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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!, Expelled! 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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You play the murderer aboard a 1935 ocean liner and must cover up your crime. Branching choices and repeated playthroughs reveal many different endings in this stylish inverted mystery.
93 % −40 %Lots of humour
A school prefect has been pushed out of a window and everyone blames you. In this darkly funny school mystery you must find the culprit or a scapegoat before you get expelled.
92 % −85 %Lots of humour
You work as a bouncer in a dystopian post-Brexit Britain, checking IDs under time pressure while deciding whether to resist or comply. A biting political satire in pixel art built around document-checking gameplay.
91 % −75 %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.
91 % 24.50 €
Lots of humour
You work the control room of a TV station in a satirical 1980s dystopia, cutting live broadcasts on the fly. Every call on what to show or censor shapes the story, mixed with dark humour and live-action footage.
90 % 14.99 €
Distinctive, stylised art style
You play a Paris taxi driver and former cop who picks up clues by talking to passengers at night while hunting a serial killer. An atmospheric noir mystery that puts the city and its people front and center.
90 % −85 %Dark, serious atmosphere
You join a secret club that spies on strangers through surveillance cameras and decide whether and how to interfere in their lives. You also have to pay rent and buy food, which makes every moral choice harder.
90 % 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 % 8.19 €
Dark, serious atmosphere
Play as Ophelia in a time loop through Shakespeare's Hamlet, reliving the days at Elsinore castle to stop the tragedy. You gather information, manipulate characters and see how your choices reshape the unfolding story.
89 % −80 %Lots of humour
You play a late-night radio host in 1987 who guides callers away from a serial killer using only phone calls and clues. A charming blend of slasher horror, puzzle solving and tongue-in-cheek 80s flavor.
