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We filtered the 47 games similar to The Testament of Sherlock Holmes down to the 15 that fit the “Mobile” category. Samsara Room, Tales from the Borderlands and Life Is Strange top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to The Testament of Sherlock Holmes.

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GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure
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NarrativeSolo
Year 2012Dev Frogwares

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Within the “Mobile” category, the closest game to The Testament of Sherlock Holmes is Samsara Room — scoring 74/100 on our similarity scale. Tales from the Borderlands and Life Is Strange follow close behind.

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The best games like The Testament of Sherlock Holmes on Mobile

15 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to The Testament of Sherlock Holmes. 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.

#1Samsara Room
Samsara Room
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeFirst PersonHorror2D
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 2d, while skipping visual third person

Released 8 years after The Testament of Sherlock Holmes.

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Tales from the Borderlands
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeThird PersonMeleeSci-Fi
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 visual first person

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Life Is Strange
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeThird PersonFantasySci-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 exploration and discovery, while skipping visual first person

Released 3 years after The Testament of Sherlock Holmes.

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#4Gone Home
Gone Home
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeFirst PersonExploration
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 exploration and discovery, while skipping visual third person

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 The Testament of Sherlock Holmes.

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Syberia 3
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeThird PersonHistoricalSci-Fi
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 visual first person

Where it drifts furthest from The Testament of Sherlock Holmes: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for The Testament of Sherlock Holmes.

Released 5 years after The Testament of Sherlock Holmes.

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Batman: The Enemy Within
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeThird PersonMeleeDark
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 visual first person

Released 5 years after The Testament of Sherlock Holmes.

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Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeThird PersonRangedDark
Steam👍 76%· 11KIGDB75· 52
Year 2014Dev Telltale Games · HBOOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Android

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

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere, ranged combat and fantasy world, while skipping visual first person

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for The Testament of Sherlock Holmes.

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Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeThird PersonMeleeDark
Steam👍 88%· 18KRAWG👍 72%· 432MC79IGDB75· 13
Year 2016Dev Telltale GamesPlaytime ~9hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

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

Batman: The Enemy Within, 2017, is an episodic point-and-click graphic adventure video game, a sequel to 2016's Batman: The Telltale Series.

Released 4 years after The Testament of Sherlock Holmes.

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What Remains of Edith Finch
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeFirst PersonRangedDark
Steam👍 96%· 51KIGDB87· 21OC88· 121
Year 2017Dev Giant Sparrow · Annapurna InteractiveOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, visual novel storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping visual third person

Released 5 years after The Testament of Sherlock Holmes.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals72Tone70
Underground Blossom
AdventureNarrative 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 visual first person

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!

Where it drifts furthest from The Testament of Sherlock Holmes: visuals.

Released 11 years after The Testament of Sherlock Holmes.

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Thimbleweed Park
AdventureNarrative 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 visual first person

Where it drifts furthest from The Testament of Sherlock Holmes: visuals.

Released 5 years after The Testament of Sherlock Holmes.

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A New Beginning - Final Cut
AdventureNarrative 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 visual first person

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.

Where it drifts furthest from The Testament of Sherlock Holmes: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for The Testament of Sherlock Holmes.

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Syberia
AdventureNarrative 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: vibe casual, setting scifi and visual 2d, while skipping visual first person

Where it drifts furthest from The Testament of Sherlock Holmes: visuals.

It predates The Testament of Sherlock Holmes by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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Life is Strange: Before the Storm
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeThird PersonMeleeFantasy
Steam👍 93%· 38KIGDB77· 9OC80· 46
Year 2017Dev Deck Nine · Square EnixOn PS4 · Linux · Android

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and single-player focus

≠ Where it differs: brings melee combat, fantasy world and setting scifi, while skipping puzzle design

Released 5 years after The Testament of Sherlock Holmes.

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Late Shift
AdventureNarrative Adventure
SoloNarrativeThird PersonDark
Steam👍 86%· 9.2KIGDB52· 3OC65· 37
Year 2016Dev CtrlMovie · Wales InteractiveOn PS4 · PC · iOS

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and single-player focus

≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping puzzle design

Released 4 years after The Testament of Sherlock Holmes.

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