60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Noir, Story Rich, Investigation.
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.
Criminal Archives: Blade of Deceit Collector's Edition
A judge's body is discovered with a clean cut across his jugular, setting the stage for an intense puzzle of motives and clues.
Criminal Archives: Murder in the Pages Collector's Edition
There's no such thing as a perfect crime! You have to solve a series of mysterious murders in San Francisco. It turns out that this bright city has its own dark side...
A judge's body is discovered with a clean cut across his jugular, setting the stage for an intense puzzle of motives and clues.
Why similar: Noir 20.8%, Detective 15.2%, Point & Click 11.7%, Thriller 7.9%, Puzzle 6.8%
There's no such thing as a perfect crime! You have to solve a series of mysterious murders in San Francisco. It turns out that this bright city has its own dark side...
Why similar: Noir 19.4%, Detective 15.4%, Point & Click 11.9%, Thriller 7.9%, Crime 7.7%
The line between life and death is as thin as the autumn breeze. Will you escape, or will Darkwood claim you as another victim of its harvest?
Why similar: Noir 19.3%, Detective 15.4%, Point & Click 11.9%, Thriller 7.9%, Crime 7.7%
Can you solve the riddle of the disappearing visitors before you lose yourself in the gallery’s macabre beauty?
Why similar: Noir 21.6%, Detective 13.8%, Point & Click 12.1%, Thriller 8.3%, Crime 7.5%
San Francisco is shaken by a chain of horrible murders. You are the only one that can bring to justice a masked arsonist calling himself the Plague Doctor. Are you strong enough to face the challenge?
Why similar: Noir 19.1%, Detective 14.4%, Crime 10.7%, Point & Click 10%, Thriller 8.7%
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%, Detective 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Crime 10.6%, Puzzle 6.5%
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: Detective 15.2%, Noir 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Point & Click 9.8%, Crime 9%
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: Detective 19.8%, Crime 12.2%, Noir 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Investigation 9.2%
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 18.5%, Detective 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Thriller 10%, Crime 9.6%
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 19%, Detective 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Thriller 9.9%, Crime 9%
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
Why similar: Noir 18.6%, Detective 14.7%, Point & Click 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Investigation 8.4%
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: Detective 16.6%, Noir 15.2%, Point & Click 10.6%, Crime 10.6%, Thriller 10.3%
A supernatural mystery where perspective informs reality. Guide agents from the Eventide Agency through paranormal investigations across a neon-soaked cityscape. Explore, collect clues, and interpret the evidence to uncover the facts of each case and expose a deeper truth.
Why similar: Noir 21.2%, Detective 17.1%, Point & Click 13.2%, Investigation 8.3%, Puzzle 8%
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: Detective 16.8%, Noir 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Crime 10%, Investigation 8.6%
A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
Why similar: Noir 17.6%, Detective 16.6%, Point & Click 11%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%, Crime 8.5%
A mystery psychological thriller visual novel set in 2000. Follow a serial murder case through the eyes of three characters: the woman, the man, and the detective. With live-action backgrounds and silhouetted characters, every choice branches the story, and one wrong move means game over.
Why similar: Detective 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Noir 13.3%, Crime 12.7%, Thriller 11.7%
A short interlude from the world of The Slaughter.
Why similar: Noir 23.6%, Detective 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Point & Click 12.4%, Crime 9.9%
A desktop-detective mystery where you’re tasked with investigating an unsolved murder. Scour case files and use logic and deduction to discover the truth of a thrilling story.
Why similar: Detective 16%, Noir 11.1%, Logic 10.3%, Point & Click 10.2%, Crime 9.7%
1954. You killed a man. Now cover your tracks. Getting Away With Murder is a noir point-and-click mystery where every decision is about what you leave behind and whether anyone will find it.
