60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Investigation, Noir, Detective, Mystery.
Cat Meoir: Feline Detective is an open world exploration game based in the heart of New York City during the early 1950's. The player must use their cat-like skills to solve puzzles, string together clues, and navigate the city to solve the case of their owners murder.
Blacksad: Under the Skin
BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!
9 Lives
Step into a noir-inspired world of mystery, humor, and the supernatural in 9 Lives, a visual novel where your choices shape the story. Solve puzzles, uncover secrets, and navigate branching dialogue in a stunning black-and-white art style. Will you crack the case or get lost in the shadows?
BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!
Why similar: Noir 21.7%, Cats 17.6%, Crime 13.3%, Investigation 12.4%, Comic Book 11.3%
Step into a noir-inspired world of mystery, humor, and the supernatural in 9 Lives, a visual novel where your choices shape the story. Solve puzzles, uncover secrets, and navigate branching dialogue in a stunning black-and-white art style. Will you crack the case or get lost in the shadows?
Why similar: Noir 25.3%, Cats 19.8%, Crime 13.8%, Comic Book 13.4%, Investigation 10.7%
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 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Crime 12.6%, Comic Book 11.3%, Investigation 11%
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 22%, Crime 15%, Investigation 14.5%, Comic Book 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%
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: Investigation 17.8%, Noir 17.1%, Crime 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choices Matter 7.9%
An episodic co-op noir murder mystery. Play as one half of a crime-fighting duo: the detective Jack Finch and his police dog, Archie. Use your deduction skills and sense of smell to find evidence, interrogate suspects, and catch the culprit in a gritty story set in the Great Depression.
Why similar: Noir 25.2%, Investigation 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Comic Book 11.8%, Conversation 10.3%
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: Noir 18.9%, Investigation 17.3%, Crime 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Conversation 12.5%
SOS OPS 2 is an engaging multiplayer co-op PvP game about the hard life of the Robbers and Policemen. Choose your side, team up with friends, and steal something or fight the Gangs!
Why similar: Noir 24.9%, Crime 15.1%, Investigation 14.1%, America 13.9% ★, Hidden Object 8%
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 31.7%, Investigation 19.3%, Crime 15.9%, Comic Book 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
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 24%, Crime 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Investigation 12.6%, Choices Matter 6.4%
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 24.8%, Investigation 15%, Crime 14.9%, Comic Book 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
There's only one detective to unravel this murder turned museum heist... and they're the cat's meow. Interrogate a "colorful" cast of suspects until they cough up hairballs... and the truth. Will you wrap up the case in time for an afternoon nap, and make injustice knead its last biscuit?
Why similar: Noir 26.4%, Cats 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Conversation 11.5%, Investigation 9.3%
A complete time-loop detective story set in the 1940s — solve a case before it even happens in a single, self-contained sitting.
Why similar: Noir 20.5%, Investigation 18.2%, Crime 13.9%, Conversation 11.3%, Drama 6.8%
Murdered sisters, mind altering drugs and flying cities, to a case that goes way further than the banks of this one detective's little neighbourhood in this Indigenous cybernoir detective narrative adventure set in a post-post-apocalyptical future.
Why similar: Noir 27.6%, Investigation 18.8%, Crime 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Drama 7.6%
Build a criminal empire. Every choice shapes your rise - or your fall. A crime strategy and management game: make tough dialogue decisions, manage your crew, collect protection money, buy businesses, send operators on missions, and defend your territory from rival gangs.
Why similar: Noir 26.4%, Crime 21.6%, Investigation 11.7%, Conversation 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.
Why similar: Noir 25.8%, Investigation 17.3%, Crime 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Drama 7.7%
Join the Spooky Crew and uncover the secret of the Mask of the Mysterium in this point and click adventure game. An encounter with a masked figure leads the crew to investigate the secrets of a local museum.
Why similar: Investigation 16.8%, Crime 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Conversation 14.1%, Choices Matter 6.6%
17-year-old Hope Song returns home from school to find her parents missing. Use Hope’s observant eye as an artist to investigate, piece together clues, and uncover a dark world beneath the surface of her peaceful life in this non-linear narrative mystery game.
Why similar: Noir 24.9%, Investigation 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Psychological 7%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Noir 33.5%, Investigation 21.4%, Crime 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Puzzle 4.6%
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: Noir 29.3%, Comic Book 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Conversation 12.2%, Crime 9.2%
A wild tale of love, death, chickens, and redemption! Chicken Police is a buddy-cop noir adventure with a carefully crafted world, a gritty story, and absurd humor. The game mixes classic adventure games with visual novel-style storytelling, presented in a beak-droppingly unique art style.
