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Games like Strange Antiquities

30 games alike in Detective, Mystery and Investigation, with Strange Horticulture, The Case of the Golden Idol and The Roottrees are Dead closest.

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ClosestStrange Horticulture

Much the same as Strange Antiquities

7 hoursLoved · 94%Its page

DetectiveMystery

16 games that share both with Strange Antiquities

  1. 2Best loved

    The Case of the Golden Idol

    Much the same as Strange Antiquities

    Loved · 98%

  2. 3

    The Roottrees are Dead

    Much the same as Strange Antiquities

    Loved · 96%

  3. 4

    The Rise of the Golden Idol

    Much the same as Strange Antiquities

    Loved · 92%

  4. 6

    Return of the Obra Dinn

    Strange Antiquities, but first-person, and historical

    Loved · 97%

  5. 8

    Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments

    Much the same as Strange Antiquities

    Liked · 89%

  6. 9

    Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter

    Strange Antiquities, but third-person, and more divisive

    Liked · 80%

  7. 13

    Syberia - The World Before

    Strange Antiquities, but steampunk

    Liked · 89%

  8. 14

    Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator

    Strange Antiquities, but with hacking, and darkly funny

    Loved · 93%

  9. 16

    Unheard - Voices of Crime

    Strange Antiquities, but top-down, and half the hours

    Loved · 96%

  10. 17

    Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

    Strange Antiquities, but anime

    Loved · 97%

  11. 18Hidden gem

    Cube Escape Collection

    Strange Antiquities, but psychological horror

    Loved · 98%

  12. 22

    Hotel Sowls

    Strange Antiquities, but a third of the hours

    Loved · 96%

  13. 23

    The Incident at Galley House

    Strange Antiquities, but a visual novel, and nonlinear

    Loved · 94%

  14. 25

    The Rewinder

    Strange Antiquities, but pixel art, and funny

    Loved · 96%

  15. 26

    Call of Cthulhu

    Strange Antiquities, but a psychological horror game, and more divisive

    Mixed · 79%

  16. 27

    The White Door

    Strange Antiquities, but psychological horror, and a third of the hours

    Loved · 94%

DetectiveInvestigation

4 games that share both with Strange Antiquities

  1. 5Shortest

    Duck Detective: The Secret Salami

    Strange Antiquities, but cute, and a quarter of the hours

    Loved · 95%

  2. 11

    Paradise Killer

    Strange Antiquities, but open world, and surreal

    Loved · 93%

  3. 24

    The Painscreek Killings

    Strange Antiquities, but a walking sim, and horror

    Loved · 91%

  4. 30

    Desktop Explorer

    Strange Antiquities, but a psychological horror game

    Loved · 96%

DetectivePoint & Click

4 games that share both with Strange Antiquities

  1. 7

    Blacksad: Under the Skin

    Strange Antiquities, but an interactive fiction game, and more divisive

    Liked · 83%

  2. 15

    Tangle Tower

    Strange Antiquities, but a visual novel, and funny

    Loved · 95%

  3. 21

    Kathy Rain: Director's Cut

    Strange Antiquities, but pixel art

    Loved · 92%

  4. 29

    The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

    Strange Antiquities, but told in text, and pixel art

    Loved · 96%

And more like Strange Antiquities

Each with the kinds it shares, under its name.

  1. 1Closest

    Strange Horticulture

    Much the same as Strange Antiquities

    Loved · 94%Cozy · Detective

  2. 10

    The Room Three

    Strange Antiquities, but horror

    Loved · 95%Mystery · Point & Click

  3. 12

    Escape From Mystwood Mansion

    Strange Antiquities, but first-person, and half the hours

    Loved · 93%Cozy · Mystery

  4. 19

    Pentiment

    Strange Antiquities, but an interactive fiction game, and hand-drawn

    Loved · 95%Investigation · Mystery

  5. 20

    Little Problems

    Strange Antiquities, but anime, and half the hours

    Liked · 89%Cozy · Detective

  6. 28

    The House of Da Vinci

    Strange Antiquities, but 3D, and historical

    Liked · 86%Mystery · Point & Click

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How this list is made

A game is here when it shares the strongest of Strange Antiquities's Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes, each shared tag counting for more the fewer games carry it: two metroidvanias are alike, two action games barely. Games of Strange Antiquities's own series that play like it stand apart, above the list, and take no place on it. A similar typical length breaks near-ties, and a game sold twice is shown once. A game Steam marks adult-only is listed only for a game that is one too. Games that share the same kinds with Strange Antiquities stand together, under those kinds. Up to 30 games are shown, and the list stops where they grow much less alike. Where to start: the closest; the best loved of the closest fifteen with 10,000 reviews or more; the shortest of the ones 80% or more recommend; and a hidden gem, 90% or more but under 10,000 reviews.

Under each name, how it differs from Strange Antiquities: a kind of game it is that Strange Antiquities is not, a feature its strongest Steam tags carry that Strange Antiquities's barely do, how many hours people play it beside Strange Antiquities, and how its reviewers feel beside Strange Antiquities's.

The sticker on a case is the hours its own page leads with: half of the game's Steam reviewers had played that long or less when they gave their verdict. It is not a time to beat. Under a name, the share of its Steam reviewers who recommend it: loved at 90% or more, liked at 80%, mixed at 65%.