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Default Cube Games · 2025 · Windows, macOS

Steam: 95 % positive of 598 reviews, as of Oct 28

Pick up your magnifying glass as writer-turned-detective Penelope Pendrick in this first-person point and click mystery adventure! Three people have suddenly vanished from the sleepy town of Carlisle. Follow the clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles to end this case - before it ends you.

24 games that play like Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: The Case of the Golden Idol, Paper Perjury and No Case Should Remain Unsolved.

Player tags

  • Adventure
  • Mystery
  • Point & Click
  • Story Rich
  • Indie
  • Puzzle
  • Singleplayer
  • Detective
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By gameplay

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Looks like Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit

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At a glance

What games like Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit: Mystery (23 of 24), Story Rich (22) and Point & Click (20).
  • They came out between 2010 and 2026, one of them after Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit (2025).
  • Best rated by Steam players: The Case of the Golden Idol (96 % positive of 9,923).

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.

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