Games like MERDAN: Night Protocol

Remember how mysterious and story-driven MERDAN: Night Protocol felt at its best? These games line up well for what comes next.

Cheaper than MERDAN: Night Protocol

Judge SIM 2 Precedent

Judge SIM 2 Precedent

Take the night shift as a judge in Meridian. Examine evidence, manage pressure, issue reasoned rulings, and create precedents that reshape the…

0% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$7.14
Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

You play CDI agent Neil Conrad, working a murder case whose outcome depends on the evidence you gather and the reports you file.

91% of 2,192 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$1.59
The Night Shift

The Night Shift

The night shift is yours, detective. Read the case file, catch the forged document, the impossible alibi, the lie, and stamp CHARGE or RELEASE…

$4.99
Field Hospital: Dr. Taylor's Story

Field Hospital: Dr. Taylor's Story

Field Hospital is a text-based bureaucratic detective game about hard decisions. Decide who to treat and whom to refuse. Face consequences.

89% of 109 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Alone in the crowd

Alone in the crowd

Settled on a dystopian future, Alone in the Crowd is a humorous puzzle simulation investigative thriller, where you use a weird variety of gadgets…

89% of 37 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure

Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure

Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized.

88% of 413 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$3.19
Chakana

Chakana

Bound to a brutal loop of murders, you are forced to clean up every crime scene and wipe the evidence.

90% of 49 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Claim Denied!

Claim Denied!

You're an insurance investigator. Review evidence, spot fraud, make decisions. Every case is a puzzle — approve, reject, or negotiate.

25% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$6.79
Containment Manifest

Containment Manifest

Work the night shift at a sealed sorting facility. Inspect unknown objects, compare instrument readings, and decide: ACCEPT, REJECT, or CONTAIN.

100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$2.79
Next Patient

Next Patient

As the checkpoint guard in the only safe zone of the dystopian Republic of Valdoria, you decide who survives.

81% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$5.99

Hidden gems like MERDAN: Night Protocol

Dupery: A Game of Solo Deduction

Dupery: A Game of Solo Deduction

A solo deduction roguelite with over 175 roles, set in a noir city run by a criminal syndicate.

84% of 969 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Expelled!

Expelled!

A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU.

92% of 228 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$14.99
Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure

Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure

Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized.

88% of 413 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$3.19
The Operator

The Operator

Search files, calls and photos on a console, guide field agents through their cases, and watch a conspiracy close in on you.

91% of 8,716 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 23$13.99
Security 51

Security 51

Work the checkpoint at the bottom of the shaft: check papers, scan blood, X-ray ribs, and judge who is still human enough to go down.

70% of 518 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$9.99
Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

You play CDI agent Neil Conrad, working a murder case whose outcome depends on the evidence you gather and the reports you file.

91% of 2,192 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$1.59
Field Hospital: Dr. Taylor's Story

Field Hospital: Dr. Taylor's Story

Field Hospital is a text-based bureaucratic detective game about hard decisions. Decide who to treat and whom to refuse. Face consequences.

89% of 109 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
SIMULACRA 2

SIMULACRA 2

Investigate a dead influencer's phone, interrogate three lying suspects and shape an ending with every choice you make.

87% of 1,385 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$7.99
Gamedec - Definitive Edition

Gamedec - Definitive Edition

A detective RPG without combat, set in 22nd century Warsaw where people live inside virtual worlds.

78% of 1,134 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$29.99
Song of Farca

Song of Farca

Play a housebound detective who solves crimes with drones, darknet searches and sharp questions.

78% of 1,407 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Not Tonight 2

Not Tonight 2

Immigration Enforcement Case #112: You are under arrest. Unless your friends can cross a broken America, retrieve your identifying documents and…

76% of 471 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$2.99
The List

The List

A young man is interviewed by the police only to turn up dead a week later. 3 years have passed, a special agent from Santa Fe navigates the police…

82% of 101 Steam reviews are positive$5.99

Newest games like MERDAN: Night Protocol

Dupery: A Game of Solo Deduction

Dupery: A Game of Solo Deduction

A solo deduction roguelite with over 175 roles, set in a noir city run by a criminal syndicate.

84% of 969 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
On Hold - Call Center Simulator

On Hold - Call Center Simulator

A dark comedy call center simulator where you answer calls, verify identities, catch fraudsters, and run side hustles under your supervisor's…

100% of 12 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Midnight Queue

Midnight Queue

Vampires infiltrate the nightclub queue. You are the bouncer.

100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Homicide Desk

Homicide Desk

Read the evidence. Run the forensics. Question suspects in your own words, they lie, crack, or lawyer up.

66% of 95 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
North Bay Protocol

North Bay Protocol

An AI crisis erupts at Northbay University. As a student intern, turn hurried meetings into enforceable policy: draft rules, contain crises, and…

75% of 8 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Security 51

Security 51

Work the checkpoint at the bottom of the shaft: check papers, scan blood, X-ray ribs, and judge who is still human enough to go down.

70% of 518 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$9.99
Case Files: Internal Affairs

Case Files: Internal Affairs

The 3rd installment in the Case Files series. An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.

90% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$10.99
Next Patient

Next Patient

As the checkpoint guard in the only safe zone of the dystopian Republic of Valdoria, you decide who survives.

81% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Corner Shop: NightShift

Corner Shop: NightShift

Take a night shift job in a place that runs on habit, not purpose. Restock shelves, take deliveries, clean the mess, and try to make it till morning.

83% of 217 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$19.99
Kindred [High Tide]

Kindred [High Tide]

In this mystery-horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly.

89% of 18 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
DETECTIVE - Rainy night

DETECTIVE - Rainy night

Detective Rainy Night is a narrative adventure with elements of deduction.

69% of 83 Steam reviews are positive$10.99
Chakana

Chakana

Bound to a brutal loop of murders, you are forced to clean up every crime scene and wipe the evidence.

90% of 49 Steam reviews are positive$2.99