Games like Dead Wrong Detective
If Dead Wrong Detective is your kind of game, the closest matches are Doodle Date, Monster Prom 4: Monster Con and Arcadia Fallen — 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 Dead Wrong Detective: Self-proclaimed genius detective Nanko and her assistant tackle 23 cases in this comedy detective ADV. Find clues, shout "The culprit is YOU!" — and get it wrong. Every. Single. Time. The world's worst detective begins her investigation. Skill issue? No. It's a feature.
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Doodle Date
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Top pick for Dead Wrong Detective fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Dead Wrong Detective.
Romance, seduce, and even marry your own drawings! Forget about finding true love; In Doodle Date, you create it!
Monster Prom 4: Monster Con
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Dead Wrong Detective fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Dead Wrong Detective.
Can you find love at the nerdiest convention ever? "Monster Con" goes back to the multiplayer dating sim formula: go through absurd and funny situations as you find love among six sexy monsters! Who will you romance? The mimic who cosplays? The idol clown? Or the eldritch cutie? (There's also Liam)
Arcadia Fallen
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Dead Wrong Detective fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Dead Wrong Detective.
Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.
Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Dead Wrong Detective fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Dead Wrong Detective.
A comic book adventure of freelance supervillainy, petting cats, and/or destroying capitalism in which your choices determine success in a series of daring heists and capers.
Petit Game Collection vol.1
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Ranked #5 for Dead Wrong Detective fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Dead Wrong Detective.
A spin-off minigame collection of "Needy Streamer Overload". Meet your internet angel in this retro-style game world!
Misadventures of Laura Silver
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Ranked #6 for Dead Wrong Detective fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Dead Wrong Detective.
Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.
Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
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Ranked #7 for Dead Wrong Detective fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Dead Wrong Detective.
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...
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Dead Wrong Detective fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Dead Wrong Detective.
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dead Wrong Detective at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Dead Wrong Detective on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Dead Wrong Detective.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Dead Wrong Detective on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Dead Wrong Detective.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Dead Wrong Detective on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Dead Wrong Detective.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
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Priced ~52% under Dead Wrong Detective on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Dead Wrong Detective.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~91% under Dead Wrong Detective on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Dead Wrong Detective.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
OneShot
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Priced ~43% under Dead Wrong Detective on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Dead Wrong Detective.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Human Fall Flat
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Dead Wrong Detective on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Dead Wrong Detective.
Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Dead Wrong Detective on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Dead Wrong Detective.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
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 Casual with Dead Wrong Detective.
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 Dead Wrong Detective.
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.
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.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Dead Wrong Detective.
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 Casual with Dead Wrong Detective.
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 Adventure with Dead Wrong Detective.
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.
Monster Prom 4: Monster Con
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Casual with Dead Wrong Detective.
Can you find love at the nerdiest convention ever? "Monster Con" goes back to the multiplayer dating sim formula: go through absurd and funny situations as you find love among six sexy monsters! Who will you romance? The mimic who cosplays? The idol clown? Or the eldritch cutie? (There's also Liam)
Arcadia Fallen
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Dead Wrong Detective.
Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.
Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Casual with Dead Wrong Detective.
A comic book adventure of freelance supervillainy, petting cats, and/or destroying capitalism in which your choices determine success in a series of daring heists and capers.
Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Casual with Dead Wrong Detective.
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...
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Dead Wrong Detective.
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Frequently asked about Dead Wrong Detective
- How much does Dead Wrong Detective cost?
- Dead Wrong Detective is listed on Steam at 10.48 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Dead Wrong Detective?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dead Wrong Detective are Doodle Date, Monster Prom 4: Monster Con, Arcadia Fallen.
- Who developed Dead Wrong Detective?
- Dead Wrong Detective was developed by NAGORI EMBER.
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