Games like The Darkside Detective
Looking for games like The Darkside Detective? Here are top casual action adventure recommendations with a mystery and comedy focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Kelvin and the Infamous Machine, Gibbous: A Cthulhu Adventure or The Book of Unwritten Tales.
1 89%Game Brain Scorehumor, storystability, grinding89% User Score 866 reviewsCritic Score 90%1 reviewsKelvin and the Infamous Machine is a hilarious point-and-click adventure in which you stumble irresponsibly through history to help legendary geniuses complete their masterworks!
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87%Game Brain Scorestory, humorgrinding, replayability89% User Score 1,163 reviewsCritic Score 80%1 reviewsGibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure is a comedy point 'n click love letter to classic-era Lucas adventures, HP Lovecraft, Hitchcock and many, many others. A lighthearted spoof of the Cthulhu Mythos, Gibbous will have you controlling 3 protagonists, dealing with strange cultists, ancient voodoo, and Dead Cthulhu himself. Well, "dead" is just a matter of opinion... Everything revolves around the dreaded N…
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82%Game Brain Scorestory, humorgrinding, stability89% User Score 1,830 reviewsCritic Score 50%1 reviewsThe game challenges the player with a series of puzzles and brain teasers presented as a traditional point and click adventure game. The puzzles are embedded in an adventure story that will take most players an average of twenty hours to complete. There are 60 locations to explore with a total of 40 non-player characters and about 250 interactible items. A notable feature of The Book of Unwritten…
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95%Game Brain Scorehumor, storygrinding, stability97% User Score 1,670 reviewsCritic Score 87%3 reviews"Paradigm is a surreal adventure game set in the strange and post apocalyptic Eastern European country of Krusz. Play as the handsome mutant, Paradigm, who's past comes back to haunt him in the form of a genetically engineered sloth that vomits candy."
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87%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgrinding, replayability92% User Score 1,153 reviewsCritic Score 82%14 reviewsA Detective Is Born
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75%Game Brain Scorestory, humorstability, grinding78% User Score 5,610 reviewsCritic Score 78%3 reviewsDeponia is a fast-paced comedy of errors and one of the most unusual love stories in gaming history. The twist-filled story takes its off-beat characters all over trash planet Deponia, a unique game world in the style of Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett and Matt Groening. From Kuvaq, an improvised village built inside a giant trash heap, to the swimming black market and the dark corners of the eleva…
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85%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsstability, grinding87% User Score 1,106 reviewsCritic Score 81%11 reviewsUnforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world. Join Harper Pendrell and experience a challenging investigation, smart dialog and a rich cast of characters in this thrilling new adventure game.
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83%Game Brain Scorestory, humorgrinding, stability87% User Score 502 reviewsCritic Score 68%2 reviewsThe Bear With Me - Collector's Edition contains all three episodes, telling the whole story of Amber and Ted. It also includes the original soundtrack, a digital art book and full puzzle and script design documents.
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79%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgrinding, replayability82% User Score 6,698 reviewsCritic Score 73%22 reviewsBroken Age is a family friendly, hand-animated, puzzle-filled adventure game with an all-star cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black and Masasa Moyo. Funded by a record breaking crowdfunding campaign and designed by industry legend Tim Schafer, Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story of barfing trees and talking spoons.
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88%Game Brain Scorehumor, storyreplayability, stability88% User Score 570 reviewsThere's murder afoot in Old London town in this Victorian-styled cartoony 2D point and click adventure, inspired by Victorian novels, Hammer Horror and the Cartoon Network. The only people who can solve this case are Bertram Fiddle and his manservant Gavin, who must explore the mysterious streets and murky alleyways and be on the lookout for elusive serial killer Geoff the Murderer in this award w…
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