Games like The Operator
by Bureau 81
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
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$4.99Fatal Logic
4 days ago · ItWorkedOnMyMachine
Both: Puzzle · Detective · Investigation
Fatal Logic is a deductive logic puzzle game where you investigate crime scenes, cross-reference clues, and use the process of elimination to identify the killer across hours of challenging mysteries and community-created workshop levels.
StrategyPuzzleLogicDetectiveInvestigationMysterySingleplayer2DRelaxingIndie
-10%$17.99Police Chief Simulator
4 days ago · Perfect Circle Team S.A.
Both: Immersive Sim · Investigation · Detective
Welcome to Winston Springs, Officer! The local police station is in urgent need of a Chief of Police, and you’ve been chosen for the job! Handle incoming reports, renovate and expand the station, solve cases, and fight crime!
SimulationFirst-PersonManagementLife SimImmersive SimSandboxAutomationPolitical SimInvestigationDetective👍 275
$1.99Sicarios
7 days ago · Bonuman Game Studio
Both: Puzzle · Crime · Thriller
Enter a ruthless criminal underworld in this gritty point-and-click adventure. Solve intricate puzzles, carry out dangerous hit jobs, and survive a brutal gang war where trust is scarce and one wrong move could be your last.
AdventurePoint & ClickPuzzle2DCrimeThrillerLinearViolentStory RichIndie
-20%$9.59lily's world XD
4 days ago · SonderingEmily
Both: Investigation · Puzzle · Mystery
Lily was an ordinary teenager in 2004, and you just found her laptop. Read her diary, message her friends, and piece together what happened to her before it’s too late. But you're not the only one with access to her computer… A fourth wall-breaking psychological horror experience featuring LilyPichu
Psychological HorrorInvestigationRetroPuzzleMysterySimulationChoices MatterStory RichCultLogic👍 524
-15%$12.74Eternity Lost: Mystery of Aurum Collector's Edition
3 days ago · Cateia Games
Both: Mystery · Puzzle · Conspiracy
Follow a mysterious girl into a hidden underground city built centuries ago by a secret order of Alchemists. Reveal a dangerous conspiracy, search for clues and items, solve puzzles and mini-games, and uncover the secrets of a forgotten world. Will you bring truth to the light?
AdventureMysteryPoint & ClickPuzzleHidden ObjectConspiracyInvestigationSteampunkVisual NovelExploration
-20%$3.99Animaly Bar: NO HUMANITY!
8 days ago · Domnaier
Both: Investigation · Conspiracy · Mystery
Run your bar as a gorilla and hunt down the humans in animal costumes hiding among your customers. Observe them closely, spot the clues that give their disguises away, test their slogans, and blow the imposters away with your shotgun. Choose your targets wisely... or become the hunted.
SimulationHorrorShop KeeperPsychological HorrorInvestigationChoices MatterSurvival HorrorConspiracyMysteryRetro👍 122
-10%$8.99Dawson Oaks Trailer Park
4 days ago · Striped Panda Studios
A proximity voice chat social deduction game where criminals must commit secret crimes while a Supervisor hunts them, and a hidden Snitch betrays them from within.
CasualRPGSimulationStrategyParty-Based RPG3DReal Time TacticsColorfulStylizedComedy👍 138
$3.77La mansión de Campanillas
4 days ago · Lacinia Estudio
Both: Investigation · Mystery · Thriller
Campanillas, 1963. A stranger leaves you a ruined house and a district hiding its disappearances. You don't solve a crime: you learn to read a place. Weigh every account —Trust, Doubt, Dismiss. Andalusian rural horror.
AdventureVisual NovelExplorationText-BasedInvestigationMysteryIndieEarly AccessThrillerSingleplayer
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-20%$10.39Sniper Dan
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Both: Puzzle
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$9.99Dark Dice: Cthulhu Investigation Log
13 days ago · Selig Interactive
Both: Mystery · Investigation
A dice-driven Cthulhu Mythos investigation log where every roll can cost you your sanity, your team, or your life — and there is no undo.
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-10%$5.39Tidy or Treat
5 days ago · Luriel
Both: Immersive Sim · Puzzle
Halloween is coming and a restless spirit has emptied every shelf onto the floor. Sort out the pumpkin toys, learn tricks to work faster, and bring friends in to help.
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-10%$5.39Alchemess: Tidy Up Your Potion Shop!
