- #1 Project: New Light City
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Catch Light Interactive, LLC
Windows
You are Max Boston, tasked with solving a murder-suicide crisis in this third person psychological thriller. Use futuristic forensic tools, gather evidence, interrogate suspects, and solve challenging puzzles as you explore the city. Fair warning, Max has to face a few demons of his own, as well...
Why similar: Detective 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Nonlinear 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Conversation 8.3%
- #2 La Dimensione Interna
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PolyTrauma Studios
Windows
La Dimensione Interna (The Dimension Within) is a third person 3D narrative adventure game in which you'll play as Giorgio, a journalist living in a small town in Tuscany, Italy, during his worst moment in life.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 25.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Conversation 10.6%
- #3 Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Play On Words Studios
Windows
Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files – Rise of the Rat King is a narrative game set in Shadow City’s underbelly. Assume the role of the Rat King, an underworld mastermind fighting for absolute power. Shape your legend by forging alliances, crushing rivals, and leaving a trail of consequences.
Why similar: Noir 19.1%, Dynamic Narration 17.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Detective 10.3%
- #4 Octopus Goulash
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Alessio Serenellini
Windows
Octopus Goulash is not a videogame. It is a living organism. Enter an urban simulation set in a synthetic and decaying world where reality is slowly slipping into vast datacenters. Explore the last city on Earth, live all possible lives, and find your path toward the Question.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 17.7% ★, Noir 14.2%, Cyberpunk 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Conversation 9.6%
- #5 REARVIEW MIRROR
72% matchPositive85% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: CUBUS GAMES SL
Windows · Mac
Rearview Mirror is a narrative videogame in which most of the events take place inside a car. From a first-person perspective, the player interacts with the passengers through the rearview mirror.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 22.3% ★, Noir 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Conversation 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
- #6 Epsylon - The Guardians of Xendron
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DragonDreams GmbH
Windows · Linux
A private eye mystery game where you decide how to solve the case. Use your detective skills to solve the case or rely on the abilities of your little dragon partner to see things from a new angle.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 25.3% ★, Detective 15%, Nonlinear 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
- #7 Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Play On Words Studios
Windows
Shadow City Mysteries is a narrative adventure game in which players take on the role of a detective investigating a Mystery. Or is it a Conspiracy? Or is it a Supernatural Thriller? Experience the story multiple times to discover a story and world bigger than they suspected existed.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18% ★, Noir 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Detective 11.2%
- #8 CINEMA
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trinity Team
Windows
"CINEMA" is an immersive investigative thriller game where player wields control over time and the intricate interplay of cause and effect within the storyline inspired by silent films.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.8% ★, Noir 17.1%, Detective 11.8%, Nonlinear 11.3%, Conversation 10.2%
- #9 The Secret Ties of Strandcliff
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TedRed
Windows
A detective game where you fiddle information to your advantage. As an owner of a small bar, listen to visitors of your establishment, overhear their gossiping, collect information and then use to manipulate their thoughts and actions.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Detective 14.4%, Nonlinear 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11%
- #10 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MAD Tribe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Nonlinear 15.2%, Noir 14.4%, Conversation 9.8%
- #11 Noir : Dead On Arrival
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AGORA:GAMEPLAY
Windows
Noir/Horror themed story rich interactive adventure indie game with party-based RPG elements. As you investigate various mysterious cases, you will learn more about the secrets of this dystopian world and maybe discover why most of mankind has turned into zombies. Each of your choices really matters
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 20.4% ★, Noir 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Detective 12.6%
- #12 Let Bions Be Bygones
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 117 reviews2024
Dev: Bohemian PulpPub: Microprose Software
Windows
Having lost everything, a retired, hardboiled detective, John Cooper, must take his last case to find a missing upper-class girl among the lowest parts of the dystopian city-planet Terrahive. Choose your unique path in this atmospheric narrative future-noir thriller.
