Games like Mysteries of Old Tokyo
If Mysteries of Old Tokyo is your kind of game, the closest matches are Strange Antiquities, The Roottrees are Dead and The House of Tesla: Definitive Edition — 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 Mysteries of Old Tokyo: Save the Imperial Capital from supernatural invasion in a 90s-style adventure that uses real deduction and research skills. Explore Tokyo, snap photos and analyse evidence for 40+ landmarks, from prehistory to the present. Confront a cast of wandering spirits to separate truth from fiction.
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Strange Antiquities
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Top pick for Mysteries of Old Tokyo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Mysteries of Old Tokyo.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
The Roottrees are Dead
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Second-strongest match for Mysteries of Old Tokyo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Mysteries of Old Tokyo.
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 House of Tesla: Definitive Edition
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Third-strongest match for Mysteries of Old Tokyo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Mysteries of Old Tokyo.
Solve intricate puzzles to activate Nikola Tesla's creations, restore Wardenclyffe Tower, and unlock hidden devices in his New York lab. Explore the Chicago World's Fair in this mind-bending puzzle adventure.
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
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Ranked #4 for Mysteries of Old Tokyo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Mysteries of Old Tokyo.
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.
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
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Ranked #5 for Mysteries of Old Tokyo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Mysteries of Old Tokyo.
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.
Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
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Ranked #6 for Mysteries of Old Tokyo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Mysteries of Old Tokyo.
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.
Pentiment
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Ranked #7 for Mysteries of Old Tokyo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Mysteries of Old Tokyo.
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
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Ranked #8 for Mysteries of Old Tokyo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Mysteries of Old Tokyo.
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mysteries of Old Tokyo at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~92% under Mysteries of Old Tokyo on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Mysteries of Old Tokyo.
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?
OneShot
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Priced ~49% under Mysteries of Old Tokyo on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Mysteries of Old Tokyo.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Human Fall Flat
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Priced ~49% under Mysteries of Old Tokyo on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Mysteries of Old Tokyo.
Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.
GRIS
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Priced ~68% under Mysteries of Old Tokyo on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Mysteries of Old Tokyo.
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
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Priced ~83% under Mysteries of Old Tokyo on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Mysteries of Old Tokyo.
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?
LEGO® Star Wars™ - The Complete Saga
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Priced ~57% under Mysteries of Old Tokyo on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Mysteries of Old Tokyo.
Kick Some Brick in I through VI! Play through all six Star Wars movies in one videogame! Adding new characters, new levels, new features and for the first time ever, the chance to build and battle your way through a fun Star Wars galaxy on your PC!
The Room
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Priced ~57% under Mysteries of Old Tokyo on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Mysteries of Old Tokyo.
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~87% under Mysteries of Old Tokyo on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Mysteries of Old Tokyo.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Mysteries of Old Tokyo.
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 Mysteries of Old Tokyo.
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 Mysteries of Old Tokyo.
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.
Travellin Cats in Paris
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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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.
Strange Antiquities
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Mysteries of Old Tokyo.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
The House of Tesla: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Mysteries of Old Tokyo.
Solve intricate puzzles to activate Nikola Tesla's creations, restore Wardenclyffe Tower, and unlock hidden devices in his New York lab. Explore the Chicago World's Fair in this mind-bending puzzle adventure.
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Mysteries of Old Tokyo.
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.
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Mysteries of Old Tokyo.
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.
Pentiment
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Mysteries of Old Tokyo.
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Mysteries of Old Tokyo.
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
Frequently asked about Mysteries of Old Tokyo
- Does Mysteries of Old Tokyo run on Steam Deck?
- Mysteries of Old Tokyo 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 Mysteries of Old Tokyo cost?
- Mysteries of Old Tokyo is listed on Steam at 11.69 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Mysteries of Old Tokyo?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mysteries of Old Tokyo are Strange Antiquities, The Roottrees are Dead, The House of Tesla: Definitive Edition.
- Who developed Mysteries of Old Tokyo?
- Mysteries of Old Tokyo was developed by Bolerosoft.
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