Games like Query Noir
If Query Noir is your kind of game, the closest matches are Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!, Crime O'Clock and Still Life — 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 Query Noir: A noir detective game where every clue is hidden in data. Play a night-shift technician who cracks murder cases by asking the city's databases the right questions. No typing, no syntax: build every query from readable blocks, and watch the real SQL write itself.
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Steam players who put hours into Query Noir 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.
Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
WHY THIS
Top pick for Query Noir fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Query Noir.
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.
Crime O'Clock
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Query Noir fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Query Noir.
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!
Still Life
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Query Noir fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Query Noir.
Still Life 2 also now available!
Post Mortem
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Query Noir fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Query Noir.
After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…
Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Query Noir fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Query Noir.
Roman, the wolf detective plans to spend his Christmas vacation in his favorite tavern, but murder cases happened in the tavern put him to work again.
The Posthumous Investigation
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Query Noir fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Query Noir.
A dead man hired you to solve his own murder. You have one day. Fourteen suspects. And as many attempts as it takes. A hand-drawn noir mystery set in 1937 Rio de Janeiro, where every suspect has a life, a schedule, and something to hide.
Inspector Waffles
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Query Noir fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Query Noir.
Murder. Nothin’ nice about it. In this old school detective adventure, step into the boots of whip-smart Inspector Waffles and travel the city to track hidden clues, interrogate shady suspects, and unravel a dangerous mystery. But be warned: curiosity killed the cat...
Chinatown Detective Agency
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Query Noir fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Query Noir.
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Query Noir at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Query Noir on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Query Noir.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Query Noir on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Query Noir.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Query Noir on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Query Noir.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Query Noir on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Query Noir.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Query Noir on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Query Noir.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Query Noir on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Query Noir.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Query Noir on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Query Noir.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Query Noir on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Query Noir.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
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 Query Noir.
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 Query Noir.
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 Query Noir.
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. Shares Indie with Query Noir.
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 Query Noir.
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 Query Noir.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Query Noir.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Alfish Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Alfish Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Keep On Nailing
WHY THIS
Another title from Alfish Games, the studio behind Query Noir. Shares Casual with Query Noir.
Hammer nails. Collect coins. Repeat (a lot). Keep On Nailing is a cozy incremental game where a flick of your cursor sends a swarm of auto-hammers raining across the board. Grow a huge skill tree, forge mightier hammers, and crack open flashy powers!
Pixel Evolution
WHY THIS
Another title from Alfish Games, the studio behind Query Noir.
A twin-stick arena shooter where every run rebuilds the game itself. Collect pixels, survive the constant HP drain, and complete each upgrade checklist to COMPILE the next era — evolving from 1-bit monochrome all the way to 3D, one boss at a time.
Keep On Punching
WHY THIS
Another title from Alfish Games, the studio behind Query Noir. Shares Casual with Query Noir.
Keep On Punching is a cozy idle boxing brawler. Throw punches, land crits and combos, and watch the coins pile up. Upgrade your power, unlock knockout techniques, prestige for permanent boosts, and train a roster of scrappy fighters. Just keep punching!
Frequently asked about Query Noir
- How much does Query Noir cost?
- Query Noir is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Query Noir?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Query Noir are Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!, Crime O'Clock, Still Life.
- Who developed Query Noir?
- Query Noir was developed by Alfish Games.
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 Query Noir.
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