Games like A Detective Story
Games like A Detective Story include Papers, Please, No Case Should Remain Unsolved, Mini Motorways, Game Dev Tycoon, and There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension. We matched them by the tags players give A Detective Story on Steam (Simulation, Casual, Detective, Interactive Fiction, and Puzzle): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Papers, Please
Shared: Simulation · Puzzle · Singleplayer

No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Shared: Interactive Fiction · Puzzle · Visual Novel

Mini Motorways
Shared: Simulation · Casual · Strategy

Game Dev Tycoon
Shared: Simulation · Casual · Strategy

There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
Shared: Puzzle · Casual · Indie

Mini Metro
Shared: Simulation · Puzzle · Strategy

Cyber Manhunt
Shared: Simulation · Puzzle · Detective

BidKing
Shared: Casual · Simulation · Strategy

Plague Inc: Evolved
Shared: Simulation · Strategy · Casual

The Case of the Golden Idol
Shared: Detective · Puzzle · Interactive Fiction

Desktop Explorer
Shared: Detective · Puzzle · Simulation

Bridge Constructor Portal
Shared: Simulation · Puzzle · Strategy

Her Story
Shared: Detective · Interactive Fiction · Puzzle

The Escapists
Shared: Simulation · Strategy · 2D

Unpacking
Shared: Casual · Simulation · Puzzle

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Shared: Casual · Strategy · Singleplayer

Reus
Shared: Simulation · Casual · Strategy

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Shared: Detective · Visual Novel · Puzzle

CaseCracker
Shared: Detective · Puzzle · Text-Based

911 Operator
Shared: Simulation · Casual · Strategy

The Roottrees are Dead
Shared: Detective · Puzzle · Investigation

Trials of Innocence
Shared: Detective · Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Shared: Detective · Casual · Puzzle

Death and Taxes
Shared: Simulation · Casual · Puzzle