Why similar: Noir 30.5%, Detective 19.4%, Point & Click 18.8%, Crime 10.1%, Mystery 8.7%
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 19.7%, Detective 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Investigation 8.9%, Point & Click 8.4%
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
Why similar: Detective 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Point & Click 10.4%, Thriller 9.8%, Investigation 9.1%
Science has never been more dangerous! Death is in the air... Sounds pretty ominous, doesn't it? Help the twin detectives solve a new case!
Why similar: Noir 20%, Detective 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Point & Click 10.6%, Thriller 8.8%
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 30%, Detective 16.7%, Puzzle 9.9%, Crime 7.2%, Choices Matter 6.9%
As a young private investigator trainee in 2006, you dive into the early internet - social profiles, websites, photos, and archived news - to uncover the truth behind Emily Parker’s death, ruled as an accident after a late-night gathering
Why similar: Detective 22.7%, Point & Click 11.8%, Crime 10.2%, Investigation 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
To save your life, an underground resistance group fused you with a hostile entity. Now as 'partners', you need to work as investigators to pay off your debt… and find out what truly happened to you.
Why similar: Noir 16.9%, Detective 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Difficult 9.6%, Thriller 9.1%
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Point & Click 13.1%, Puzzle 10.1%, Investigation 9.4%, Mystery 9.1%
"Your job is to write the death certificate." In 1959, a mysterious death awaits inside a grand British manor. Investigate eerie scenes and complete forensic documents, including death certificates and emergency reports. Stylish 1960s detective comic art. Perfect for fans of vintage whodunits.
Why similar: Detective 14.7%, Crime 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Thriller 10.3%, Point & Click 10.1%
Istanbul, after midnight. Black File is a noir detective game: investigate crime scenes, examine evidence in 3D — rotate it, zoom in, read the back — then use what you find to break a suspect's story.
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Noir 19.6%, Point & Click 11.9%, Investigation 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
Solve a variety of perplexing cases in the sleuthing shoes of Detective Hindsight - who gets help from Phoebe: a young orphaned girl with dreams of being a storyteller and powers to look into the past. Uncover the truth with her sketches done in crayon. The catch? She can't draw very well.
Why similar: Detective 25.9%, Investigation 10.9%, Point & Click 9.7%, Thriller 9.1%, Puzzle 8.9%
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: Detective 18.8%, Noir 13.6%, Crime 12.9%, Thriller 10%, Investigation 9.7%
Noir gamebook, now fully in English. 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.
Why similar: Noir 23.2%, Detective 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Crime 8.2%, Difficult 7.8%
Become private detective Dennis Monroe, a relentless investigator driven to catch the infamous "Epiphany Killer," a shadowy figure who has haunted the city for over twenty years. Every clue draws you closer to the truth, but danger lurks behind every revelation.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Noir 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Point & Click 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
A point-and-click mystery game. Search for the truth in 26 days, playing as two different characters, in a town during 1907.
Why similar: Noir 26.8%, Detective 14.7%, Point & Click 14.4%, Crime 10.2%, Investigation 7.8%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Noir 26.2%, Detective 19.3%, Crime 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Investigation 10.1%
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline during the cold war on a globe-trotting adventure following a trail of spies from a quiet English harbour town to a frozen Finnish fishing village and the corridors of an intelligence service rotten at its core.
Why similar: Noir 16.8%, Detective 16.6%, Point & Click 11.3%, Investigation 8.9%, Crime 8.8%
Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre and investigate the murder of a controversial country priest in this gripping historical detective thriller.
Why similar: Noir 19.5%, Detective 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Point & Click 13.6%, Thriller 9.7%
Jack Beckham is found dead, hanging in his apartment alone. Police rule it a suicide. His father, refusing to accept the conclusion, hires you to investigate. Delve into the clues left behind in his apartment to discover what really happened.
Why similar: Noir 27.2%, Detective 20.4%, Investigation 9.9%, Puzzle 8%, Mystery 7.5%
A dark noir detective story starring a not-so-bright pug. Combine clues, build chains of deductions, and solve a murder — even if your reasoning isn’t always… impressive.
