- #1 The Murder of Jessica Channing
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Murder OnePub: Tayanna Studios
Windows
1 isolated hotel. 1 dead body. 16 suspects. A dormant, cold case reopens. Will YOU be the one to solve The Murder of Jessica Channing?
Why similar: FMV 27.8% ★, Point & Click 13.2%, Conspiracy 12.9% ★, Cinematic 11.3%, Crime 11.2%
- #2 The Dark Side of the Moon: An Interactive FMV Thriller
81% matchMixed67% of 168 reviews2021
Dev: Tayanna Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
When his 2 young children vanish mysteriously throughout the night, it's up to single-dad Dean Hamilton to do what any good dad would do: Go to the end of the universe and bring them back home in this thrilling FMV/Interactive Movie.
Why similar: FMV 23.8% ★, Conspiracy 14.2% ★, Cinematic 12.7%, Point & Click 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%
- #3 Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?
79% matchMixed66% of 1,157 reviews2022
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
An eccentric FMV murder mystery with a twist: someone has poisoned Uncle Marcus. Uncover the truth in the yearly family quiz and try to save him before it is too late.
Why similar: FMV 29.2% ★, Conspiracy 16.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Crime 9.8%, Detective 7.8%
- #4 DCOP
79% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Anton KlockPub: Klockworks
Windows
Step into the gritty world of law enforcement in DCOP, a groundbreaking full motion video (FMV) police simulator that thrusts players into the heart-pounding action of a newly graduated police officer facing off against a ruthless criminal syndicate.
Why similar: On-Rails Shooter 33.4% ★, FMV 25.6% ★, Cinematic 11.5%, Crime 10.9%, Noir 9.5%
- #5 Criminal Expert
77% matchMostly Negative32% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows
Criminal Expert is a detective video game that puts you under the pressure of inexorably passing time. The story contains multiple selection paths, and you ultimately decide how it ends.
Why similar: FMV 26.8% ★, Crime 17.6%, Detective 12.9%, Investigation 10.7%, Point & Click 10.5%
- #6 Ellingby House
75% matchPositive96% of 49 reviews2025
Dev: Jepfore Games Ltd.
Windows
Corporate collapse, financial crisis, a ransomware plague... and you have become trapped! The crumbling head office of J.R Holder & Sons will ensnare you in a mystery. Interact and navigate between rich, detailed 360° panoramas, while using items to uncover the story in Ellingby House.
Why similar: FMV 30.4% ★, Point & Click 22.5%, Conspiracy 20.5% ★, Adventure 11.4%, Cinematic 10.3%
- #7 Dirty Land
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Naturally Intelligent
Windows · Mac · Linux
A videogame about being a real estate salesman in the 80s
Why similar: Conspiracy 17.2% ★, Crime 15.1%, Point & Click 13.6%, Noir 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%
- #8 The Operator
71% matchVery Positive92% of 8,076 reviews2024
Dev: Bureau 81
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Conspiracy 21.3% ★, FMV 17.8% ★, Crime 12.8%, Detective 12.4%, Investigation 10.4%
- #9 Mystery House
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Guillotine GamesPub: MMMera, Inc
Windows
Mystery House is a chilling 3D horror-adventure. Explore a decaying mansion, solve cryptic puzzles, and uncover a deadly secret. Switch between first- and third-person as you navigate a haunting world where every choice could be your last.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Point & Click 17.5%, Cinematic 14.5%, Crime 13.2%, Detective 8.1%
- #10 Erica
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,712 reviews2021
Dev: Flavourworks
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.
Why similar: FMV 29.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Point & Click 13.9%, Crime 9.4%, Cinematic 9.2%
- #11 Joe Kowalski Chronicles: Murder in a flat
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iron Noir Soft
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Crime 15.5%, Point & Click 15.4%, Noir 14%, Detective 11.6%, Cinematic 11.4%
- #12 Internet Court
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 38 reviews2021
Dev: Oh, a Rock! Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A live-action comedic courtroom thriller, where YOU are the prosecution, defense and the judge!
Why similar: FMV 24.7% ★, Cinematic 13.3%, Crime 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Point & Click 10.3%
- #13 The List
70% matchVery Positive80% of 104 reviews2021
Dev: Dan Trimble
Windows
A young man is interviewed by the police only to turn up dead a week later. 3 years have passed, a special agent from Santa Fe navigates the police database in order to solve the mystery.
