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 21.4%, Cats 16.9%, Crime 12.5%, Investigation 11.8%, 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 25.1%, Cats 19.6%, Crime 13.6%, Comic Book 13.4%, Investigation 10.6%
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 12.5%, Crime 12.4%, Comic Book 11.5%, Investigation 10.9%
Hauma is a deduction visual novel set in Munich. Discover a conspiracy amongst the upper echelons of society alongside former detective Judith, while visiting real locations in a comic-inspired look.
Why similar: Noir 21.9%, Crime 14.8%, Investigation 14.3%, Comic Book 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%
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 24.6%, Investigation 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Comic Book 11.6%, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%
Play as Ollie and Spade, a rebel and detective, on both sides of a high-profile murder case, in a dual-character investigative-stealth experience. Discover the secrets plaguing the citizens of Andropolis.
Why similar: Noir 20%, Stealth 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Investigation 11%, Hidden Object 8.5%
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Noir 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Crime 16%, Investigation 13.6%, Choices Matter 9.6%
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 14.9%, Crime 14.6%, Comic Book 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
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 24.2%, Crime 17%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Investigation 12.6%, Puzzle 6.5%
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 24.7%, Crime 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Investigation 12.8%, Choices Matter 6.9%
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 31.6%, Investigation 19%, Crime 15.5%, Comic Book 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
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 31%, Investigation 20.5%, Crime 15%, Dialogue Heavy 11%, Choices Matter 5.6%
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 17.2%, Crime 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%
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 28.3%, Comic Book 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Crime 8.8%
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 26.3%, Cats 25%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Investigation 9.2%
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 28.8%, Investigation 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Hidden Object 8.5%, Dialogue Heavy 7.2%
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 18.3%, Noir 17.7%, Crime 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choices Matter 8%
You are a field agent with the criminal investigation unit: sweep the scene, photograph it, bag the evidence and pin it to your board until one name is left. Five cases, 31 suspects, 83 pieces of evidence, no quest markers. Nobody confirms your theory: you sign the accusation.
Why similar: Noir 23%, Crime 16.9%, Investigation 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Stealth 10.5%
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 16.7%, Crime 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Choices Matter 6.4%
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 24.3%, Stealth 16.3%, Crime 16.2%, Investigation 15.3%, Stylized 5.9%
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 25.1%, Crime 15.9%, Investigation 15.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Choices Matter 6.9%
17-year-old Hope Song thought the national exams were her biggest worry... until she got home to a ransacked apartment and two missing parents. Investigate through the eyes of an artist, turn sketches into evidence, and watch her family's mystery grow stranger and darker with every answer.
Why similar: Noir 25%, Investigation 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Psychological 6.9%
Truth hides in the details. Investigate crime scenes, photograph evidence, analyze case files, and search the police database. Connect clues on the detective board, return to locations when something does not add up, and identify the culprit in each standalone case.
Why similar: Noir 25.2%, Investigation 22.1%, Crime 21.1%, Psychological 8.7%, Stylized 6.6%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Noir 33.6%, Investigation 21.3%, Crime 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Puzzle 4.7%
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 31.6%, Investigation 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Crime 12.5%, Puzzle 7.2%
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 23.1%, Investigation 16.9%, Crime 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%
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 29%, Investigation 19.6%, Crime 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Stylized 7%
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 27.9%, Investigation 18.1%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Cats 14.1%, Puzzle 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 26.3%, Investigation 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Crime 13.3%, Comic Book 10.7%
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 25.3%, Investigation 13.6%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Third Person 6.9%
Become a tattoo artist in Russian Prison. Get introduced to tattoo iconography and special meanings of Russian Prison tattoos
Why similar: Crime 22.3%, Noir 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.8%, Choices Matter 7.9%
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 22%, Investigation 19.3%, Crime 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Puzzle 6.9%
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 21.9%, Cats 16.8%, Crime 16%, Investigation 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 11%
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 32.4%, Crime 19%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Investigation 12.5%, Choices Matter 7%
Federal Cadet is a single-player police simulation and investigation game. Start as a cadet in Pinewood, patrol the town, question witnesses and suspects, analyze evidence, and rise through the department ranks.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, Crime 17.1%, Investigation 14.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.3%, Exploration 8.8%
Dust, blood, and lies. Salvation’s Edge, 1899 — a dying town where you’re a killer, a thief, and a fraud — handed a dead man’s badge and told to solve a murder. Do they deserve redemption? Do you? Or will everyone forever be MARKED?
