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Bureau 81 · 2024 · 92 % positive of 6,196

24 games that play like The Operator and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: CaseCracker2, Uncover the Smoking Gun and CaseCracker.

Player tags

  • Detective
  • Investigation
  • Conspiracy
  • Puzzle
  • Atmospheric
  • Mystery
  • Immersive Sim
  • Thriller

At a glance

What games like The Operator have in common

  • The tags they share most often with The Operator: Detective (21 of 24), Puzzle (14) and Investigation (12).
  • They came out between 2014 and 2026, 2 of them after The Operator (2024).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Unheard - Voices of Crime (96 % positive of 31,309).
  • 4 games both play and look like The Operator, among them Cyber Manhunt, Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator and Hacknet.

By gameplay

Plays like The Operator

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

More matches

  1. Song of Farca81 % positive of 1,235Shared: Detective · Simulation · Narration
  2. Confidential Killings - A Detective Game77 % positive of 811
  3. Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator92 % positive of 4,209Shared: Detective · Puzzle · Mystery
  4. Tech Support: Error Unknown74 % positive of 609Shared: Simulation · Story Rich · Adventure
  5. Observer: System Redux86 % positive of 2,522Shared: Detective · Investigation · Narration
  6. Song of Farca: Prologue90 % positive of 182Shared: Detective · Investigation · Mystery
  7. Hacknet93 % positive of 25,115Shared: Detective · Simulation · Crime
  8. Dahlia View86 % positive of 326Shared: Detective · Investigation · Puzzle
  9. Need to Know66 % positive of 286Shared: Puzzle · Simulation · Point & Click
  10. Unheard - Voices of Crime96 % positive of 31,309Shared: Detective · Investigation · Puzzle
  11. Anonymous Hacker Simulator85 % positive of 589Shared: Detective · Immersive Sim · Simulation
  12. Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter79 % positive of 13,788Shared: Detective · Investigation · Puzzle

By look

Looks like The Operator

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

More matches

  1. NITE Team 4 - Military Hacking Division91 % positive of 1,215
  2. The Message from Deep Space96 % positive of 1,902
  3. Unheard - Voices of Crime96 % positive of 31,309
  4. EMPTY SHELL88 % positive of 605
  5. EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE94 % positive of 1,367
  6. Vultures - Scavengers of Death81 % positive of 635
  7. 911 Operator88 % positive of 16,435
  8. Chinatown Detective Agency: Day One85 % positive of 179
  9. DEAD LETTER DEPT.96 % positive of 791
  10. Doki Doki AI Interrogation82 % positive of 442
  11. Hacknet93 % positive of 25,115
  12. Dead State: Reanimated73 % positive of 2,510

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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