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Games Like Meliora’s Detective Simulator

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Violent.

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This game is a text based simulation that focuses on the life of a detective. You must read many different crime stories and find the real criminal in them. An old-school game genre is coming back with modern mechanics and clean graphics.

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: Coming soon
Developer: Miraoriem
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2019
    Dev: Chainsaw Development
    Windows

    Bashed.os is a Home-Invasion Survival game based on trial-and-error, you must search through a hidden Storage Drive given to you by an anonymous source, and on that Storage Drive comes a brand new Operating System, with an interacting world outside of you!

    Why similar: Violent 41.2%, Simulation 24.7%, Strategy 23.7%, Indie 10.5%

  2. #2 This Is the Police
    96% matchVery Positive82% of 11,036 reviews2016
    Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse?

    Why similar: Crime 19.1%, Strategy 16.5%, Noir 12.9%, Detective 9.6%, Simulation 7.9%

  3. #3 Abduction Episode 1: Her Name Was Sarah
    93% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Red Iron Labs
    Windows

    After waking up in a hospital, you must recover your memories and find the others if you want to survive the ABDUCTION.

    Why similar: Violent 40%, Strategy 23%, Simulation 22.8%, Indie 9.7%, Adventure 4.6%

  4. #4 Bharat Police
    92% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: BharatPoliceGroup
    Windows

    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 19.2%, Noir 16.1%, Simulation 14.9%, Violent 14.4%, Strategy 13.1%

  5. #5 Zulu Response
    96% matchMixed43% of 53 reviews2017
    Dev: Web Interactive Solutions.
    Windows

    Experience realistic combat gameplay from 1879 as you take command of your own squad of AI British soldiers or Zulu warriors in single, multiplayer or co-op. Configure AI to adjust their abilities and adjust game settings to create games that suit you.

    Why similar: Violent 37.4%, Strategy 26%, Simulation 25.7%, Indie 10.9%

  6. #6 Save Koch
    95% matchMixed64% of 154 reviews2019
    Dev: Wooden Monkeys
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    You are local mafia kingpin, Jeffrey Koch. Your empire in New Kandinski is in total chaos because an unknown Mastermind has decided to take your place. And they’ve planted a sleeper Mole inside your operation. It’s time to act, but you need to act smart.

    Why similar: Strategy 17.6%, Simulation 17.4%, Violent 14.6%, Detective 14%, Great Soundtrack 12.6%

  7. #7 Feed Eve
    94% matchMostly Negative36% of 11 reviews2018
    Dev: Womb TeamPub: Womb Technology
    Windows

    Next-Gen VR Action-Shooter experience. Battle hordes of zombies in extremely realistic environments and varying exciting game modes.

    Why similar: Violent 39.9%, Strategy 23%, Simulation 22.8%, Indie 9.7%, Adventure 4.6%

  8. #8 Spy DNA
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Shy Snake Games
    Windows

    Spy DNA is a combat simulation RPG that lets you lead a squad of genetically enhanced agents on the trail of organized crime and international intrigue.

    Why similar: Violent 31.6%, Strategy 28.2%, Simulation 27.9%, Indie 12.3%

  9. #9 Abduction Prologue: The Story Of Jonathan Blake
    94% matchMostly Negative23% of 13 reviews2018
    Dev: Red Iron Labs
    Windows

    In this survival horror game, play as Jonathan Blake who is awaken at night to find that he is not alone. Work your way through the apartment and try to survive your attempted ABDUCTION.

    Why similar: Violent 40.8%, Strategy 22.4%, Simulation 22.2%, Indie 9.9%, Adventure 4.7%

  10. #10 Narco Tycoon
    88% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: TBDPub: SIG Publishing
    Windows

    Narco Tycoon is a simulation game about building a drug empire. Manage and develop your own drug factories. Employ the best people in the "industry" and invest in new technologies. Influence local politics, destroy your rivals or take over their business. Become the real Drug Lord!

