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We filtered the 48 games similar to Nancy Drew: Danger by Design down to the 19 that fit the “Mobile” category. Pajama Sam 2: Thunder And Lightning Aren't So Frightening, Putt-Putt Joins the Parade and My Brother Rabbit top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Nancy Drew: Danger by Design.

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GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

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Year 2006Dev HeR Interactive

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Within the “Mobile” category, the closest game to Nancy Drew: Danger by Design is Pajama Sam 2: Thunder And Lightning Aren't So Frightening — scoring 74/100 on our similarity scale. Putt-Putt Joins the Parade and My Brother Rabbit follow close behind.

#1Pajama Sam 2: Thunder And Lightning Aren't So Frightening74 #2Putt-Putt Joins the Parade74 #3My Brother Rabbit74 #4Syberia74 #5Florence73

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The best games like Nancy Drew: Danger by Design on Mobile

19 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Nancy Drew: Danger by Design. Each one has been evaluated across 6 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Pajama Sam 2: Thunder And Lightning Aren't So FrighteningClosest overall match

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Pajama Sam 2: Thunder And Lightning Aren't So Frightening

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloCasualNarrative2D

Steam👍 98%· 359RAWG👍 91%· 21

Year 1998Dev Humongous Entertainment · Nightdive StudiosPlaytime ~3hOn PC · iOS · Android

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and vibe casual

≠ Where it differs: brings visual 2d, while skipping exploration and discovery

Humongous Tees Now Available!Official Humongous Entertainment T-shirts featuring Pajama Sam, Spy Fox, Freddi Fish, and Putt-Putt are now available on Amazon. About the GameJoin Pajama Sam, the world's youngest superhero! ...

It predates Nancy Drew: Danger by Design by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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#2Putt-Putt Joins the Parade

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Putt-Putt Joins the Parade

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloCasualNarrativeIsometric2D

Steam👍 94%· 344

Year 1992Dev Humongous Entertainment · Nightdive StudiosPlaytime ~1hOn PC · iOS · Android

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and vibe casual

≠ Its own twist: visual isometric and visual 2d, while skipping exploration and discovery

Humongous Tees Now Available!Official Humongous Entertainment T-shirts featuring Pajama Sam, Spy Fox, Freddi Fish, and Putt-Putt are now available on Amazon. About the GameWhat does it take to be in a parade? Hard work, a bright shiny chassis and a little help from your friends.

It predates Nancy Drew: Danger by Design by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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#3My Brother Rabbit

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My Brother Rabbit

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloCasualNarrative2D

Steam👍 96%· 2.0KRAWG👍 76%· 45OC77· 16

Year 2018Dev Artifex MundiPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and vibe casual

≠ Its own twist: visual 2d, while skipping exploration and discovery

A loving family discovers that their daughter has fallen ill. While her parents set out to get her the treatment she needs, her determined older brother turns to the power of imagination to help them cope.

Released 12 years after Nancy Drew: Danger by Design.

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Syberia

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeCasualSci-Fi2D

Steam👍 88%· 6.7KIGDB77· 5OC76· 13

Year 2002Dev Microïds Canada · MicroïdsOn PlayStation 3 · Linux · Android

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: setting scifi and visual 2d, while skipping exploration and discovery

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Florence

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloCasualNarrativeCozy2D

Steam👍 93%· 16KIGDB80· 1OC85· 16

Year 2018Dev Mountains · Annapurna InteractiveOn Linux · Android · PC

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and vibe casual

≠ Its own twist: visual novel storytelling, cozy, relaxing feel and visual 2d, while skipping exploration and discovery

Released 12 years after Nancy Drew: Danger by Design.

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#6Life Is StrangeClosest on progression

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Life Is Strange

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeExplorationFantasySci-Fi

Steam👍 96%· 173KIGDB79· 7

Year 2015Dev DON'T NOD · Feral InteractiveOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Linux

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with fantasy world, setting scifi and visual third person, while skipping vibe casual

Released 9 years after Nancy Drew: Danger by Design.