Why similar: Noir 30.8%, Investigation 18.7%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Crime 11.4%, Choices Matter 7.3%
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 27.9%, Investigation 17.5%, Crime 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Comic Book 12.7%
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 27.3%, Crime 16.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14%, Investigation 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%
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 34.9%, Crime 21%, Investigation 18.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Puzzle 5.1%
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 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Crime 11.7%, Investigation 10.7%, Choices Matter 7.8%
Choose Your Story: Choices & Decisions game, Mystery visual novel adventure game
Why similar: Noir 35.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Crime 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11.1%, Adventure 7.9%
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%, Investigation 14.3%, Comic Book 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.5%
Winchester, 1906. Arabella Ravencroft is dead, and nine suspects are trapped inside a mansion. You are Inspector Hartwell. Combine clues to forge facts, break their lies, and solve the case. The story doesn't unlock with keys or puzzles. It unlocks through what you can prove.
Why similar: Noir 37.9%, Investigation 22.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Crime 13.1%, Logic 5.4%
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 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Comic Book 15.6%, Dialogue Heavy 14.4%, Crime 12.3%
Step into the shoes of a rising crime boss in this gritty strategy and management game. Extort local businesses, manage a crew of specialized operatives, and outsmart rival gangs in high-stakes dialogue. Will you build your empire in the shadows, or let the streets run red?
Why similar: Noir 30.6%, Crime 23.6%, Investigation 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Dialogue Heavy 9%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Noir 27.3%, Investigation 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Crime 11.1%
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 49.3%, Adventure 14.5%, Puzzle 14.3%, Exploration 13.9%, 3D 7.9%
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 27.9%, Investigation 18.7%, Crime 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Logic 6.6%
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 37.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Crime 18.8%, Investigation 9.9%, Adventure 5.7%
A short interlude from the world of The Slaughter.
Why similar: Noir 33.3%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Crime 16.9%, Investigation 8.9%, Hidden Object 8.1%
Murder. Nothin’ nice about it. In this old school detective adventure, step into the boots of whip-smart Inspector Waffles and travel the city to track hidden clues, interrogate shady suspects, and unravel a dangerous mystery. But be warned: curiosity killed the cat...
Why similar: Noir 33.1%, Cats 21.8%, Crime 18.5%, Investigation 13.5%, Hidden Object 5.8%
London, 1889. Step into the shoes of a young detective in this hand-drawn, point-and-click mystery. Explore the dark halls of Seraphim House, illuminate the shadows, and interrogate suspects to solve a complex locked-room murder. Will you accuse the right person?
Why similar: Noir 30.9%, Investigation 23.4%, Crime 10.4%, Hidden Object 9.8%, Exploration 8.1%
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 34.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Comic Book 18.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Crime 7.3%
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 32.1%, Stealth 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Puzzle 8.8%, Investigation 6%
Investigate a replayable Hollywood murder mystery where everyone has something to hide. Question guests, uncover contradictions, and identify the killer before they escape justice.
Why similar: Investigation 21.9%, Crime 21.5%, Noir 18.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 8%
A text-driven noir murder mystery where you literally read the room. Search for clues in the text, photograph evidence, and interrogate suspects to solve the murder of fashion icon Margot Voss.
Why similar: Noir 26%, Investigation 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%, Comic Book 11%
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 20.7%, Investigation 18.2%, Hidden Object 12.6%, Stealth 12.5%, Puzzle 9.2%
Every clue tells a different story. Investigate intriguing cases, uncover hidden details, and piece together the mystery step by step — alone or with someone who sees what you can’t. Each player uncovers different clues, so follow every lead until the truth reveals itself.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Hidden Object 15.1%, Stealth 13.4%, Exploration 11.8%, Puzzle 9.5%
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 42.3%, Crime 12.3%, Investigation 11.2%, Puzzle 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.9%
