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A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.

Why similar: Noir 15.7%, Detective 14.1%, Investigation 11%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.3%

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

Why similar: Noir 20.4%, Crime 16%, Detective 13.9%, Investigation 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%

Detective agency management × superpowered mystery. Former operative Lin Mo rebuilds the Ash Detective Agency in Collins City. Investigate crime scenes, use “Echoes” to recover memory fragments, rebut lies with evidence, dispatch partners for intel, and uncover conspiracy behind your mentor’s death.

Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Crime 13.9%, Investigation 13.2%, Story Rich 7.6%

Step into the role of a federal investigator and uncover the truth behind every disaster. Recover black boxes, cross-reference evidence, expose contradictions, and name the real cause before an innocent takes the fall. Every conclusion matters in this tense investigation sim full of twists.

Why similar: Noir 15.3%, Detective 14.7%, Visual Novel 13%, Investigation 11.8%, Crime 8.9%

Can you solve a murder with nothing but your wits, your cocktail shaker, and your silver tongue? In this bartending mystery game, your customers are the key. So long as the liquor flows, so does the conversation - but who has the answers you seek, and who has blood on their hands?

Why similar: Noir 13.4%, Crime 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Detective 11.5%

The Cold Cases: Remembering Jory is a story rich, investigative mystery game where your only tools are your contacts and the people you can find and get to talk to you. Read through old internet archives, pick out what is important, and solve the mystery of the 10 year old cold case.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Crime 13.8%, Detective 11.8%, Investigation 11.5%, Visual Novel 9.8%

Gather evidence, interview suspects and send your case to trial. Have you got what it takes to be Tokyo's top detective?

Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Crime 18%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Story Rich 8.4%

A narrative game set in 1943 Belém, legends are vanishing, and the river’s secrets need a detective. Pink, if you will. As a shapeshifting river dolphin detective that turns into human (almost), uncover a noir mystery where folklore, memory, and conspiracy flow beneath the city.

Why similar: Noir 21.4%, Detective 17.4%, Crime 13.5%, Investigation 12.7%, Mystery 7.5%

Choose Your Story: Choices & Decisions game, Mystery visual novel adventure game

Why similar: Noir 22.3%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Crime 13.9%, Multiple Endings 5.5%

Play as a noir detective in a dark, seductive world — investigate the Blood Moon case while making choices, uncovering secrets, and indulging in explicit encounters.

Why similar: Visual Novel 14.7%, Detective 14.5%, Noir 14.4%, Crime 13%, Choices Matter 10%

A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes from the slums of Saltmire to the heights of Greyledge. Interrogate suspects and manage your clues in this 1980s cinematic remake. Play the free demo and wishlist now!

Why similar: Noir 17.6%, Crime 12.2%, Detective 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.7%

A cinematic mystery visual novel about a vanished woman. You're the detective on the case. Twelve years ago, your sister disappeared the same way. Four investigations lead to four different answers about what really happened — and none of them is the wrong one. The truth is whichever one you find.

Why similar: Noir 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Detective 10.7%, Crime 10.3%

The first AI detective game that doesn't cheat. Developed by a former Meta AI Engineer. Interrogate suspects using your own words to solve the murder of Harambe. Features procedurally generated cases, consistent hard logic, and a unique stress mechanic. You have 3 hours to find the truth.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Noir 22.2%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Detective 10%, Mystery 7.4%

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 16.5%, Crime 14.6%, Detective 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%

The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.

Why similar: Noir 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Crime 13.1%, Detective 8.3%, Visual Novel 7.5%

Mistmoon Falls is an open world murder mystery set in a farm-sim town that's now sans farmer. Question the locals, use tools to uncover clues, form hypotheses, and sift through some sinister goings-on to find the killer.

Why similar: Noir 17%, Crime 14%, Detective 13.6%, Investigation 9.6%, Visual Novel 9.5%

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: Crime 14.2%, Detective 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Noir 12.3%, Investigation 11.4%

A detective wakes up beside a corpse, and with no memories. The evidence points to him. Everyone thinks he’s the killer. Unravel the truth before time runs out in this hand-drawn detective mystery adventure set in 1990s Thailand, where every memory hides a lie.

Why similar: Crime 15.2%, Detective 13.9%, Noir 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Investigation 10.2%

Detective Trent is a narrative-driven mystery game inspired by Trent’s Last Case. Investigate crime scenes, interrogate suspects, and uncover the truth through evidence and dialogue. Your reasoning shapes the case, leading to multiple outcomes and endings.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Crime 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Detective 11.8%, Investigation 9.9%

Curtain Call in Flames is a single-player 2D courtroom mystery visual novel set in a traditional Chinese puppet troupe. As defense attorney Bian Bo, investigate a murder, question witnesses, examine evidence, and expose contradictions in court to uncover the truth.

Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Crime 17.6%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Investigation 13.2%, Story Rich 8.9%

Noir gamebook. A magnate vanishes from an office locked from the inside: 4 trails, 780 choices, 11 endings, and no luck to save you. 85% of runs end in death or arrest. You die; the case goes on — the dossier doesn't forget. Originally written in Brazilian Portuguese.

Why similar: Noir 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Detective 13.3%, Crime 11.4%, Investigation 8.4%

Experience a race against time written by a former forensic investigation expert. As detective JACK, you are the last hope to rescue the US President's kidnapped daughter. With only 1% battery left on her phone, use authentic detective techniques to find her before the screen goes black.

Why similar: Noir 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Crime 15.8%, Detective 13.2%, Text-Based 6.7%

Who killed your best friend?! Find out the truth before 4 suspects frame you instead! Death Becomes You is a mystery visual novel where you untangle the dark secrets and relationships between your fellow magic university students.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Crime 13.5%, Investigation 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.7%

After being away at college, you meet up with two of your friends at a local movie theatre. What starts out as a simple reunion, quickly unravels to be a gruesome murder mystery with your friend as the victim. It is now your mission to find out who did it, and how in this visual novel style game.

Why similar: Crime 17.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Detective 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Investigation 12.3%

After a cat show competition, three contestants, Claudette, Aberdeen, and Illia, head back to their hotel rooms to decompress and unwind. The next day, Claudette's body is found floating in the hotel's pool. Did Claudette take her own life, or was she murdered by cutthroat competition?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Noir 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Detective 11.5%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

Step into the role of a judge and decide the fate of every case. Listen to witnesses, examine evidence, uncover contradictions, and deliver verdicts that will change lives. Every decision matters in this tense courtroom simulation full of twists.

Why similar: Detective 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Noir 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Investigation 12.1%

Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Detective 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Investigation 10.1%

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 21.6%, Crime 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Detective 14.1%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Crime 14.6%, Detective 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Investigation 9.2%

A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.

Why similar: Noir 18.1%, Crime 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Detective 11.7%, Multiple Endings 8.2%

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: Noir 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Crime 11%, Detective 10.8%

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 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Crime 13.2%, Detective 10.9%, Choices Matter 8.9%

Become Nick Night, detective for hire, as he embarks on his toughest case yet in this noir, open world RPG.

Why similar: Crime 15.4%, Noir 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Detective 11.5%

Take on the role of Detective Kobayashi, the one and only genius detective who has a reputation for solving any case, however dark or difficult...if he isn't playing games at the office or awkwardly hitting on girls, that is.

Why similar: Crime 21%, Detective 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Investigation 9.3%, Mystery 7.5%

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 18.5%, Crime 14.3%, Detective 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11%

You make every interaction with her feel like coincidence. You know her far more than she could ever imagine. But you don't seem to realize, a butterfliy don't usually fly into the net on their own.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Crime 14.2%, Detective 10.1%, Investigation 9.9%

The chart-topping itch.io and Newgrounds indie hit comes to Steam, with a slew of enhancements and new features! Step into court as Nina Aquila, rookie defense attorney in this thrilling VN/adventure game hybrid, and fight for justice in a world where all anime genres exist at once!

Why similar: Crime 17%, Detective 15.4%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Investigation 10.2%

[DEMO available now!] Erased memories, scattered clues. What will you uncover, and what will you leave buried?As an amnesiac detective, investigate crime scenes with limited focus. You can't analyze everything. Strategically choose your leads to shape the case and reclaim your lost past.

Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Crime 17.9%, Investigation 15.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choices Matter 9.4%

Take the night shift as a judge in Meridian. Examine evidence, manage pressure, issue reasoned rulings, and create precedents that reshape the cases—and consequences—still to come.

Why similar: Investigation 16.4%, Detective 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Noir 10.7%

Step into the shoes of Frank Sockowski, private detective, and explore the gritty world of New Drawer, a wolly unsettling and corrupt city.

Why similar: Noir 19.1%, Detective 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Crime 10.1%

You're a journalist investigating a suspicious case during the Harlem riots. Take pictures of evidence, gather information by interrogating people, and put it all together in an article to show people the truth.