    Why similar: Strategy 38.6%, Simulation 37.5%, Indie 16%, Adventure 3.1%, Atmospheric 3%

  11. #11 Night Call
    91% matchMostly Positive75% of 725 reviews2019
    Dev: Monkey MoonPub: Raw Fury
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Friend. Confidant. Therapist. Voyeur. As a cab driver working the Paris night shift, you are many things to different people. Your gift is getting people to talk; and in order to catch the serial killer who left you for dead, that’s exactly what you’ll need to do.

    Why similar: Simulation 28.1%, Noir 25%, Indie 13.1%, Detective 8.6%, Visual Novel 8%

  12. #12 ZERO ZION
    85% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: ThirdEyeAgentPub: 1ManArmy
    Windows

    A Single Player/Coop/Multiplayer Experience.

    Why similar: Violent 46.2%, Strategy 18%, Simulation 17.8%, Indie 11.4%, Adventure 5.4%

  13. #13 DETECTIVE - The Motel
    86% matchMixed44% of 15 reviews2024
    Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
    Windows

    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 21.7%, Detective 18.1%, Noir 13.3%, Simulation 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11%

  14. #14 Noir Chronicles: City of Crime
    91% matchMixed61% of 231 reviews2018
    Dev: Brave Giant LTDPub: Artifex Mundi
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Step into the shoes of Alfred Fox, a private eye with a knack for getting into trouble, and confront the danger looming over your old flame, Barbara Le Purr. Using your own intuition and wide investigation techniques you will follow the intrigue and face many, sometimes deadly, consequences.

    Why similar: Noir 19.1%, Violent 15.3%, Crime 15.1%, Detective 13.7%, Mature 9.5%

  15. #15 Harry's Burgers
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Digital Window
    Windows

    A RESTAURANT SIMULATOR THRILLER: Accompany Harry - the owner of a burger shop in a rundown English town - as he struggles to keep his family safe from a local serial killer. Sell enough burgers each day so Harry can afford to secure the house at night!

    Why similar: Violent 51.5%, Simulation 29.4%, Indie 13.1%, Adventure 5.9%

  16. #16 Kingpin Royale
    89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
    Dev: Two Too Many
    Windows

    Welcome to the streets of Kingpin Royale, a drug selling strategy game that puts you in the throne as kingpin!

    Why similar: Simulation 33.8%, Strategy 24.7%, Crime 21.7%, Great Soundtrack 14.5%, Indie 5.4%

  17. #17 RevelationTrestan-尸忆岛
    87% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2018
    Dev: ZBO interactive technology
    Windows

    In 2033, a miniature meteorite from outer space crashed in a part of the south Atlantic ocean, when a country near the crash site led the fishing effort and secretly transported it to the isolated island institute near the crash site to study the virus, an event that attracted the attention of many large groups around the world.

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  18. #18 War of Power: The Last Fight
    86% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2019
    Dev: VikTor
    Windows

    In 1941, shot down UFOs were found on the territory of Romania, Poland and the USSR. The captured technology of aliens helped the Allies and the Axis to strengthen their power and go far in development. Parties to the conflict are waging an aggressive war against each other...

    Why similar: Violent 31%, Strategy 29.1%, Simulation 26.9%, Indie 11.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%

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    80% matchMixed57% of 21 reviews2024
    Dev: KANNADE
    Windows

    Drawing on the existing real-world data and current state-of-the-art research and exploration results, and taking into account historical data provided by the World Bank, a streamlined and relatively sensible data model that outlines all possible options for future development is built.

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    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: SpringloadedPub: Springloaded
    Windows

    Intergalactic prison building adventure! Design and build your own intergalactic space-prison!

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    84% matchMixed68% of 57 reviews2019
    Dev: HAN GUANG
    Windows · Mac

    The player will play as someone trying to make it in the big city. Within 90 days, the game abstracts the difficulties, pressures, and choices in the form of continuous decision making. This decision-making game is based on a combination of talented and professional pathways, there are over dozens of career paths to advance and over 50...

