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- Released: 2017
- Developer: the whale husband
- Price: $3.99checked Nov 7
- 86% of 235 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Adventure
- Platforms: Windows, macOS
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About Bucket Detective
The closest matches to Bucket Detective: the static speaks my name, The Old City: Leviathan, God's Basement, The Beginner's Guide, and Layers of Fear (2016). Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Bucket Detective is your kind of game, the closest matches are the static speaks my name, The Old City: Leviathan and God's Basement — 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.
About Bucket Detective: A dark comedy/horror game by Jesse Barksdale, creator of the static speaks my name. Help a cult complete a ritual in exchange for divine inspiration to finish writing your terrible novel. A story-focused experience which takes around 45 minutes to complete.
Is Bucket Detective worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 86% of 235 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $3.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 2 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics usually quit early: a median of 1.4 h played before their negative review.
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“There is really nothing much to offer here except pure shock value. the static speaks my name was an O.K. game for what it was, a creepy and mysterious walking simulator with a decent shocking twist in the end. Even though Bucket Detective…”
“I fully completed this game, working against my instincts and better judgment, hoping for some kind of redemptive quality. I found very very little, certainly not enough to be worth it. I can pull some kind of commentary from this, but in…”
People who play it also play: the static speaks my name, The Old City: Leviathan, God's Basement
Frequently asked about Bucket Detective
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How much does Bucket Detective cost?
Bucket Detective is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Bucket Detective?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Bucket Detective are the static speaks my name, The Old City: Leviathan, God's Basement.
Who developed Bucket Detective?
Bucket Detective was developed by the whale husband.