Why similar: FMV 22.2% ★, Conspiracy 16.5% ★, Crime 13%, Detective 11.7%, Noir 9.7%
- #14 Road to Nowhere
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 15BIT GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Road to Nowhere tells the story of Cohle Bishop, an introvert and successful software developer whose life is torn to shreds by scandal. Confronted by his past and doubting his own sanity, he spirals into a depression on the open road, trying desperately to pull himself back from the brink.
Why similar: FMV 29.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Point & Click 14.9%, Noir 13.4%, Cinematic 7.3%
- #15 Contradiction: Spot The Liar
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,223 reviews2015
Dev: Baggy Cat Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!
Why similar: FMV 25.4% ★, Crime 16.9%, Conspiracy 14.5% ★, Detective 12%, Point & Click 11.9%
- #16 AFAR: An Interactive Horror Film
67% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: Jason Trost
Windows · Mac
A survival horror experience inspired by 90s FMV games and VHS nightmares. Choose your path as a paranormal investigator in a haunting interactive film and uncover the secrets of Barlang Valley. Every choice you make shapes the story—leading to new scenes, multiple endings, and many ways to die.
Why similar: FMV 32.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Point & Click 15.6%, Cinematic 13.3%, Detective 9.8%
- #17 A Case of the Crabs: Rehash
68% matchVery Positive94% of 84 reviews2020
Dev: Pinhead Games
Windows
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: Point & Click 21.4%, Noir 15.1%, Cinematic 15%, Adventure 14.3%, Investigation 13.7%
- #18 The Isle Tide Hotel
66% matchMixed65% of 253 reviews2023
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Explore a mysterious hotel and infiltrate a cult in this FMV detective game, featuring a cast from GoT, The Witcher, and more. Every decision counts as you gather clues and question guests. Can you unearth the ominous secrets at The Isle Tide Hotel before it's too late to save your missing daughter?
Why similar: FMV 29.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Point & Click 14.4%, Crime 11.6%, Detective 9.5%
- #19 Mystery Of Camp Enigma
68% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: M9 Games
Windows
Explore areas, collect hidden objects and take in your surroundings. You will need all of your puzzle solving skills to put together a plan to make your way through the island of Camp Enigma, solving riddles and down the many paths of mystery.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.1%, Conspiracy 16.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Detective 12.7%, Cinematic 12.7%
- #20 Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
63% matchMostly Positive79% of 562 reviews2026
Dev: BRANEPub: Surefire.Games
Windows · Mac
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
Why similar: Conspiracy 27% ★, Point & Click 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Detective 12.3%, Noir 11.6%
- #21 Markus Ritter - Ghosts Of The Past
65% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: Flimmersoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
In front of you lies a classic FMV point and click adventure game. Can you stop a serial killer who is murdering his way through Vienna? Experience a week in the life of Markus Ritter, who really just wants to lie on the couch at home, but suddenly has to juggle a job, love and the supernatural.
Why similar: FMV 27.8% ★, Point & Click 15.8%, Detective 11.6%, Demons 11%, Cinematic 8.4%
- #22 Hollow Bequest
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ANIQ
Windows · Mac · Linux
As a legendary detective, the disappearance of a former mentor provokes a return to your humble beginnings. Every clue reveals the dark secrets that haunt the town. What should have been a quick investigation gradually became a struggle for your life and freedom. Who or what is responsible?
Why similar: Conspiracy 18.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Point & Click 17.7%, Noir 8.8%, Adventure 7.9%
- #23 ROUGH KUTS: The Thirsty Dead
66% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2021
Dev: ROUGH KUTS
Windows
Interactive Film: THE THIRSTY DEAD
Why similar: FMV 28.4% ★, Point & Click 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Cinematic 16%, Adventure 9.9%
- #24 Grimblestone
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Key Compass
Windows
When a mysterious artifact shrinks you to the size of an acorn, you must journey through the miniature and magical world of Grimblestone. A place full of puzzles, riddles, games and a whole host of Grimblings to befriend. A big adventure in a tiny world awaits in this point and click, FMV adventure.
Why similar: FMV 34.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Point & Click 19.2%, Cinematic 9.1%, Adventure 8.7%
- #25 Mystery of Camp Enigma 2: Point & Click Puzzle Adventure
66% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: M9 Games
Windows
A thrilling puzzle adventure, inspired by hidden object escape room games. Picking up from the radio tower. You discover a remote signal being transmitted from somewhere on the island. Your objective to investigate, along with your continuing mission to discover the missing army personnel.
