Games like Misplaced
If Misplaced is your kind of game, the closest matches are Truth Beneath the Shadows, The Rise of the Golden Idol and The List — 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 Misplaced: Misplaced is an archival deduction game. Draw documents from a disordered case file and use the clues on each filing slot to determine where they belong. Once every document is correctly filed, begin verification, connect the clues, and uncover the truth.
Players who liked Misplaced also play
Steam players who put hours into Misplaced also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Truth Beneath the Shadows
WHY THIS
Top pick for Misplaced fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Misplaced.
Truth Beneath the Shadows – A detective game where players unravel hidden mysteries by connecting clues to expose a secret organization. Every piece of evidence brings you closer to the dark truth lurking in the shadows.
The Rise of the Golden Idol
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Misplaced fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Misplaced.
The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.
The List
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Misplaced fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Misplaced.
A young man is interviewed by the police only to turn up dead a week later. 3 years have passed, a special agent from Santa Fe navigates the police database in order to solve the mystery.
The Operator
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Misplaced fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Misplaced.
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.
Greyhat - A Digital Detective Adventure
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Misplaced fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Misplaced.
How far would you go to save your daughter? As an infamous hacker-for-hire you have the skills to steal almost any secret. But when your daughter is taken, will you be able to use these skills to uncover a dark conspiracy that goes further than you could ever imagine?
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Misplaced fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Misplaced.
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.
London: Echoes of the Past
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Misplaced fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Misplaced.
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.
Eschaton
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Misplaced fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Misplaced.
Eschaton is a short, experimental, surreal first-person exploration game. Explore the 'aftermath' of a cult ritual in the grounds of a manor in the remote and picturesque Scottish Highlands.
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 Indie and Casual with Misplaced.
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.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Misplaced.
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?
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 Misplaced.
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 Misplaced.
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 and Casual with Misplaced.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Misplaced.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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More from G-Yao
Other recommendable Steam games by G-Yao, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Sign It
WHY THIS
Another title from G-Yao, the studio behind Misplaced. Shares Indie and Casual with Misplaced.
Monteririo, a city steeped in violence and vice, welcomes a young examining magistrate. An appointment from the Crown has effectively exiled you to this southern outpost, a thousand leagues from home. Tell me—is there truly a way back to the North for you?
(Debt Feeds Debt
WHY THIS
Another title from G-Yao, the studio behind Misplaced. Shares Casual with Misplaced.
A turn-based bond card strategy game. Buy bonds, fulfill orders, build FEVER combos, and push progress to 100 before decay—and the demonic contract—catch up.
Factor Zoo
WHY THIS
Another title from G-Yao, the studio behind Misplaced. Shares Indie and Casual with Misplaced.
Factor Zoo is a strategy puzzle game blending Sudoku and betting. Pick 5 lucky cells before each round, then solve the board with Sudoku techniques. Revealed numbers form hands—pairs, straights, or five of a kind—to earn multiplier rewards.
Unregistered Scene
WHY THIS
Another title from G-Yao, the studio behind Misplaced. Shares Indie with Misplaced.
Unregistered Scene is a Minesweeper-style anomaly deduction game. As Agent 03, an insurance company agent, investigate scenes where records no longer match reality. Work with a mysterious assistant to identify anomalies and uncover hidden rules.
Chief Bubble Officer
WHY THIS
Another title from G-Yao, the studio behind Misplaced. Shares Indie with Misplaced.
Chief Bubble Officer is a turn-based number strategy game about dressing up financial reports. Draw number cards and place them into different reports, combine numbers, raise scores, find the best moves under ever-changing rules, and trigger chain bonuses.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Rise of the Golden Idol
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Misplaced.
The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.
The Operator
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Misplaced.
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.
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Misplaced.
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.
London: Echoes of the Past
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Misplaced.
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.
Frequently asked about Misplaced
- What games are most similar to Misplaced?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Misplaced are Truth Beneath the Shadows, The Rise of the Golden Idol, The List.
- Who developed Misplaced?
- Misplaced was developed by G-Yao.
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