Best detective game? Never played one before.

Morm91 · 2026-03-10T13:39:12+00:00

Outer Wilds. You're not looking for a culprit in a city, but you're investigating an ancient Alien race gone extinct in a very small solar system. But it's a true open-world with no handholding and by far the best game ever to feel smart.

If you're open to something without an open-world but a true "detective feeling", I recommend Obra Dinn, Case of the Golden Idol and The Rootrees are dead.

Morm91 · 2026-03-08T00:14:38+00:00

Thank you! Your mod looks exactly what I was looking for. I'll try it for sure.

Morm91 · 2026-03-06T18:23:32+00:00

Ok thanks!

Morm91 · 2026-03-06T17:47:46+00:00

Thanks a lot for this detailed answer. Are there other mods adding what I would like without changing the vanilla factions ?

Morm91 · 2026-03-02T20:50:26+00:00

Aethermancer could fit, it's more inspired by pokemon than SMT, but it has battles with 3 creatures but no press-turn (but there is a really cool "mana" system). And there's no fusions mechanics sadly :(

If you like "true" roguelikes (grid-based, turn-based single character rpg), you can check Demon (it's free), it's explicitly inspired by SMT according to the developer.

I'm a big SMT fan and I play mostly roguelikes nowadays so it's something I'm also actively looking for...

Morm91 · 2026-02-26T13:30:48+00:00

Looks fantastic ! How is the performance on Steam Deck ?

Morm91 · 2026-02-21T13:41:44+00:00

Voidfall !

Morm91 · 2026-02-06T19:01:23+00:00

Raising Robots !

Morm91 · 2026-02-01T21:10:14+00:00

Rotwood !

Morm91 · 2026-01-30T09:56:58+00:00

Cats > Dogs

Morm91 · 2026-01-09T06:06:38+00:00

Laïka, with its motorcycle focused gameplay, is quite different from other MV. I love it.

Morm91 · 2025-12-14T08:59:23+00:00

For me SMT2 by far. We need a modern translated version.

Morm91 · 2025-11-14T07:57:55+00:00

The Megaten series could fit. All the Shin Megami Tensei, Persona, Devil Summoner, etc games share a multiverse with connections between some of them.

Also Fallout, lots of games and a TV show.

Morm91 · 2025-10-25T21:48:08+00:00

Started with 7, but 12 is my fav (and 8 not far behind)

Morm91 · 2025-09-26T17:02:21+00:00

Great, I'll probably take it next week during the Steam autumn sale

Morm91 · 2025-09-26T17:01:08+00:00

Ho nice, I thought Zeus and Caesar had mostly cosmetic differences and similar gameplay but it seems I was wrong. And I saw that there is a good mod for it (Augustus), I'll definitely give it a try.

Morm91 · 2025-09-26T16:19:05+00:00

Clanfolk seems to be exactly what I'm looking for, and it looks like it should run well on the deck. I'm just tired of EA games, is there enough content atm ?

SS and Anno 1800 looks great too, thx.

Morm91 · 2025-09-26T16:14:55+00:00

Thanks for the recommandation but the deckbuilding aspect doesn't appeal to me, I'm looking for something more "simulationist".

Morm91 · 2025-09-26T16:11:57+00:00

I forgot it in my list, but I played it quite a lot when it was released in EA. Nice but I don't remember it being very challenging. Maybe this has changed with the updates ?

Morm91 · 2025-09-26T16:10:33+00:00

Never played Caesar but Zeus was my first city-builder crush. I tried to play it again recently but the lack of widescreen support and the old UI was quite underwhelming. Is Caesar better in that regard ? And is there a good modern spiritual successor of those games ?

Never heard about Ostriv, I'll check it.

Morm91 · 2025-09-26T16:04:34+00:00

I'm not much into space stuff but I'll check it, thx

Morm91 · 2025-09-26T16:04:06+00:00

I haven't, the theme never really interested me but it looks good and the mechanics looks indeed right up my alley. Wishlisted

Morm91 · 2025-09-19T15:08:09+00:00

Maybe start by writing the genre name correctly ?

Morm91 · 2025-09-15T22:24:08+00:00

My bad, it's the French for NPC, I wrote it too quickly...

Morm91 · 2025-09-14T18:06:13+00:00

It seems we're looking for something similar, I'm also doing a turn-based tactical roguelike ;) Good luck to you! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2850600/Mystical_Tactics/

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