Games like The Duke is Dead
If The Duke is Dead is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hillthorn, Kamiya Detective Agency: High School Girl Vanished in The Summer and The Operator — 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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Hillthorn
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Top pick for The Duke is Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Duke is Dead.
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.
Kamiya Detective Agency: High School Girl Vanished in The Summer
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Duke is Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Duke is Dead.
A mystery set in Fukuoka, Japan. Former cop Kengo Kamiya and assistant Hikaru tackle a high school girl's disappearance. A "Photoreal Novel" fully utilizing actual photos and AI. Enjoy snappy banter and unexpected twists in this simple, choice-driven mystery visual novel.
The Operator
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Duke is Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Duke is Dead.
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.
Case Solved: The London Files
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Ranked #4 for The Duke is Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Duke is Dead.
Solve logic puzzles and crack multiple cases in a cosy noir London using reason, not guesswork. Murders have taken place, witness statements conflict and the alibis don't add up. Everyone has a motive, and only clear logic reveals the truth.
Sovereign Tower
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Ranked #5 for The Duke is Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Duke is Dead.
Play as the Sovereign of a magical tower in this story-rich, Round Table management RPG. Recruit eccentric Knights, assign quests and balance egos whilst carving out your kingdom's destiny. If destiny doesn’t go your way, keep turning back time, uncover secrets and rewrite fate again and again.
A Case of Fraud
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Ranked #6 for The Duke is Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Duke is Dead.
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.
Back to the Dawn
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Ranked #7 for The Duke is Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Duke is Dead.
Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
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Ranked #8 for The Duke is Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Duke is Dead.
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.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
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 Duke is Dead.
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 with The Duke is Dead.
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 with The Duke is Dead.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Duke is Dead.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Duke is Dead.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Steam Engine Simulator
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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The Operator
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with The Duke is Dead.
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.
Back to the Dawn
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with The Duke is Dead.
Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with The Duke is Dead.
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.
Frequently asked about The Duke is Dead
- What games are most similar to The Duke is Dead?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Duke is Dead are Hillthorn, Kamiya Detective Agency: High School Girl Vanished in The Summer, The Operator.
- Who developed The Duke is Dead?
- The Duke is Dead was developed by Bunk Bed Software, LLC.
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 Duke is Dead.
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