Games like Detective: The Test
Looking for games like Detective: The Test? Here are top simulation recommendations with a drama and thriller focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Scene Investigators, The Painscreek Killings or Unheard.
1 68%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaymusic, grinding66% User Score 428 reviewsCritic Score 50%4 reviewsScene Investigators is a deductive reasoning game for fans of the "true crime" genre. Step into re-created crime scenes, observe closely for pieces of evidence, analyze possible motives behind the crimes, and uncover what truly happened.
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2 89%Game Brain Scorestory, atmospheregrinding, optimization89% User Score 2,943 reviewsThe Painscreek Killings is a first-person, explorable mystery solving game set in a fictional town of United States in the 1990s. As a young and upcoming journalist, you are to uncover the secrets behind the town killings and publish the truth in the city papers.
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3 87%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayreplayability, grinding92% User Score 5,026 reviewsCritic Score 65%1 reviewsUnheard is a narrative-centric detective game.Put on your headphones and step back into the past. Use the voices you hear to return to crime scenes, tracking down each individual involved and solving the cases!The game puts players in the role of a time-traveling detective who is only able to use one sense, sound. Also, the game’s story is a non-linear experience. Players must build their own time…
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4 90%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, optimization90% User Score 2,586 reviewsBecome the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic. Will you follow your moral compass, or will you apply the letter of the law? The great freedom of action in Crimes …
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5 83%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayoptimization, grinding90% User Score 1,752 reviewsCritic Score 76%28 reviewsBecome the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
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6 73%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, replayability74% User Score 506 reviewsCritic Score 69%4 reviewsDiscover an untold crime story from the mysterious youth of the famous detective Hercule Poirot.
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7 82%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsreplayability, stability86% User Score 4,014 reviewsCritic Score 78%38 reviewsThe Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery game focused on exploration and discovery. As occult-minded private detective Paul Prospero communicate with the dead to discover the fate of a missing boy and the mystery behind a dark ancient force lurking in Red Creek Valley.
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8 56%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, atmosphere56% User Score 364 reviewsThe town of Stonecreek is haunted. People keep disappearing into thin air, leaving nothing but an eerie symbol behind. With the townsfolk gripped with fear, use a missing victim's phone to unlock the truth in the third entry of the acclaimed horror series, Simulacra.
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9 82%Game Brain Scorestory, atmospherereplayability, grinding82% User Score 770 reviewsDead Secret is a first-person horror mystery set in rural Kansas in 1965. A reclusive professor is dead and it’s up to you to crack the case before you become the next victim. Investigate the murder and explore the story Time Magazine called “captivating” and “deeply creepy” .
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10 89%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayreplayability, grinding89% User Score 644 reviewsA Hand With Many Fingers is a first-person investigation game about a real Cold War conspiracy. Explore the CIA's murky history of drug smuggling, regime change, and assassination.
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