
You've locked yourself in a room with pen, paper, pins, and strings, and you're not leaving until it makes sense.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Crime, Time Management, First-Person, Simulation.

You've locked yourself in a room with pen, paper, pins, and strings, and you're not leaving until it makes sense.

Detective - The Test
Test your detective instincts across three challenging cases. No hints, no help—just you, your intuition, and your ability to piece together the truth. Can you solve the mystery?

ON DUTY: ALL CLEAR
The peace of Prison Sector 7 is in your hands. As a rookie guard, you must maintain 7 days without a single incident. Investigate the cells, suppress prisoners, and keep the peace within the facility Don't let your guard down. A single incident will reset your accident-free record to 'Day 0'.
Test your detective instincts across three challenging cases. No hints, no help—just you, your intuition, and your ability to piece together the truth. Can you solve the mystery?
Why similar: Crime 31.2%, Investigation 21.1%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Noir 8.6%, Mystery 7.7%
The peace of Prison Sector 7 is in your hands. As a rookie guard, you must maintain 7 days without a single incident. Investigate the cells, suppress prisoners, and keep the peace within the facility Don't let your guard down. A single incident will reset your accident-free record to 'Day 0'.
Why similar: Crime 36.9%, Time Management 25.9%, Investigation 16%, Simulation 8.2%, First-Person 7.2%
Trade guns on a city plagued by gangs and expand your criminal empire
Why similar: Time Management 29.5%, Crime 25.1%, Sandbox 20.3%, Management 9.7%, Simulation 8.2%
An agency called the FED has identified an online group of potential threats. All they need is evidence to have them locked away. You are a new agent going undercover in that online group with the task of getting that evidence, by whatever means necessary.
Why similar: Crime 32.3%, Time Management 32.2%, Investigation 19.8%, Conspiracy 7.7% ★, Simulation 3.6%
Lead a police force in noir India. Manage officers, respond to emergencies, and upgrade your team. Navigate crime, corruption, and deep-rooted social tensions. Every decision has consequences.
Why similar: Crime 33.2%, Time Management 25.2%, Noir 18.1%, Management 17.1%, Simulation 5.6%
A mysterious frequency is being transmitted from the Radio Tower. You the Technician, must repair the tower, and uncover what happened to the previous engineer.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.3%, Walking Simulator 19.3%, Investigation 18.1%, Surreal 9%, First-Person 7.2%
Operate a speakeasy in 1920s Prohibition-era America in this business simulation. Craft illicit alcohol, serve demanding customers, and outmaneuver police patrols during high-stakes deliveries. Smuggle shipments to the mob and expand your underground empire across 15 years of escalating danger.
Why similar: Time Management 26.2%, Walking Simulator 17.8%, Noir 17.7%, Crime 16.1%, First-Person 6%
Your job sucks. Your relationship’s collapsing. And someone’s watching you from the shadows of Greasez’s. Welcome to the night shift.
Why similar: Time Management 27.6%, Crime 27.2%, Investigation 19.5%, Management 13.3%, First-Person 5.8%
Puzzle out the who, what, where, and why of an imminent murder in this casual mystery title!
Why similar: Time Management 26.2%, Investigation 20.8%, Noir 14.1%, Crime 13.3%, Mystery 8.5%
Gun Dealer – buy and sell weapons, handle risky deals, avoid the law, and grow your own powerful arms empire.
Why similar: Crime 26.5%, Time Management 24.5%, Sandbox 14.9%, Noir 12.9%, Management 11.9%
An immersive narcotics trade simulator set in the police city-state of Annexia, where moral decay festers under the boot of the authoritarian Ziggurat organisation. Navigate shifting allegiances, illicit deals, and hidden untruths as you assume new identities to uncover the city’s deepest secrets.
Why similar: Crime 27.2%, Sandbox 16.8%, Noir 14.7%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Investigation 7.5%
In Coffie Simulator Prologue , run your own café, serve unique cusstomers, and master the art of coffee-making! Customize, upgrade, and manage your shop while handling orders with precision. Every choice matters. Can you succeed?
Why similar: Time Management 35.9%, Education 22.8%, Sandbox 18.9%, Management 12.1%, First-Person 4.1%
Privacy Not Included is a first-person motel business simulator where you renovate and expand a rundown property into a full hotel—while using surveillance to uncover crime and decide to stay clean, stay neutral, or profit from it.
Why similar: Time Management 31%, Crime 25.3%, Sandbox 16.5%, Management 10.1%, Simulation 8.2%
Lost Abroad Café: a language learning game that puts you in the role of a virtual café owner in another country. Learn and use your new language to serve your customers and grow your business. Try it now on Steam Early Access!
