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A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes, interrogate suspects, and survive in this point-and-click remake, rebuilt from the ground up. Solve the mystery before your demons consume you. Play the free demo and wishlist now!

Why similar: Noir 15.8%, Detective 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Cinematic 9.8%, Investigation 9.7%

Lose yourself in Phoenix Springs – a modern point-and-click set in a mysterious neo-noir world. It begins with an investigation: find your brother Leo. You already know where it ends.

Why similar: Noir 18.3%, Detective 14.6%, Cinematic 11%, Mystery 10.2%, Investigation 8.5%

A Little Time is a first-person interactive story. You play as a young but determined detective investigating a man's disappearance. You will travel to a variety of locations and pick up clues while experiencing the story, dialogue, and atmospheric visuals.

Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Cinematic 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Investigation 12.8%, Mystery 10.9%

When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.

Why similar: Noir 15.1%, Detective 14.4%, Investigation 11.1%, Mystery 8.3%, Philosophical 8.3%

The small town of Basswood will be changed forever by ex-investigative journalist Sam Higgs in this thrilling narrative experience from award-winning studio DON'T NOD. Will you find the truth – no matter the cost?

Why similar: Detective 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Cinematic 13.3%, Psychological 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.6%

You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!

Why similar: Noir 21.8%, Detective 21.6%, Investigation 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Mystery 10.6%

Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.

Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Noir 17%, Mystery 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Sci-fi 8.8%

Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Noir 13.7%, Detective 12.4%, Comic Book 9.4%, Mystery 9.1%

A psychological mystery where every clue reshapes reality. Unravel the link between a vanished woman and your missing sister, only to discover four entirely different truths, each revealing a new world, a new enemy, and the price of remembering.

Why similar: Noir 16.4%, Detective 14%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Philosophical 9.8%, Psychological 9.8%

A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!

Why similar: Detective 27.2%, Mystery 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Noir 11.8%, Visual Novel 9.4%

This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links guests together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder!

Why similar: Noir 18.8%, Cinematic 13.4%, Detective 12.9%, Mystery 12.8%, Investigation 11.5%

Summerland is a first-person narrative game about morality and the afterlife. You take control of Matthew, a detective reliving the events of his past, being questioned on his morals along the way. In every door lies another memory, and every memory unlocks another door.

Why similar: Philosophical 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Detective 13.2%, Cinematic 12.9%, Point & Click 10.6%

A complete remake/remaster/rehash of the award winning Flash game: A Case of the Crabs! Play as smart-ass detective, Nick Bounty, in this hilarious point & click adventure and hunt down a nefarious counterfeit crab ringleader!

Why similar: Noir 21.4%, Investigation 16.1%, Cinematic 13.8%, Point & Click 13.8%, Detective 12.2%

A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.

Why similar: Noir 24%, Detective 20.1%, Investigation 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Mystery 11.8%

M.S. Salmon is an interactive 2D story adventure. Help Ben Hearnden and Ranieri solve a murder on a luxury liner. As they gather more evidence, they uncover not only the truth about the murder but also their own dark past.

Why similar: Noir 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Cinematic 14.1%, Detective 13.7%, Point & Click 12.1%

Private Eye is a detective game where you play as Hakeem trying to solve the murder case of Amir. The wealthy heir Amir kept strange company, is one of them his murderer? Explore, investigate, solve puzzles, and find discrepancies to unravel his mysterious death.

Why similar: Detective 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Investigation 13.4%, Noir 13.3%, Mystery 11.6%

The Big Hollow: 1982 is a tightly focused 2D animated murder mystery. A serial killer’s dumping ground is exposed in a small truck stop town. Find details in the evidence, interpret criminal behaviors and prove your worth to the FBI’s new Behavioral Science Unit as new detective Desmond.

Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Investigation 17.1%, Point & Click 12.4%, Comic Book 9.6%

A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.

Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Mystery 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Investigation 12.1%, Choices Matter 9.9%

An EROTIC POINT & CLICK ADVENTURE inspired by the classic detective games of the 90s. Explore, investigate, and form intimate relationships as you uncover the truth behind a town's dark secret.

Why similar: Detective 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Cinematic 13%, Investigation 11.2%, Mystery 10.6%

A sci-fi detective game where you interrogate the brain scans of crime victims. Uncover the hidden truth behind the dystopian regime by any means necessary.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Detective 17.7%, Point & Click 14.7%, Investigation 12.8%, Mystery 9.6%

Uncover Sabotage, Conspiracy and Counter-Revolution in this cyberpunk detective mystery. Using a mind-probing interface, you explore and act within memories, collect facts, meet agents of change and enormous corporations. Build your case against a person torn between idealism and turmoil.

Why similar: Noir 13.9%, Investigation 13.4%, Philosophical 12.5%, Detective 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%

Hauma is a deduction visual novel set in Munich. Discover a conspiracy amongst the upper echelons of society alongside former detective Judith, while visiting real locations in a comic-inspired look.

