Games like Wild East: The Straw Man
If Wild East: The Straw Man is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Millhaven Murders, Paradise Killer and Chicken Police: Into the HIVE! — 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 Wild East: The Straw Man: 1993, just after Czechoslovakia split in two. Play as reporter Marek and investigate the death of a company director in name only. In Prague, journalist Eva pursues a case of her own. Explore locations, read documents, and uncover where their cases meet in a classic 2D point-and-click mystery.
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Steam players who put hours into Wild East: The Straw Man 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.
The Millhaven Murders
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Top pick for Wild East: The Straw Man fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wild East: The Straw Man.
A hand-drawn and story-rich deduction mystery set in 1887. Pearl Lundgren is dead and two men have been arrested for her murder, but the full truth remains to be discovered, and only you can piece it together.
Paradise Killer
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Wild East: The Straw Man fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wild East: The Straw Man.
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Wild East: The Straw Man fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Wild East: The Straw Man.
A wild tale of conspiracy, loss, friendship, and... chickens?! Two rooster detectives are about to venture into the insect underworld to uncover a worldwide conspiracy, while also battling their inherent demons in this animal noir adventure satire.
Strange Antiquities
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Ranked #4 for Wild East: The Straw Man fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wild East: The Straw Man.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
Telling Lies
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Wild East: The Straw Man fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wild East: The Straw Man.
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
Crime O'Clock
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Wild East: The Straw Man fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wild East: The Straw Man.
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!
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Wild East: The Straw Man fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Wild East: The Straw Man.
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
The Roottrees are Dead
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Ranked #8 for Wild East: The Straw Man fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Wild East: The Straw Man.
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wild East: The Straw Man.
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 Wild East: The Straw Man.
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 Wild East: The Straw Man.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wild East: The Straw Man.
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 with Wild East: The Straw Man.
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 Wild East: The Straw Man.
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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Paradise Killer
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wild East: The Straw Man.
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
Strange Antiquities
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wild East: The Straw Man.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Wild East: The Straw Man.
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
Frequently asked about Wild East: The Straw Man
- What games are most similar to Wild East: The Straw Man?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Wild East: The Straw Man are The Millhaven Murders, Paradise Killer, Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!.
- Who developed Wild East: The Straw Man?
- Wild East: The Straw Man was developed by David Zacik.
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 Wild East: The Straw Man.
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