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The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker

2017

Should you play it?

YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!

What works

  • Engaging story and characters
  • High replayability with randomized killer
  • Immersive fmv acting
  • Unique text input questioning mechanic
  • Good value for price and content length

Things to keep in mind

  • Text parser can be frustrating and unintuitive
  • Some questions require exact phrasing
  • Limited gameplay variety beyond questioning
  • Some players find pacing slow or repetitive
  • Lack of closure or ambiguous endings for some

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Seduce Me 2: The Demon War

  • Vanity Fair: The Pursuit

  • Refate: Echoes of Desire

  • Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1

  • Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer

  • Dry Drowning

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker but with less survival pressure

  • Kathy Rain: Director's Cut

  • Superscout

  • Chicken Police - Paint it RED!

  • Contradiction: Spot The Liar

  • Tell Me Why

  • Don't FOOL ME, Beauties!

Less intimate

Games that feels like The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker but with less focus on close relationships

  • Visage

  • PRICE

  • Nancy Drew®: Treasure in the Royal Tower

  • Remothered: Tormented Fathers

  • SIMULACRA 2

  • Nancy Drew®: Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon

More violent

Games that feels like The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker but with more combat and destruction

  • Downfall

  • Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller

  • 彷徨之街 The Street of Adrift

  • Corpse Party (2021)

  • No, I'm not a Human

  • Hell Wedding 夜嫁

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The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

Last update: 03/08/2026