Why similar: Noir 17.3%, Detective 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Investigation 11.1%, Comic Book 10.9%

In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.

Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Investigation 14.5%, Mystery 13%, Choices Matter 8.8%

Discover a world where magic and science, chaos and order, are two sides of the same coin.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Detective 14.9%, Investigation 12%, Mystery 11.6%, Cinematic 10.6%

Ironic point & click adventure where a once brilliant detective quits his trade and lands a job in IT to make a living. But even in the seemingly mundane world of office life, there are secrets to be uncovered. Navigate through puzzles, quirky colleagues, and intrigues to crack corporate mysteries.

Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Investigation 14.5%, Point & Click 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Mystery 11%

Silence is a luxury you don't have. Unravel a dark noir point-and-click mystery where justice and revenge blur. You have exactly 26 moves to reach the end. In this psychological duel, are you the master of your own fate, or just a pawn in someone else’s game?

Why similar: Noir 24.9%, Detective 15.4%, Point & Click 12.7%, Mystery 12.2%, Investigation 11.5%

Play as Tristan and solve puzzles to recover human consciousnesses in the year 2071. Investigate environments, uncover secrets, and make choices that affect the ending. Explore a neon-noir world with a low poly aesthetic inspired by the 90s.

Why similar: Noir 21.6%, Cinematic 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Point & Click 11.2%, Detective 10%

Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.

Why similar: Detective 25.1%, Noir 20.4%, Investigation 15.8%, Mystery 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%

Hauma is a deduction visual novel set in Munich. Discover a conspiracy amongst the upper echelons of society alongside former detective Judith, while visiting real locations in a comic-inspired look.

Why similar: Noir 19%, Detective 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Investigation 11.2%, Comic Book 10.5%

His name is Dan. He is an ordinary guy who works as a floor washer. However, soon in his life there are events that forever change his fate and push him on the path of crime... A chilling thriller in visual novel format.

Why similar: Noir 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Philosophical 12%, Detective 10.6%, Cinematic 10.1%

Amsterdam, 1988. A dead body in the Red Light District, the Dutch capital of sex and drugs, is a washed-up detective’s one shot at redemption. Explore the seedy underbelly of Europe’s most notorious city, solve complex puzzles, and crack the case while experiencing Amsterdam at its worst.

Why similar: Noir 19%, Detective 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Investigation 13.8%, Mystery 12.1%

An old case closed due to lack of evidence resurfaces in 1993. Play as a dismissed detective, investigate the case, gather evidence, solve the mystery, and uncover the truth. Bringing justice to the town of Ridgemour and ending the uncertainty is in your hands.

Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Noir 19%, Investigation 12.1%, Cinematic 9.4%, Story Rich 9.3%

In a world where artificial intelligence is all that remains, be a robo-detective, and investigate a mind-bending case. Explore a futuristic Japan brought to life in detailed voxel art, and uncover a philosophical lore through tons of characters. Become AI and dive into the mystery of consciousness.

Why similar: Noir 16.8%, Detective 13.9%, Investigation 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Philosophical 10.9%

Scour police records. Antagonize your suspects. Comb through a disturbing crime scene. You'll stop at nothing to expose the truth. Ring of Fire is a search-based detective noir puzzler with a mature narrative set in the hyper-stylized streets of New London.

Why similar: Noir 17.9%, Detective 16.3%, Investigation 12.9%, Cinematic 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%

An investigation into a fellow detective’s death uncovers details of his last case – and now Dana may be the next target!

Why similar: Noir 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Detective 15.1%, Hidden Object 11.1%, Investigation 10.7%

After a difficult journey, Ada officially became a detective. This disappearance commission seemed extraordinary. During the exploration of the ancient castle, it seemed that a series of strange events also surfaced...

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Detective 18.6%, Point & Click 16.3%, Mystery 14.4%, Adventure 9.5%

A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.

Why similar: Detective 27.3%, Mystery 17.3%, Investigation 15.1%, Point & Click 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%

Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.

Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Noir 17.6%, Investigation 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Psychological 9.2%

Joe Kowalski Chronicles: Murder in a flat is a dark neo noir point and click adventure game where you start as a police detective Joe Kowalski and try to solve a murder that happened in Joe's neighborhood.

Why similar: Noir 22.1%, Detective 17%, Cinematic 11.7%, Point & Click 11.1%, Investigation 11.1%

A point-and-click mystery where you’re tasked with investigating an unsolved murder. Scour case files to piece together a thrilling story of deception and drama. Learn about the victim and the people closest to them, and uncover their secrets to discover what really happened.