Why similar: Point & Click 17%, Conspiracy 16.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Cinematic 14%, Detective 8.8%
- #26 MoriA.I.RTy
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Meat Games
Windows
In the not-so-distant future, a robot witnesses a shocking event and stores the last image it sees in an encrypted memory bank. The player assigned to this robot must scroll through its memories to piece together a visual story and solve the mystery of what happened.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Crime 14.9%, Casual 13.8%, Noir 13.1%
- #27 Mystery Detective Adventure Collector's Edition
64% matchPositive91% of 34 reviews2024
Dev: FIVE-BN GAMES
Windows
Mystical events haunt locals. Conduct your own investigation to uncover the truth. “Mystery Detective Adventure” is an adventure game in the genre of Hidden Objects, with plenty of mini-games and puzzles, unforgettable characters and complicated quests.
Why similar: FMV 28.4% ★, Point & Click 23.7%, Adventure 15.1%, Casual 15%, Detective 11.1%
- #28 The Lawyer - Episode 1: The White Bag
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ManyDev Studio
Windows
The Lawyer - Episode 1: The White Bag is the first part of an episodic adventure game which combines gripping crime story with classic courtroom drama. Immerse yourself into a world set in early 90’s in which you gather (or fabricate!) evidence, deduct and run fierce courtroom battles.
Why similar: Conspiracy 21.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Crime 15.4%, Detective 11.2%, Investigation 9.5%
- #29 JR's Christmas Adventure
64% matchMixed58% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: LarsmidnattPub: Witching Hour Entertainment LLC
Windows
Join Jessica in this humorous holiday FMV adventure. With 9 unique endings to discover, will you find joy or chaos?
Why similar: FMV 34.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Cinematic 21.9%, Adventure 15.3%, Choices Matter 2.7%
- #30 Detective Agency Gray Tie 2 - Collector's Edition
64% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Avi Games
Windows
The second part of the detective saga! Help Amanda find the stolen masterpiece in France. Explore mysterious locations, find hidden objects and solve puzzles. The Collector's Edition includes 20 mini-games and additional locations!
Why similar: Conspiracy 17.3% ★, Crime 16.1%, Point & Click 15.9%, Detective 14.7%, Investigation 8.9%
- #31 ROUGH KUTS: Night of the Living Dead
65% matchMostly Positive76% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: ROUGH KUTS
Windows
Interactive Film: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
Why similar: FMV 27.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Point & Click 16.7%, Cinematic 15.4%, Noir 13.2%
- #32 Demon Sighting
65% matchPositive83% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: Dreamer's Anvil
Windows · Linux
A point-and-click adventure with turn-based combat. Explore a demon-infested house and uncover a dangerous ritual. Encounter succubi, imps, priests and more on your quest to expose demons to the world. A short game with multiple endings.
Why similar: Crime 15.9%, Conspiracy 15.8% ★, Demons 15.8%, Point & Click 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%
- #33 Chronique des Silencieux
64% matchMostly Positive74% of 35 reviews2024
Dev: Pierre Feuille StudioPub: Zugalu Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Set in 1970s southern France, you play a rookie private eye tasked to dig out the secrets of a stubborn old man. Think on your feet while you follow your leads : ask questions to witnesses, detect their lies, hypothesize why and finally confront the silent ones running from their past.
Why similar: Conspiracy 18.6% ★, Crime 14.9%, Point & Click 14.3%, Detective 12.1%, Cinematic 11.8%
- #34 Night Book
64% matchMixed68% of 586 reviews2021
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Tricked into reading an ancient book, Loralyn summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive occult thriller movie, created in lockdown, from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker.
Why similar: FMV 37.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Detective 10.4%, Thriller 8%, Investigation 7.3%
- #35 Russian Psychiatric Pastoral
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ivan Lysenko
Windows
An interactive movie that combines a psychiatrist simulator, a detective story and unique fight sequences. Take on the role of a psychiatrist, encounter various psychiatric diagnoses, and investigate disappearances of various people.
