# Games like Detective Story

> The closest matches to Detective Story: Unheard - Voices of Crime, Her Story, The Darkside Detective, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments, and Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island. 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. [Unheard - Voices of Crime](https://imho.run/games/942970/unheard-voices-of-crime) — Also Detective, like Detective Story. 2,751 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/942970/)
2. [Her Story](https://imho.run/games/368370/her-story) — A frequent pick in Detective Story players' libraries, and another Indie. 5,029 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/368370/)
3. [The Darkside Detective](https://imho.run/games/368390/the-darkside-detective) — Also Detective, like Detective Story. 1,987 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/368390/)
4. [Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments](https://imho.run/games/241260/sherlock-holmes-crimes-and-punishments) — A frequent pick in Detective Story players' libraries, and another Adventure. 2,301 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/241260/)
5. [Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island](https://imho.run/games/963000/frog-detective-1-the-haunted-island) — Also Detective, like Detective Story. 2,481 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/963000/)
6. [The Vanishing of Ethan Carter](https://imho.run/games/258520/the-vanishing-of-ethan-carter) — Also Detective, like Detective Story. 4,130 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/258520/)
7. [The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker](https://imho.run/games/545540/the-infectious-madness-of-doctor-dekker) — Also Detective, like Detective Story. 453 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/545540/)
8. [Beat Cop](https://imho.run/games/461950/beat-cop) — Also Detective, like Detective Story. 1,211 Steam reviews, 70% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/461950/)
9. [Strange Antiquities](https://imho.run/games/2885870/strange-antiquities) — Also Detective, like Detective Story. 1,956 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2885870/)
10. [Scene Investigators](https://imho.run/games/1159830/scene-investigators) — Also Detective, like Detective Story. 333 Steam reviews, 65% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1159830/)
11. [Murdered: Soul Suspect](https://imho.run/games/233290/murdered-soul-suspect) — A frequent pick in Detective Story players' libraries, and another RPG. 4,239 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/233290/)
12. [Condemned: Criminal Origins](https://imho.run/games/4720/condemned-criminal-origins) — A frequent pick in Detective Story players' libraries, and another Action. 1,963 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4720/)
13. [Disco Elysium - The Final Cut](https://imho.run/games/632470/disco-elysium-the-final-cut) — Also Detective, like Detective Story. 55,782 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/632470/)
14. [2Dark](https://imho.run/games/435100/2dark) — A frequent pick in Detective Story players' libraries, and another Indie. 114 Steam reviews, 68% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/435100/)
15. [Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy](https://imho.run/games/787480/phoenix-wright-ace-attorney-trilogy) — Also Detective, like Detective Story. 9,750 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/787480/)
16. [Still Life](https://imho.run/games/46480/still-life) — Also Detective, like Detective Story. 437 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/46480/)
17. [Strange Horticulture](https://imho.run/games/1574580/strange-horticulture) — Also Detective, like Detective Story. 9,535 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1574580/)
18. [Kona](https://imho.run/games/365160/kona) — Also Detective, like Detective Story. 1,473 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/365160/)
19. [The White Door](https://imho.run/games/1145960/the-white-door) — Also Detective, like Detective Story. 1,537 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145960/)
20. [>observer_](https://imho.run/games/514900/observer) — Also Detective, like Detective Story. 1,920 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/514900/)
21. [Pentiment](https://imho.run/games/1205520/pentiment) — Also Detective, like Detective Story. 4,985 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1205520/)
22. [Firewatch](https://imho.run/games/383870/firewatch) — A frequent pick in Detective Story players' libraries, and another Indie. 55,602 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/383870/)
23. [Return of the Obra Dinn](https://imho.run/games/653530/return-of-the-obra-dinn) — Also Detective, like Detective Story. 17,928 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/653530/)
24. [Heavy Rain](https://imho.run/games/960910/heavy-rain) — Also Detective, like Detective Story. 6,053 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/960910/)

## 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=1515280&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1515280&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1515280&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=1515280
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/1515280
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Detective Story

Detective Story - is a simple quest game, with hardoce elements, where you play as a detective Harold. You look for clues, interview witnesses and collect everything to clear a crime.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 1515280
- **Developer:** LTZinc
- **Publisher:** Conglomerate 5
- **Genres:** Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Casual
- **Categories:** Single-player, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Jan 22, 2021
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/1515280/detective-story)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1515280&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1515280/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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