Why similar: Noir 28.6%, Cats 19.5%, Crime 16.8%, Conversation 12.3%, America 9.1% ★
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 33.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Crime 17.4%, Drama 10%, Investigation 9.1%
The first short story from PolyCity. A point and click adventure delving into the dark and dirty polygonated corners of the City of angles... mostly right angles. The Affair follows a soft boiled/over easy private detective as he unpicks an organised crime syndicate operating across the city.
Why similar: Noir 32%, Investigation 19%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Crime 12.9%, Puzzle 7.1%
A story-rich detective mystery set in 1930s England. Investigate a murder inside a sprawling manor, interrogate suspicious residents, and make meaningful choices to uncover the truth — before Scotland Yard arrives.
Why similar: Crime 16.9%, Investigation 16.8%, Conversation 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choices Matter 8.5%
Solve crimes in VR. Investigate crime scenes, collect evidence with your hands, and reconstruct the truth by connecting clues back at your office. Every case challenges your observation, logic, and deduction.
Why similar: Noir 22.7%, Crime 16.5%, Investigation 16.1%, Stealth 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%
Become Rolando the Majestic and find out how he became the most powerful wizard to ever live! Explore parallel levels using magic and time-travel in a stealth based narrative adventure in order to take vengance against the men who took everything from him as a child.
Why similar: Noir 31.1%, Stealth 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Puzzle 8.4%, Investigation 5.9%
Symbols is a story-driven puzzle game that you can experience solo or with a friend. Investigate intriguing cases, uncover hidden clues, and piece together the mystery step by step. Follow every lead, examine every detail, and leave no stone unturned.
Why similar: Conversation 14.8%, Hidden Object 14%, Stealth 12.6%, Exploration 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.1%
On the cold planet of Noivesse lies a mysterious old school called Noiramore Academy. When one of the teachers is violently kidnapped during the night, and a student named Judith Hovern is the only witness, she must use her wit, powers, and puzzle-solving skills to save him.
Why similar: Noir 25.5%, Investigation 13.8%, Conversation 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Exploration 6.9%
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 26.5%, Investigation 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Crime 13.6%, Comic Book 10.6%
Use your investigating skills to solve Zephyr City’s most heinous crimes through the eyes of infamous detective Nick Spade. This steampunk noir city is a rats nest of secrets and lies. Do you have what it takes to earn the title The Ace of Spades?
Why similar: Noir 25%, Crime 16.9%, Stealth 16.7%, Investigation 15.9%, Stylized 6.3%
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 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Crime 11.8%, Investigation 10.7%, Choices Matter 7.9%
A comedy adventure game featuring classic inventory based puzzles. Arthur is a skeptic who dedicated his life to denying the paranormal. Murray is the electric Imp he accidentally summoned. Now Arthur must solve mysteries while bound to the very evidence of the supernatural itself.
Why similar: Noir 21.8%, Investigation 19.7%, Conversation 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Crime 12.2%
The camera doesn’t lie, but the truth isn’t always obvious. Photograph traces, gather evidence, link clues on the board, search police databases for key info, and identify the culprit and the next attack site. Each case is a standalone mystery waiting to be solved.
Why similar: Noir 25%, Investigation 22.1%, Crime 21.2%, Psychological 8.8%, Stylized 6.8%
Crime never rests... but thankfully, neither does Detective Bass! Put on your detective hat and help Detective Bass get to the bottom of a robbery, in this witty, narrative-driven detective game!
Why similar: Noir 35%, Crime 21.3%, Investigation 19%, Conversation 14.1%, Puzzle 5%
The Undying Sea is a first-person exploration title about dealing with death, exploring a city in decline, and reaching out a hand to those who need it on a long-decaying oceanic city filled with once immortal beings now way too aware that they aren't immortal anymore...
Why similar: Noir 30.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Investigation 14.8%, Drama 9.3%, Exploration 8.3%
Full Motion Voyeur is a dark FMV thriller with brutal gameplay: investigate video feeds, judge sinners, and feed them to a hungry Demon. Uncover buried secrets, grapple with moral choices, and decide if obeying the Demon to protect your loved ones is worth it. How far will you go to feed the Demon?
Why similar: Noir 21.2%, Investigation 17.4%, Crime 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Drama 8.7%
DETECTIVE The Motel is a deduction game where, to advance, you must take a pencil and a piece of paper and write down everything that seems like evidence in order to answer all the questions that arise. Solving the case will depend only on you.
Why similar: Crime 25%, Noir 21.3%, Investigation 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Exploration 8.3%
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 31.1%, Crime 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Investigation 12.1%, Drama 7.3%
A folk noir detective horror game. An old time detective trying to find out the truth behind a missing girl in a mysterious place.
