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Games like Erstwhile
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The neighborhood Thanksgiving party was going pretty well until you keeled over and died. The games below have the most in common with it — mystery, murder mystery, interactive fiction — ranked by how closely they match, favouring the ones you can play right here in your browser.
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The 10 closest to Erstwhile
- HarmoniaPlays on harmonia-game.com
An interactive mystery, playable in a web browser, about utopian ideals and bookish delights. In common: interactive fiction, mystery.
- The Roottrees Are DeadPlays here
The Roottrees are Dead is a puzzle game based around correctly assembling a family tree. In common: murder mystery, mystery.
- Goat Detective Supah StarPlays on mralpacagames.itch.io
A very tragic event has happened – a single member of a famous boy band has died, and you have been called in to figure out exactly what has happened. In common: murder mystery, mystery.
- We Suspect Foul PlayPlays on branegames.itch.io
Hollywood, a land of dreams! In common: murder mystery, mystery.
- MurdokuPlays here
A web browser version of Murdoku, the series of murder mystery meets sudoku puzzles by Manuel Garand. In common: murder mystery, mystery.
- A Small Talk at the Back of BeyondPlays here
You wake up. In common: interactive fiction, mystery.
- Murder MansionPlays on jan-schneider.itch.io
Short detective game made with GB-Studio. In common: murder mystery, mystery.
- The FirebrandPlays on dwam.itch.io
"The pain's always the same." An interrogation room. In common: murder mystery, mystery.
- Apartment 14-BPlays on studio-notes.itch.io
Apartment 14-B is a short visual novel set in the same world as Kowloon's Curse. In common: murder mystery, mystery.
- Der RabenhofPlays on der-rabenhof.de
A thunderstorm night in October 1924. In common: murder mystery, mystery.
All matches
Every game like Erstwhile
PlayableHarmonia
Interactive Fiction · 2017
PlayableThe Roottrees Are Dead
Detective · 2023
PlayableGoat Detective Supah Star
Murder Mystery · 2019
PlayableWe Suspect Foul Play
Detective · 2023
PlayableAlphaMurdoku
Murder Mystery · 2026
PlayableA Small Talk at the Back of Beyond
Interactive Fiction · 2013
PlayableMurder Mansion
Detective · 2019
PlayableThe Firebrand
Detective · 2019
PlayableApartment 14-B
Detective · 2023
PlayableDer Rabenhof
Detective · 2026
PlayableTales of Misteria
Anime · 2023
PlayableThe Failure of Aniconfuku: Convention Murder Episode
Detective · 2023
PlayableWrongly Accused
Detective · 2023
PlayableI.A.G. Alpha
Interactive Fiction · 2018
PlayableThe Archives of Trevosa
Detective · 2026

Ghost Town
Interactive Fiction · 2005

Sub Rosa
Interactive Fiction · 2015

Murdle
Murder · 2022

Fallen London: Paisley
Murder · 2020