Why similar: Noir 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Detective 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Cyberpunk 12.7%
- #13 Sunset High
66% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Turnip Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your crush is missing. They texted you last night. And now you’re reliving the same day over and over. Welcome to Sunset High — where drama, dilemmas, and time loops collide in this narrative-driven, 2D adventure.
Why similar: Noir 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Detective 13.8%, Nonlinear 10.8%
- #14 Death in the Manor
67% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Active Dog Studio
Windows
Death in the Manor is a casual isometric point and click murder mystery game. You have 1 hour to discover the killer and weapon before the police arrives. Every game is procedurally generated: rooms change place, suspects are never the same, and there are 22 potential murder weapons.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 22.1% ★, Noir 22%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Conversation 11.2%, Action-Adventure 9%
- #15 Betrayal At Club Low
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 555 reviews2022
Dev: Cosmo D Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Tonight you're on a rescue mission, infiltrating a nightclub that was once a coffin factory. Will you succeed? Will you fail? Or will your night take an unexpected detour? Roll the Pizza Dice and find out!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 20.1% ★, Noir 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Detective 12.1%, Conversation 10%
- #16 Darkway: Murder of King Mere
64% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: IM/MORTAL Studios
Windows · Mac
The King Mere is dead. Once the leader of diplomacy in the Dog Empyre, now a bloodstain on snow. You are the Apprentice, sent by the Master Detective to the City of Ink, to uncover who really murdered the King at the edge of the world.
Why similar: Noir 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Detective 13.4%, Nonlinear 11.4%, Conversation 8.5%
- #17 Inexplicable Deaths In Damipolis: Inner Thoughts
68% match8 user reviews0% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: TiesoftPub: Badland Publishing
Windows
One tragic night, the power dome of Damipolis died during dinner under strange circumstances... What were they doing there? What really happened that night? And... who is the culprit? Solve the mystery in this first-person 3D graphic adventure, inspired by classic film noir.
Why similar: Noir 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Detective 16%, Narration 8.8%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #18 Lacuna: Prologue
67% matchVery Positive91% of 169 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Lacuna: Prologue tasks you – CDI agent Neil Conrad – with investigating the murder of a high-profile victim whose death could plunge the solar system into war. Solve the first in a series of cases that lead you ever deeper into the conspiracy at the core of this captivating 2D sci-fi noir adventure.
Why similar: Noir 23%, Detective 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Cyberpunk 11.9%
- #19 Agarta
65% matchMostly Positive71% of 521 reviews2022
Dev: FF Digital
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Agarta has been designed to show you how valuable and important every decision you make in your individual life, every choice you make is. Because every choice you make is also a renunciation and you cannot undo any decision.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 23.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Detective 13.1%, Nonlinear 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%
- #20 Konekomi Castle
64% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Waiting For Neko
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fifty years in the future, the plucky investigator Pandora is caught in a snowstorm. Seeking shelter, she unknowingly enters Konekomi Castle, a mysterious fortress inhabited by one-eyed aliens. You need to earn trust, tell lies, and befriend strangers to unearth the castle's extraordinary secrets.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Nonlinear 17.1%, Conversation 15.1%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Action-Adventure 9.6%
- #21 The Lotus Holidays
64% matchPositive92% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: Sad Mask PartyPub: NILWARE
Windows
A stylish single player story-based game, where you win a free weekend at the "Lotus", a luxurious spa resort. But soon, things take a strange and sinister turn.
Why similar: Noir 25.7%, Conversation 14.3%, Nonlinear 10.8%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
- #22 Techno Prank
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rev Team
Windows
An immersive simulator of a phone techno-prankster. Find the victims phone numbers, communicate with them using their own phrases and put on a show, pitting them against each other!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 33.6% ★, Nonlinear 17.6%, Conversation 17.2%, Choices Matter 9%, Narration 8.7%
- #23 DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures
62% matchVery Positive88% of 179 reviews2024
Dev: Oleg Skutte
Windows
DREAMIO is a 'choose-your-own-adventure' game where stories and visuals are dynamically created through the power of generative AI in response to your decisions. Explore endless worlds with limitless possibilities; go anywhere, do anything.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Nonlinear 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Conversation 10.4%
- #24 Biocybernetic Trap
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pavel Kopylov
Windows
Biocybernetic Trap — an interactive cyberpunk detective. You are given the quantum diary of a long-dead detective, where reality fractures into parallel versions of the investigation.
