Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Murderous Pursuits (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Murderous Pursuits on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: The Ship: Murder Party, which both psychological, stealth and strategy.
- Murderous Pursuits is tagged Action, Simulation, Indie, Strategy, Stealth, Multiplayer, Assassin, Mystery by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 3 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
- 1
The Ship: Murder Party
Why it matched: both psychological, stealth and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Indie, Stealth and Mystery; published by the same company.
The Ship is a murder mystery multiplayer.
The Ship: Murder Party at a glance Released 2006 Studio Outerlight Ltd. Player sentiment 86% positive of 5,950 Price $9.99 IndieStealthMysteryAssassinSimulationStrategy
- 2
Perfect Heist 2
Why it matched: both psychological, stealth and strategy; shares 4 player tags including Stealth, Strategy and Social Deduction; released around the same time (2021).
Perfect Heist 2 is a round-based online game, where robbers try to hide in plain sight while robbing a bank without being noticed by the cop team!
Perfect Heist 2 at a glance Released 2021 Studio yeswecamp Player sentiment 93% positive of 4,731 Price $3.99 StealthStrategySocial DeductionIndie
- 3
Desperados III
Why it matched: both stealth and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Strategy, Stealth and Assassin; released around the same time (2020).
Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. Play smart if you want to succeed. A good plan can make the difference between survival and finding yourself at the business end of a pistol.
Desperados III at a glance Released 2020 Studio Mimimi Games Player sentiment 97% positive of 16,591 Price $39.99 StrategyStealthAssassinThird PersonIndie
- 4
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Why it matched: both stealth and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Stealth, Strategy and Indie; released around the same time (2016).
Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun at a glance Released 2016 Studio Mimimi Games Player sentiment 96% positive of 38,415 Price $3.99 StealthStrategyIndieAssassinThird Person
- 5
Little Nightmares
Why it matched: both psychological, stealth and strategy; shares 4 player tags including Indie, Stealth and Third Person; released around the same time (2017).
Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.
Little Nightmares at a glance Released 2017 Studio Tarsier Studios Player sentiment 95% positive of 116,529 Price $19.99 IndieStealthThird PersonStrategy
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In Silence
Why it matched: both psychological, stealth and strategy; shares 4 player tags including Stealth, Social Deduction and Strategy; released around the same time (2021).
In Silence is a multiplayer horror game. One player takes on the role of the monster who has hypersensitive hearing abilities and is almost completely blind. The other players(2-6) play as survivors, trying to escape or hunting the monster.
In Silence at a glance Released 2021 Studio Ravenhood Games Player sentiment 74% positive of 11,956 Price $3.99 StealthSocial DeductionStrategyMystery
- 7
Cruelty Squad
Why it matched: both psychological, stealth and strategy; shares 3 player tags including Stealth, Assassin and Simulation; released around the same time (2021).
An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world
Cruelty Squad at a glance Released 2021 Studio Consumer Softproducts Player sentiment 96% positive of 24,888 Price $19.99 StealthAssassinSimulation
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The Escapists 2
Why it matched: both stealth and strategy; shares 4 player tags including Strategy, Simulation and Indie; released around the same time (2017).
Craft, Steal, Brawl and Escape! It’s time to bust out of the toughest prisons in the world as you return to the life of an inmate in The Escapists 2, now with multiplayer! Have you got what it takes to escape?
The Escapists 2 at a glance Released 2017 Studio Team17 Player sentiment 91% positive of 33,775 Price $19.99 StrategySimulationIndieStealth
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Aragami
Why it matched: both stealth and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Stealth, Assassin and Indie; released around the same time (2016).
Aragami is a third person stealth game that casts you as an undead assassin with the power to control the shadows. Teleport to any shadow, become invisible, materialize weapons or even summon a shadow dragon to infiltrate the enemy ranks and dispose of your targets.
Aragami at a glance Released 2016 Studio Lince Works Player sentiment 90% positive of 12,993 Price $19.99 StealthAssassinIndieThird PersonStrategy
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Neighbours from Hell
Why it matched: both psychological, stealth and strategy; shares 3 player tags including Stealth, Strategy and Indie.
INTRODUCING THE GAME OF NEIGHBOURHOOD NASTINESS AND COMMUNITY COMMOTION! Living next door to you is a real Neighbour From Hell and it's now time to have your revenge! This compilation includes the original Neighbours From Hell and it's sequel Neighbours from Hell 2: On Vacation.
Neighbours from Hell at a glance Released 2003 Studio JoWooD Entertainment Player sentiment 98% positive of 3,150 Price Not listed StealthStrategyIndie
- 11
Town of Salem
Why it matched: both psychological and strategy; shares 4 player tags including Strategy, Mystery and Indie; released around the same time (2014).
Inspired by the party games Werewolf and Mafia, Town of Salem is a game of murder, mystery and deception.
Town of Salem at a glance Released 2014 Studio BlankMediaGames Player sentiment 88% positive of 36,262 Price $4.99 StrategyMysteryIndieSocial Deduction
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Hitman: Blood Money
Why it matched: both stealth and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Stealth, Assassin and Third Person.
Money Talks. Silence Pays. Prepare to Make a Killing. When assassins from Agent 47's contract agency, The ICA, are eliminated in a series of hits, it seems a larger, more powerful agency has entered the fray. Sensing he may be a target, 47 travels to America, and prepares to make a killing.
Hitman: Blood Money at a glance Released 2006 Studio Feral Interactive Player sentiment 94% positive of 16,066 Price $9.99 StealthAssassinThird PersonStrategySimulation
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One-armed robber
Why it matched: both stealth and strategy; shares 4 player tags including Simulation, Strategy and Stealth.
