Games like Clues by Sam
The games most like Clues by Sam are other free daily logic puzzles you can play in a browser: Murdle, Murdoku, Cozy Culprits, Mystery-o-matic, LinkedIn’s Queens, Puzzle Baron’s logic grids and Daily Detective. Each gives you a fixed set of facts and one answer you can prove without guessing. We make Lie of Sight, a free daily find-the-liar case, so it’s on the list too, described as plainly as the rest.
Games like Clues by Sam at a glance
Every one of them is free to start, and most have a new puzzle each day.
| Game | What you do | Daily? | Free? | Plays on | Time per puzzle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lie of Sight | Work out which of a family is lying about what they saw in a room | Yes, at midnight your time | Yes: the daily, plus 25 more | Any browser, phone or computer | 2 to 5 minutes |
| Clues by Sam | Sort a grid of 20 suspects into innocent and criminal | Yes, harder as the week goes on | Daily puzzle free; puzzle packs sold | Browser | Varies |
| Murdle | Solve a short whodunit: who, with what, and where | Yes | Daily puzzle free; books sold | Browser; books | Varies |
| Murdoku | Place suspects on a crime-scene map, one per row and column | No: a new web puzzle each week | Web puzzles free; books sold | Browser; books | Varies, easy to expert |
| Cozy Culprits | Place six suspects in a manor, one per row and column | Yes, in three levels | Yes; the app has ads, with a one-time purchase to remove them | iPhone and iPad; browser as Murder Sudoku | Varies by level |
| Mystery-o-matic | Fill in who was where, and when, to name the killer and weapon | Yes | Yes | Browser | Under 5 minutes |
| Queens | Crown one square in every row, column and color region | Yes | Yes | Browser or the LinkedIn app | Varies |
| Puzzle Baron’s Logic Puzzles | Classic logic grids: match up the details from a list of clues | No: over 25,000 to play any time | Yes; ad-free upgrade sold | Browser, tablet apps, printable | Varies by size |
| Daily Detective | Question suspects and spot contradictions in a murder case, in 10 moves | Yes | Yes; optional premium | Browser | About 5 minutes |
Checked on each game’s own site in October 2026. Prices and offers change, so check there too.
What makes Clues by Sam work, and what to look for
Clues by Sam gives you a grid of 20 suspects, each either innocent or a criminal. Sort one out and they hand you a clue about the others, so the puzzle opens up one person at a time. The rule that makes it special is that you can never convict on a hunch: every mark has to be proven. It starts gentle on Monday and gets harder through the week.
So a good alternative has one answer you can prove without guessing, clear facts to reason from, and a size that fits a coffee break. Some below are mysteries, some pure logic, and some put people on a map.
8 free games like Clues by Sam
Lie of Sight
Ember Works LLC · Any browser, phone or computer
Our own game, so take this one with a pinch of salt. Each case is a room seen from above. Each of the Fibberson family says what they could or couldn’t see from where they stood, and exactly one is lying. Move them around until every honest story fits at once: the liar’s story is the one that never can.
Murdle
G. T. Karber · Browser; books
A daily mystery on a logic grid. Each puzzle is a tiny story with a few suspects, weapons and places, and a grid where you cross off what can’t be true until one answer is left. If you like Clues by Sam’s careful pace, it will feel familiar.
Murdoku
Manuel Garand · Browser; books
Sudoku’s placement logic, with suspects instead of numbers. You get a drawn map of a crime scene split into rooms, and each suspect’s clue says where they stood or what they stood beside. Every row and column holds one person, and the killer is whoever ends up alone with the victim. New web puzzles come out each week, and there are books.
Cozy Culprits
Alejandro Portillo Guerrero · iPhone and iPad; browser as Murder Sudoku
A daily case in a manor house, at three levels, built on the same placement idea: six suspects, no two sharing a row or column, and the one left in the victim’s room is guilty. It is an iPhone and iPad app, and the same daily plays in a browser on the Murder Sudoku site.
Mystery-o-matic
An open-source project · Browser
A small, open-source daily mystery. You read a set of clues and fill in a table of who was in which room at what time, until the killer, the weapon and the time fall out. Its makers say a case takes under five minutes, which makes it a good first puzzle of the morning.
Queens
LinkedIn · Browser or the LinkedIn app
Not a mystery, but the same pleasure of one provable answer. Each day you crown one square in every row, column and color region, and no two crowns may touch. Pure elimination, with no story attached.
Puzzle Baron’s Logic Puzzles
Puzzle Baron · Browser, tablet apps, printable
The classic logic grid, in bulk: a list of clues and a grid for matching up names, places and things, with more than 25,000 to play whenever one daily puzzle isn’t enough.
Daily Detective
FlyingLooper · Browser
A daily murder case with a move limit. You question suspects, look at the evidence and hunt for the statement that contradicts the others, all within ten moves. The daily case is free, with an optional paid tier.
How Lie of Sight compares with Clues by Sam
Both are daily, free and fair: no luck, no guessing, one answer you can prove. The difference is how the clues reach you.
In Clues by Sam the clues are sentences you read. In Lie of Sight they are pictures. Each of the family notices things by one rule: Dad sees his whole row and column, the Kid does too but low furniture blocks him, Grandma sees only two squares around her, and Rex the dog goes by smell. So “I saw the clock” really means “I stood somewhere with the clock in view”, and you test it by dragging that person around the room.
The other difference is the question. Clues by Sam asks you to sort everyone. Lie of Sight asks you to find one liar: the person whose story can’t be true while everyone else’s is.
In the seven days to 8 October 2026, 218 of the 228 answers given on the daily case were right, about 96%: the puzzle is fair, not a trick. A case takes 2 to 5 minutes, and you can play it in a browser with no sign-up.
Questions people ask
What is the closest game to Clues by Sam?
It depends on what you like about it. For a story and a logic grid, try Murdle. For placing people on a map, try Murdoku or Cozy Culprits. For pure elimination, try Queens. If the part you love is finding the one statement that can’t be true, try Lie of Sight.
Is Clues by Sam free?
Yes. The daily puzzle is free to play in your browser. Its maker also sells optional puzzle packs.
Which games like Clues by Sam have a new puzzle every day?
Murdle, Cozy Culprits, Mystery-o-matic, Queens, Daily Detective and Lie of Sight all have a new puzzle each day. Murdoku adds a new web puzzle each week, and Puzzle Baron has thousands to play any time.
Is Lie of Sight free?
Yes. The daily case is free every day, and so are 25 more: practice, 15 Case Files and 10 Tricky Cases. A one-time unlock adds more, with no subscription and no ads.
How long does a Lie of Sight case take?
Most take 2 to 5 minutes. There is no sign-up to start, and nothing to download: it plays in any browser.
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