    Why similar: Simulation 41%, Strategy 40.4%, Indie 17.4%, Singleplayer 1.2%

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    84% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2018
    Dev: BoomTownGames
    Windows

    Egony - board game in real time with turn-based battle and unit rental between players.

    Why similar: Violent 53.8%, Strategy 32.5%, Indie 13.7%

  23. #23 Nauseous Pines
    83% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2019
    Dev: Rail Slave GamesPub: KPL
    Windows

    Nauseous Pines is the story of two nightschool students, united by fate and charged with creating their very first video game project. "Nauseous Pines"

    Why similar: Violent 39.8%, Strategy 22.9%, Simulation 22.7%, Indie 10.1%, Adventure 4.6%

  24. #24 The Parchment - For The Realm
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: PatuTec
    Windows

    The Parchment is a turn-based strategie game, pitting different houses against each other in the fight for the crown. Use diplomacy, intrigue, trade and your military to subjugate other houses into vassalship or wipe them from history altogether.

    Why similar: Strategy 41.4%, Simulation 41.1%, Indie 17.5%

  25. #25 Initiative
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Indelve
    Windows · Mac

    Initiative is an Aerospace Company Manager. Build and grow your aerospace company on Earth and be the first to establish a self-sustainable colony on Mars.

    Why similar: Strategy 41.4%, Simulation 41.1%, Indie 17.5%

  26. #26 BIGHARDSUN
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Pavel Smushkovich
    Windows

    You were exiled to an old castle in the desert. Command people, monitor their condition, explore, improve the castle, and make tough decisions - all to survive! And while you're struggling with the hottest summer, the temperature is only rising, and the storms won't subside.

    Why similar: Strategy 41.4%, Simulation 41.1%, Indie 17.5%

  27. #27 Jump To Die!!
    81% matchMostly Positive74% of 91 reviews2017
    Dev: WnMStudio
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Now you have a chance to operate your own company....of suicide!

    Why similar: Simulation 41.8%, Strategy 40.9%, Indie 17.2%

  28. #28 Twisty Tumble (VR)
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Pixel After Pixel
    Windows

    It's a tricky puzzle game in Virtual Reality. Chill out in the calm, hypnotic undersea environment, and challenge your mind to reassemble the pyramids!

    Why similar: Strategy 41.4%, Simulation 41.1%, Indie 17.5%

  29. #29 TOYTANK
    81% matchNo user reviews2019
    Dev: Pudding
    Windows

    First-person haptic turn-based VR game using PC / HTC-Vive

    Why similar: Simulation 42%, Strategy 40.2%, Indie 17.8%

  30. #30 Onslaught: Armoured Assault
    76% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2020
    Dev: Lazy Friday Studio
    Windows

    Survive the endless onslaught of space, as you create your fleet to take down aliens, pirates and the unknown.

    Why similar: Strategy 41.2%, Simulation 40.8%, Indie 17.9%

  31. #31 Factory Manager
    77% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2018
    Dev: StainlessHeart
    Windows

    Factory Manager is a game about development of your own manufacturing business from scratch. You are going to take loans, hire stuff, buy machines and materials, produce goods according to the recipes and be prepared for the various risks inherent in any business.

    Why similar: Simulation 42.2%, Strategy 40.7%, Indie 17.1%

  32. #32 MULE Returns
    66% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Kotori Studios LtdPub: Comma 8 Studios
    Windows

    MULE is a ridiculously fun and addictive strategy game that combines real-time and turn-based styles as you battle for land and resources on a newly colonized planet. The game is easy to grasp but provides great depth of game-play.

    Why similar: Strategy 41.1%, Simulation 40.7%, Indie 18.2%

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    75% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2019
    Dev: XGame
    Windows

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    65% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Space Battle Core is a new 4X sci-fi game combining turn based hex combat gameplay with a real-time exploration experience.After the Earth’s demise, it is your task to recreate and spread human civilization in space.

