Games like A Case of Distrust
If A Case of Distrust is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir, The Sinner of the Closed Set and Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its knowledge management replaces inventory, atmospheric and contemplative. 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 Case of Distrust: A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.
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Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir
WHY THIS
Top pick for A Case of Distrust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Case of Distrust.
Shadow City Mysteries is a narrative adventure game in which players take on the role of a detective investigating a Mystery. Or is it a Conspiracy? Or is it a Supernatural Thriller? Experience the story multiple times to discover a story and world bigger than they suspected existed.
The Sinner of the Closed Set
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for A Case of Distrust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with A Case of Distrust.
A new mystery arises from the collision of narrative puzzle games and film noir. Investigate a film set full of catty cast and crew in order to deduce and connect their relationships. Debunk or prove those connections using evidence to unravel the mystery of what occurred and who is responsible!
Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for A Case of Distrust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Case of Distrust.
Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files – Rise of the Rat King is a narrative game set in Shadow City’s underbelly. Assume the role of the Rat King, an underworld mastermind fighting for absolute power. Shape your legend by forging alliances, crushing rivals, and leaving a trail of consequences.
Omen Exitio: Hunger
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Ranked #4 for A Case of Distrust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Case of Distrust.
A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney. The man who took him was real. But his purpose was from another plane of existence. You play a journalist. You make choices. The story remembers all of them.
Broken Lands Village
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for A Case of Distrust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Case of Distrust.
The real world no longer exists! I was trapped in this cursed Village made of inkblots on parchment. Every day I'm stalked by an assasin and stuck in a time loop. None of the residents remember me, although I myself have memories. I need to get out of here ASAP
Green Mist over Portland
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Ranked #6 for A Case of Distrust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Case of Distrust.
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline during the cold war on a globe-trotting adventure following a trail of spies from a quiet English harbour town to a frozen Finnish fishing village and the corridors of an intelligence service rotten at its core.
Last Night Last Call
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Ranked #7 for A Case of Distrust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Case of Distrust.
Can you solve a murder with only your wits, cocktail shaker, and silver tongue? Last Night Last Call is a narrative detective game where you mix cocktails, interrogate suspects, gather clues, and shape relationships to solve five murders. Every customer has something to hide.
YOUR HOUSE
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A Case of Distrust.
Ranked #8 for A Case of Distrust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Case of Distrust.
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below A Case of Distrust at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~67% under A Case of Distrust on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Case of Distrust.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~50% under A Case of Distrust on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Case of Distrust.
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
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Priced ~67% under A Case of Distrust on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with A Case of Distrust.
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.
shapez
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Priced ~67% under A Case of Distrust on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Case of Distrust.
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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Priced ~67% under A Case of Distrust on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Case of Distrust.
"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
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under A Case of Distrust on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Case of Distrust.
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 ~67% under A Case of Distrust on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A Case of Distrust.
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.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with A Case of Distrust.
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.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Case of Distrust.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Case of Distrust.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Case of Distrust.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
A Date with Death
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A Case of Distrust.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Case of Distrust.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Case of Distrust.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Case of Distrust.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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Frequently asked about A Case of Distrust
- Does A Case of Distrust work on Steam Deck?
- A Case of Distrust is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does A Case of Distrust cost?
- A Case of Distrust is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to A Case of Distrust?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A Case of Distrust are Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir, The Sinner of the Closed Set, Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King.
- Who developed A Case of Distrust?
- A Case of Distrust was developed by An Open Ben.
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 A Case of Distrust.
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