Games like Contingence
If Contingence is your kind of game, the closest matches are AI探案集, Lavender Dream and The Last Voyage of the SS Aurelia — 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 Contingence: Detective story. A cat accidentally gets infected with a secret computer virus and gains superpowers. Agents try to catch the cat who is causing trouble in the city. 2D novella with text subtitles.
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AI探案集
WHY THIS
Top pick for Contingence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Contingence.
《AI Detective Collection》 combines the AI large language model to create a detective deciphering game. Players will be integrated into the deduction story, using AI assistants to deeply investigate clues, examine evidence, and uncover the truth behind the case through logical thinking and deduction.
Lavender Dream
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Contingence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Contingence.
A text-based visual game with a non-linear plot where every decision shapes the story. AI-driven characters engage in lifelike dialogues, each with unique motivations and hidden intentions you can uncover. The story’s outcome is in your hands.
The Last Voyage of the SS Aurelia
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Contingence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Contingence.
An interrogation mystery aboard a 1936 ocean liner. Five suspects. One murder. No dialogue options — every suspect is powered by AI and will remember every word, deflect every question, and only surrender their secrets under pressure. Four voyages. One truth. Break someone.
Curiosity
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Contingence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Contingence.
"Curiosity killed the cat, but after satisfying it she was resurrected." This game is a visual novel. Features of the game - puzzles and several endings, depending on your choice.
School Sweets Discovery ～granulated sugar edition～
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Contingence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Contingence.
A beautiful girl 2-choice quiz adventure game where you can experience a little variety of languages! Enjoy multi-end collection and online ranking in Challenge Mode!
SMTHNG WRNG
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Contingence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Contingence.
Men are mysteriously vanishing in a small, provincial town. A newly arrived guy finds himself trapped in the center of eerie events when someone he believed was gone forever suddenly reappears. What kind of ruthless system is behind this, and who can be trusted?
Nobody Nowhere
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Contingence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Contingence.
a side-scrolling, story-driven text adventure game in pixel art. The story is set in 2079, when a Replicant awakens in a lab facility amidst a life-or-death situation. The replicant aid agency tries to rescue him but fails. In the process they stumble on the real secret of the Replicant project...
Coffee flavor of love 咖啡甜恋
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Contingence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Contingence.
Sweet love begins in the coffee shop. Office romances of coffee shop employees. This is a visual novel game with two endings.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Contingence at current Steam store prices.
Miss Neko
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Contingence on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Contingence.
Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Contingence on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Contingence.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Contingence on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Contingence.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Contingence on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Contingence.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Contingence on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Contingence.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
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 and Casual with Contingence.
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 Contingence.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Contingence.
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 Indie and Simulation with Contingence.
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 Contingence.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Contingence.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Contingence.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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Frequently asked about Contingence
- How much does Contingence cost?
- Contingence is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Contingence?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Contingence are AI探案集, Lavender Dream, The Last Voyage of the SS Aurelia.
- Who developed Contingence?
- Contingence was developed by Vera Polyachenko.
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