Games like Almanac: Detective Agency
If Almanac: Detective Agency is your kind of game, the closest matches are Black File, Grimmloch and Hillthorn — 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 Almanac: Detective Agency: A narrative detective game about solving mysteries through investigation, evidence, and conversation. Question suspects in your own words, photograph clues, and piece together the truth in a town full of secrets. Who is lying, and what are they hiding?
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Black File
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Top pick for Almanac: Detective Agency fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Almanac: Detective Agency.
Black File is a story-driven detective simulator set in Istanbul. Investigate crime scenes, inspect evidence, connect clues, interrogate suspects, and uncover the truth behind a file that should have stayed closed.
Grimmloch
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Second-strongest match for Almanac: Detective Agency fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Almanac: Detective Agency.
A persistent text-based MMORPG where NPCs remember your secrets and shape a living world rooted in European folklore. Turn-based tactical combat, criminal gameplay, and collaborative storytelling that writes itself into canon. Built by Role-players for Role-players.
Hillthorn
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Third-strongest match for Almanac: Detective Agency fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Almanac: Detective Agency.
A disappearance in a secluded community. A mountain hiding its secrets. A detective running out of time. Welcome to Hillthorn, a dark investigation game that invites you to uncover the mystery without a single word spoken, using your skills of logic and intuition through cards.
The Operator
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Ranked #4 for Almanac: Detective Agency fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Almanac: Detective Agency.
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.
London: Echoes of the Past
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Ranked #5 for Almanac: Detective Agency fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Almanac: Detective Agency.
A mysterious woman comes back from the dead, and the dusty past surfaces. Between a gloomy student girl and a glamorous ex-girlfriend, the clues are intertwined, who is the mastermind behind the scene? Play as a detective heroine in 1935 London, embark on a journey of love and growth.
A Case of Fraud
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Ranked #6 for Almanac: Detective Agency fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Almanac: Detective Agency.
A short non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
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Ranked #7 for Almanac: Detective Agency fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Almanac: Detective Agency.
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.
The Darkest Files
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Ranked #8 for Almanac: Detective Agency fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Almanac: Detective Agency.
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?
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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. Shares Indie and Casual with Almanac: Detective Agency.
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 Almanac: Detective Agency.
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. Shares Indie with Almanac: Detective Agency.
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 Indie and Adventure with Almanac: Detective Agency.
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. Shares Indie and Casual with Almanac: Detective Agency.
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 Indie and Adventure with Almanac: Detective Agency.
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 Almanac: Detective Agency.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Almanac: Detective Agency.
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.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Operator
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Almanac: Detective Agency.
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.
London: Echoes of the Past
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Almanac: Detective Agency.
A mysterious woman comes back from the dead, and the dusty past surfaces. Between a gloomy student girl and a glamorous ex-girlfriend, the clues are intertwined, who is the mastermind behind the scene? Play as a detective heroine in 1935 London, embark on a journey of love and growth.
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Almanac: Detective Agency.
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.
The Darkest Files
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Almanac: Detective Agency.
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?
Frequently asked about Almanac: Detective Agency
- What games are most similar to Almanac: Detective Agency?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Almanac: Detective Agency are Black File, Grimmloch, Hillthorn.
- Who developed Almanac: Detective Agency?
- Almanac: Detective Agency was developed by Bergamot Games.
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