Why similar: Noir 30.9%, Investigation 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Hidden Object 8.9%, Psychological 7.7%
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 26%, Crime 16.3%, Investigation 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Conversation 12.8%
Uncover high drama in this whodunnit set in a small-town community theater. Gather clues by investigating the sets, casts and backstage crews of 10 theatrical productions, and piece together the story of each deadly crime.
Why similar: Noir 27.4%, Cats 19.2%, Crime 14.5%, Investigation 13.8%, Exploration 8.1%
What happens when a video game character is self-aware? Cadulium is a mystery science fiction adventure video game.
Why similar: Noir 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Investigation 14.4%, Comic Book 8.8%, Choices Matter 8.7%
Olivia Herrera's closest friend Kyle went missing at a frat house two years ago. A party at that frat house is her chance to investigate what happened to him, and get to the bottom of a strange connection she shares with her former group of friends.
Why similar: Investigation 18%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, America 14.4% ★, Conversation 14.1%, Drama 8.6%
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 26.8%, Crime 17.1%, Investigation 17%, Conversation 15.6%, Choices Matter 7.5%
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 29.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Comic Book 15.5%, Conversation 13.8%, Crime 12.5%
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: Noir 22.7%, Investigation 19.3%, Conversation 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Drama 9.6%
A short interlude from the world of The Slaughter.
Why similar: Noir 33.3%, Crime 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Investigation 9%, Hidden Object 7.9%
Detective Dana is a 2D story-rich game about an Arabic police officer investigating murder cases. Investigate the crime scene, interrogate the witnesses, solve the mysteries and uncover the secrets until you catch the criminal!
Why similar: Noir 25.8%, Crime 15.8%, Conversation 14.2%, Hidden Object 10.6%, Exploration 8.3%
In Demand-Dial Exorcist, you play a demon hunter solving eerie puzzles. Investigate clues, place ritual items on the pentagram, and banish demons before they claim you as their next victim.
Why similar: Noir 49.7%, Adventure 14.2%, Puzzle 14.1%, Exploration 14%, 3D 8%
Become a tattoo artist in Russian Prison. Get introduced to tattoo iconography and special meanings of Russian Prison tattoos
Why similar: Crime 23.5%, Noir 23%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Conversation 12.7%, Choices Matter 8.4%
Play as the Cat Detective Albert Wilde. Walk, talk, interrogate, joke, solve a mystery, and experience an old film noir setting with humanoid animal characters. A story of quantum theory and parallel universes served with a lot of humour.
Why similar: Noir 21.6%, Cats 16.9%, Crime 16.3%, Investigation 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
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 28.6%, Investigation 18.1%, Crime 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Comic Book 12.9%
13: Origin is a web of clues that you must follow and not miss, as in most room escape/puzzle games. As you untie each knotted loop, you will realize how long and endless the thread you hold on to the end is.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Investigation 18.4%, Stealth 12.5%, Hidden Object 12.3%, Puzzle 9.1%
Choose Your Story: Choices & Decisions game, Mystery visual novel adventure game
Why similar: Noir 36.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Crime 17.7%, Conversation 11%, Adventure 7.9%
Make your choice! Are you an ally or enemy of the monsters living right beneath your feet? Take control of a brother and ghostly sister to discover the mystery of your town, as well as life and death itself.
Why similar: Stealth 29.3%, Investigation 19.2%, Choices Matter 16%, Cats 14.9%, Puzzle 9.3%
Man I Just Wanna Go Home is an "MSPaint-noir" visual novel with 13 endings, a unique visual style and a killer 80s inspired soundtrack. The story revolves around a delivery person stranded in an unfamiliar part of the city under the devastating rain. All he wants is to get home. Help him!
Why similar: Noir 34.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Comic Book 18.8%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Crime 7.5%
Lucrom City’s notorious asylum has been overrun by a recently caught sadistic mastermind - the Unraveler. He’s willing to negotiate before he starts killing the hostages on one condition. He gets to speak to one person - Hank, his captor.
Why similar: Noir 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Comic Book 14.5%, Stealth 12.1%, Exploration 7.6%
GRAYWOOD is a 1950s crime comic-inspired graphic adventure. Investigate crime scenes, craft your own lines of questioning, and organize your findings on your corkboard all while navigating a morally-testing narrative. Respect the law, follow your conscience, or abuse your power to save your family.
Why similar: Noir 34.1%, Crime 19.6%, Investigation 16.2%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Drama 7.4%
A luxury cruise takes an unexpected turn when a passenger is gruesomely turned into fillet - and it's up to Detective Bass to deliver some justice in this short narrative-driven detective game!
Why similar: Noir 31.2%, Crime 19.8%, Investigation 18%, Conversation 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