Why similar: Time Management 38%, Education 30.3%, Management 16.6%, First-Person 5.4%, Simulation 5.3%
Run your gang of mobsters and conquer the city in this indie mafia tycoon game.
Why similar: Crime 36.9%, Sandbox 19.7%, Time Management 19%, Management 13.8%, Simulation 6%
A noir first-person murder mystery set in a gloomy 1947 Pacific Northwest city. Play as the renowned Detective D.W. Dagger to help solve his latest case. A violent murder, a possible suicide, and a handful of suspects. Can you deduce what happened?
Why similar: Crime 26.2%, Noir 24.6%, Investigation 22%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, First-Person 4.7%
Police Officer is a first-person police station simulator where you manage a police station: process suspects, hear citizens’ pleas, and manage the daily chaos of law enforcement—one decision at a time.
Why similar: Crime 40.6%, Time Management 28.2%, Investigation 12.1%, Simulation 9.2%, First-Person 5.5%
Take control of a metropolitan police department and run it your way. Recruit, train, and equip officers, then send them to the streets to fight crime and keep peace in the city of Freemont.
Why similar: Crime 28.5%, Time Management 22.2%, Management 20.7%, Sandbox 17.4%, Simulation 7.4%
A disappearance in a secluded mountain. A village hiding its secrets. A detective running out of time. Hillthorn's investigation system encourages you to use logic and imagination. Combine actions, clues and characters to uncover the mystery.
Why similar: Time Management 23.5%, Investigation 21.4%, Crime 19.5%, Noir 17.3%, Conspiracy 10.1% ★
This is a test, players only need to follow the rules to pass the test safely.
Why similar: Time Management 31.2%, Walking Simulator 20.1%, Noir 19.5%, First-Person 7.4%, Surreal 6.2%
Craft Beer Tycoon[/] is a simulation game, where you will have to administer, manage and modify a bar to your liking.
Why similar: Time Management 26.5%, Sandbox 17.9%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Management 11.6%, Inventory Management 9.6%
A gas station management game, start by selling a car to raise funds and invest in an abandoned plot of land. Build, expand, and upgrade your gas station, diversify services, customize and manage time efficiently during peak hours. And maybe you will become rich
Why similar: Time Management 31.9%, Sandbox 17.6%, Education 17.3%, Management 14.7%, First-Person 6.6%
Travel 70 years back in time to the days of noir detectives and lead your own 1-bit detective agency! Solve the most difficult cases. Hire new detectives. Expand your office.
Why similar: Time Management 25.5%, Noir 24.8%, Investigation 22.3%, Management 15.3%, Sandbox 6.5%
Build a criminal empire. Every choice shapes your rise - or your fall. A crime strategy and management game: make tough dialogue decisions, manage your crew, collect protection money, buy businesses, send operators on missions, and defend your territory from rival gangs.
Why similar: Crime 35.2%, Noir 20.3%, Management 15.2%, Investigation 13.1%, Mystery 5.5%
Drug Empire is a casual simulator game where you grow, synthesize and distribute products to build your underground empire. Manage production, inventory, and distribution network while unlocking new ways to expand your operation!
Why similar: Crime 42.5%, Time Management 22.1%, Sandbox 19.5%, Simulation 7.4%, Management 5.2%
is an open-world detective game where players will take on the role of the great detective Bilson, solving various bizarre cases in an open world. The game not only features a main storyline for players to solve, but also offers a wealth of additional content for players to explore.
Why similar: Crime 31.5%, Investigation 21.3%, Sandbox 15.2%, Walking Simulator 15%, Simulation 4.8%
Manage your very own comic book store! You can unlock over 70+ unique comic licenses, each having 5 volumes for you to sell to your customers! Upgrade your tools, hire staffs, and expand your store so you can have the best comic book store in the world!
Why similar: Time Management 35.8%, Sandbox 22.7%, Management 11.9%, First-Person 8.5%, Inventory Management 8%
A strategic game that simulates the work of a Project Manager within a large corporation. From a first-person perspective, you gain the skills and tools essential for PM work during the first stage of a project: Initiation.
Why similar: Education 33%, Time Management 31%, Management 18.8%, Simulation 8.2%, First-Person 4.8%
Special Agents Mizuki and Ryuki, along with their AI partners Aiba and Tama, are tasked to solve the bizarre Half Body serial killings in this sequel to the critically acclaimed AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES.
Why similar: Crime 18.6%, Investigation 17.5%, Noir 17%, Illuminati 15.9% ★, Conspiracy 12% ★
As The Light Goes Out is a simulation game utilizing Emergency and Rescue services from across the globe as its background. Become the Emergency Services Commander and take charge of the Fire, Police, and Paramedic departments! Instruct your teams and ensure public safety!
