Games like The Doringbult Detective
If The Doringbult Detective is your kind of game, the closest matches are Case Solved: The London Files, UnQuollified and Strange Antiquities — 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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Steam players who put hours into The Doringbult Detective 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.
Case Solved: The London Files
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Top pick for The Doringbult Detective fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Doringbult Detective.
Solve logic puzzles and crack multiple cases in a cosy noir London using reason, not guesswork. Murders have taken place, witness statements conflict and the alibis don't add up. Everyone has a motive, and only clear logic reveals the truth.
UnQuollified
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Doringbult Detective fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Doringbult Detective.
A charming Australian point & click detective mystery about a struggling artist investigating the mysterious death of his childhood best friend. Explore the small town of Bridgegully, interrogate quirky locals, & sketch clues to expose the truth. Are you ready to solve a crime years in the making?
Strange Antiquities
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Doringbult Detective fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Doringbult Detective.
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!
A Storied Life: Tabitha
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Doringbult Detective fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Doringbult Detective.
A wholesome narrative puzzle game about the objects we leave behind and the stories they tell. Complete a loved one's damaged memoirs by exploring their home and packing away their things.
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Doringbult Detective fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Doringbult Detective.
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.
BROK the InvestiGator
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Doringbult Detective fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Doringbult Detective.
An innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?
Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Doringbult Detective fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Doringbult Detective.
Legends of the past come back to life in this charming point-and-click adventure. Pack your bags and journey with Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit through modern day Europe to uncover the conspiracy behind a cursed relic and the secrets of the King who was never crowned.
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Doringbult Detective fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Doringbult Detective.
Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.
Free alternatives
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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 and Casual with The Doringbult Detective.
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 The Doringbult Detective.
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 The Doringbult Detective.
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 The Doringbult Detective.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Doringbult Detective.
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 and Casual with The Doringbult Detective.
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 The Doringbult Detective.
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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Other recommendable Steam games by STANDER Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
The Spirit of Twelve
WHY THIS
Another title from STANDER Games, the studio behind The Doringbult Detective. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Doringbult Detective.
A painterly adventure-RPG of dice, choices, and grief. Roll a d20 and play your cards in the open, no hidden math, as a hunted girl wakes the Twelve powers sleeping behind her ribs, on a branching road to the throne beneath a fallen kingdom.
Wildmark
WHY THIS
Another title from STANDER Games, the studio behind The Doringbult Detective. Shares Indie and Casual with The Doringbult Detective.
A cozy woodland idle RPG. Play the Warden: chop, forage, hunt, fish, mine, cook and craft your way through ten gentle skills, raise a homestead lodge, tame companions, and defend the wilds — even while you're away. Wander in for five minutes or an evening. The forest keeps growing.
Man vs. Gary
WHY THIS
Another title from STANDER Games, the studio behind The Doringbult Detective. Shares Indie and Casual with The Doringbult Detective.
Row out. Shoot the enormous sea monster. Drown. File the incident report. Do it again, a little angrier each time. A hand-illustrated idle comedy about losing to Gary, a kraken with opinions and a HR complaint, until one day you don't.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Case Solved: The London Files
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with The Doringbult Detective.
Solve logic puzzles and crack multiple cases in a cosy noir London using reason, not guesswork. Murders have taken place, witness statements conflict and the alibis don't add up. Everyone has a motive, and only clear logic reveals the truth.
Strange Antiquities
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Doringbult Detective.
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!
A Storied Life: Tabitha
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with The Doringbult Detective.
A wholesome narrative puzzle game about the objects we leave behind and the stories they tell. Complete a loved one's damaged memoirs by exploring their home and packing away their things.
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Doringbult Detective.
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.
BROK the InvestiGator
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Doringbult Detective.
An innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?
Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Doringbult Detective.
Legends of the past come back to life in this charming point-and-click adventure. Pack your bags and journey with Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit through modern day Europe to uncover the conspiracy behind a cursed relic and the secrets of the King who was never crowned.
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Doringbult Detective.
Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.
Frequently asked about The Doringbult Detective
- What games are most similar to The Doringbult Detective?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Doringbult Detective are Case Solved: The London Files, UnQuollified, Strange Antiquities.
- Who developed The Doringbult Detective?
- The Doringbult Detective was developed by STANDER Games.
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