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24 alternatives to Darkside Detective

A humorous micro-adventure game investigating the occult

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Darkside Detective launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Dark Echo▲88

   A sound based horror game

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   DarkMaus▲74

   A challenging action game with a minimalist style

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Corpse of Discovery▲64

   A first-person surreal exploration game

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Kittens Game▲61

   A Dark Souls of incremental gaming

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Malebolgia▲54

   A cel-shaded horror adventure

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Jupiter Hell▲54

   A modern turn-based sci-fi roguelike

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Gristle and Grape▲60

   Interactive text adventure with multiple perspectives.

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   P.A.M.E.L.A.▲62

   An open-world scifi horror

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Wolf Among Us▲71

   An episodic interactive mystery drama graphic adventure

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Rogue quest: Necromancer▲53

    A fantasy roguelike

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    none*2▲87

    A mysterious game of riddles, episode2

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Blacklist: Conspiracy▲60

    Hidden-object game based off of The Blacklist

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    A Mini Falafel Adventure▲67

    A 4-colour, concentrated, action-oriented Metroidvania

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Darkest Dungeon▲70

    Cthulhu RPG where you worry about sanity, not hit points

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Gridland ▲87

    An adictive roleplaying stacking puzzle

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Don't Sh*t Your Pants▲65

    A text-based survival horror game

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Trollface Quest Unlucky▲54

    An adventure in top-notch trolling

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Contre Jour▲66

    A physics-based puzzle game

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    0RBITALIS▲60

    An abstract gravitational puzzler

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Rogue Legacy▲92

    An amazing genealogical Roguelike!

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    A Dark Room▲90

    The most immersive text-based game ever.

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Cogmind▲57

    Sci-fi roguelike

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Sero▲74

    An atmospheric puzzle game full of wisdom

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Donsol▲72

    A simple dungeon crawling solitary card game.

    2015 · its alternatives →

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