Why similar: Noir 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Detective 13.9%, Cyberpunk 12.7%
- #25 Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing
61% matchVery Positive90% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Active Fungus Studios
Windows · Linux
In this detective RPG, you untangle a thick web of intrigues, lies, and secrets that surround a mysterious death. Find the origin of eerie telegraph signals, question the villagers, decipher the strange symbols that are suddenly appearing all over town - and hide from the danger lurking in the moor.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 27.7% ★, Detective 17%, Nonlinear 15.3%, Choices Matter 8%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #26 Welcome Home, Sweetie
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Koro Pixel Studio
Windows
Experience a gruesome adventure in monochrome 4-color pixel art. Exit the castle and figure out what happened by investigating objects and fighting enemies - remember, you only have one life.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 23% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Conversation 11.7%, Narration 8%
- #27 Harmony of Aetheria
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chill Dragon Games
Windows
Your tongue can be deadlier than your blade. Forget the silent hero - you’re Fayme, a loudmouth who can trash-talk a wizard mid-fireball and still live to tell the tale. In this unique fantasy adventure, you’ll speak as much as you fight.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 33.1% ★, Conversation 15.6%, Nonlinear 14.9%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #28 Skool Days
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cocodrolo Games
Windows · Mac
A narrative social simulator set in a high school. Study, make friends, and live unforgettable moments where every decision matters.
Why similar: Detective 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Narration 12.6%, Exploration 8.3%
- #29 Tangerine Antarctic
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dark Math Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome, detective, to World’s End’s most luxurious hotel: the Tangerine Antarctic at Mt. Hope. The ultimate comfort for the powerful elites past, present and future. No desire is off-limits, privacy is absolute and nothing is certain. Except: you shouldn't be here. And the murders are very real.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 24% ★, Noir 20.9%, Detective 15%, Open World 7.3%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #30 Undelivered
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: One Tap Games
Windows · Mac
What are the crazy chemists doing in their laboratories? Is the military test range near the town really dangerous? What is the doctor’s secret? Undelivered is a detective quest where you have to find the answers to all these questions and decide what to do next!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 28.1% ★, Detective 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Conversation 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%
- #31 Shouldermen
60% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Outdoor DevsPub: FCF Studios
Windows
Shouldermen is a puzzle game that uses your voice as the controller. Help an angel and a devil escape a virtual reality prison by helping them guess the password. The fate of the world hangs in the balance until they are free to stand on shoulders and guide people towards right and wrong.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 42.7% ★, Conversation 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, 3D 2.9%
- #32 Heading Out
61% matchMostly Positive76% of 667 reviews2024
Dev: Serious SimPub: Crunching Koalas
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Flee your fear and carve your story. Blaze a trail across mythic American highways, where choices twist your tale and danger’s always in the rearview mirror. With roguelike routes, limited resources, and breakneck chases, this isn’t just a drive—it’s your legend in the making.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 22.3% ★, Noir 17.6%, Nonlinear 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Narration 11%
- #33 Witch Hunters
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Awesome Game Concepts
Windows
A locked-room investigation steeped in occultism. Play as a witch hunter sent to investigate a disturbing disappearance. Search the scene, question suspects, gather clues, and uncover the truth with a freedom inspired by tabletop role-playing games.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 27.8% ★, Detective 17.8%, Nonlinear 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #34 Mistbound
60% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: aworyrate
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mistbound is a surreal narrative adventure about overcoming trauma, where the line between reality and dreams is blurred. Loneliness can be too loud. And salvation can be too quiet!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 22.7% ★, Conversation 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Multiple Endings 11.8%
- #35 Последнее желание
62% matchMostly Positive78% of 84 reviews2023
Dev: YePlay
Windows
An adventure game in the genre of mystical detective. Student Kris is on the trail of the killer. Every decision has consequences, and every wish may be the last.
