6 Games like The Darkside Detective on Xbox that you should try

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 50 games similar to The Darkside Detective down to the 6 that fit the “Xbox” category. Return to Monkey Island, Pentiment and Gorogoa top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to The Darkside Detective.

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GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

The best games like The Darkside Detective on Xbox

6 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to The Darkside Detective. Each one has been evaluated across 8 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.

#1Return to Monkey IslandClosest overall match

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GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloNarrativeCasual2DFantasy

Steam👍 91%· 9.0KIGDB92· 8OC87· 100

Year 2022Dev Terrible Toybox · Devolver DigitalOn Xbox · Linux · Android

✓ Shared with The Darkside Detective: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings fantasy world and setting cartoon, while skipping visual pixel

Where it drifts furthest from The Darkside Detective: visuals.

Released 5 years after The Darkside Detective.

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GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloNarrativeCasual2DHistorical

Steam👍 95%· 9.3KIGDB85· 6OC86· 129

Year 2022Dev Obsidian Entertainment · Xbox Game StudiosOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ If you enjoyed The Darkside Detective, expect puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems, historical setting and setting medieval, while skipping visual pixel

Where it drifts furthest from The Darkside Detective: visuals.

Released 5 years after The Darkside Detective.

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#3Gorogoa

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SoloCasualNarrative2DFantasy

Steam👍 97%· 20KRAWG👍 89%· 415IGDB82· 7OC85· 49

Year 2017Dev Annapurna InteractivePlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ If you enjoyed The Darkside Detective, expect puzzle design, adventure storytelling and vibe casual

≠ Where it differs: brings fantasy world and exploration and discovery, while skipping visual pixel

Designed, developed, and illustrated by Jason Roberts, Gorogoa is a beautiful hand-drawn story suspended inside a completely unique puzzle. Arrange and combine lavishly illustrated panels, each one a separate interactive window into a living game world. Navigate the scene inside each panel.

Where it drifts furthest from The Darkside Detective: visuals.

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Steam GOG Epic

#4Sayonara Wild Hearts

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