Games like Sinking Island

Loved how mysterious and story-driven Sinking Island can get? These games offer a similar pull for your backlog.

Path of Sin: Greed
It was supposed to be a simple suicide case – a quick inspection and lots of boring paperwork. But the more you delve into this secluded island and the twisted family relations of the owners, the more complicated and unclear this case becomes.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
89% of 189 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
The Case of the Golden Idol
Twelve strange deaths, fifty years apart, all connected. Examine each frozen scene, gather names and clues, then fill in the blanks to name the killer, the motive and the weapon. A pure deduction game with a dark, twisting story about a cursed family and the idol they would kill for.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
97% of 9,962 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 52$17.99
Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
75% of 774 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99
9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek
Save your missing friend and reveal the corruption of the town’s citizens to stop an evil plot to bring the evil Snake God back to our world.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
89% of 698 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Utter a Name
Disembodied souls linger in this old estate. To each one, utter their name.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
89% of 235 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Lord Winklebottom Investigates
It’s the 1920s and the world’s foremost detective is about to embark on his most challenging case yet. Thankfully, in this world that’s not quite like our own, there’s nobody better to crack the case than the great detective and gentleman giraffe, Lord Winklebottom.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
91% of 207 Steam reviews are positive$18.99
Detective Grimoire
A murder in a swamp, and the prime suspect is a mythical creature. Detective Grimoire is a short, funny point-and-click whodunit: explore a hand-painted marsh, grill a fully voiced cast of suspects, and piece your clues together into deductions. Cozy, colorful and cleverly written.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
96% of 2,279 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$6.99
Tangle Tower
A murder, a mansion, and a suspect who is literally a painting. Explore Tangle Tower, question its oddball residents, and piece together clues in a fully voiced, hand-drawn detective story with genuinely funny writing and clever puzzles. Come for the banter and the beautiful rooms; the case itself is one you will want to crack.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
94% of 6,695 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 32$19.99
Family Mysteries: Poisonous Promises
Entertaining plunge into the world of debauched elites, alluring women and corrupted cops, where power is the ultimate currency. This is a thrilling introduction to the brand new Hidden Object Game series in the tradition of best police dramas.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
80% of 185 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Dahlia View
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
85% of 283 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$24.99
Murder Is Game Over
Join the investigation in Murder Is Game Over, a pixel art point-and-click game where you and Cleo try to solve the murder of a famous game designer. Can you uncover the clues and catch the killer before it's game over?
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Retro
95% of 42 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
The Wisbey Mystery
For many years people from one little town keep away from a local manor by the woodside. It’s dark, wrecked walls keep a terrible secret about the unsolved murder of the sheriff and his wife.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Hand-drawn
62% of 106 Steam reviews are positive$7.99

Cheaper than Sinking Island

Utter a Name

Disembodied souls linger in this old estate. To each one, utter their name.

$6.99

Detective Grimoire

Question a colorful cast of suspects, gather clues around a hand-painted marsh, and argue your way to the culprit of one very strange murder.

$6.99

Murder Is Game Over

Join the investigation in Murder Is Game Over, a pixel art point-and-click game where you and Cleo try to solve the murder of a famous game designer.

$4.99

Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island

You are a frog, you are a detective, and a haunted island needs your magnifying glass.

$4.99

Murder Is Game Over: Streaming Death

Embark on a thrilling pixel art adventure with Detective Guy & Cleo as they solve a mysterious murder.

$4.99

Art of Murder - FBI Confidential

Become Nicole Bonnet: a young female FBI agent and accept the challenge! Who is the murderer? A psychopath or maybe a meticulous and intelligent man?

$4.99

Return to Shironagasu Island

A detective gets a dead millionaire's invitation to a lonely island, and the murders start.

$4.99

A Detective's Novel

On a cold November night in a desolate estate deep in the mountains an innocent life has prematurely perished and its up to the player to find out…

$1.99

Mountain Crime: Requital

Solve the mystery at the heart of this chilling thriller!

$2.99

No Case Should Remain Unsolved

A retired detective reopens a missing girl's case from memory alone, piecing together 54 fragments of testimony to find the truth.

$6.99

Why Am I Dead At Sea

Why Am I Dead At Sea is an adventure game where you solve the mystery of your own murder.

$4.99

Interrogation Files: Port Landsend

Search through the interrogation footage of suspects of a bizarre and horrific crime.

$6.99

Hidden gems like Sinking Island

Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit

Pick up your magnifying glass as writer-turned-detective Penelope Pendrick in this first-person point and click mystery adventure!

$24.99

Mindcop

Mindcop is a non-linear „whodunnit“ detective game. It mixes a story driven adventure with real-time puzzle gaming.

$14.99

Moses & Plato - Last Train to Clawville

A murder mystery where you are the main suspect! An ambassador on a peace mission has been killed on board the Clawville Express.

$19.99

Utter a Name

Disembodied souls linger in this old estate. To each one, utter their name.

$6.99

Confidential Killings - A Detective Game

A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery.

$14.99

The Operator

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

$13.99

Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express

A murder on the Orient Express, retold in 2023. Play Hercule Poirot and new detective Joanna Locke, search the snowbound train for clues, question…

$39.99

Lord Winklebottom Investigates

It’s the 1920s and the world’s foremost detective is about to embark on his most challenging case yet.

$18.99

The Case of the Golden Idol

Twelve strange deaths, fifty years apart, all connected. Examine each frozen scene, gather names and clues, then fill in the blanks to name the…

$17.99

Overboard!

GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.

$14.99

MAKOTO WAKAIDO’s Case Files TRILOGY DELUXE

A game based on a simple concept: a mystery puzzle you can complete in an hour.

$12.99

Dahlia View

A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands.

$24.99

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