Why similar: Noir 18.2%, Crime 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Detective 15%, Investigation 8.5%

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: Noir 17.7%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Detective 16.7%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Multiple Endings 8.7%

Mohism: Battle of Words is a detective game set in the world of wuxia. The game follows Zhang Xiaochen, investigates unsolved cases and comes into his own as a hero. He must rely on his wits and razor-sharp tongue to best his opponents, find the culprit and ensure justice prevails!

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.8%, Detective 16.6%, Crime 15.2%, Investigation 12.2%, Story Rich 8.5%

A murder-mystery visual novel about a young man who inherits a charming English hotel. Some would say he’s fortunate, but with a growing list of unexplained disasters and murder, has his luck finally run out?

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Crime 14.8%, Investigation 14.5%, Detective 12.9%

A Mesozoic murder mystery, 4 suspects, 1 truth. Investigate, interrogate and present evidence as you set out to unravel the case with your team. Will you be able to accurately determine who took the victim's life? Or will your deductions lead you to arrest someone for a crime they did not commit...?

Why similar: Crime 18.7%, Detective 14.3%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Investigation 12%

In a world where the fae-touched fall prey to a sinister killer, only a Faeologist can uncover the truth. A dark academia murder mystery visual novel with supernatural cases, interactive investigation, romanceable characters, and multiple endings, set in the roaring 1920s New York.

Why similar: Noir 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Detective 13.6%, Investigation 10.2%

A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney. The man who took him was real. But his purpose was from another plane of existence. You play a journalist. You make choices. The story remembers all of them.

Why similar: Noir 16%, Crime 14.9%, Detective 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%

A dead man hired you to solve his own murder. You have one day. Fourteen suspects. And as many attempts as it takes. A hand-drawn noir mystery set in 1937 Rio de Janeiro, where every suspect has a life, a schedule, and something to hide.

Why similar: Noir 17.4%, Crime 13.8%, Detective 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Investigation 8.9%

A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.

Why similar: Noir 16.9%, Detective 14.7%, Crime 13%, Investigation 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%

Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre and investigate the murder of a controversial country priest in this gripping historical detective thriller.

Why similar: Noir 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Crime 13.6%, Detective 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%

Do you believe that parallel worlds really exist? An ordinary college student, Chen Chou, wakes up one day to find himself transported aboard a space research vessel. The strangers on the ship all claim to know him. Could it be that he has crossed over into a parallel world...

Why similar: Crime 21.9%, Detective 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Mystery 8.5%

Immerse yourself in a chilling, interactive cold-case investigation. Review crime scene photos, decrypt restricted hard drives, compare evidence, and deliver your final report in Ashes of Holloway Bay, a dark, atmospheric detective experience where every detail matters.

Why similar: Crime 19.7%, Detective 18.7%, Investigation 13.8%, Noir 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%

No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Detective 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Investigation 11.6%, Choices Matter 8.7%

戏班内扑朔迷离的死亡，步步紧逼的幕后黑手，封闭剧场内的死亡倒计时，案件主角的生命和救赎都取决于你的决断。当第一桩案件尘埃落定，你以为可以回到现实世界时，轮回之路才刚刚开始……

Why similar: Crime 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Detective 15.2%, Investigation 12.1%

When a famous Human Rights Lawyer dies under mysterious circumstances in her Sevenoaks mansion, Detective Inspector Rosie Morgan and her team of indefatigable investigators are called on the scene to find out who murdered the barrister and why.

Why similar: Noir 14.6%, Detective 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Crime 11.4%

In a rain-soaked megacity, one law remains: cross one trillion dollars in hidden wealth and you forfeit your right to live. You are K, the executioner who enforces it — until the numbers start to lie. A branching cyberpunk noir with 5 endings, where every choice is remembered.

Why similar: Noir 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Detective 11.7%, Multiple Endings 7.6%

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

Why similar: Noir 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Detective 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Investigation 11.2%

You're an insurance investigator. Review evidence, spot fraud, make decisions. Every case is a puzzle — approve, reject, or negotiate. Limited energy, a ticking clock, and your reputation on the line

Why similar: Detective 18.1%, Crime 17.6%, Investigation 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Story Rich 8.7%

Murder Mystery Mayhem AI is a single-player detective game set in a stylish 1920s world of secrets, suspicion, and social intrigue. Talk freely to a colorful cast of cunning suspects, gather clues, uncover motives, and deduce who among them is the killer.

Why similar: Crime 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Detective 14.5%, Noir 14.5%, Investigation 11.9%

Play as a corrupt detective on the mob’s payroll, and cover up their crimes. Read files, collect information and obscure evidence to frame an innocent bystander, who was at the wrong place, at the wrong time. After all, crime pays.

Why similar: Noir 28.5%, Detective 14.6%, Crime 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9%