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As beat cop Jack Kelly you patrol 1980s Brooklyn, writing tickets, juggling time and favors, and trying to clear your name of a frame-up murder. Pixel art, dark humor and choices between honesty and corruption give it a retro cop-show flavor.
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The closest matches for Beat Cop are Overboard!, Road 96 and Not Tonight. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Beat Cop special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
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Distinctive, stylised art style
A narrative road-trip adventure set in an authoritarian, fictional version of America, where you play different teens trying to flee across the border. Your choices shape the story and the fate of its characters, backed by a strong 90s-style soundtrack.
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Lots of humour
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Dark, serious atmosphere
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91 % 19.99 €
Distinctive, stylised art style
A narrative murder-mystery set in 16th-century Bavaria, styled like an illuminated manuscript. Your conversations and choices reshape the fate of a village and its abbey over 25 years.
90 % 14.99 €
Lots of humour
A courtroom adventure in the style of Ace Attorney where you play a bird lawyer in 19th-century France, investigating cases and defending clients. Its art mimics Grandville-style illustrations with animal characters, mixing humor with branching story paths.
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Dark, serious atmosphere
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90 % −80 %Lots of humour
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