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Gone Home

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 77%· 18KRAWG👍 69%· 887MC86IGDB74· 12OC85· 17

Year 2013Dev The Fullbright Company · Annapurna InteractivePlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · iOS

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with visual first person, while skipping vibe casual

Portland. It's June 7, 1995. After a year of living abroad, the game's main character, 21-year-old girl Katie Greenbriar, finally returns home, waiting for a warm welcome from her family. But somehow, she finds that there is no one in the house! Where is everyone? What happened here?

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Nancy Drew: Danger by Design.

Released 7 years after Nancy Drew: Danger by Design.

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#8Twelve Minutes

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Twelve Minutes

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeExplorationDarkIsometric

Steam👍 73%· 7.9KIGDB79· 8

Year 2021Dev Luis Antonio · Annapurna InteractiveOn Xbox · PS4 · Android

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere, visual isometric and visual topdown, while skipping vibe casual

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Nancy Drew: Danger by Design.

Released 15 years after Nancy Drew: Danger by Design.

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#9Underground Blossom

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Underground Blossom

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeHorror2D

Steam👍 98%· 6.8KRAWG👍 92%· 25

Year 2023Dev Rusty LakePlaytime ~3hOn PC · iOS · Android

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, horror setting and visual 2d, while skipping vibe casual

Descend into the Rusty Lake Underground and travel through the life and memories of Laura Vanderboom! Travel from station to station, each metro stop symbolising a piece of Laura's past and future. Solve various puzzles, find the correct metro to board and uncover one of Laura’s timelines, while simultaneously helping her make sense of her life and escape the corruption of her mind!

Released 17 years after Nancy Drew: Danger by Design.

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#10Tales from the Borderlands

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Tales from the Borderlands

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeMeleeSci-FiThird Person

Steam👍 94%· 19KIGDB88· 11

Year 2014Dev Telltale GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Android

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems, visual novel storytelling and melee combat, while skipping vibe casual

Released 8 years after Nancy Drew: Danger by Design.

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#11Thimbleweed Park

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Thimbleweed Park

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrative2DPixel Art

Steam👍 93%· 4.2KIGDB83· 13OC83· 101

Year 2017Dev Terrible ToyboxOn PS4 · Linux · Android

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings visual 2d and visual pixel, while skipping vibe casual

Released 11 years after Nancy Drew: Danger by Design.

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#12A New Beginning - Final Cut

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A New Beginning - Final Cut

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeFantasyHistoricalSci-Fi

Steam👍 75%· 2.1KRAWG👍 50%· 126MC72IGDB75· 2

Year 2012Dev Daedalic EntertainmentPlaytime ~2hOn PC · iOS · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: fantasy world, historical setting and setting scifi, while skipping vibe casual

A point-and-click adventure from Daedalic Entertainment, A New Beginning is a story of time travel and ecological cataclysms. Presented in-game future is dark, mostly due to the fact that life is possible only deep underground, in caves and crevices.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Nancy Drew: Danger by Design.

Released 6 years after Nancy Drew: Danger by Design.

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Syberia 3

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeHistoricalSci-Fi2D

Steam👍 52%· 4.7KIGDB44· 8OC51· 54

Year 2017Dev Anuman Interactive · MicroidsOn PS4 · Android · PC

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: historical setting, setting scifi and visual 2d, while skipping vibe casual

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Nancy Drew: Danger by Design.

Released 11 years after Nancy Drew: Danger by Design.

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#14Samsara Room

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Samsara Room

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeHorrorFirst Person2D

Steam👍 97%· 10.0K

Year 2020Dev Rusty LakeOn Android · PC · iOS

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: horror tension, horror setting and visual first person, while skipping vibe casual

Released 14 years after Nancy Drew: Danger by Design.

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#15Batman: The Enemy Within

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Batman: The Enemy Within

GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeMeleeDarkThird Person

Steam👍 92%· 10KIGDB76· 2

Year 2017Dev Telltale GamesOn PS4 · Android · PC

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings visual novel storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and melee combat, while skipping vibe casual

Released 11 years after Nancy Drew: Danger by Design.

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