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Games like Desktop Explorer and Stardew Valley

30 games that play like them. Add another you loved and the list leans toward it.

Desktop Explorer
Desktop Explorer
Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley

More like Desktop Explorer

18 games closest to Desktop Explorer of your picks

  1. 1

    The Roottrees are Dead

    Desktop Explorer, but story-rich

    Loved · 96%Detective · Investigation

  2. 2

    No Case Should Remain Unsolved

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

    Loved · 96%Investigation · Interactive Fiction

  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 Incident at Galley House

    Desktop Explorer, but nonlinear

    Loved · 94%Detective · Mystery

  9. 9

    Ace Attorney Investigations Collection

    Desktop Explorer, but four times the hours

    Loved · 97%Investigation · Detective

  10. 10

    The Operator

    Desktop Explorer, but half the hours

    Loved · 92%Investigation · Detective

  11. 11

    Strange Horticulture

    Desktop Explorer, but a shopkeeping game, and cozy

    Loved · 94%Detective · Investigation

  12. 12

    Tangle Tower

    Desktop Explorer, but talkier, and funny

    Loved · 95%Detective · Point & Click

  13. 13

    Hypnospace Outlaw

    Desktop Explorer, but surreal, and retro

    Loved · 97%1990's · Detective

  14. 14

    The Painscreek Killings

    Desktop Explorer, but open world

    Loved · 91%Investigation · Detective

  15. 15

    Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy

    Desktop Explorer, but anime, and five times the hours

    Liked · 88%Investigation · Detective

  16. 16

    Lost Wiki: Kozlovka

    Desktop Explorer, but a fifth of the hours

    Loved · 96%Investigation · Detective

  17. 17

    Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins

    Desktop Explorer, but a third of the hours

    Liked · 89%Investigation · Interactive Fiction

  18. 18

    Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments

    Desktop Explorer, but your choices matter

    Liked · 89%Detective · Investigation

More like Stardew Valley

12 games closest to Stardew Valley of your picks

  1. 19

    Coral Island

    Much the same as Stardew Valley

    Liked · 89%Farming Sim · Agriculture

  2. 20

    My Time at Portia

    Stardew Valley, but single-player

    Loved · 91%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  3. 21

    Roots of Pacha

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

    Loved · 94%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  4. 22

    Fields of Mistria

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

    Loved · 97%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  5. 23

    Sun Haven

    Stardew Valley, but half the hours, and more divisive

    Liked · 80%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  6. 24

    My Time at Sandrock

    Stardew Valley, but an action RPG

    Liked · 88%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  7. 25

    Dinkum

    Stardew Valley, but co-op

    Loved · 92%Farming Sim · Agriculture

  8. 26

    DAVE THE DIVER

    Stardew Valley, but a management game, and a third of the hours

    Loved · 96%Farming Sim · Agriculture

  9. 27

    Palia

    Stardew Valley, but free to play, and an MMORPG

    Liked · 86%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  10. 28

    Littlewood

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

    Loved · 93%Life Sim · Agriculture

  11. 29

    Disney Dreamlight Valley

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

    Loved · 92%Life Sim · Farming Sim

  12. 30

    Infinity Nikki

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

    Divisive · 58%Farming Sim · Life Sim

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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.

None of your picks is on the list, nor a second release of one, nor a game of their own series. Up to 30 games are shown. Under each name, the kinds it shares with the pick it is closest to, and how it differs from that pick.