Why similar: FMV 30.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Crime 16%, Cinematic 15.6%, Adventure 7.3%
- #36 Her Story
64% matchVery Positive89% of 10,217 reviews2015
Dev: Sam Barlow
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
Why similar: FMV 23.3% ★, Crime 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Point & Click 12.1%, Detective 10.9%
- #37 Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Case of the Banker's Final Debt
63% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Zojoi
Windows
This mysterious case involves the murder of Oswald Mason, found dead at home. Lestrad and Scotland Yard believe that the murder was a result of Mason disturbing a burglar. I have my doubts. The Treasury wants us to investigate the case as Mason was dealing with sensitive Treasury work at the time.
Why similar: FMV 45.5% ★, Point & Click 24.7%, Adventure 17.3%, Detective 12.5%
- #38 Viy: Retold Story
64% matchMostly Positive77% of 48 reviews2021
Dev: Crazy HousePub: First Games Interactive
Windows
the game in the quest genre is based on the Gogol's story 'Vij'.
Why similar: FMV 27.8% ★, Point & Click 18%, Cinematic 16.3%, Supernatural 8.4%, Adventure 8.2%
- #39 Grégoire Lefèbvre Investigations : The Vow of Hate
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TcherryPub: Viridis Cosmos Games
Windows
1799. Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre in this historical murder mystery based on the novel by Catherine Lheureux. A classic Point & Click adventure featuring an all-star French voice cast (Martial Le Minoux, Patrick Borg…) with english subtitles.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Point & Click 19.5%, Crime 16.6%, Detective 12.1%, Investigation 12%
- #40 TIERRA - Mystery Point & Click Adventure
64% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2021
Dev: M9 Games
Windows
A mystery puzzle adventure, inspired by hidden object escape room games.
Why similar: FMV 23.9% ★, Conspiracy 18.1% ★, Point & Click 15.8%, Cinematic 14.1%, Detective 8.7%
- #41 Return to Zork
64% matchVery Positive88% of 67 reviews2017
Dev: Activision
Windows
Return to Zork: A mesmerizing interactive adventure of danger, intrigue and cunning.
Why similar: FMV 48.4% ★, Adventure 27.5%, Point & Click 24.1%
- #42 Curvid Nurntine and the Black Vaccine
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JigglyPig Games
Windows · Linux
Curvid Nurntine and the Black Vaccine is a gritty cyber-noir point and click adventure. A degenerate private investigator, a missing girl and a suspiciously mandatory vaccine all coalesce in this unfathomably horrific conspiracy.
Why similar: Conspiracy 26.9% ★, Point & Click 21.2%, Noir 14.4%, Adventure 13%, Detective 10.8%
- #43 Hauma - A Detective Noir Story
62% matchMostly Positive73% of 124 reviews2023
Dev: SenAm GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
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: Conspiracy 20.5% ★, Crime 15.6%, Noir 13.8%, Point & Click 12.7%, Detective 12.1%
- #44 Gloomy Clues: The Broken Mirror
62% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Pixel Paradise ®
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Point & Click 15.1%, Crime 14.4%, Noir 14.2%, Cinematic 13.5%, Detective 12.4%
- #45 Interrogation Files: Port Landsend
63% matchVery Positive87% of 87 reviews2020
Dev: Visual Interactive
Windows
Search through the interrogation footage of suspects of a bizarre and horrific crime. Decide who committed the crime and see them get arrested and have their day in court. The latest interactive video experience.
Why similar: FMV 26.3% ★, Adventure 17.4%, Casual 15.2%, Crime 11.6%, Cinematic 10.7%
- #46 The Gallery
62% matchMixed69% of 169 reviews2022
Dev: PRM Games
Windows · Mac
An art curator is held hostage by a portraitist who threatens to detonate a bomb unless their demands are met. 'The Gallery' contains two interactive narratives - set in 1981 (with a female protagonist) and 2021 (with a male protagonist).
Why similar: FMV 28.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Cinematic 14.8%, Detective 12.5%, Investigation 9.1%
- #47 Telling Lies
63% matchMixed63% of 1,288 reviews2019
Dev: Sam BarlowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
Why similar: FMV 28.4% ★, Crime 16%, Point & Click 12.9%, Detective 12.3%, Investigation 9.7%
- #48 Kingfisher: An Autism Tale
63% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Possibly Pixels
Windows
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: Point & Click 17.9%, Cinematic 17.5%, Detective 17.3%, Crime 15.8%, Noir 15.5%
- #49 Bloodshore
62% matchMixed69% of 915 reviews2021
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Bloodshore is an interactive action movie about a televised battle royale between high-profile streamers, entertainers and death row inmates. You control the fate of Nick, a washed-up actor who fights for a life-changing cash prize.