Why similar: Time Management 35.8%, Sandbox 29.2%, Management 14.5%, Simulation 12.8%, 3D 6.8%
Step into the role of a detective in DETECTIVE Scene Crime, a challenging mystery game where you’ll investigate five gripping crime scenes. Each level presents clues, testimonies, and puzzles to analyze carefully in your quest for the truth. Do you have what it takes to solve them all?
Why similar: Crime 36.1%, Investigation 24.5%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Mystery 9%, 3D 4.3%
In this quirky first-person RPG you are a debt collector. Track down debtors, claim their assets, strike deals, deceive, seduce, intimidate. Solve mysteries, uncover conspiracies and dabble in the occult.
Why similar: Crime 23.4%, Illuminati 18.6% ★, Noir 17.4%, Investigation 15.7%, Conspiracy 12.9% ★
The camera doesn’t lie, but the truth isn’t always obvious. Photograph traces, gather evidence, link clues on the board, search police databases for key info, and identify the culprit and the next attack site. Each case is a standalone mystery waiting to be solved.
Why similar: Crime 34.2%, Investigation 24.6%, Noir 18.9%, First-Person 6.4%, Mystery 5.2%
Play as Lloyd Arch, the young private detective known for being total dick, and unravel the mystery of the Black Scar Serial Killer in this visual novel adventure, but remember that the truth tends to hurt the most.
Why similar: Crime 30.7%, Investigation 20.9%, Noir 17.6%, Conspiracy 12.9% ★, Mystery 7.6%
Okay, Pedro is AWOL, and you have to get this LAN Party set up at the Game Store for the session later. Connect cables, install software, and solve puzzles all while you and the gang uncover the mystery of your missing friend.
Why similar: Crime 32.4%, Investigation 18.9%, Conspiracy 13.6% ★, Mystery 8.9%, Management 8.6%
In TRAILCAM, you are a wildlife investigator called to the Appalachian Mountains to solve mysterious missing person cases. Using trail cameras from your watchtower, you’ll uncover a sinister truth, navigating a non-linear plot full of twists. Can you solve the mystery?
Why similar: Crime 42.9%, Investigation 24%, Walking Simulator 9.2%, Simulation 8.4%, First-Person 5.8%
You are a real digger, having descended down a vertical shaft of a mine, you find yourself in an abandoned tunnel system.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 32.1%, Investigation 26.4%, Walking Simulator 19.8%, First-Person 6.6%, Simulation 6.3%
Fashion Designer Simulator - your chance to become a true fashion designer! You'll find yourself at the epicenter of the fashion world, where your creativity and style will be the key for success. Explore various fashion styles, and choose exquisite materials to create your own masterpieces.
Why similar: Time Management 32.5%, Education 25.5%, Sandbox 18.1%, Management 13.8%, First-Person 4.9%
At this game, you will become a manager of a book publishing company, and run it on your own. This is really fun management simulation game! You can feel manage real publisher and there are over 110 books you can produce.
Why similar: Time Management 42.4%, Education 33.2%, Management 19.7%, Simulation 4.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%
In Network Engineer Simulator you are hired to do the unenviable job of cleaning up data closets. You will visit various locations from small closets to large data centers where you will need to untangle and organize these server racks and ensure various services are operational.
Why similar: Time Management 31.5%, Sandbox 22.1%, Education 19.8%, First-Person 6.9%, Management 6.7%
Joe Kowalski Chronicles: Murder in a flat is a dark neo noir point and click adventure game where you start as a police detective Joe Kowalski and try to solve a murder that happened in Joe's neighborhood.
Why similar: Crime 29.9%, Noir 24%, Investigation 18.2%, Conspiracy 9.1% ★, Mystery 8%
Experience how people with autism see, feel and interact with the world around them in this thrilling detective adventure, taking place near the Belgian coast and in the woods around a local nature reserve.
Why similar: Education 29.4%, Crime 27.2%, Noir 23.6%, Mystery 6.2%, Simulation 5%
Mary is a mystery and investigation game, in which you are a private detective who has been called to solve a case of a massacre in a bar. Collect all the clues and find an answer to all the mysteries of this case!
Why similar: Crime 34%, Investigation 23.2%, Noir 21.8%, Mystery 10.3%, First-Person 5.7%
Full game coming January 2027. Try the demo free now! You need to make it out alive before you can even think about revenge! Use Firefighting and Physics to solve puzzles and power up as you explore and solve your way through the emergent chaos.
Why similar: Time Management 43.9%, Sandbox 22.7%, Management 16.5%, Inventory Management 5.9%, Simulation 5.8%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Crime 35.1%, Noir 27.2%, Investigation 25.6%, Mystery 9.3%, Adventure 2.6%
You play as a scientist who is shrinking every second in a race against time! Find all the ingredients and formulas scattered around the laboratory, which are necessary for producing the life-saving antidote. But beware, your time is very precious.
