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Games like The Low Road

If The Low Road is your kind of game, the closest matches are Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse, Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit and Crime O'Clock — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its false endings encourage replayability, comedic and funny. 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 The Low Road: Lie, blackmail, and steal your way down The Low Road. Rookie agent Noomi Kovacs must navigate her way through the world of corporate espionage in this dark spy comedy set in the 1970s.

2017IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDMetacritic 72Windows · macOS · Linuxby XGen Studios
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Players who liked The Low Road also play

Steam players who put hours into The Low Road 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. Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Low Road fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Low Road.

    From multi-award winning Revolution Software comes the latest explosive episode in this classic series. Playing as intrepid American George Stobbart and sassy French journalist Nico Collard, you find yourself on the trail of a stolen painting – and a murderous conspiracy...

    2013Adventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with The Low Road.

    Second-strongest match for The Low Road fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Low Road.

    Pick up your magnifying glass as writer-turned-detective Penelope Pendrick in this first-person point and click mystery adventure! Three people have suddenly vanished from the sleepy town of Carlisle. Follow the clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles to end this case - before it ends you.

    2025IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Crime O'Clock

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with The Low Road.

    Third-strongest match for The Low Road fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Low Road.

    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!

    2023IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Elroy and the Aliens

    WHY THIS

    Shares inventory based puzzles and a nostalgic mood with The Low Road.

    Ranked #4 for The Low Road fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Low Road.

    Slope City, 1993. Talking robots, ancient alien secrets, and a mysterious message from the past. Follow Elroy and Peggie through a portal to find Elroy's father, missing for 18 years. A heartfelt point & click adventure where the puzzles make sense and the story stays with you.

    2025Adventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Darkside Detective

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Low Road fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Low Road.

    Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with The Low Road.

    Ranked #6 for The Low Road fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Low Road.

    A letter from 10 years ago, an intricate web of lies to unravel and a mystery to solve. Explore an unconventional town of pirates, dive into the past, collect items and look for clues to help Willy find out what happened to his father...

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Low Road fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Low Road.

    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.

    2022IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Low Road fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Low Road.

    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.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Low Road at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Low Road on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Low Road.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Low Road on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Low Road.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under The Low Road on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Low Road.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under The Low Road on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Low Road.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under The Low Road on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Low Road.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Low Road on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Low Road.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Low Road on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Low Road.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under The Low Road on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Low Road.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 The Low Road.

    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. Shares Adventure with The Low Road.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Low Road.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Low Road.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Low Road.

    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 ↗
  6. 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 Low Road.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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 Low Road.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 Low Road.

    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 ↗

More from XGen Studios

Other recommendable Steam games by XGen Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Stick RPG 2: Director's Cut

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with The Low Road.

    Another title from XGen Studios, the studio behind The Low Road.

    Get ready to enter the 2nd Dimension! Thrust into a bizarre and unfamiliar city and find your place among strange citizens. Work, Fight, Study, Eat, Drink, Gamble, Train, Sleep, Quest, Collect, Invest, Repeat.

    2014RPG19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Super Motherload

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with The Low Road.

    Another title from XGen Studios, the studio behind The Low Road. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Low Road.

    Set on Mars in an alternate Cold-War era, Super Motherload is a 1 to 4-player couch co-op digging adventure with storyline by Image Comics' Kurtis Wiebe, a fully voiced cast of Soviet and American characters, and a procedurally-generated world that changes each time you play.

    2014IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Defend Your Castle

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with The Low Road.

    Another title from XGen Studios, the studio behind The Low Road. Shares Indie and Casual with The Low Road.

    Defend your Castle against the relentless army of crayon invaders! Those crafty barbarian hordes have amassed their forces once again to challenge your domain. Will you and your court rise to the challenge, or stand aside as they raze your Castle to the ground?

    2017ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Stick Arena

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with The Low Road.

    Another title from XGen Studios, the studio behind The Low Road. Shares Indie with The Low Road.

    Take down your opponents with The Flamethrower, Chain Gun, Railgun, Chain Saw, Laser Sword, and Tesla Helmet. Or, kick it oldschool with the original Katana, AK-47, Sledgehammer, Shotgun, Baseball Bat, or Glock. Can you go all the way to the top?

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Elroy and the Aliens

    WHY THIS

    Shares inventory based puzzles and a nostalgic mood with The Low Road.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with The Low Road.

    Slope City, 1993. Talking robots, ancient alien secrets, and a mysterious message from the past. Follow Elroy and Peggie through a portal to find Elroy's father, missing for 18 years. A heartfelt point & click adventure where the puzzles make sense and the story stays with you.

    2025Adventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Darkside Detective

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Low Road.

    Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Low Road.

    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.

    2022IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 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 Low Road.

    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.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Low Road

How much does The Low Road cost?
The Low Road is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Low Road?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Low Road are Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse, Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit, Crime O'Clock.
Who developed The Low Road?
The Low Road was developed by XGen Studios.

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 The Low Road.

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