Games like Genuine Article
If Genuine Article is your kind of game, the closest matches are Confidential Killings - A Detective Game, Subsurface Circular and The Darkest Files — 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 Genuine Article: Vienna, 1901. A bureau that authenticates antiques: without your certificate the piece is worth nothing. Silver, paintings, watches, papers — each carries a truth and a lie about its history. A predecessor’s debt makes bribes tempting. And you won’t get this right every time — mistakes cost.
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Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
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Top pick for Genuine Article fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Genuine Article.
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
Subsurface Circular
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Second-strongest match for Genuine Article fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Genuine Article.
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 Darkest Files
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Third-strongest match for Genuine Article fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Genuine Article.
Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?
Post Mortem
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Ranked #4 for Genuine Article fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Genuine Article.
After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…
Chinatown Detective Agency
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Ranked #5 for Genuine Article fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Genuine Article.
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.
Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
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Ranked #6 for Genuine Article fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Genuine Article.
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.
Staffer Reborn
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Ranked #7 for Genuine Article fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Genuine Article.
Staffer Reborn is a game of supernatural abilities and logical deduction set in 1960s America. It tells the story of a man trapped in a cycle of death and resurrection caused by his supernatural ability and the investigator who was recruited to help.
Lucifer Within Us
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Ranked #8 for Genuine Article fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Genuine Article.
Solve 3 increasingly intricate murders by examining the evidence -- find the motive, the means, and the opportunity. Use testimonies of the suspects as evidence by examining every detail for contradictions... and signs of sin. Purify the possessed. Purge the daemons.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Genuine Article.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Genuine Article.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Genuine Article.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Genuine Article.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 and Simulation with Genuine Article.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Genuine Article.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Genuine Article.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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The Darkest Files
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Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Genuine Article.
Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?
Post Mortem
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Genuine Article.
After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…
Staffer Reborn
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Genuine Article.
Staffer Reborn is a game of supernatural abilities and logical deduction set in 1960s America. It tells the story of a man trapped in a cycle of death and resurrection caused by his supernatural ability and the investigator who was recruited to help.
Frequently asked about Genuine Article
- What games are most similar to Genuine Article?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Genuine Article are Confidential Killings - A Detective Game, Subsurface Circular, The Darkest Files.
- Who developed Genuine Article?
- Genuine Article was developed by Altum Studio.
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