Games like The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark on Steam

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TSIOQUE TSIOQUE (pronounced: "chiock") is a dark but playful Point & Click adventure, hand-animated in meticulous, frame-by-frame 2D. Escape the clutches of an Evil Wizard and discover the secrets hidden within the spellbound castle of your ancestors.

Similarity 41%
Price -93% 0.86€
Rating 9.0
Release 07 Nov 2018
Silence Can you save Silence, the grim, but also serene world between life and death? Can you help Noah find his little sister Renie in this suffering world? Can you bring her home? Explore Silence and join the siblings on their adventurous journey.

Similarity 41%
Price -97% 0.68€
Rating 8.1
Release 15 Nov 2016
The Room Three Lured to a remote island, you find yourself confined within the rooms of an ominous mansion. You must draw upon all your puzzle-solving ability to navigate a series of trials devised by a mysterious figure known only as “The Craftsman”. Do you have what it takes to escape?

Similarity 41%
Price 5.99€
Rating 9.3
Release 13 Nov 2018
Technobabylon A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.

Similarity 41%
Price -85% 2.29€
Rating 9.0
Release 21 May 2015
Tokyo Dark Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.

Similarity 41%
Price -86% 2.53€
Rating 8.1
Release 07 Sep 2017
Sorry, James JAMES_GARNER zEiaQe@z1l3

Similarity 41%
Price -97% 0.25€
Rating 7.6
Release 10 Nov 2017
Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space The Freelance Police are back on the crime beat in a newly remastered version of their second episodic season. Zombies will dance. Mariachis will sing. A giant battle robot will trash the streets. And when their friends’ lives are at stake, Sam & Max will risk their very souls to set things right.

Similarity 41%
Price -75% 4.20€
Rating 9.1
Release 08 Dec 2021
Missing Translation Lost in a weird city in the middle of the desert and surrounded by strange creatures that keep staring at you. This is a game about exploring the unknown and solving puzzles... lots of them! Don't be fooled by the looks, this isn't a point & click adventure.

Similarity 41%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 24 Sep 2015
Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper Recognized as one of the best licenses in gaming and lauded by the press, Sherlock Holmes is back with an investigation that is sure to be the most horrifying of the series. The famous detective stands against the most dangerous serial killer England has ever known - Jack the Ripper.

Similarity 41%
Price -82% 1.89€
Rating 7.7
Release 23 Dec 2009
Machinika: Atlas Machinika: Atlas is an indie puzzle game and is the direct sequel to Machinika: Museum, you play as a museum researcher who just land on Atlas. Will you unravel the mysteries of the alien vessel? Solve cryptic puzzles to find out what happened!

Similarity 40%
Price -73% 3.27€
Rating 7.1
Release 17 Sep 2024
Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition Join Brian Pasternack on his first working day at Sintracorp. Uncertain, unprepared, and massively unqualified, will Pasternack have what it takes to shine in Sintracorp’s hierarchy? It all depends on how he performs on his first assignment… and whether he survives it.

Similarity 40%
Price -61% 6.78€
Rating 9.2
Release 25 Apr 2019
The Lion's Song: Episode 1 - Silence „The Lion's Song: Episode 1 – Silence" draws the player into the life of a talented young composer, Wilma, preparing for her breakthrough concert, the defining moment of her career. Searching for inspiration she escapes from the pressure for success to the solitude of the Austrian Alps.

Similarity 40%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 07 Jul 2016
Scratches - Director's Cut Dark Legends surround the old abandoned Blackwood house, secluded far away in the northern wastelands. For writer Michael Arthate, this cold, solitary atmosphere is fodder for his restless imagination. But Michael soon becomes distracted by the mysteries offered up, as he follows a trail exploring and delving into the secrets of the past.

Similarity 40%
Price 339.08€
Rating 7.7
Release 20 Apr 2011
Contradiction: Spot The Liar Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!

Similarity 40%
Price 12.79€
Rating 9.1
Release 10 Jul 2015
There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015 A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

Similarity 40%
Price Free to play
Rating 9.4
Release 18 Mar 2020
LiEat Welcome to a world in which dragons are born from the desires of mankind. Each dragon is bestowed with unique powers in accordance with the specific desires of their human familiar. One mysterious stranger travels the land, accompanied by a young dragon graced with the power of eating lies.

Similarity 40%
Price -71% 0.88€
Rating 9.2
Release 25 Feb 2016
Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest Collector's Edition Haunted by strange curses from her orphanage days, Mary never knew the story of her dark past until that day. Enter the enchanted 'Netherworld' where your destiny was written in blood and which whispers of true love. A multi-award winner epic adventure game! Rated by many as their all time favorite!

Similarity 40%
Price -48% 4.27€
Rating 8.7
Release 08 Mar 2017
HIVESWAP: ACT 2 Continue Joey and Xefros’s adventure through the dark and dangerous planet Alternia. Meet dozens of unique and memorable characters, some more helpful than others, as you navigate this volatile alien culture. Hurry up! There’s a train to catch.

Similarity 40%
Price 12.49€
Rating 8.3
Release 25 Nov 2020
Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!

Similarity 40%
Price -10% 8.77€
Rating 9.3
Release 22 May 2025
Zup! Q Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

Similarity 40%
Price 1.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 08 Mar 2023
Angels of Death "Please... kill me." "Help me get outta here, and I'll kill you." ~ Angels of Death is a psychological horror-adventure game, consisting of four episodes.

Similarity 40%
Price 9.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 19 Dec 2016
The Rise of the Golden Idol The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.

Similarity 40%
Price -43% 11.14€
Rating 9.0
Release 12 Nov 2024
Red Comrades Save the Galaxy: Reloaded Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev and his fellow aide Petka realize that someone has stolen the Red banner from the HQ. Although it's not the end of the story yet! Somewhere on the moon, legions of alien invaders prepare to conquer Earth. But could such a little thing really give a scare to the Red Army heroes?

Similarity 40%
Price -43% 2.30€
Rating 8.7
Release 18 Feb 2016
No Case Should Remain Unsolved Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.

Similarity 40%
Price 6.89€
Rating 9.4
Release 17 Jan 2024