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2024PCSteam Deck playable98 % positive−30 % 12.49 € 8.74 €

A text-parser mystery adventure in a late-80s EGA style, inspired by Sierra's The Colonel's Bequest. As amateur geologist Nancy Maple you explore a lodge, eavesdrop on suspects and unravel a mystery around a diamond.

  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Lots to discover
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

The closest matches for The Crimson Diamond are Kathy Rain, The Case of the Golden Idol and Circle of Blood. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Crimson Diamond special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Kathy Rain

96 %Match

2016PCSteam Deck playable93 % positive−90 % 9.99 € 0.99 €

Brings what grabs you about The Crimson Diamond: a strong story, puzzles to figure out and a distinctive art style.

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.

The Case of the Golden Idol

Distinctive, stylised art style

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.

Circle of Blood

Pure single-player experience

A classic point-and-click adventure (known as Broken Sword) in which American tourist George Stobbart gets caught up in a Paris bombing and uncovers a Knights Templar conspiracy. Clever inventory puzzles, dry humor and a gripping conspiracy plot define the experience.

Lamplight City

Pure single-player experience

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.

Secrets of the Ark: A Broken Sword Game

Pure single-player experience

A classic point-and-click adventure in which George Stobbart and Nico Collard unravel a conspiracy centred on an ancient manuscript. It blends inventory and dialogue puzzles with wry humour and a historical treasure hunt.

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 Rise of the Golden Idol

Distinctive, stylised art style

A deduction-driven detective puzzler where you solve 20 bizarre crime scenes in 1970s America by gathering clues, identifying people and piecing together events yourself. There is no hand-holding, only your own logic and observation.

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