Games like Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency
If Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency is your kind of game, the closest matches are 江华号, Pentiment and The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark — 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 Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency: A detective visual novel set in Victorian London. Play as a veteran detective and his young daughter, investigate scenes through point-and-click gameplay, question suspects, and make tough choices that shape the story.

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江华号
WHY THIS
Top pick for Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency.
《江华号》是一款国风水墨横版卷轴叙事游戏。1928年,武汉的大街小巷流传着一则“头七夜死者还魂”的诡异消息,引发各界关注。《楚城时报》新人记者虞慧龄奉命前去采访,却误打误撞,被种种谜团指引着登上了一艘名为“江华号”的豪华客轮。在那里,一段不为人知的隐秘往事渐渐浮出水面……
Pentiment
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency.
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.
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency.
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Subsurface Circular
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Ranked #4 for Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency.
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hawkins & Sons 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.
Crime O'Clock
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency.
Crime O'Clock is a hidden objects investigation and time exploration game with a deep storyline. Investigate cases through time and evolving maps by unveiling a multi-eras linked story. Will you be observant enough to solve the mysteries? Crime waits for no man!
Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency.
From multi-award winning Revolution Software comes the latest explosive episode in this classic series. Playing as intrepid American George Stobbart and sassy French journalist Nico Collard, you find yourself on the trail of a stolen painting – and a murderous conspiracy...
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency.
Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming and witty world of evidence-gathering, deduction and courtroom battles with this double-pack of the adventures of rookie lawyer Ryunosuke.
Free alternatives
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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 Hawkins & Sons 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 Hawkins & Sons 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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency.
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 and Casual with Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency.
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 Hawkins & Sons 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.
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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.
Pentiment
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Casual with Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency.
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.
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency.
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hawkins & Sons 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 Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency.
Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming and witty world of evidence-gathering, deduction and courtroom battles with this double-pack of the adventures of rookie lawyer Ryunosuke.
Frequently asked about Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency
- What games are most similar to Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency are 江华号, Pentiment, The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark.
- Who developed Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency?
- Hawkins & Sons Detective Agency was developed by Vera Florentine.
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