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Games like Desktop Detective
Conradical Games · 2026 · Windows, macOS
Steam: 85 % positive of 176 reviews, as of Oct 28
An idle detective game that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things.
24 games that play like Desktop Detective and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Desktop Defender, CaseCracker and Desktop Raid.
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Best matches
Plays and looks like Desktop Detective
Close to it by gameplay and by look, so it appears in both lists below.
By gameplay
Plays like Desktop Detective
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Desktop Defender
92 % positive of 1,780
CaseCracker
88 % positive of 3,336
Shared: Detective · RPG · Mystery
Desktop Raid
75 % positive of 703
Shared: Desktop Companion · Idler · Clicker
The Operator
90 % positive of 8,684
Shared: Detective · RPG · Investigation
The Case of the Golden Idol
96 % positive of 9,923
Shared: Detective · Investigation · Mystery
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
92 % positive of 119,154
Shared: Detective · RPG · Indie
Detective Grimoire
95 % positive of 2,264
Shared: Detective · Investigation · Mystery
Deskrawl: Idle ARPG
52 % positive of 3,207
Shared: Desktop Companion · Idler · Clicker
Outcore: Desktop Adventure
96 % positive of 18,533
Shared: RPG · Indie · Singleplayer
The Rise of the Golden Idol
91 % positive of 3,848
Shared: Detective · Investigation · Mystery
Unheard - Voices of Crime
95 % positive of 31,128
Shared: Detective · RPG · Investigation
Gamedec - Definitive Edition
78 % positive of 1,133
Shared: Detective · RPG · Investigation
More matches
- Shadows of Doubt82 % positive of 14,758Shared: Detective · RPG · Indie
- Desktop Dungeons88 % positive of 1,136Shared: RPG · Casual · Singleplayer
- Desktop Explorer95 % positive of 2,528
- Mini Murder Mysteries95 % positive of 170Shared: Detective · Investigation · Mystery
- Duck Detective: The Secret Salami94 % positive of 6,155Shared: Detective · 2.5D · Investigation
- Melvor Idle89 % positive of 14,758Shared: Idler · RPG · Casual
- REWIND90 % positive of 454Shared: Clicker · Detective · 2.5D
- NGU IDLE95 % positive of 13,047Shared: Idler · Clicker · RPG
- TBH: Task Bar Hero53 % positive of 48,169Shared: Desktop Companion · Idler · Clicker
- Ace Attorney Investigations Collection96 % positive of 3,487Shared: Detective · Investigation · Mystery
- Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments89 % positive of 7,174Shared: Detective · Investigation · Mystery
- Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping95 % positive of 2,615Shared: Detective · 2.5D · Investigation
By look
Looks like Desktop Detective
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
A Game About Digging A Hole™
89 % positive of 19,037
Desktop Defender
92 % positive of 1,780
Haste
91 % positive of 12,946
Dwarven Realms
81 % positive of 2,859
Magicraft
91 % positive of 15,212
FlyKnight Enhanced Edition
95 % positive of 10,621
Shape of Dreams
88 % positive of 16,606
Cave Crawlers
92 % positive of 3,841
Space Rock Breaker
95 % positive of 4,873
Abandoned Archive
93 % positive of 749
Rogue: Genesia
90 % positive of 8,215
Windblown
88 % positive of 9,153
More matches
- Outpath: First Journey95 % positive of 4,649
- Void Sols94 % positive of 353
- Fell & Sell82 % positive of 1,904
- Ring of Titans77 % positive of 574
- Vertigo 295 % positive of 2,590
- Poly TD82 % positive of 602
- Shepherd of Light95 % positive of 825
- Spiritfall92 % positive of 1,855
- Mind Over Magic86 % positive of 4,365
- Feed the Deep87 % positive of 465
- DreamEcho79 % positive of 388
- Halftime Heroes69 % positive of 308
At a glance
What games like Desktop Detective have in common
- The tags they share most often with Desktop Detective: Detective (15 of 24), Investigation (11) and RPG (10).
- They came out between 2014 and 2026, none of them after Desktop Detective (2026).
- Best rated by Steam players: Outcore: Desktop Adventure (96 % positive of 18,533).
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.