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30 games similar to Tesla Effect, alike in Detective, Noir and Mystery, with Gemini Rue, Tails Noir: Prologue and Tales of the Neon Sea closest.

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ClosestGemini Rue

Tesla Effect, but pixel art, and story-rich

7.5 hoursLiked · 88%Its page

NoirDetective

12 games that share both with Tesla Effect

  1. 2Shortest

    Tails Noir: Prologue

    Tesla Effect, but a tenth of the hours, and even better loved

    Loved · 97%

  2. 7

    Nobody Wants to Die

    Tesla Effect, but 3D, and your choices matter

    Liked · 83%Games like Nobody Wants to Die

  3. 8

    Blacksad: Under the Skin

    Tesla Effect, but full of puzzles, and cartoony

    Liked · 83%Games like Blacksad: Under the Skin

  4. 10

    Thimbleweed Park

    Tesla Effect, but retro, and funny

    Loved · 93%Games like Thimbleweed Park

  5. 12

    Kathy Rain

    Tesla Effect, but psychological horror, and pixel art

    Loved · 92%Games like Kathy Rain

  6. 15Hidden gem

    Blackwell Deception

    Tesla Effect, but story-rich, and half the hours

    Loved · 96%

  7. 17

    Lacuna

    Tesla Effect, but talkier, and half the hours

    Loved · 92%Games like Lacuna

  8. 18

    The Wolf Among Us

    Tesla Effect, but episodic, and your choices matter

    Loved · 98%Games like The Wolf Among Us

  9. 19

    The Bookwalker

    Tesla Effect, but a puzzle game, and isometric

    Loved · 91%Games like The Bookwalker

  10. 22

    L.A. Noire

    Tesla Effect, but open world, and third-person

    Liked · 86%Games like L.A. Noire

  11. 26

    Disco Elysium

    Tesla Effect, but a CRPG, and isometric

    Loved · 93%Games like Disco Elysium

  12. 29

    Tangle Tower

    Tesla Effect, but 2D, and full of puzzles

    Loved · 95%Games like Tangle Tower

CyberpunkDetective

4 games that share both with Tesla Effect

  1. 3

    Tales of the Neon Sea

    Tesla Effect, but pixel art, and full of puzzles

    Liked · 85%Games like Tales of the Neon Sea

  2. 5

    Whispers of a Machine

    Tesla Effect, but 2D, and your choices matter

    Loved · 93%Games like Whispers of a Machine

  3. 13

    Observer: System Redux

    Tesla Effect, but a psychological horror game, and stealthy

    Liked · 85%Games like Observer: System Redux

  4. 30

    Gamedec - Definitive Edition

    Tesla Effect, but a CRPG

    Liked · 80%Games like Gamedec - Definitive Edition

DetectiveMystery

3 games that share both with Tesla Effect

  1. 11

    Unavowed

    Tesla Effect, but story-rich, and even better loved

    Loved · 96%Games like Unavowed

  2. 20

    Return of the Obra Dinn

    Tesla Effect, but a puzzle game, and historical

    Loved · 97%Games like Return of the Obra Dinn

  3. 24

    Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy

    Tesla Effect, but anime, and twice the hours

FMVDetective

4 games that share both with Tesla Effect

  1. 14
  2. 21

    428 Shibuya Scramble

    Tesla Effect, but funny, and twice the hours

    Loved · 95%Games like 428 Shibuya Scramble

  3. 23

    SIMULACRA

    Tesla Effect, but a horror game, and psychological horror

    Loved · 90%Games like SIMULACRA

  4. 27

    The Shapeshifting Detective

    Tesla Effect, but horror, and a third of the hours

    Mixed · 77%Games like The Shapeshifting Detective

And more like Tesla Effect

Each with the kinds it shares, under its name.

  1. 1Closest

    Gemini Rue

    Tesla Effect, but pixel art, and story-rich

    Liked · 88%Noir · CyberpunkGames like Gemini Rue

  2. 4

    Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition

    Tesla Effect, but half the hours, and more divisive

    Mixed · 75%FMV · Cyberpunk

  3. 6

    Primordia

    Tesla Effect, but post-apocalyptic, and with robots

    Loved · 96%Noir · CyberpunkGames like Primordia

  4. 9

    Obduction

    Tesla Effect, but a puzzle game, and in VR

    Liked · 80%FMV · MysteryGames like Obduction

  5. 16

    NORCO

    Tesla Effect, but darker, and gothic

    Loved · 92%Noir · DystopianGames like NORCO

  6. 25

    Detroit: Become Human

    Tesla Effect, but emotional, and with robots

    Loved · 96%Multiple Endings · CinematicGames like Detroit: Become Human

  7. 28

    Heavy Rain

    Tesla Effect, but emotional

    Liked · 86%Detective · Multiple EndingsGames like Heavy Rain

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How this list is made

A game is here when it shares the strongest of Tesla Effect'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 Tesla Effect'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 Tesla Effect 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 Tesla Effect: a kind of game it is that Tesla Effect is not, a feature its strongest Steam tags carry that Tesla Effect's barely do, how many hours people play it beside Tesla Effect, and how its reviewers feel beside Tesla Effect'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%.