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Bushmonkey Games · 2026 · Windows, macOS

Steam: 94 % positive of 4,797 reviews, as of Oct 28

A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.

24 games that play like The Red Pearls Of Borneo and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Red Line, Unheard - Voices of Crime and Call of the Sea.

Player tags

  • Adventure
  • Puzzle
  • Detective
  • Interactive Fiction
  • Story Rich
  • Atmospheric
  • Text-Based
  • Visual Novel
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Plays and looks like The Red Pearls Of Borneo

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

By gameplay

Plays like The Red Pearls Of Borneo

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

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  1. Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved93 % positive of 444Shared: Detective · Interactive Fiction · Story Rich
  2. Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn92 % positive of 252Shared: Detective · Interactive Fiction · Story Rich
  3. The Crimson Diamond95 % positive of 670Shared: Detective · Story Rich · Text-Based
  4. Lorelei and the Laser Eyes92 % positive of 3,179Shared: Puzzle · Story Rich · Stylized
  5. Beacon Pines97 % positive of 3,104Shared: Interactive Fiction · Story Rich · Visual Novel
  6. The Rise of the Golden Idol91 % positive of 3,848Shared: Puzzle · Detective · Interactive Fiction
  7. The Last Case of John Morley76 % positive of 237Shared: Puzzle · Detective · Interactive Fiction
  8. Return to Shironagasu Island93 % positive of 4,158Shared: Detective · Story Rich · Visual Novel
  9. A Case of Distrust85 % positive of 305Shared: Detective · Interactive Fiction · Story Rich
  10. Ethel92 % positive of 238Shared: Puzzle · Story Rich · Historical
  11. The Posthumous Investigation93 % positive of 575Shared: Puzzle · Detective · Story Rich
  12. 再见断刀91 % positive of 2,648Shared: Detective · Interactive Fiction · Story Rich

By look

Looks like The Red Pearls Of Borneo

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

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  1. Kyle is Famous: Complete Edition94 % positive of 199
  2. Confidential Killings - A Detective Game74 % positive of 751
  3. The Operator90 % positive of 8,684
  4. The Ratline81 % positive of 348
  5. Writer's Rush73 % positive of 403
  6. Through the Darkest of Times85 % positive of 781
  7. Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You90 % positive of 8,973
  8. Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator92 % positive of 5,243
  9. The Incident at Galley House92 % positive of 4,779
  10. JudgeSim84 % positive of 1,407
  11. Guilt Free84 % positive of 298
  12. Death and Taxes86 % positive of 7,915

At a glance

What games like The Red Pearls Of Borneo have in common

  • The tags they share most often with The Red Pearls Of Borneo: Detective (18 of 24), Story Rich (18) and Interactive Fiction (14).
  • They came out between 2018 and 2026, none of them after The Red Pearls Of Borneo (2026).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Beacon Pines (97 % positive of 3,104).

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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