Why similar: Detective 16.6%, Nonlinear 16.5%, Conversation 13.9%, Narration 10.1%, Action-Adventure 8.3%
- #36 BECROWNED
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 13th Street StudioPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows · Mac
A surreal survival horror that explores how your unfulfilled desire will manifest as your greatest torment. Explore the ruins of an ancient kingdom, fight monsters, and try to survive in this brutal world. Will you become its savior, or will you seek to destroy it? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 21.1% ★, Nonlinear 15.3%, Detective 12.9%, Conversation 11.2%, Third Person 7.8%
- #37 One Night: Burlesque
62% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Step into the smoky, seductive world of the Angels Den, a luxurious burlesque club. Get into the high heels of Holly, a talented dancer graced with a unique gift of telepathy. Help her on a desperate mission to save a friend from certain doom.
Why similar: Noir 25.9%, Conversation 16%, Detective 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%
- #38 A Case of Distrust
64% matchVery Positive82% of 599 reviews2018
Dev: An Open Ben
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 23% ★, Noir 19.3%, Detective 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%
- #39 Who's Lila?
61% matchVery Positive95% of 3,492 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Nonlinear 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #40 This Game Exists Now
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Matthew Shane WilliamsPub: Keaton,sam,allan
Windows
You play as a cube battling heaps of enemies and bosses in order to get your game back from an evil organization called the P.I.A(Pineapple Intelligence Agency) You will be assisted by a wonderfully charming narrator, a strange shop keeper, and MORE! Do you have what it takes to Exist Now? OR NOT!?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 32.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Narration 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #41 A Study in Blue
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Relate Games
Windows
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: Noir 18.6%, Detective 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Narration 9.4%
- #42 Lucifer Lives in Lower Manhattan
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paranoid American
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lucifer Lives in Lower Manhattan is a 1940s Crime Noir Murder Mystery Visual Novel with non-linear game play and a subtle love letter to classic adventure games of the 80s and 90s.
Why similar: Noir 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Nonlinear 12.5%, Conversation 12.2%, Narration 7.7%
- #43 Vajont VR
63% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Artheria
Windows
This interactive first-person VR experience is set in the Vajont valley, some hours before the disaster. A wife and her husband are talking about their future: the woman senses the danger and wants to leave; her husband dismisses the idea of danger. The player will determine the end of their story.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Nonlinear 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Conversation 16.1%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #44 The Wickie : Journey of a Lighthouse Keeper
61% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Crispian RobsonPub: Cheese Tax Productions
Windows
The Wickie is a first-person thriller set in the 1930s Outer Hebrides. Explore handcrafted islands, uncover cosmic horrors, and survive deadly dangers. With no weapons or maps, rely on wit and courage to solve mysteries. Rich in story,art, and Lovecraftian dread, Will you uncover the truth?
Why similar: Noir 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Detective 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Narration 7.9%
- #45 Akolyta
61% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Pterosoft studio
Windows
Uncover the darkest secrets of the Cold War as you will slowly lose everything - even your sanity in the first-person horror adventure Akolyta. You will battle the worst Cold War products of the MK Ultra program and your own deteriorating mental health.
Why similar: Noir 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Narration 9.9%, Action-Adventure 8.1%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #46 Gods of Savvarah | Part I
61% matchVery Positive98% of 165 reviews2023
Dev: ST Sinovar
Windows
Gods of Savvarah is a visual novel with the philosophy of a classic fantasy RPG. Defeat enemies, explore countries, make friends, and find your place in Savvarah.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 27.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Nonlinear 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #47 Searchbar Detective
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ohana Studio
Windows
Searchbar Detective is a 2D Mystery Game set in a virtual world in which you use your searchbar to solve crimes and uncover conspiracies.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 31.1% ★, Noir 19%, Detective 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #48 Fatal Falls
60% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Tripolar Studio
Windows
In Fatal Falls you explore the dark secrets of "The Grand Elysium", a posh luxury hotel in the middle of nowhere. Interact with its guests, drink a cocktail at the bar, peruse the noble premises – the choice is yours! Just make sure you don't get entangled in the hotel's dark deeds...
