Games like A Detective's Novel
If A Detective's Novel is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sarawak, Aviary Attorney and Orwell: Ignorance is Strength — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its choices subtly change outcomes, emotions conveyed without sound and short but satisfying experience. 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 A Detective's Novel: On a cold November night in a desolate estate deep in the mountains an innocent life has prematurely perished and its up to the player to find out who did it.
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Aviary Attorney
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Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with A Detective's Novel.
Second-strongest match for A Detective's Novel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Detective's Novel.
The hottest bird lawyering game to come out of 1840s France! Join Jayjay Falcon and his witty apprentice, Sparrowson, as the two take on clients, interview witnesses, collect evidence, and deliver justice to the guilty.
Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
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Shares a contemplative mood with A Detective's Novel.
Third-strongest match for A Detective's Novel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Detective's Novel.
Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller.
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
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Ranked #4 for A Detective's Novel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Detective's Novel.
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Subsurface Circular
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Shares an atmospheric mood with A Detective's Novel.
Ranked #5 for A Detective's Novel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Detective's Novel.
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
The Simen Rumors
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Shares an atmospheric mood with A Detective's Novel.
Ranked #6 for A Detective's Novel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Detective's Novel.
本游戏以视觉小说的形式，收录了十四个奇幻恐怖的短篇故事。从网站专栏的投稿、社团的恐怖故事分享会、到某座设施中的秘密实验……你将以不同的视角，探索发生在鸶门市周边的种种奇妙传闻。
Threefold Recital
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Shares an atmospheric mood with A Detective's Novel.
Ranked #7 for A Detective's Novel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Detective's Novel.
Threefold Recital is set in an oriental fantasy world where the metropolis of Bluescales faces turmoil after a long golden age. The mix of magic, modern, and ancient technologies challenges governance, while tensions between humans, beastlings, and dragons grow. In the shadows, a crisis looms...
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Ranked #8 for A Detective's Novel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Detective's Novel.
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Priced ~50% under A Detective's Novel on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Detective's Novel.
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?
Blood and Bacon
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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.
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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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
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Priced ~50% under A Detective's Novel on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Detective's Novel.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
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Priced ~50% under A Detective's Novel on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Detective's Novel.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
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Priced ~50% under A Detective's Novel on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Detective's Novel.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Detective's Novel.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Detective's Novel.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Detective's Novel.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with A Detective's Novel.
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Cube Escape: Paradox
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Detective's Novel.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
Tails Noir: Prologue
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Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Detective's Novel.
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Blameless
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1914: Prelude to Chaos
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Shares an atmospheric mood with A Detective's Novel.
Another title from Amaterasu Software, the studio behind A Detective's Novel.
Enter the year 1914, which will mark the beginning of the Great War. This Indie adventure RPG will show you the glory of dying empires, death, despair and chaos that hasshaken the world and finally put an end to the ancient European monarchies.
Unforgiving Trials: The Darkest Crusade
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Another title from Amaterasu Software, the studio behind A Detective's Novel. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Detective's Novel.
Embark on an epic adventure to save the lands. Form a party by selecting 4 different adventurers from a pool of over 12 unique classes. Battle your way through the cursed lands scaling the highest mountains and exploring the darkest dungeons. Face more than 30 unique challenging bosses in order to reach the capital of the kingdom.
Unforgiving Trials: The Space Crusade
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Another title from Amaterasu Software, the studio behind A Detective's Novel. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Detective's Novel.
The world is dying. Many years after the banishment of the evil that plagued the land, the world was hit by waves of unbearable heat. Now in order to save the world the band of young adventurers have set upon a quest to vanquish the Sun.
Nuclear Contingency
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Another title from Amaterasu Software, the studio behind A Detective's Novel. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Detective's Novel.
Nuclear Contingency is a top down action stealth game set during the height of the cold war.
Space Beret
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Another title from Amaterasu Software, the studio behind A Detective's Novel. Shares Indie with A Detective's Novel.
Space Beret is a top down sci-fi shooter set in a "Starship Troopers" and "Crimsonland" inspired setting. In it, mankind is forced to fight hordes of horrible monstrosities in a desperate struggle for survival.
The Last Sin
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Shares an atmospheric mood with A Detective's Novel.
Another title from Amaterasu Software, the studio behind A Detective's Novel. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Detective's Novel.
The world is stuck in permanent limbo where the living don't realize what is going on and the dead cannot rest. Recruit a party of balanced heroes to save the endless plane of existence.
Introvert Quest
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Another title from Amaterasu Software, the studio behind A Detective's Novel. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Detective's Novel.
Introvert Quest is a comedy based JRPG set in a fictional, modern setting. Experience the life of a socially awkward shut-in who is pushed into herculean tasks by his therapist.
Tomb Joe
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Another title from Amaterasu Software, the studio behind A Detective's Novel. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Detective's Novel.
Embark on a journey to unravel the mystery of the Sceptre of Gods and Tomb Joe's father's disappearance. Armed only with his sharp wit and his trusty whip, Joe will have to face deadly traps, dangerous wildlife, and the best soldiers of the Reich to reach his goal and bring fame to his father's name once again.
Frequently asked about A Detective's Novel
- Does A Detective's Novel work on Steam Deck?
- A Detective's Novel is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does A Detective's Novel cost?
- A Detective's Novel is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to A Detective's Novel?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A Detective's Novel are Sarawak, Aviary Attorney, Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.
- Who developed A Detective's Novel?
- A Detective's Novel was developed by Amaterasu Software.
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