Games like The Case of the Golden Idol
Looking for games like The Case of the Golden Idol? Here are top quiz recommendations with a mystery, thriller and historical focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Return of the Obra Dinn, Duck Detective: The Secret Salami or Tangle Tower.
1 92%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsreplayability, grinding97% User Score 18,211 reviewsCritic Score 88%22 reviewsIn this 1-bit first-person mystery game, a merchant ship called the Obra Dinn has appeared at a London harbor, years after being declared lost at sea. As an insurance adjuster, the player must examine the ship for clues.
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2 95%Game Brain Scorestory, humorgrinding, replayability95% User Score 5,302 reviewsSolving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open, in a narrative mystery adventure where nothing is quite as it seems.
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3 96%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsreplayability, grinding96% User Score 2,609 reviewsFreya Fellow had been murdered... by an unfinished painting?!
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4 97%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, monetization97% User Score 4,311 reviewsThe year is 1998. A private jet belonging to the Roottree Corporation has crashed. On it were the Roottree Sisters and their parents. Combined, they were worth over a billion dollars. Now, due to the eccentricities of their great-great-grandfather Elias, their money must be redistributed to the rest of the family. But who's actually a BLOOD RELATIVE? That's where you come in. Armed only with t…
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5 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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6 79%Game Brain Scoregraphics, storyreplayability, grinding97% User Score 24,944 reviewsCritic Score 56%10 reviewsThe definitive puzzle experience
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7 97%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, monetization97% User Score 207 reviewsMidnight, September 5th, 1997. The reclusive Detective Lambda and the Daemon of Records, Biblios, are the 7th and final pair of contestants in the 93rd Daemon Masquerade. Charged with uncovering the names and Daemonic powers of the other six competitors, they have only 7 days to unmask their opponents, or else they will be erased from existence. To make matters worse, it seems their adversaries ar…
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8 86%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayreplayability, grinding91% User Score 3,255 reviewsCritic Score 78%6 reviewsWELCOME TO THE FDI, MR TANNER. Time to clear your head, work through your hangover and start your first day as an Operator. There are plenty of cases to solve. Assist our field agents using your computer console and ingenuity to bring criminals to justice. Ready to make the world a better place? Investigate Crimes: Solve cases such as murders, missing people, and cyber attacks. Use FDI Software:…
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9 89%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgrinding, optimization93% User Score 984 reviewsCritic Score 84%8 reviewsA murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
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10 89%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsoptimization, grinding91% User Score 2,614 reviewsCritic Score 80%1 reviewsYou try to clear your vision and get on your feet after your arrival. You hear the portal closing behind you as you take a step forward. You are trapped, your way back is gone. Quern - Undying Thoughts is a first-person puzzle adventure game, inviting you on a journey to explore it and solve its challenges. Put your mind to the test with the increasingly complex puzzles, and unravel the mysteri…
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