# Games like Guard Duty

> The closest matches to Guard Duty: Tales of the Neon Sea, The Order of the Thorne - The King's Challenge, Paradigm, Machinarium, and Gibbous -  A Cthulhu Adventure. 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. [Tales of the Neon Sea](https://imho.run/games/828740/tales-of-the-neon-sea) — Also Crowdfunded and Kickstarter, like Guard Duty. 387 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/828740/)
2. [The Order of the Thorne - The King's Challenge](https://imho.run/games/425600/the-order-of-the-thorne-the-king-s-challenge) — Shares point and click with Guard Duty. 84 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/425600/)
3. [Paradigm](https://imho.run/games/600370/paradigm) — Also Surreal, like Guard Duty. 884 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/600370/)
4. [Machinarium](https://imho.run/games/40700/machinarium) — A frequent pick in Guard Duty players' libraries, and another Indie. 4,783 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/40700/)
5. [Gibbous -  A Cthulhu Adventure](https://imho.run/games/914020/gibbous-a-cthulhu-adventure) — Shares inventory based puzzles and point and click with Guard Duty. 1,048 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/914020/)
6. [Four Last Things](https://imho.run/games/503400/four-last-things) — Also Surreal and Medieval, like Guard Duty. 988 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/503400/)
7. [Twilight Oracle](https://imho.run/games/2338490/twilight-oracle) — Shares inventory based puzzles and point and click with Guard Duty. 61 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2338490/)
8. [Milkmaid of the Milky Way](https://imho.run/games/544970/milkmaid-of-the-milky-way) — Shares point and click with Guard Duty. 379 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/544970/)
9. [VirtuaVerse](https://imho.run/games/1019310/virtuaverse) — Same atmospheric mood as Guard Duty. 541 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1019310/)
10. [Elroy and the Aliens](https://imho.run/games/1082190/elroy-and-the-aliens) — Shares inventory based puzzles with Guard Duty. 273 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1082190/)
11. [Dreamfall Chapters](https://imho.run/games/237850/dreamfall-chapters) — Also Kickstarter, like Guard Duty. 1,917 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/237850/)
12. [Apocalipsis](https://imho.run/games/505330/apocalipsis) — Also Medieval, like Guard Duty. 127 Steam reviews, 67% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/505330/)
13. [The Journey Down: Chapter One](https://imho.run/games/220090/the-journey-down-chapter-one) — Shares inventory based puzzles with Guard Duty. 520 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/220090/)
14. [TOHU](https://imho.run/games/1075200/tohu) — Shares point and click with Guard Duty. 101 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1075200/)
15. [The Office Quest](https://imho.run/games/810660/the-office-quest) — Shares inventory based puzzles with Guard Duty. 159 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/810660/)
16. [The Procession to Calvary](https://imho.run/games/1071130/the-procession-to-calvary) — Also Surreal and Medieval, like Guard Duty. 726 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1071130/)
17. [Dropsy](https://imho.run/games/274350/dropsy) — Also Surreal, like Guard Duty. 1,014 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/274350/)
18. [Resonance](https://imho.run/games/212050/resonance) — Also Kickstarter, like Guard Duty. 366 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/212050/)
19. [Simon the Sorcerer Origins](https://imho.run/games/1939890/simon-the-sorcerer-origins) — A frequent pick in Guard Duty players' libraries, and another Adventure. 73 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1939890/)
20. [The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav](https://imho.run/games/203830/the-dark-eye-chains-of-satinav) — Also Medieval, like Guard Duty. 829 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/203830/)
21. [Thimbleweed Park™](https://imho.run/games/569860/thimbleweed-park) — Same atmospheric mood as Guard Duty. 2,210 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/569860/)
22. [Neofeud](https://imho.run/games/673850/neofeud) — Also Surreal, like Guard Duty. 222 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/673850/)
23. [Angelo and Deemon: One Hell of a Quest](https://imho.run/games/945160/angelo-and-deemon-one-hell-of-a-quest) — Shares inventory based puzzles and point and click with Guard Duty. 58 Steam reviews, 60% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/945160/)
24. [The Night of the Rabbit](https://imho.run/games/230820/the-night-of-the-rabbit) — Shares inventory based puzzles with Guard Duty. 1,095 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/230820/)

## 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=872750&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=872750&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=872750&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=872750
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/872750
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Guard Duty

Guard Duty is a comedy adventure about love, loss and the end of the world. Experience an unforgettable story spanning across two radically different time periods.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 872750
- **Developer:** Headware Games
- **Publisher:** Headware Games
- **Genres:** Indie, Adventure
- **Categories:** Single-player, Steam Achievements, Family Sharing
- **Released:** May 2, 2019
- **Free to play:** no
- **Metacritic:** 73
- **Platforms:** windows, mac, linux

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/872750/guard-duty)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=872750&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/872750/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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