Games like The Case of the Golden Idol
Closest overall match: Cube Escape Collection (★ 4.3). Highest rated: Impostor Factory at ★ 4.4. Newest: Tiny Bunny (2025). Quickest to finish: Roadwarden at about 1 hours.
Looking for something like The Case of the Golden Idol? Our model ranked 12 games by how much they share with it. The strongest common threads are Mystery, Point & Click and Interactive Fiction.
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60%
1. Cube Escape Collection
Shares Detective, Mystery, Dark, Point & Click and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 88%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
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60%
2. Mouthwashing
Shares Narrative, Thriller, Mystery, Dark and Exploration and 3 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2024
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 94%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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58%
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3. Event[0]
Shares Choices Matter, Mystery, Exploration, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
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58%
4. Impostor Factory
Shares Narrative, Interactive Fiction, Mystery, Pixel Graphics and 2D and 3 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 99%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
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58%
5. Whispers of a Machine
Shares Detective, Point & Click, Pixel Graphics, 2D and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
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57%
6. Sally Face
Shares Narrative, Interactive Fiction, Crime, Mystery and Dark and 6 more tags.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 87%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
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56%
7. Paradigm
Shares Point & Click, 2D, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 1.1 lower.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 51%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
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56%
8. Tiny Bunny New
Shares Interactive Fiction, Choices Matter, Dark, Point & Click and 2D and 2 more tags.
- Year
- 2025
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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56%
9. Thimbleweed Park
Shares Detective, Mystery, Point & Click, Pixel Graphics and 2D and 4 more tags.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 3, 7, Indie
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56%
10. Roadwarden
Shares Interactive Fiction, Crime, Detective, Mystery and Pixel Graphics and 1 more tags; about 5h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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56%
11. Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
Shares Interactive Fiction, Mystery, Dark, Point & Click and Full controller support and 3 more tags; rated 0.8 lower; about 5h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 92%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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56%
12. Before Your Eyes
Shares Narrative, Interactive Fiction, Mystery, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 90%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like The Case of the Golden Idol?
On our similarity model, Cube Escape Collection is the closest match to The Case of the Golden Idol — shares Detective, Mystery, Dark, Point & Click and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; released within 2 years.
Which game like The Case of the Golden Idol is rated highest?
Impostor Factory holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 63 players.
Is there a new game like The Case of the Golden Idol in 2026?
Tiny Bunny is the most recent match, released December 2025.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against The Case of the Golden Idol on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.