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2024PCSteam Deck playable96 % positive19.99 €

As a veteran detective, you interrogate suspects through chat conversations and must use clever dialogue and gathered clues to expose the truth. A small indie investigation game blending puzzle solving with persuasion.

  • Choices with consequences
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

The closest matches for Uncover the Smoking Gun are Replica, Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You and CaseCracker2. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Uncover the Smoking Gun special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Replica

92 %Match

2016PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable85 % positive2.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Uncover the Smoking Gun: choices with consequences, a strong story and a clearly guided structure.

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.

Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You

Linear, curated structure

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.

Lamplight City

Choices with consequences

A point-and-click detective adventure set in an alternate steampunk-tinged 19th-century city, where investigator Miles Fordham solves cases and hunts his partner's killer. Wrong accusations have real consequences, since cases carry on even when you reach incorrect conclusions.

Orwell: Ignorance is Strength

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.

The Operator

Linear, curated structure

You play a remote operator at a government agency's computer, solving criminal cases by analyzing evidence inside a simulated desktop interface and drawing deductions. The appeal is in researching, connecting clues, and the plot twists.

Who's Lila?

Choices with consequences

A reverse detective story where you are the suspect under interrogation and control your character's facial expressions instead of picking dialogue lines. The unusual mechanic makes lying, nerves and memory gaps tangible.

Shinrai: Broken Beyond Despair

Choices with consequences

You investigate a murder at an isolated mountain resort where one of ten friends is the killer. Interrogating suspects and presenting evidence drives the story, and your deductions decide whether you uncover the truth or blame an innocent person.

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