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Games like Desktop Explorer, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Stardew Valley

30 games that play like them.

Desktop Explorer
Desktop Explorer
Red Dead Redemption 2
Red Dead Redemption 2
Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley

More like Desktop Explorer

9 games closest to Desktop Explorer of your picks

  1. 1

    No Case Should Remain Unsolved

    Desktop Explorer, but story-rich, and a third of the hours

    Loved · 96%Investigation · Interactive Fiction

  2. 2

    The Roottrees are Dead

    Desktop Explorer, but story-rich

    Loved · 96%Detective · Investigation

  3. 3

    The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

    Desktop Explorer, but funny, and story-rich

    Loved · 96%Detective · Point & Click

  4. 4

    Unheard - Voices of Crime

    Desktop Explorer, but top-down, and half the hours

    Loved · 96%Detective · Mystery

  5. 5

    Kathy Rain: Director's Cut

    Desktop Explorer, but story-rich

    Loved · 92%Detective · Investigation

  6. 6

    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    Desktop Explorer, but free to play, and a third of the hours

    Loved · 97%Detective · Point & Click

  7. 7

    The Case of the Golden Idol

    Desktop Explorer, but story-rich

    Loved · 98%Investigation · Detective

  8. 8

    The Painscreek Killings

    Desktop Explorer, but open world

    Loved · 91%Investigation · Detective

  9. 9

    Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments

    Desktop Explorer, but your choices matter

    Liked · 89%Detective · Investigation

More like Red Dead Redemption 2

6 games closest to Red Dead Redemption 2 of your picks

  1. 10

    GUN

    Red Dead Redemption 2, but a tenth of the hours

    Loved · 92%Western · Horses

  2. 11

    Fallout: New Vegas

    Red Dead Redemption 2, but an action RPG, and single-player

    Loved · 96%Western · Open world

  3. 12

    METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN

    Red Dead Redemption 2, but a stealth game

    Loved · 92%Horses · Open world

  4. 13

    Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

    Red Dead Redemption 2, but an action RPG, and medieval

    Liked · 88%Horses · Open world

  5. 14

    Mount & Blade: Warband

    Red Dead Redemption 2, but an action RPG, and even better loved

    Loved · 98%Horses · Open world

  6. 15

    Westerado: Double Barreled

    Red Dead Redemption 2, but pixel art, and couch co-op

    Loved · 92%Western · Open world

More like Stardew Valley

15 games closest to Stardew Valley of your picks

  1. 16

    Coral Island

    Much the same as Stardew Valley

    Liked · 89%Farming Sim · Agriculture

  2. 17

    My Time at Portia

    Stardew Valley, but single-player

    Loved · 91%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  3. 18

    My Time at Sandrock

    Stardew Valley, but an action RPG

    Liked · 88%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  4. 19

    Farm Together

    Stardew Valley, but co-op

    Loved · 94%Agriculture · Farming Sim

  5. 20

    Fields of Mistria

    Stardew Valley, but single-player, and half the hours

    Loved · 97%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  6. 21

    Roots of Pacha

    Stardew Valley, but co-op, and half the hours

    Loved · 94%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  7. 22

    Littlewood

    Stardew Valley, but a city builder, and a third of the hours

    Loved · 93%Life Sim · Agriculture

  8. 23

    Dinkum

    Stardew Valley, but co-op, and half the hours

    Loved · 92%Farming Sim · Agriculture

  9. 24

    Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles

    Stardew Valley, but a quarter of the hours, and more divisive

    Liked · 82%Farming Sim · Agriculture

  10. 25

    Disney Dreamlight Valley

    Stardew Valley, but story-rich, and single-player

    Loved · 92%Life Sim · Farming Sim

  11. 26

    Infinity Nikki

    Stardew Valley, but free to play, and a fifth of the hours

    Divisive · 58%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  12. 27

    The Ranch of Rivershine

    Stardew Valley, but 3D

    Loved · 94%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  13. 28

    Forager

    Stardew Valley, but a survival crafting game, and an incremental game

    Liked · 89%Farming Sim · Crafting

  14. 29

    Sun Haven

    Stardew Valley, but more divisive

    Liked · 80%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  15. 30

    Graveyard Keeper

    Stardew Valley, but a management game, and medieval

    Liked · 85%Agriculture · Crafting

How this list is made

Each game is measured against each of your picks the way a games-like list measures it: the Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes they share, each counting for more the fewer games carry it. A game's place is how alike it is to your picks together, as a share of each pick's best match, so one alike to two of them comes before one alike to just one. It must be close to at least one of them, as close as it would have to be on that game's own list.

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