4 days ago · Dan Fury, Sunny;)
Both: Puzzle · Immersive Sim
A cozy first-person sorting game. 2080 hand-named, physically reacting bottles scattered across the floor. A real mess. No, wait.. A real Alchemess! Join the mesmerizing flow of clicking each potion into its individual correct position. Tidy alone, or bring a friend. Or race one. Made with love.
CasualRelaxingSimulationOrganizingCollectathonPuzzle3DMagicFantasyImmersive Sim
-30%$10.49Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
7 days ago · Luden.io
Both: Puzzle
Program a crew of tiny robots to turn a frozen planet into a living world. Connect visual code blocks, automate crafting, and build a workforce that fuels itself. Keep the heat flowing, refine your machines, and watch your ideas come to life.
EducationProgrammingAutomationSandboxPuzzleCraftingRobotsBase BuildingStrategy2D👍 643
-51%$0.49Chill Drive Together
4 days ago · cnsgames
Both: Immersive Sim
An endless road, one or two drivers, and nothing waiting at the end of it. One key changes the world around the car — no loading screen. Sixteen cars, five environments. Nothing to unlock, nowhere to be.
ExplorationIndieMultiplayerRacingImmersive SimOnline Co-OpArcadeCasualSimulationColorful
-20%$5.59United Heist: Facility Zero
4 days ago · No more Sleep
Both: Puzzle · Mystery
A co-op puzzle heist for two. One of you breaks into a secret bunker. The other sits in the observation office, watching the bunker. A walkie-talkie is your only link. Talk to each other and find out how good your teamwork really is.
Co-opCo-op CampaignEscape RoomPuzzleAdventureCasualMysteryMultiple EndingsAbstractStylized
$24.99Airport Security Guard Deluxe
5 days ago · etermax
Both: Detective
Scan bags, catch smugglers, and keep the airport moving in this chaotic VR security simulator. Search passengers for absurd contraband, uncover disguises, and make split-second decisions before disaster — or comedy — strikes.
Time ManagementSimulationSandboxDetectivePvPLife SimDark HumorCartoonyStylizedLogic
-10%$5.39RLG:Origins
4 days ago · Stardust Factory Studio
Both: Immersive Sim
Act in your own words to uncover the truth behind a broken oath. In this challenging high-fantasy Role Living Game, AI plays the GM and every character while fixed rules determine success and failure. Choose one companion, then investigate, negotiate, and fight your way to the story's end.
CRPGRPGExplorationArtificial IntelligenceImmersive SimInteractive FictionVisual NovelText-BasedMultiple EndingsEarly Access
$2.99DAKENSHI
9 days ago · rspepe
Both: Investigation
Can you hear the bad can? Tap, listen, and reject defective cans in a sound-based inspection game. The line keeps accelerating. Three mistakes end your shift. Headphones strongly recommended.
ActionCasualArcadeIndie2DMinimalistTime ManagementCookingInvestigationAtmospheric
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Survival is optional, rent is mandatory. Team up in Dead Margin, a brutal 1-4 player co-op horror. Whisper to survive, avoid anomalies, and scavenge scraps. Sell it to pay the greedy customer. Out here, everything has a price. Especially you.
Action RoguelikeActionExplorationPvE3DFirst-PersonFunnyProcedural GenerationSci-fiSurvival Horror
-34%$19.79The Guild 1 Remake: Europa 1410
4 days ago · Ashborne Games
Both: Immersive Sim
Choose from professions like Smith, Preacher or Alchemist to gain riches in this medieval economic simulation. Climb the social ladder, dominate politics, and lead your dynasty to power over multiple generations to ensure your legacy.
Early AccessSimulationStrategySandboxStrategy RPGImmersive SimPolitical SimTime Management3DColorful👍 349
$0.99Cave Escape
3 days ago · Carrotbbit
Both: Puzzle · Mystery
An observation-based 3D thriller game where you must safely escape a dark cave to save a companion trapped under a boulder. Carefully explore the cave: if you spot an anomaly, turn back immediately; if there are no anomalies, keep moving forward to find your way out.
CasualSimulationPuzzleWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonAtmosphericDarkHorrorIndieMystery
-15%$2.54And who is the maiden?
3 days ago · Cipi Games
Both: Mystery · Investigation
A young man disappeared in a Slavic village. You show up with three companions and a few days to find out what really happened, before the water decides to answer for itself. Based on Adam Wołoszczuk's award-winning scenario "A kto dziewczyna?", with 11 different ways it can end.
