You might wanna make a mention of pywright (http://www.pywright.com/wordpress/). It's a multiplatform engine where people build their own cases. I've in the middle of playing "Conflict of Interest" (http://forums.court-records.net/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=20194) and it's a pretty solid fan-made game

@arrowsama: Thank you for that link. Wow there are a lot of PW fan games out there!

Thanks for the list, I could always use more Phoenix Wright-likes that are not actual Phoenix Wright games not-directed by Shu Takumi.

My favorite Phoenix Wright knockoff is Socrates Jones: Pro Philosopher, though that doesn't have a game page yet. It's surprisingly educational. As I understand it they tried to not clone PW but reached to an almost identical design conclusion anyway.

Do the Danganronpa games count? It's pretty similar in concept, though they try to add an action spin to the courtroom debate design.

I really enjoyed that Layton Brothers game, it's totally worth playing, both for its Phoenix Wright-ness and for the unique ways it explores those concepts. The logic isn't always totally clean in these games, and I think that this game's logic is even less clean than that of the Ace Attorney games, but it was still an absolutely fun game to play.

@audiobusting: I find it odd that they weren't trying to copy PW when they used literally the exact same naming convention for the title of their game.

See:

Firstname Lastname: (word meaning good at something) Occupation

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

Socrates Jones: Pro Philosopher

Not that I have a problem with them copying the formula. And there's a chance they used the same naming convention after finding out that another game existed that was similar to theirs in order to make it more clear that they're not trying to claim ownership of the concept.

EDIT: I'm playing it now, and they were most definitely inspired by PW. Perhaps when they were coming up with the initial concept for the game, they came up with similar ideas without knowledge of PW's existence, but upon actually making it they definitely tore a few pages from the PW games. From the shout of "Nonsense!" when you're proving someone wrong down to the fact that Socrates makes the same right-hand-behind-his-head-somewhat-embarrassed motion the Phoenix does. Not that I'm complaining, the game is free and I'm finding it totally awesome. And it's really cool to see philosophical debates put into the framing of a PW game.

@generic_username: I meant more like that they were making an educational parody while consciously trying to avoid xeroxing the whole game, but ended up doing it anyway because it's the best way to go.

@audiobusting: Ah, alright. It definitely worked, though, as I'm enjoying it immensely. If it weren't' for this horrible Puzzle and Dragons addiction I've been overcome by I would have probably played the whole thing in one sitting, though I guess that's presumptuous, considering the fact that I don't know how long the game is.

Thanks for the suggestions guys.

Hah, that Socrates Jones game was very entertaining, thanks for linking that!

Sure, Danganronpa counts. That court battle system was quite entertaining!

Aviary Attorney??

@f12: You're absolutely right =) I even played it!

@kewlsnake: Thank you for this list - discovered it this weekend and sadly would've totally missed Layton Brothers without it. Instead I stayed up til 2am playing a mobile game thanks to you.

Thought I should add to the list! I made my own Ace Attorney clone about a year ago, and can be found here:

https://frentzpatrick.itch.io/melbonus

It’s a “bonus chapter” to a visual novel, but the entire bonus is just a love letter to the Ace Attorney games.

I hope others can find it here and have some fun with it!