Why similar: Detective 27.5%, Noir 22.7%, Puzzle 10%, Point & Click 9.4%, Mystery 8.5%
After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…
Why similar: Point & Click 25.4%, Noir 21.4%, Detective 18.7%, Mystery 7.6%, Thriller 6.2%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Noir 20.3%, Detective 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Investigation 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.6%
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: Detective 18%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Crime 13.5%, Point & Click 11.6%, Investigation 9%
Point-and-click adventure game with a thrilling, Native American-inspired narrative. Use your wit to solve fun and challenging puzzles as you explore and interact with the townsfolk of Birchwood Hollow and the Native reservation. Secrets will be uncovered, and truths revealed, as the leaves fall.
Why similar: Detective 16.3%, Point & Click 14.3%, Thriller 10.9%, Crime 8.7%, Investigation 7.9%
A point-and-click adventure with innovative detective mechanics. Help Ollie, a fledgling reporter on his first day at the Signal & Echo newspaper, to solve the mystery behind a schoolgirl's disappearance. Developed by an ex-journalist.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Point & Click 16.3%, Investigation 11.4%, Puzzle 8.3%, Interactive Fiction 8%
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 20.9%, Detective 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Crime 10.7%, Thriller 10.2%
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 18.1%, Detective 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Crime 10.2%, Point & Click 9.6%
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Noir 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Detective 13.8%, Crime 11.3%, Choices Matter 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 26.7%, Detective 19.1%, Point & Click 11.4%, Crime 10.9%, Investigation 9.8%
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 21.6%, Detective 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Point & Click 11.2%, Crime 9.4%
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to solve the cold case of her father's murder.
Why similar: Detective 16.6%, Noir 15.9%, Point & Click 13.8%, Thriller 10.8%, Investigation 8.7%
A monster-themed deduction game focused on solving brutal murders. Investigate crime scenes by uncovering hidden evidence, analyzing fingerprints, and testing blood samples. Identify the killer, determine the creature responsible, and solve seven thrilling cases
Why similar: Noir 28%, Detective 23.6%, Crime 12.3%, Investigation 11%, Mystery 8.3%
A turn-based Clue-inspired detective game where you get to solve a murder mystery by interrogating paintings.
Why similar: Noir 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Detective 15.1%, Point & Click 12.3%, Puzzle 7.3%
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 25.4%, Detective 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Crime 12.3%, Choices Matter 6%
The greatest detective in São Paolo is dead, and you are the prime suspect in his death. Investigate the detective's past cases, unravel the web of mysteries that binds the great city, and prove your innocence. Enigmatic letters, hidden secrets, and one certainty: Every story has two sides.
Why similar: Noir 29.1%, Detective 22.8%, Investigation 10.5%, Logic 8.2%, Point & Click 8%
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 20.1%, Detective 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Crime 11.2%, Point & Click 9.6%
Demo updated for the Detective Fest! Step into detective Brian Storm’s shoes and unravel a grim 17th-century mystery. Interrogate villagers, gather clues, and piece together the evidence in a deduction system where every secret matters.
Why similar: Detective 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Crime 11.9%, Thriller 10.9%, Logic 8%
A detective vanished. An office locked from the inside. You were his last appointment. Investigate every corner and uncover what Dean Archer hid. A noir point & click adventure in a city that prefers not to look.
Why similar: Noir 26%, Detective 20.2%, Point & Click 10.5%, Crime 9.1%, Thriller 8%
A dark narrative adventure in the spirit of Northern Noir, set in an alternate Russia of 1929. Explore forgotten places, uncover fragments of lost coordinates, and follow a family mystery beyond the Barents Sea.
Why similar: Noir 34.1%, Detective 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Noir 18.9%, Detective 16.9%, Thriller 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Point & Click 9.1%
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: Noir 18.3%, Detective 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Logic 7.8%, Choices Matter 7.6%
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 23.2%, Detective 21.5%, Crime 12%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%, Investigation 8.1%
