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Spooky Doorway · 2021 · 96 % positive of 1,716

24 games that play like The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: The Darkside Detective, Thimbleweed Park™ and Detective Grimoire.

Player tags

  • Pixel Graphics
  • Detective
  • Point & Click
  • Story Rich
  • Comedy
  • Mystery
  • Puzzle
  • Atmospheric

At a glance

What games like The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark have in common

  • The tags they share most often with The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark: Point & Click (22 of 24), Detective (18) and Story Rich (17).
  • They came out between 2009 and 2025, 7 of them after The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark (2021).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Enigma of Fear (96 % positive of 9,093).
  • The Darkside Detective both plays and looks like The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark.

By gameplay

Plays like The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

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

More matches

  1. Left in the Dark: No One on Board83 % positive of 755Shared: Point & Click · Story Rich · Mystery
  2. Lamplight City89 % positive of 761Shared: Pixel Graphics · Detective · Point & Click
  3. Dark Nights with Poe and Munro75 % positive of 462Shared: Detective · Point & Click · Story Rich
  4. Earthworms77 % positive of 186Shared: Point & Click · Dark Humor · Casual
  5. Adam Wolfe91 % positive of 1,123Shared: Detective · Point & Click · Mystery
  6. MAKOTO WAKAIDO’s Case Files TRILOGY DELUXE82 % positive of 225Shared: Pixel Graphics · Point & Click · Story Rich
  7. Enigma of Fear96 % positive of 9,093Shared: Pixel Graphics · Detective · Story Rich
  8. Viviette88 % positive of 481Shared: Pixel Graphics · Story Rich · Mystery
  9. Creepy Tale: Some Other Place94 % positive of 494Shared: Point & Click · Mystery · Puzzle
  10. Nancy Drew®: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake92 % positive of 256Shared: Detective · Point & Click · Story Rich
  11. The Wild Case86 % positive of 229Shared: Detective · Point & Click · Story Rich
  12. LumineNight87 % positive of 232Shared: Detective · Point & Click · Story Rich

By look

Looks like The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

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

More matches

  1. The Dark Rites of Arkham97 % positive of 698
  2. PEPPERED: an existential platformer95 % positive of 372
  3. What Lies in the Multiverse92 % positive of 647
  4. Gods Will Be Watching70 % positive of 2,881
  5. 坏小孩95 % positive of 1,617
  6. Decarnation88 % positive of 851
  7. The Count Lucanor93 % positive of 2,693
  8. Red Ronin88 % positive of 169
  9. Midnight Scenes: From the Woods85 % positive of 169
  10. There's a Butcher Around87 % positive of 420
  11. Immortal Mantis95 % positive of 226
  12. Yorkshire Gubbins97 % positive of 169

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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