Games like Desktop Explorer
Games like Desktop Explorer include Strange Horticulture, No Case Should Remain Unsolved, The Roottrees are Dead, The Case of the Golden Idol, and The Operator. We matched them by the tags players give Desktop Explorer on Steam (Psychological Horror, Point & Click, Puzzle, Investigation, and Detective): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Strange Horticulture
Shared: Puzzle · Mystery · Point & Click

No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Shared: Puzzle · Investigation · Point & Click

The Roottrees are Dead
Shared: Puzzle · Point & Click · Detective

The Case of the Golden Idol
Shared: Puzzle · Investigation · Detective

The Operator
Shared: Investigation · Detective · Puzzle

The White Door
Shared: Puzzle · Point & Click · Psychological Horror

Her Story
Shared: Investigation · Detective · Puzzle

Cube Escape Collection
Shared: Point & Click · Puzzle · Psychological Horror

Murders on the Yangtze River
Shared: Puzzle · Detective · Mystery

Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
Shared: Puzzle · Point & Click · Detective

Sally Face - Episode One
Shared: Psychological Horror · Puzzle · Point & Click

Strange Antiquities
Shared: Puzzle · Mystery · Point & Click

The Mermaid Mask
Shared: Point & Click · Detective · Puzzle

Servant of the Lake
Shared: Puzzle · Point & Click · Psychological Horror

Rusty Lake Paradise
Shared: Point & Click · Puzzle · Psychological Horror

Chants of Sennaar
Shared: Puzzle · Point & Click · Adventure

The Room Two
Shared: Puzzle · Point & Click · Mystery

Kathy Rain: Director’s Cut
Shared: Point & Click · Detective · 1990's

The Rise of the Golden Idol
Shared: Investigation · Puzzle · Detective

Tangle Tower
Shared: Point & Click · Puzzle · Detective

Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Shared: Detective · Investigation · Puzzle

The Room Three
Shared: Puzzle · Point & Click · Mystery

Unheard - Voices of Crime
Shared: Detective · Puzzle · Mystery

The Rewinder
Shared: Puzzle · Mystery · Detective