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2019PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable95 % positive5.69 €

As a time-traveling detective who can only rely on sound, you eavesdrop on conversations at past crime scenes and piece together the timeline of each case yourself. An unusual, audio-driven mystery with non-linear storytelling.

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

The closest matches for Unheard are Sally Face, Kathy Rain and Cube Escape: Paradox. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Unheard special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Sally Face

95 %Match

2016PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified97 % positive2.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Unheard: a strong story, a dark atmosphere and a distinctive art style.

An episodic point-and-click adventure about a boy with a prosthetic face who investigates a murder series and supernatural secrets in a gloomy apartment building. Its distinctive comic-like low-poly look, 90s atmosphere and emotional story set it apart.

Kathy Rain

Strong, story-driven narrative

A story-driven point-and-click adventure set in the 90s: as journalism student Kathy you investigate your grandfather's mysterious death. Moody mystery, pixel art and classic inventory puzzles shape the journey.

Cube Escape: Paradox

Puzzles and brain teasers

A short, eerie point-and-click puzzle adventure set in the Rusty Lake universe: as Detective Dale Vandermeer you solve puzzles across two intertwined realities and slowly piece together a strange mystery.

Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story

Strong, story-driven narrative

You browse the found smartphone of a missing young woman and piece together her story from messages, photos and apps. A quiet, narrative-driven investigation with light puzzles and social themes.

The Case of the Golden Idol

Puzzles and brain teasers

You investigate twelve baffling deaths spanning centuries, gathering clues in pixel-art crime scenes and piecing together names, motives and sequences into your own theory. Pure deduction with little hand-holding makes it feel like genuine detective work.

Song of Farca

Strong, story-driven narrative

You play Isabella Song, a hacker turned private investigator who breaks into cameras, phones and computers, interrogates suspects and pieces evidence together. A story-driven sci-fi detective thriller set in a grim city.

TR-49

Linear, curated structure

A narrative deduction game that blends puzzle solving with the feel of an audio drama. From the makers of Heaven's Vault and Overboard!, it focuses on listening, dialogue and piecing together clues.

A Case of Distrust

Distinctive, stylised art style

A noir detective adventure set in 1920s San Francisco where you play a private investigator who catches suspects in lies using evidence and statements. Its bold black, white and red art style and themes of prejudice and self-doubt set it apart.

The Colonel's Bequest

Linear, curated structure

You work through a classic whodunit on an isolated estate, gathering clues and questioning suspects. Its strength lies in the intricate plot and well-drawn characters, unusually developed for 1989.

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