Games like REWIND
Below are 12 hand-picked alternatives to REWIND for fans of indie, rpg, free to play, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in REWIND also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About REWIND: 《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues. Players need to carefully examine and deduce the clues to find the answer to the case.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Demons' Timeline
Top pick for REWIND fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with REWIND.
Cyber Detective L solves Paradoxes—bizarre incidents by supernatural Demons—via the social media giant Parrotter. The Cyber Detective Squad, L and his Demon partner Nyasuteria, wield elite hacking and psychic powers to take on the final Paradox investigation.
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Rainy Butcher
Second-strongest match for REWIND fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with REWIND.
On rainy nights, the serial murderer is on a killing spree. This scares everyone but one girl, the journalist who keeps digging for a promotion. Dauntless, she gets involved deep and wide, hoping to discover the real identify of the rainy night butcher.
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The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Third-strongest match for REWIND fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with REWIND.
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.
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The Test: Secrets of the Soul
Ranked #4 for REWIND fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with REWIND.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
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Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
Ranked #5 for REWIND fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with REWIND.
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
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Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Ranked #6 for REWIND fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with REWIND.
Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.
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Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
Ranked #7 for REWIND fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with REWIND.
You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!
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Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
Ranked #8 for REWIND fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with REWIND.
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.
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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.
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The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with REWIND.
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.
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The Test: Secrets of the Soul
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with REWIND.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
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Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Casual with REWIND.
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
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Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with REWIND.
Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.
Frequently asked about REWIND
- Is REWIND free to play?
- Yes — REWIND is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to REWIND?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside REWIND are Demons' Timeline, Rainy Butcher, The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark.
- Who developed REWIND?
- REWIND was developed by Damian_Zhao.
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 REWIND.
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