Why similar: FMV 37.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Point & Click 16%, Cinematic 13.5%, Adventure 8.1%
- #50 Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime
61% matchVery Positive88% of 73 reviews2023
Dev: Made in Mavis
Windows · Mac · Linux
Marlon's Mystery will test your skills as an investigator. Join Abby Marlon to solve the riddles in this captivating mystery and hidden object game. Embark on an enigmatic adventure and discover the darkest secrets of the Taylor family.
Why similar: Conspiracy 19.1% ★, Crime 16.3%, Point & Click 12.9%, Noir 12.2%, Detective 11.5%
- #51 Tails Noir
61% matchMixed67% of 3,346 reviews2021
Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Tails Noir is a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Why similar: Conspiracy 19.5% ★, Point & Click 13%, Cinematic 12.2%, Noir 11.9%, Detective 11.5%
- #52 Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
62% matchVery Positive96% of 161 reviews2014
Dev: Access SoftwarePub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Enter the virtual world of Under A Killing Moon, where it is December 2042, and you, as Tex Murphy, must stop the forces of evil before they destroy mankind and rob you of your next unemployment check. This thrilling and hilarious adventure is unlike anything you've seen before.
Why similar: FMV 37.3% ★, Noir 18.4%, Point & Click 17.5%, Detective 13.3%, Adventure 10.7%
- #53 Nirvana Noir
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Feral Cat DenPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
A noir adventure beyond time and space. The city of cosmic beings is under threat in two parallel realities - one where the Big Bang was never fired, the other exploding in color and sin. It’s up to you to solve the mysteries of the Bigger Bang in this follow up to the award-winning Genesis Noir.
Why similar: Conspiracy 20.5% ★, Noir 15.5%, Crime 15.4%, Point & Click 14.9%, Detective 12.7%
- #54 Pararecords
62% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 6th Sense GamesPub: Kodansha
Windows · Mac
As a counselor in a mysterious facility, you are to examine children with strange powers and fill in their "Paranormal Records". In this story-based, choice-driven game, you will have to pry open your subjects' minds... but what you find inside them could prove dangerous.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.5%, Point & Click 24.9%, Investigation 10.8%, Adventure 10.6%, Casual 8.8%
- #55 Small Town Robot
62% match5 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Brandon Weeks
Windows
Explore the small town of ShadeCreek in this Indie point-and-click adventure.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.7%, Crime 19.3%, Adventure 16.1%, Detective 12.3%, Exploration 10.2%
- #56 Markus Ritter - The Lost Family
61% matchVery Positive85% of 176 reviews2021
Dev: Flimmersoft
Windows · Linux
Play as Markus Ritter in this short full motion video game in the style of the famous 90's point-and-click adventures.
Why similar: FMV 33.3% ★, Point & Click 17.6%, Cinematic 11.8%, Detective 7.5%, Adventure 7.1%
- #57 The Space Bar
61% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Boffo Intergalactic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Alias Node, a human detective working on planet, Armpit VI. Your assignment? Catch a shifty criminal, wanted for grand theft and murder, before whatever it is, escapes to another world!
Why similar: Crime 16%, Point & Click 15.1%, Conspiracy 14.5% ★, Noir 14.3%, FMV 12.4% ★
- #58 After Midnight
60% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Forge
Windows
Open-world, online multiplayer ghost hunting game that plunges you into a vast and eerie world filled with haunted locations waiting to be discovered. Whether you're braving the darkness alone or teaming up with friends, your mission is to identify the terrifying entities lurking within this world.
Why similar: Crime 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Cinematic 14.1%, Demons 13.9%, Detective 12.8%
- #59 Nick Bounty - The Goat in the Grey Fedora: Remastered
61% matchPositive85% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Pinhead Games
Windows
A complete modern remaster of the award winning Point & Click detective comedy adventure game.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.3%, Noir 23%, Cinematic 16.9%, Adventure 14%, Casual 13.7%
- #60 A Death in the Red Light
60% matchMixed67% of 46 reviews2024
Dev: Mystery City Games BVPub: indie.io
Windows
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: Conspiracy 20.3% ★, Detective 14.5%, Noir 14.1%, Crime 13.6%, Investigation 12.3%