Why similar: Detective 25.5%, Investigation 17.3%, Noir 15.9%, Mystery 13.5%, Point & Click 11.3%

A gripping detective noir mystery that blends investigation and deduction with a rich, character-driven story. The Murder of Ava Monroe is cozy, twisty, and oozing with atmosphere.

Why similar: Noir 22.8%, Detective 16.6%, Point & Click 16.2%, Investigation 11.8%, Adventure 9.7%

Experience how people with autism see, feel and interact with the world around them in this thrilling detective adventure, taking place near the Belgian coast and in the woods around a local nature reserve.

Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Noir 21.8%, Cinematic 16%, Point & Click 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%

Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.

Why similar: Noir 19.2%, Detective 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Investigation 11.4%, Psychological 10.5%

Agent Allison received an unexpected dinner invitation from the head of the Johnson dynasty, controllers of a sprawling business empire. What required her presence? The story's curtain began lifting...

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Detective 19%, Point & Click 14.2%, Mystery 13.7%, Hidden Object 8.8%

In this espionage-action game, you have to use your very particular set of skills to “recruit” a pair of scientists into the agency before your rivals, who will use any means necessary to get to them first.

Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Comic Book 14.3%, Point & Click 14%, Investigation 12.4%, Mystery 10%

"All Songs are from the King," a haunting psychological horror experience that transcends traditional gaming boundaries.

Why similar: Noir 18.2%, Philosophical 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Psychological 12.2%, Detective 10.2%

Seven murders in motion by a killer calling himself the Messiah. Interrogate witnesses, spot contradictions in their testimonies, and build a criminal profile piece by piece in this detective thriller where every word is evidence.

Why similar: Noir 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Detective 16.8%, Point & Click 11.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%

A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.

Why similar: Detective 17.6%, Noir 16.1%, Cinematic 14.8%, Investigation 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%

A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.

Why similar: Detective 17.5%, Noir 17.2%, Investigation 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Comic Book 9.4%

A short interlude from the world of The Slaughter.

Why similar: Noir 23.5%, Detective 18%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Point & Click 11.6%, Third Person 7.1%

Colors:Zero is an interactive storytelling set in a neo noir universe. You will play as a detective and will be assigned to investigate about strange murders.

Why similar: Noir 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Detective 12.5%, Comic Book 10.2%, Investigation 9.2%

Go ahead and take on this psychological point and click puzzle adventure. Uncover the truth behind Jim’s shady past, his current mental illness and his peerless journey to vanquish a madman!

Why similar: Noir 20.7%, Detective 17.3%, Psychological 13.3%, Point & Click 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%

🌀 Is there an escape to the endless spiral?🌀 『SYNESTHESIA』 is an emotive, character driven sci-fi mystery visual novel. Join a group of college students with strange cognitive powers, who soon discover something is amiss at the institute sworn to help them...

Why similar: Philosophical 15.6%, Psychological 11.5%, Mystery 11.5%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Point & Click 8.9%

This is a interactive story game. Players will take on the role of a legendary character in a near-realistic sci-fi-set world, unlocking the great mysteries hidden about the world, and the character himself, through dialogue with others, psychological analysis, environmental exploration and combat.

Why similar: Cinematic 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Investigation 11.3%, Psychological 9.4%

A minimalist surveillance horror game. Flip through security cameras on a deep space station and report subtle anomalies. No jump scares. No combat. Just watch, observe, and try not to miss the moment everything goes wrong.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Detective 18%, Investigation 12.4%, Hidden Object 10.6%, Psychological 9.9%

Play as Kenneth, a private detective, and Blue, a runaway searching for answers. Explore the megacity of Republica in a semi-open world, solve criminal cases, make decisive moral choices, and uncover the truth behind Blue’s past.

Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Noir 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Investigation 12.2%, Mystery 10.1%

Lost & Found is a standalone, short story game taking place aboard a 1960s transatlantic ship. Play as Sophie Roy in her new job as a stewardess, and help solve a curious series of thefts in this narrative-driven mystery set after the events of This Bed We Made.

Why similar: Detective 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Cinematic 14.2%, Investigation 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.3%

A noir first-person murder mystery set in a gloomy 1947 Pacific Northwest city. Play as the renowned Detective D.W. Dagger to help solve his latest case. A violent murder, a possible suicide, and a handful of suspects. Can you deduce what happened?

Why similar: Noir 25.5%, Detective 20.7%, Investigation 15%, Point & Click 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%

Arthur and Susan, two inseparable friends solving mysteries together. Fun and cozy indie point&click. Don't miss it!

Why similar: Detective 22%, Investigation 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Point & Click 13.9%, Comic Book 9.8%

"Stella: into the Shadow" is a dark mystical story. When Stella's friend disappears, her life transforms into a detective mystery. Working at a nightclub, forging new connections, and uncovering the city's secrets will force her to reevaluate everything: from those around her to her very self.

Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Noir 15.6%, Investigation 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Psychological 13.1%