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Games like Homicide Desk

If Homicide Desk is your kind of game, the closest matches are Netshell, Hostage Down and Russian Prison Tattoo Simulator — 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.

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About Homicide Desk: Read the evidence. Run the forensics. Question suspects in your own words, they lie, crack, or lawyer up. Accuse the wrong person, and Internal Affairs comes after you.

2026IndieSimulationCasualWindowsby Shu'la Lab LLC
Homicide Desk — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Homicide Desk 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.

  1. Netshell

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Homicide Desk fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Homicide Desk.

    A 90s-themed hacking simulation with real shell commands and authentic techniques, set inside a UNIX-style operating system from 1997 with accurately recreated applications. Scan ports, exploit vulnerabilities, evade traces, join the underground, and live the Wild West era of the early internet.

    IndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Hostage Down

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Homicide Desk fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Homicide Desk.

    In this hostage simulation, take the mic and negotiate the ransom to free the hostages. With advanced AI and complete freedom of choice, use your charisma, your narrative decisions, and your power of persuasion to manipulate unpredictable situations. Every word matters—and could come at a high cost.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation8.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Russian Prison Tattoo Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Homicide Desk fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Homicide Desk.

    Become a tattoo artist in Russian Prison. Get introduced to tattoo iconography and special meanings of Russian Prison tattoos

    2022StrategySimulation1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. PolyCity Stories - The Affair

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Homicide Desk fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Homicide Desk.

    The first short story from PolyCity. A point and click adventure delving into the dark and dirty polygonated corners of the City of angles... mostly right angles. The Affair follows a soft boiled/over easy private detective as he unpicks an organised crime syndicate operating across the city.

    2023IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Gnosis

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Homicide Desk fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Homicide Desk.

    A dark atmospheric test that asks you to see things in new ways, including the experience of playing itself. In this love letter to flash horror, explore 60 ending permutations and reactivity to your answers, as the game not only allows but implores you to play and break it how you see fit.

    2024Indie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. ROUGH KUTS: Night of the Living Dead

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Homicide Desk fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Homicide Desk.

    Interactive Film: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

    2021ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Detective School Club

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Homicide Desk fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Homicide Desk.

    Welcome to the Detective Club! Led by the troublesome and shy president Alice Baskerville. Follow this comedy story where together you will solve cases using your deductive powers!

    2024IndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Black Ledger: The Antique Mafia

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Homicide Desk fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Homicide Desk.

    Run an antique shop during the day. Lead a criminal organization at night. Maintain a balance between profit, loyalty, and suspicion... Every choice has consequences.

    IndieSimulationSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. 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 Homicide Desk.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Homicide Desk.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Homicide Desk.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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 Simulation with Homicide Desk.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Homicide Desk.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Homicide Desk.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 Homicide Desk.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Homicide Desk

What games are most similar to Homicide Desk?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Homicide Desk are Netshell, Hostage Down, Russian Prison Tattoo Simulator.
Who developed Homicide Desk?
Homicide Desk was developed by Shu'la Lab LLC.

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 Homicide Desk.

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