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 16.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Detective 12.7%, Conversation 9.3%
- #49 Reflections in Amber
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frog Croaked Team
Windows · Mac
Reflections in Amber is a mystical detective visual novel. Investigate a mysterious death in a remote village alongside Detective Redbreast, who battles the weight of depression. Use an old supernatural camera to uncover hidden paths. Shape the course of the story with your choices!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 24% ★, Noir 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Detective 14.3%, Narration 7.7%
- #50 ABOVE
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EDGEPub: BECOOL
Windows
A daylight, psychological horror experience. Stranded in the desert, every choice meant to save you brings something closer.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Dynamic Narration 18.1% ★, Conversation 10.2%, Nonlinear 10%
- #51 Neverending AI Storybook
59% matchMixed66% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: MRA Labs LLC
Windows
Personalized AI-powered storytelling, built for you. Runs entirely on your machine with no online servers and no data collection, for the ultimate privacy.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 34.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Nonlinear 14.7%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #52 Love Shore
61% matchMixed69% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: Perfect Garbage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Sam or Farah as they attempt to navigate the neon thrills of their cyberpunk city Love Shore, solve murders, fight gods and maybe fall in love.
Why similar: Noir 27.5%, Cyberpunk 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #53 WTP Story 1
63% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Andrew Joseph Smith
Windows · Mac · Linux
WTP - Story 1 is a dynamic choice lead adventure.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 25.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Conversation 12.4%, Narration 8.4%
- #54 1cm Time
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BitCA GamesPub: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore, adventure, collect, and experience anecdotes and various interesting characters in a city-based 3D RPG, discovering some beautiful little worlds. Or perhaps wander aimlessly on the streets, relaxing in the shade of trees. Such a wonderful time is not far away.
Why similar: Nonlinear 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Conversation 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Open World 10.2%
- #55 Nothing is Known - the innocents
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Five Little Crows
Windows
As a young detective, investigate the disappearance of a little girl and live the memories of those tragic moments in the shoes of the little one.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 26.1% ★, Nonlinear 15.3%, Detective 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
- #56 Death Drive
58% matchVery Positive97% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: LunaticMoon
Windows
Death Drive is a road trip visual novel inspired by classic American Gothic fiction.
Why similar: Noir 29.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Nonlinear 14.9%, Conversation 13.7%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #57 Nobody Wants to Die
58% matchVery Positive84% of 6,457 reviews2024
Dev: Critical Hit GamesPub: PLAION
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective James Karra who risks it all in pursuit of a serial killer targeting the city’s elite.
Why similar: Noir 20.3%, Detective 14.6%, Cyberpunk 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Conversation 11.4%
- #58 You're a dad
60% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Linus Bohman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Choose your path and accept the consequences in this sleep deprived text adventure about becoming a parent. Be a responsible adult, make dinner and take care of your child. You must do this. Nothing else.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 26.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Conversation 12.8%, Narration 9.9%
- #59 Depersonated
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BloodWebTeam
Windows
An interactive steampunk-inspired adventure filled with a noir atmosphere. Сhoose your path as a young girl named Molly and unravel the mysteries of RainWood town.
Why similar: Noir 24.5%, Dynamic Narration 24.4% ★, Nonlinear 13.5%, Conversation 12.7%, Third Person 7.3%
- #60 Blake: The Visual Novel
61% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2021
Dev: Ori MeesPub: LegendOri Productions
Windows · Mac
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
Why similar: Noir 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Detective 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Conversation 13.6%