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A live-action noir murder mystery where you play a shapeshifting detective, taking on other characters' forms to uncover secrets, steer interrogations and solve the case.
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The closest matches for The Shapeshifting Detective are Erica, Twin Mirror and Replica. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Shapeshifting Detective special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
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An interactive live-action thriller where you play Erica, uncovering the truth behind her father's death. You examine clues with touch and gestures, and your choices steer the story toward different endings.
97 % −80 %Accessible and relaxed
A narrative psychological thriller from the Life is Strange developers. You play Sam, returning to your hometown to piece together a friend's death by reconstructing events in a mind palace, guided by an imaginary alter ego.
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You dig through a suspected terrorist's smartphone, reading messages, photos and apps, and decide how to judge them. A short, dark thriller about surveillance, morality and manipulation.
95 % 9.75 €
Choices with consequences
You work as an investigator in the Orwell surveillance program, combing through chats, files and profiles for clues, with the power to manipulate the information you find. A dark surveillance thriller where your decisions carry real moral weight.
95 % 6.79 €
Choices with consequences
An interactive live-action thriller where you play a detective hunting a killer after a nightclub massacre. Your decisions branch the plot and lead to multiple outcomes.
95 % 9.99 €
Choices with consequences
You work as an investigator for a government surveillance program, combing through chats, files and profiles of citizens and deciding which information to pass on. It makes the moral cost of mass surveillance tangible within a gripping thriller story.
95 %
Choices with consequences
An interactive full-motion-video horror story in which you play Curtis Craig, a man with a fragile mind who doubts reality as gruesome murders unfold around him. It blends paranoia, provocative sexual themes and point-and-click puzzles in a distinctly 90s way.
95 % 17.99 €
Choices with consequences
A dark anime-styled point-and-click horror adventure where you play Detective Itou investigating her partner's disappearance in Tokyo. Your choices and mental state shape available options and lead to multiple endings.
94 % 14.99 €
Choices with consequences
A Telltale narrative adventure where you play Bruce Wayne and Batman, making tough decisions that shape alliances and the Joker's rise. The focus is on dialogue, investigation and quick-time action scenes.
94 % −85 %Choices with consequences
A noir detective adventure starring cat private eye John Blacksad, who is pulled into a murder case around a boxing club. It focuses on investigation, dialogue and choices in a comic-inspired world of anthropomorphic animals.