Any similar Games? Looking for recommendations

[Dormin]

I love Rise and Case of the Golden, what games do you think are similar?

Return of the Obra Dinn - A classic, see murders frozen in time aboard a ship to determine their cause.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/653530/Return_of_the_Obra_Dinn

Locator (Demo) - Geoguessr-inspired detective game, pinpoint the location of photos to track down a missing archeologist
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3388650/Locator_Demo/?utm_source=rotgithread

What other games am I missing?

[Zelakon]

Locator isn't out yet, but adding to Obra Dinn and both Golden Idol games:

Duck Detective is the closest, but it's short and not quite in the same league.

Heaven's Vault and Chants of Sennar are both language-deduction games with a similar interface (just not crime detective work).

And then there's Outer Wilds; which admittedly isn't strictly the same style of genre (with regards to filling in information manually), but is still by far the best deduction video game of all time.

[neetronica22]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/632470/Disco_Elysium__The_Final_Cut/
Disco Elysium features a 1970s-ish fictional ingame world.

[Cim]

There's not a whole lot of games exactly like this, Obra Dinn is pretty much the only direct comparison imo.

Good games that have scratched the same itch for me though, would be stuff like Outer Wilds or Shadows of Doubt. They aren't anything like Golden Idol in terms of gameplay, but have that same feel of you having to piece together the world and it's events in your head through deduction to proceed.

And neither of those games hold your hand in that regard, they expect quite a lot of you (which I think is part of what makes the Golden Idol games so great too).

[tmaddox]

In addition to the ones already mentioned I have one called Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game bookmarked.

Not quite the same but similar but close is a game like Strange Horticulture, which has an upcoming sequel.

[Sokatta]

Also far-fetched, but at least there's demo to test out: MindCop. As a titular protagonist, you try to find a murderer via searching for clues, talking to people and reading their minds. Premiere is tomorrow, can't wait. And at least it will have the whole story available on day one :P.

[Dormin]

Originally posted by Sokatta:

Also far-fetched, but at least there's demo to test out: MindCop. As a titular protagonist, you try to find a murderer via searching for clues, talking to people and reading their minds. Premiere is tomorrow, can't wait. And at least it will have the whole story available on day one :P.

That sounds fun, gives me Psychonauts vibes. Also the term "Mindcop" sounds like something straight out of Disco Elysium. Big fan of cerebral concepts making their way into games.

[Pudim]

The most obvious would be Contradiction and similar games:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/373390/Contradiction_Spot_The_Liar/

[Greg]

I love these types of games. While not exactly the same style of deduction, I really enjoyed LA Noire for its vibe and story. The lying mechanics can be a little hit or miss, but still a great game.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/110800/LA_Noire/

EDIT: Also should mention Pentiment has great little mystery that doesn't hold your hand. Great world building and just a very unique game in general.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1205520/Pentiment/

[Wüstenfuchs]

The Roottrees are Dead is great if you like deduction games. There is a free version on itch.io but the Steam release will have more polish.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2754380/The_Roottrees_are_Dead/

[Dormin]

Originally posted by Pudim:

The most obvious would be Contradiction and similar games:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/373390/Contradiction_Spot_The_Liar/

Oooh I forgot about this. I saw Giant Bomb play some of this a while back, such a whacky and unique throwback of a game.

[Ericus1]

I would not recommend Disco Elysium if you are looking for something like Golden Idol. They are nothing alike whatsoever.

Golden Idol is entirely a puzzle game where you are gathering clues and information by careful observation of the environment, context clues, and directly observable things, then synthesizing that to solve a mental puzzle. Obra Dinn is about the only thing I've seen like it.

Maybe something like the Witness or Talos Principle in terms of the focus on puzzles and the gameplay centered on using your problem-solving abilities and visualizing information.

Disco Elysium is a visual novel told at you with RNG die roles.

[Dormin]

Originally posted by Ericus1:

I would not recommend Disco Elysium if you are looking for something like Golden Idol. They are nothing alike whatsoever.

Golden Idol is entirely a puzzle game where you are gathering clues and information by careful observation of the environment, context clues, and and directly observable things, then synthesizing that to solve a mental puzzle. Obra Dinn is about the only thing I've seen like it.

Maybe something like the Witness or Talos Principle in terms of the focus on puzzles and the gameplay centered on using your problem-solving abilities and visualizing information.

Disco Elysium is a visual novel told at you with RNG die roles.

Disco is one of my favorite games, but I see your point. It has the theming of a detective game, but doesn't actually require detective-like observations, or I should say the game makes those observations for you due to the stats system and dice roles. Games that actually require you to make logical deductions seem to be so rare.

[Zelakon]

Originally posted by Ericus1:

I would not recommend Disco Elysium if you are looking for something like Golden Idol. They are nothing alike whatsoever.

That's what annoys me about threads like these. I get in there first to post an accurate and informative list, which gets subsequently drowned out by unrelated suggestions from people looking to add quantity rather than quality.

[Fien]

I enjoyed the Duck Detective, short, not very hard but great fun filling in the blanks. I also recommend Unheard: Voices of Crime, which is an audio-based game. You see little circles, representing people, moving around on a map and you can listen to their recorded conversations when you are close enough. You get a list of names and have to identify the little circles. When you think you've figured out what's going on you answer 2 or 3 questions and move on to the next case.

[Ericus1]

Originally posted by Zelakon:

Originally posted by Ericus1:

I would not recommend Disco Elysium if you are looking for something like Golden Idol. They are nothing alike whatsoever.

That's what annoys me about threads like these. I get in there first to post an accurate and informative list, which gets subsequently drowned out by unrelated suggestions from people looking to add quantity rather than quality.

Yeah, Heaven's Vault is a great suggestion. Being focused on literally learning a brand new language as part of using your intelligence to solve actual puzzles was a very interesting twist to me.