# Games like The Space Bar

> The closest matches to The Space Bar: The Operator, Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure, Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer, AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative, and Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!. 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 Operator](https://imho.run/games/1771980/the-operator) — Also Conspiracy and Narration, like The Space Bar. 3,406 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1771980/)
2. [Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure](https://imho.run/games/1364100/lacuna-a-sci-fi-noir-adventure) — Also Noir and Narration, like The Space Bar. 690 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1364100/)
3. [Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer](https://imho.run/games/1466390/kathy-rain-2-soothsayer) — Also Conspiracy and Noir, like The Space Bar. 829 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1466390/)
4. [AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative](https://imho.run/games/1449200/ai-the-somnium-files-nirvana-initiative) — A frequent pick in The Space Bar players' libraries, and another Adventure. 1,825 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1449200/)
5. [Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!](https://imho.run/games/2362090/chicken-police-into-the-hive) — Also Noir and Crime, like The Space Bar. 148 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2362090/)
6. [Chinatown Detective Agency](https://imho.run/games/1172190/chinatown-detective-agency) — Also Noir and Crime, like The Space Bar. 79 Steam reviews, 73% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1172190/)
7. [L.A. Noire](https://imho.run/games/110800/l-a-noire) — A frequent pick in The Space Bar players' libraries, and another Strategy. 15,686 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/110800/)
8. [Still Life](https://imho.run/games/46480/still-life) — Also Noir and Crime, like The Space Bar. 437 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/46480/)
9. [A Golden Wake](https://imho.run/games/307570/a-golden-wake) — A frequent pick in The Space Bar players' libraries, and another Indie. 186 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/307570/)
10. [Night Cascades](https://imho.run/games/1743080/night-cascades) — Also Conspiracy and Noir, like The Space Bar. 107 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1743080/)
11. [Inspector Waffles](https://imho.run/games/1055850/inspector-waffles) — Also Noir and Narration, like The Space Bar. 156 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1055850/)
12. [The Detail](https://imho.run/games/319970/the-detail) — Also Noir and Crime, like The Space Bar. 330 Steam reviews, 70% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/319970/)
13. [The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief](https://imho.run/games/233370/the-raven-legacy-of-a-master-thief) — Also Noir and Crime, like The Space Bar. 379 Steam reviews, 72% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/233370/)
14. [The Journey Down: Chapter Two](https://imho.run/games/262850/the-journey-down-chapter-two) — Also Noir and Crime, like The Space Bar. 248 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/262850/)
15. [The Shell Part III: Paradiso](https://imho.run/games/3296790/the-shell-part-iii-paradiso) — Also Conspiracy and Noir, like The Space Bar. 112 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3296790/)
16. [Max Payne](https://imho.run/games/12140/max-payne) — A frequent pick in The Space Bar players' libraries, and another Action. 7,648 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/12140/)
17. [Lacuna: Prologue](https://imho.run/games/1588570/lacuna-prologue) — Also Noir and Narration, like The Space Bar. 57 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1588570/)
18. [The Roottrees are Dead](https://imho.run/games/2754380/the-roottrees-are-dead) — Also Detective and Investigation, like The Space Bar. 4,456 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2754380/)
19. [The Séance of Blake Manor](https://imho.run/games/1395520/the-seance-of-blake-manor) — Also Noir and Detective, like The Space Bar. 2,461 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1395520/)
20. [The Drifter](https://imho.run/games/1170570/the-drifter) — Also Noir and Investigation, like The Space Bar. 3,185 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1170570/)
21. [Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy](https://imho.run/games/787480/phoenix-wright-ace-attorney-trilogy) — Also Crime and Detective, like The Space Bar. 9,750 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/787480/)
22. [Disco Elysium - The Final Cut](https://imho.run/games/632470/disco-elysium-the-final-cut) — A frequent pick in The Space Bar players' libraries, and another RPG. 55,782 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/632470/)
23. [Her Story](https://imho.run/games/368370/her-story) — Also Crime and Detective, like The Space Bar. 5,029 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/368370/)
24. [Paradise Killer](https://imho.run/games/1160220/paradise-killer) — Also Crime and Detective, like The Space Bar. 2,506 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1160220/)

## 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=2253580&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=2253580&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=2253580&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=2253580
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/2253580
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About The Space Bar

Play as Alias Node, a human detective working on planet, Armpit VI. Your assignment? Catch a shifty criminal, wanted for grand theft and murder, before whatever it is, escapes to another world!

## Game info

- **AppID:** 2253580
- **Developer:** Boffo Intergalactic Games, Jordan Freeman Group, Rocket Science Games, SegaSoft
- **Publisher:** Boffo Intergalactic Games, ZOOM Platform Media
- **Genres:** Adventure
- **Categories:** Single-player, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Mar 30, 2023
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows, mac, linux

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/2253580/the-space-bar)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=2253580&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2253580/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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