One-armed robber is a chaotic first-person heist game that centers around a uniquely challenging premise. Players take the role of a determined robber equipped with only one arm, tasked with pulling off daring heists on banks, shops, and various establishments.
One-armed robber at a glance Released 2023 Studio Duhndal Player sentiment 91% positive of 52,823 Price Free SimulationStrategyStealthIndie
- 14
Dead by Daylight
Why it matched: both psychological, stealth and strategy; shares 3 player tags including Stealth, Third Person and Strategy; released around the same time (2016).
10 years of horror. 10 years of jump scares and close calls. 10 years of brutal sacrifices and thrilling escapes. Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits.
Dead by Daylight at a glance Released 2016 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 78% positive of 931,065 Price $7.99 StealthThird PersonStrategy
- 15
Stray
Why it matched: both psychological and stealth; shares 4 player tags including Third Person, Indie and Mystery; released around the same time (2022).
Lost, alone and separated from family, a stray cat must untangle an ancient mystery to escape a long-forgotten cybercity and find their way home.
Stray at a glance Released 2022 Studio BlueTwelve Studio Player sentiment 97% positive of 177,458 Price $14.99 Third PersonIndieMysteryStealth
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HITMAN 2
Why it matched: both stealth and strategy; shares 4 player tags including Stealth, Assassin and Third Person; released around the same time (2018).
Travel the globe and track your targets across exotic sandbox locations in HITMAN™ 2. From sun-drenched streets to dark and dangerous rainforests, nowhere is safe from the world’s most creative assassin, Agent 47 in the ultimate spy thriller story.
HITMAN 2 at a glance Released 2018 Studio IO Interactive A/S Player sentiment 91% positive of 74,796 Price Not listed StealthAssassinThird PersonStrategy
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Five Nights at Freddy's 3
Why it matched: both psychological and strategy; shares 4 player tags including Indie, Strategy and Mystery; released around the same time (2015).
Thirty years after Freddy Fazbear's Pizza closed it's doors, the events that took place there have become nothing more than a rumor and a childhood memory, but the owners of "Fazbear's Fright: The Horror Attraction" are determined to revive the legend and make the experience as authentic as possible for patrons, going to great l
Five Nights at Freddy's 3 at a glance Released 2015 Studio Scott Cawthon Player sentiment 90% positive of 11,334 Price $7.99 IndieStrategyMysterySimulation
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Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
Why it matched: both psychological and strategy; shares 4 player tags including Strategy, Indie and Mystery; released around the same time (2016).
Welcome to Circus Baby's Pizza World, where family fun and interactivity go beyond anything you've seen at those *other* pizza places! Now hiring: Late night technician. Must enjoy cramped spaces and be comfortable around active machinery. Not responsible for death or dismemberment.
Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location at a glance Released 2016 Studio Scott Cawthon Player sentiment 90% positive of 12,642 Price $7.99 StrategyIndieMysterySimulation
- 19
Beholder 2
Why it matched: both psychological and strategy; shares 3 player tags including Strategy, Simulation and Indie; released around the same time (2018).
You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make!
Beholder 2 at a glance Released 2018 Studio Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games) Player sentiment 87% positive of 8,144 Price $17.99 StrategySimulationIndie
- 20
Watch Dogs
Why it matched: both stealth and strategy; shares 4 player tags including Third Person, Stealth and Strategy; released around the same time (2014).
In today's hyper-connected world, Chicago operates under ctOS, the most advanced computer network in America.
Watch Dogs at a glance Released 2014 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 80% positive of 52,443 Price $19.99 Third PersonStealthStrategySimulation
- 21
Assassin's Creed Syndicate
Why it matched: both stealth and strategy; shares 4 player tags including Assassin, Stealth and Third Person; released around the same time (2015).
London, 1868. Lead your underworld organization in the midst of the Industrial Revolution to break the corrupt stranglehold on the city in a visceral adventure filled with action, intrigue, and brutal combat.
Assassin's Creed Syndicate at a glance Released 2015 Studio Ubisoft Quebec Player sentiment 80% positive of 33,045 Price $29.99 AssassinStealthThird PersonStrategy
- 22
Assassin's Creed Unity
Why it matched: both stealth and strategy; shares 4 player tags including Assassin, Stealth and Third Person; released around the same time (2014).
Paris, 1789. In this action-adventure game, experience the French Revolution through the eyes of Arno Dorian. Become an Assassin and expose the true powers behind the Revolution for the fate of a nation.
Assassin's Creed Unity at a glance Released 2014 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 78% positive of 85,519 Price $29.99 AssassinStealthThird PersonSimulation
- 23
Real Pool 3D - Poolians
Why it matched: both psychological and strategy; shares 3 player tags including Simulation, Indie and Strategy; released around the same time (2018).
Real Pool 3D (Poolians) is one of the best online pool games. Play against the computer or real players all over the world! It supports 8 different types of pool games and team play mode.
Real Pool 3D - Poolians at a glance Released 2018 Studio Poolians.com Player sentiment 76% positive of 19,904 Price Free SimulationIndieStrategy
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AdVenture Communist
Why it matched: both psychological and strategy; shares 3 player tags including Simulation, Indie and Strategy; released around the same time (2016).
The world's greatest communism simulator!
AdVenture Communist at a glance Released 2016 Studio Hyper Hippo Games Player sentiment 64% positive of 4,677 Price Free SimulationIndieStrategy
Common questions
What game is most like Murderous Pursuits?
The Ship: Murder Party, on the evidence we have. It both psychological, stealth and strategy. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Murderous Pursuits" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Murderous Pursuits. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.