Choose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelStory RichChoices MatterShortMultiple EndingsMysteryInvestigationAdventureInteractive Fiction
-20%$3.99Vibe Lab: Idle Dev Sim
3 days ago · Green Growth Digital
A cozy idle game about vibe-coding with AI. Hire a crew of agents, climb a five-branch upgrade tree, and dress the whole lab from 80 cosmetics across five tiers. Progress lands in minutes, not days — no subscriptions, no daily check-in. Numbers go up, vibes stay immaculate.
IdlerCasualSimulationResource ManagementPixel GraphicsRetroRobotsSingleplayerArcade2D
-30%$2.59君と最後の放課後
3 days ago · P.E.G
Both: Puzzle
Escape the classroom where a girl has locked you in on graduation day. Solve puzzles while looking back on your memories together, and make your way to the place where she is waiting to finally confess your feelings.
AdventureStrategySimulationTriviaPuzzleLogicDating SimWord GameMultiple Endings2D
$29.99Active Matter
6 days ago · Matter Team
Join dangerous raids for loot or intense PvP battles in this new realistic military shooter set in a fractured multiverse. Fight in the quantum unstable zones over control of the active matter – the substance that bends time and space.
FPSHorrorExtraction ShooterPvEPvPAtmosphericCo-opOnline Co-OpMultiplayerAction👍 802
-40%$14.99CONVRGENCE
4 days ago · Monkey-With-a-Bomb
CONVRGENCE is an atmospheric VR extraction shooter set in the procedurally generated, ever-changing Chernokamensk Anomaly Zone. Scavenge loot, fight bandits and hunt for mystical artifacts — all with your loyal dog companion by your side. But extract before nightfall, or face what lurks in the dark.
VRAtmosphericPost-apocalypticShooterExtraction ShooterLooter ShooterLootSurvival HorrorSurvivalHorror👍 1,588
$12.99Island Market Simulator
Sep 3 · Zentium Studio
Team up with your friends and build a thriving trade empire in this CO-OP strategy and economy simulation set on a lively island. Begin with a small market, share tasks, manage production chains, raise livestock, and dominate the economy together through changing seasons and dynamic festivals!
SimulationOnline Co-OpManagementCasualMultiplayerLife SimStrategyEconomyBuildingSingleplayer👍 171
$9.99Fell & Sell
Aug 26 · Art Games Studio S.A.
Slay. Loot. Sell. Survive! Dive into a first-person blend of hack'n'slash roguelike and shop management. Plunder deadly dungeons for loot, escape with your life, craft, and stock your shelves. Then risk it all once more for profit!
SimulationShop KeeperManagementEconomyFantasySingleplayerRPGDungeon CrawlerAction RoguelikeAction RPG👍 1,453
-30%$8.39Creator Chronicles
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A game within a game. In this entirely new kind of simulation RPG, become a guild master, develop your town, recruit guild members, and conquer dungeons. Every decision you make becomes your own chronicle.
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$29.99RuneScape: Dragonwilds
6 days ago · Jagex Ltd
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
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-15%$15.29Shiba Sweet
4 days ago · Maowoo
Both: Immersive Sim
Woof! You step into the paws of a novice Shiba chef who inherits a dessert shop from your retired grandma. You'll buy ingredients, bake desserts, and sell them in bento boxes. Use your earnings to upgrade the kitchen, decorate the shop, and unlock new recipes to create the best bakery ever!
CasualSimulationRPGImmersive Sim3DCookingCartoonCartoonyCuteHand-drawn
$3.99Cells
Sep 6 · Mousetrick Studio
CELLS is a calm sci-fi trading game about goods, routes and decisions. Explore new worlds, build trade chains, mine resources and uncover the story of a broken network between the worlds.
CasualRelaxingMinimalistProcedural GenerationLogicAtmosphericPhysicsLinearTutorial2D
-15%$5.94SHOCKFACE
4 days ago · adrenak, approximi
Both: Puzzle · Investigation
THE JOB INTERVIEW FROM HELL. Chelsea enters a nearly abandoned office building for an interview and gets trapped inside with a serial killer. Explore, solve item-based puzzles, hide when he gets close, and escape. A short 90s-style survival horror with fixed cameras, tank controls and no combat.
Survival HorrorHorrorStealthRetroPuzzleInvestigation1990'sOld SchoolThird PersonAtmospheric

