with a strange contraption that reveals echoes of the past, you must uncover the truth behind this grisly mystery.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Ratline at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Ratline on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Ratline.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Ratline on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Ratline.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under The Ratline on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under The Ratline on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Ratline.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under The Ratline on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Ratline on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Ratline.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Ratline on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Ratline.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under The Ratline on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
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 with The Ratline.
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. Shares Adventure with The Ratline.
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. Shares Indie with The Ratline.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
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 with The Ratline.
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 Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
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 The Ratline.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Owlskip Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Owlskip Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Conspiracy!
WHY THIS
Another title from Owlskip Games, the studio behind The Ratline. Shares Indie with The Ratline.
A detective game that combines written, audio, visual and meta-game puzzles to create an enthralling experience. It plays for roughly 2-3 hours.
Riley & Rochelle
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Ratline.
Another title from Owlskip Games, the studio behind The Ratline. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
Uncover the lives, losses, and stories of two musicians from opposite sides of the tracks as they become superstars, fall in love and fall apart in this 90s narrative puzzle game.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Operator
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Ratline.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
The Rise of the Golden Idol
WHY THIS
Shares evidence collection, investigation, narrative driven and an atmospheric mood with The Ratline.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.
Loco Motive
WHY THIS
Shares hint system with The Ratline.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ratline.
There's been a murder aboard the Reuss Express, and you're the suspects! Prove your innocence in this comedy 'point n' click' murder mystery - packed with twists, laughs, and larger-than-life characters!
Frequently asked about The Ratline
- Does The Ratline run on Steam Deck?
- The Ratline is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does The Ratline cost?
- The Ratline is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Ratline?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Ratline are Greyhat - A Digital Detective Adventure, Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer, The Operator.
- Who developed The Ratline?
- The Ratline was developed by Owlskip 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 The Ratline.
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