Why similar: Education 27.8%, Time Management 24.6%, Sandbox 19.2%, Management 14.7%, First-Person 7.1%
This is an experimental game in which you deliver packages to residents in a procedurally generated town.
Why similar: Time Management 44.9%, Inventory Management 14.7%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, First-Person 10%, Simulation 8.1%
Ride the waves in Tidekeeper, a strategy adventure game where you guide Fin and Chumby to help the residents of the Hourglass Isles. Master the art of scheduling to maximize your impact as you assist islanders, complete time-sensitive tasks, and dive into a variety of fun and engaging minigames.
Why similar: Time Management 40.2%, Education 33.4%, Management 10.3%, Simulation 6.2%, Adventure 5.2%
Build and manage your underground scam empire in a city ruled by chaos. Expand your operation through illegal means, grow your workforce, automate your schemes, and uncover the dark mysteries hidden beneath the town.
Why similar: Crime 29.7%, Time Management 26.6%, Sandbox 16%, Management 13.2%, First-Person 5.5%
A psychological horror job simulator. Serve coffee at a lonely drive-thru. But when a mysterious email arrives, your shift changes. Watch the cars. Check the plates. Someone in line is hiding a dark secret, and something else is watching you from the dark.
Why similar: Crime 29.3%, Time Management 24.3%, Investigation 21.1%, Mystery 8%, First-Person 7%
Build, customise, and grow your cannabis empire from a tiny shop to a booming city-wide business! 🌿💼
Why similar: Crime 37.5%, Sandbox 18.1%, Management 17.4%, Inventory Management 10.9%, First-Person 8.3%
Hours of Button non-pushing excitement, all on your PC computer!
Why similar: Education 37.4%, Time Management 25.5%, Walking Simulator 21.3%, Adventure 5.7%, First-Person 5.5%
Take on the role of a one-man renovation team tasked with restoring various sports facilities to their former glory. Many of them have been destroyed as a result of time or lack of care. Don't let them go into complete oblivion - roll up your sleeves and breathe new life into them!
Why similar: Time Management 28.3%, Education 23%, Sandbox 16.5%, Management 15.1%, First-Person 7.7%
In Laundry Store Simulator, you'll start small and work your way up, upgrading your equipment, designing a stylish store, and expanding your services! Are you ready to own the best Laundry Store in the world?
Why similar: Time Management 34.8%, Sandbox 19.7%, Management 18.6%, First-Person 8.7%, Simulation 6.2%
The most gruesome incidents often occur in medical institutions, the doors of which hide terrible secrets and unexplained incidents. Can you handle the darkest secrets of Misty Hill?
Why similar: Investigation 24.7%, Crime 22.6%, Noir 20.4%, Conspiracy 9.9% ★, Mystery 8.8%
Start as a street dealer and rise to criminal power — produce and distribute various illegal substances across the dark streets of Hyland Point. Expand your empire by purchasing property, growing your business, acquiring new cars, and building a powerful underground network.
Why similar: Crime 48.5%, Management 18.6%, Sandbox 10.9%, First-Person 8.6%, Simulation 6%
210 anomalies, 7 levels, 1 mystery to solve. Uncover the terrible event and fix the time paradox to save a machine and a human. Use the time-travel elevators from the Golden Twenties to 2125 and find the solution through clues in anomalies. You're the guest hotel detective to solve the mystery.
Why similar: Crime 27.2%, Investigation 22.9%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Surreal 12.4%, Mystery 9.3%
DETECTIVE The Motel is a deduction game where, to advance, you must take a pencil and a piece of paper and write down everything that seems like evidence in order to answer all the questions that arise. Solving the case will depend only on you.
Why similar: Crime 41.6%, Investigation 20.5%, Noir 16.6%, First-Person 5.6%, Simulation 5.4%
Ethan Reid, a 33 year old man craving a break from his demanding routine, decides to take a much needed trip with his girlfriend. What was meant to be a peaceful getaway quickly takes an unexpected turn, setting events in motion that Ethan could have never anticipated.
Why similar: Crime 35.4%, Investigation 22.5%, Walking Simulator 20.4%, First-Person 8.3%, Mystery 7.9%
Coming Soon Since Forever! Start your game dev journey in mom's garage! Battle angry fans, dodge ruthless journalists, and perfect the art of "creative" deadlines. Survive on pizza and energy drinks while building your dream studio into... a slightly better garage!
Why similar: Crime 34.6%, Sandbox 24.1%, Management 13.2%, First-Person 8.9%, Simulation 7.6%