# Games like SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair

> The closest matches to SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair: Murder by Numbers, Unheard - Voices of Crime, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments, Scene Investigators, and Ace Attorney Investigations Collection. 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. [Murder by Numbers](https://imho.run/games/1140290/murder-by-numbers) — Also Crime and Detective, like SHINRAI. 947 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1140290/)
2. [Unheard - Voices of Crime](https://imho.run/games/942970/unheard-voices-of-crime) — Shares timeline reconstruction with SHINRAI. 2,751 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/942970/)
3. [Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments](https://imho.run/games/241260/sherlock-holmes-crimes-and-punishments) — A frequent pick in SHINRAI players' libraries, and another Adventure. 2,301 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/241260/)
4. [Scene Investigators](https://imho.run/games/1159830/scene-investigators) — A frequent pick in SHINRAI players' libraries, and another Indie. 333 Steam reviews, 65% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1159830/)
5. [Ace Attorney Investigations Collection](https://imho.run/games/2401970/ace-attorney-investigations-collection) — Also Crime and Detective, like SHINRAI. 883 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2401970/)
6. [Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony](https://imho.run/games/567640/danganronpa-v3-killing-harmony) — Also Detective, like SHINRAI. 9,237 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/567640/)
7. [Still Life](https://imho.run/games/46480/still-life) — Also Crime and Detective, like SHINRAI. 437 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/46480/)
8. [The Silver Case](https://imho.run/games/476650/the-silver-case) — Also Crime and Detective, like SHINRAI. 654 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/476650/)
9. [Expelled!](https://imho.run/games/2963890/expelled) — Also Detective and Investigation, like SHINRAI. 177 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2963890/)
10. [Lucifer Within Us](https://imho.run/games/717560/lucifer-within-us) — A frequent pick in SHINRAI players' libraries, and another Strategy. 493 Steam reviews, 72% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/717560/)
11. [Tokyo Dark](https://imho.run/games/687260/tokyo-dark) — Also Detective and Gore, like SHINRAI. 581 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/687260/)
12. [Her Story](https://imho.run/games/368370/her-story) — Also Crime and Detective, like SHINRAI. 5,029 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/368370/)
13. [Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!](https://imho.run/games/2362090/chicken-police-into-the-hive) — Also Crime and Detective, like SHINRAI. 148 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2362090/)
14. [The Testament of Sherlock Holmes](https://imho.run/games/205650/the-testament-of-sherlock-holmes) — Also Crime and Detective, like SHINRAI. 1,181 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/205650/)
15. [Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集](https://imho.run/games/926340/roman-s-christmas) — Also Crime and Detective, like SHINRAI. 82 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/926340/)
16. [The Séance of Blake Manor](https://imho.run/games/1395520/the-seance-of-blake-manor) — Also Detective and Investigation, like SHINRAI. 2,461 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1395520/)
17. [Paradise Killer](https://imho.run/games/1160220/paradise-killer) — A frequent pick in SHINRAI players' libraries, and another RPG. 2,506 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1160220/)
18. [Paper Perjury](https://imho.run/games/1919600/paper-perjury) — Shares evidence presentation with SHINRAI. 174 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1919600/)
19. [The Zodiac Trial](https://imho.run/games/1513120/the-zodiac-trial) — Also Detective and Investigation, like SHINRAI. 133 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1513120/)
20. [A Case of Fraud](https://imho.run/games/3036350/a-case-of-fraud) — Shares timeline reconstruction with SHINRAI. 321 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3036350/)
21. [Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure](https://imho.run/games/1921980/between-horizons-a-sci-fi-detective-adventure) — Also Detective and Investigation, like SHINRAI. 247 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1921980/)
22. [The Shell Part II: Purgatorio](https://imho.run/games/2712550/the-shell-part-ii-purgatorio) — Also Crime and Detective, like SHINRAI. 86 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2712550/)
23. [Trials of Innocence](https://imho.run/games/2983140/trials-of-innocence) — Also Crime and Detective, like SHINRAI. 92 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2983140/)
24. [Magical Girl Witch Trials](https://imho.run/games/3101040/magical-girl-witch-trials) — Also Detective and LGBTQ+, like SHINRAI. 445 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3101040/)

## Machine-readable

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## About SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair

A secluded mountain resort, 10 friends, 1 murderer. Investigate, interrogate and present evidence as you solve various mysteries throughout the night. Will you be able to reach the truth and uncover the culprit’s identity? Or will your deductions lead you to blame someone completely innocent...?

## Game info

- **AppID:** 499910
- **Developer:** Gosatsu Visual Novels
- **Publisher:** Gosatsu Visual Novels
- **Genres:** Indie, Adventure
- **Categories:** Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Aug 26, 2016
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows, mac, linux

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