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Studio Clump · 2022 · Windows, macOS, Linux

Steam: 95 % positive of 245 reviews, as of Oct 28

A short visual novel where a private investigator gets reeled into a murky mystery, entangled in lies, secrets, and a family curse.

24 games that play like Stillwater and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Until Then, Detective Grimoire and Tangle Tower.

Player tags

  • Indie
  • Visual Novel
  • Mystery
  • Stylized
  • Text-Based
  • 2D
  • Linear
  • Anime
Map region: Mysteries & Detectives
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Best matches

Plays and looks like Stillwater

These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.

By gameplay

Plays like Stillwater

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. missed messages.95 % positive of 15,574Shared: Visual Novel · Anime · Story Rich
  2. Stormhill Mystery: Family Shadows78 % positive of 155Shared: Mystery · Story Rich · Horror
  3. Dark Nights90 % positive of 443Shared: Visual Novel · Mystery · Text-Based
  4. √Letter - Root Letter -78 % positive of 555Shared: Visual Novel · Mystery · Anime
  5. Trapped with Jester93 % positive of 1,618Shared: Visual Novel · Mystery · Text-Based
  6. Kathy Rain92 % positive of 1,865Shared: Mystery · Story Rich · Detective
  7. The Monster Inside86 % positive of 2,130Shared: Visual Novel · Mystery · Detective
  8. Amelie91 % positive of 446Shared: Visual Novel · Mystery · Linear
  9. It gets so lonely here94 % positive of 2,390Shared: Visual Novel · Text-Based · Anime
  10. DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition93 % positive of 7,730Shared: Mystery · Story Rich · Horror
  11. Blackwell Epiphany97 % positive of 838Shared: Mystery · Story Rich · Detective
  12. Flower in Us93 % positive of 421Shared: Visual Novel · Mystery · Anime

By look

Looks like Stillwater

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged92 % positive of 970
  2. PRICE92 % positive of 5,179
  3. Scarlet Hollow97 % positive of 4,950
  4. Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure92 % positive of 4,139
  5. Mythic Love: Iberian Legends92 % positive of 255
  6. Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling87 % positive of 3,425
  7. Everyday Devil95 % positive of 340
  8. Kill or Love89 % positive of 2,186
  9. PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's Curse95 % positive of 2,263
  10. Blue Prince85 % positive of 17,890
  11. Methods: The Detective Competition91 % positive of 679
  12. We Know the Devil93 % positive of 1,064

At a glance

What games like Stillwater have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Stillwater: Visual Novel (20 of 24), Mystery (20) and Story Rich (9).
  • They came out between 2014 and 2025, 6 of them after Stillwater (2022).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Scarlet Hollow (97 % positive of 4,950).

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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