    Why similar: Strategy 41.7%, Simulation 41.3%, Indie 17%

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    78% matchVery Negative18% of 87 reviews2015
    Dev: The Tambourine
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%

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    76% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2017
    Dev: Emily Peregrine
    Windows · Mac

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    Why similar: Strategy 41.4%, Simulation 41.1%, Indie 17.5%

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    77% matchMixed40% of 105 reviews2015
    Dev: Flat Earth Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%

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    73% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2019
    Dev: Armoured Beans
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Why similar: Strategy 41.4%, Simulation 41.1%, Indie 17.5%

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    75% matchVery Negative18% of 147 reviews2017
    Dev: Darkcross Games
    Windows · Mac

    Rise of Man is a pre historic strategy game with city building and survival elements. Can you guide your people through the ages and conquer all the challenges ahead of them.

    Why similar: Strategy 41.4%, Simulation 41.1%, Indie 17.5%

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    72% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2018
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    Windows

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    Why similar: Strategy 41.4%, Simulation 41.1%, Indie 17.5%

  41. #41 Roll Out
    73% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2017
    Dev: Qor Concept Entertainment Inc.
    Windows

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    71% matchMixed53% of 17 reviews2018
    Dev: Red Fox Studios
    Windows

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    58% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Forester Games
    Windows

    Forsaken Realm is a building strategy game that challenges you to build your own empire. Settle down to build your new own kingdom, develop resources and grow into an economic power.

    Why similar: Strategy 38.3%, Simulation 37.9%, Indie 16.1%, Adventure 7.6%

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    71% matchMostly Negative31% of 13 reviews2018
    Dev: Mario Scarfone
    Windows · Mac

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    Why similar: Strategy 41.4%, Simulation 41.1%, Indie 17.5%

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    69% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2019
    Dev: Noelone
    Windows

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    Why similar: Strategy 41.4%, Simulation 41.1%, Indie 17.5%

  46. #46 Hive Quest
    57% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Cotton Drift Studio
    Windows · Mac

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    Why similar: Strategy 38.4%, Simulation 38%, Indie 16.2%, Adventure 7.4%

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    70% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2017
    Dev: Cold-Dark Software™
    Windows

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    Why similar: Strategy 41.4%, Simulation 41.1%, Indie 17.5%

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    70% matchMixed45% of 20 reviews2017
    Dev: SugGames
    Windows

    In BusinessMan, you are an entrepreneur among others. You can for example start off by investing your initial 20k€ smartly or try to become a chairman in some company. Once you're a chairman, you start making regular income, but the biggest incomes naturally lie behind the greatest of risks.

    Why similar: Strategy 41.4%, Simulation 41.1%, Indie 17.5%

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    69% matchPositive83% of 23 reviews2018
    Dev: Colonial Life
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Why similar: Strategy 41.4%, Simulation 41.1%, Indie 17.5%

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    56% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: BW Games
    Windows

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    Why similar: Simulation 41.8%, Strategy 39.9%, Indie 18.3%

  51. #51 Fakespearean: Overdramatic
    68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
    Dev: Globe GuysPub: Octopus 8 Studios Ltd
    Windows

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    Why similar: Strategy 41.4%, Simulation 41.1%, Indie 17.5%

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    71% matchNo user reviews2019
    Dev: DaRa Games
    Windows

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    Why similar: Strategy 41.4%, Simulation 41.1%, Indie 17.5%

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    55% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Ancient GamesPub: Creative Forge
    Windows

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    Why similar: Strategy 33.7%, Simulation 33.5%, Violent 18.6%, Adventure 6.4%, Indie 3.4%

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    55% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    Why similar: Simulation 53.3%, Violent 23.1%, Indie 22.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%

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    67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2019
    Dev: 白新社
    Windows · Mac

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    Why similar: Strategy 41.4%, Simulation 41.1%, Indie 17.5%

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