# Games like Cleo - a pirate's tale

> The closest matches to Cleo - a pirate's tale: The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, Duke Grabowski: Mighty Swashbuckler, Return to Monkey Island, There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension, and Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition](https://imho.run/games/32360/the-secret-of-monkey-island-special-edition) — Shares puzzle solving with Cleo. 3,019 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/32360/)
2. [Duke Grabowski: Mighty Swashbuckler](https://imho.run/games/472420/duke-grabowski-mighty-swashbuckler) — Shares point and click and puzzle solving with Cleo. 123 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/472420/)
3. [Return to Monkey Island](https://imho.run/games/2060130/return-to-monkey-island) — Also Pirates, like Cleo. 4,837 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2060130/)
4. [There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension](https://imho.run/games/1240210/there-is-no-game-wrong-dimension) — Also Narration, like Cleo. 9,373 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1240210/)
5. [Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard](https://imho.run/games/1709730/beyond-the-edge-of-owlsgard) — Shares achievement hunting with Cleo. 189 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1709730/)
6. [Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! HD](https://imho.run/games/763030/nelly-cootalot-spoonbeaks-ahoy-hd) — A frequent pick in Cleo players' libraries, and another Indie. 125 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/763030/)
7. [Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes](https://imho.run/games/219910/edna-harvey-harvey-s-new-eyes) — Also 1990's, like Cleo. 927 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/219910/)
8. [Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season](https://imho.run/games/31170/tales-of-monkey-island-complete-season) — Also Pirates and Narration, like Cleo. 458 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/31170/)
9. [Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town](https://imho.run/games/1097110/willy-morgan-and-the-curse-of-bone-town) — Also Pirates, like Cleo. 204 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1097110/)
10. [Day of the Tentacle Remastered](https://imho.run/games/388210/day-of-the-tentacle-remastered) — A frequent pick in Cleo players' libraries, and another Adventure. 1,982 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/388210/)
11. [The Curse of Monkey Island](https://imho.run/games/730820/the-curse-of-monkey-island) — Also Pirates and 1990's, like Cleo. 1,613 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/730820/)
12. [Milkmaid of the Milky Way](https://imho.run/games/544970/milkmaid-of-the-milky-way) — Shares point and click with Cleo. 379 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/544970/)
13. [Leila](https://imho.run/games/2458430/leila) — Shares point and click and achievement hunting with Cleo. 148 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2458430/)
14. [VIDEOVERSE](https://imho.run/games/2079180/videoverse) — Also Narration and Emotional, like Cleo. 165 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2079180/)
15. [Lost in Play](https://imho.run/games/1328840/lost-in-play) — Shares puzzle solving with Cleo. 1,637 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1328840/)
16. [Thimbleweed Park™](https://imho.run/games/569860/thimbleweed-park) — Also 1990's, like Cleo. 2,210 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/569860/)
17. [A Vampyre Story](https://imho.run/games/313870/a-vampyre-story) — Shares point and click with Cleo. 140 Steam reviews, 70% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/313870/)
18. [Jolly Rover](https://imho.run/games/58200/jolly-rover) — Shares point and click with Cleo. 200 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/58200/)
19. [PRIM](https://imho.run/games/1510470/prim) — Also Narration, like Cleo. 123 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1510470/)
20. [Twilight Oracle](https://imho.run/games/2338490/twilight-oracle) — Shares point and click and puzzle solving with Cleo. 61 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2338490/)
21. [The Book of Unwritten Tales](https://imho.run/games/215160/the-book-of-unwritten-tales) — Shares puzzle solving with Cleo. 958 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/215160/)
22. [Anna's Quest](https://imho.run/games/327220/anna-s-quest) — Shares puzzle solving with Cleo. 702 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/327220/)
23. [Elroy and the Aliens](https://imho.run/games/1082190/elroy-and-the-aliens) — Also Narration, like Cleo. 273 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1082190/)
24. [Gibbous -  A Cthulhu Adventure](https://imho.run/games/914020/gibbous-a-cthulhu-adventure) — Shares point and click with Cleo. 1,048 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/914020/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1361230&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1361230&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1361230&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=1361230
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/1361230
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Cleo - a pirate's tale

Cleo is a solo-developed, top-down, pixel-art, retro, pirate adventure with a lot of nostalgic flair, humor and a linear story, inspired by the old Zelda games and the classic LucasArts adventure games.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 1361230
- **Developer:** Christoph Schultz
- **Publisher:** Christoph Schultz
- **Genres:** Indie, Adventure
- **Categories:** Partial Controller Support, Single-player, Steam Achievements, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Dec 12, 2021
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows, mac

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/1361230/cleo-a-pirate-s-tale)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1361230&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1361230/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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