- #1 MoriA.I.RTy
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Meat Games
Windows
In the not-so-distant future, a robot witnesses a shocking event and stores the last image it sees in an encrypted memory bank. The player assigned to this robot must scroll through its memories to piece together a visual story and solve the mystery of what happened.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Noir 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Puzzle 10.3%, Detective 8.2%
- #2 Demand Dial Exorcist
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tvejzer Games
Windows
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 48.3%, Adventure 23.9%, Puzzle 17%, Exploration 10.8%
- #3 Beyond The Mist
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YliaderPub: RAWRLAB Games
Windows
M. Webb, the I.S.C. requests your immediate presence. Our previous keeper has vanished without explanation. A replacement is needed at once for the offshore lighthouse under our care. Report to the local office of the company as soon as possible. Do not be late.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Noir 26.3%, Adventure 13.7%, Puzzle 10.7%, 1980s 9.4%
- #4 Echoes of Madness - The Hawthorne Case
95% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Mr.Bane Games
Windows
Detective Norman faces one of the longest nights of his career. Alone, he searches for the missing girl, Felicia, only to discover that this case runs far deeper than he ever imagined.
Why similar: Noir 36.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Adventure 15%, Detective 10.3%, Narration 6.5%
- #5 Perfore the pré-adventure
94% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Triolet noire
Windows
Groi Marito meets Princess Carolanne because he wants to build a mine to help him achieve his goals.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Adventure 18.8%, Puzzle 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%
- #6 Fragment
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Omaj
Windows
Join a boy named Timothy and his alien friend Gus on a journey of self discovery as they explore the colorful world of Fragment.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32%, Adventure 19.3%, Puzzle 14.7%, 1980s 13.7%, Exploration 8.7%
- #7 The Gate
93% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Nexus Media
Windows
The Gate is an interactive science fiction graphic novel. At various points in the story, you will be asked to make a choice, these choices will take you down different paths in the story. Your objective as you guide the story is to return back to earth. The game features 3 possible story endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Adventure 22%, 2D 5.2%, Choices Matter 4.9%
- #8 A Study in Blue
92% 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 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Detective 12.9%, Exploration 6.5%
- #9 Skool Days
91% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Detective 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Isometric 10.5%, Puzzle 10%
- #10 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Munitions Mori
Windows · Mac · Linux
IBH is a rich role playing game at the end of time. You're a mid-level official in a dying sci-fi regime, given the impossible task of fixing a faltering machine; explore a vast world, define your mind, flex your authority, and become a sinner or a savior in countless other stories.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Noir 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Exploration 6.7%, Choices Matter 4.2%
- #11 Lavender Field
90% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: KamilaFoxGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
An atmospheric visual novel with puzzle elements and a nonlinear storyline.
Why similar: Noir 46%, Adventure 11%, Narration 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%, 1980s 5.3%
- #12 Scarlet Enigma
89% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Braveforge
Windows
Investigate a chilling birthday murder in a branching mystery filled with secrets, suspects, and puzzles. Uncover the truth, bend time, and stop the killer before reality begins to unravel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Adventure 17.5%, Puzzle 13.8%, Detective 8%
- #13 Lacuna: Prologue
89% matchVery Positive91% of 170 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
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 35.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Detective 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Adventure 7.7%
- #14 Next of Kin: Epiphany
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spelkväll Games
Windows
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: Noir 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Detective 16.3%, Adventure 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
- #15 DnD Adventure: Rogue's Choice
87% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: CCSPub: Delight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
With debts to pay to the underworld, you need to make a lot of coin fast! Perhaps worse, you're wanted by the King's men for desertion. Survival is your first priority...
Why similar: Noir 29%, Interactive Fiction 29%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Adventure 7.4%, 2D 3.7%
- #16 Strange Investigations: Two for Solitaire Collector's Edition
86% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: ElephantPub: BFG Entertainment
Windows
An investigation into a fellow detective’s death uncovers details of his last case – and now Dana may be the next target!
Why similar: Noir 33.3%, Interactive Fiction 28.8%, Adventure 17%, Detective 11%, Narration 6.4%
- #17 DDD: Demons Double Down
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: WirionPub: ST SInovar
Windows · Mac
Sometimes loneliness pushes us into strange, risky choices. A nightclub that wasn’t here yesterday. Mysterious strangers—each leaving more questions than answers. Just one short night that simply won’t end. What could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Noir 42.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Adventure 6.9%, Story Rich 5%
- #18 Man I Just Wanna Go Home
84% matchVery Positive95% of 720 reviews2024
Dev: JZPS Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
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 37%, Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Choices Matter 4.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.2%
- #19 Who Killed Mr. White?
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: notagamestudio
Windows
A turn-based Clue-inspired detective game where you get to solve a murder mystery by interrogating paintings.
Why similar: Noir 32.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Detective 11.4%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #20 The Final Print
84% matchPositive88% of 40 reviews2025
Dev: Dummy DetectivesPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
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 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Detective 14%, Puzzle 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
- #21 Searchbar Detective
83% 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: Noir 26%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Detective 12.8%, Puzzle 9.3%, Exploration 6.6%
- #22 Crime or Punishment
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Scale Issue
Windows
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 45.2%, Puzzle 13.7%, Detective 13.4%, Adventure 10.4%, 2D 4.7%
- #23 Sunset High
81% 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 31.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Detective 10.8%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #24 Death in the Manor
80% 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: Noir 33.1%, Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Isometric 16.4%, Puzzle 11.6%, Adventure 5.3%
- #25 The Last Case of John Morley
79% matchVery Positive84% of 289 reviews2025
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive StoriesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.
Why similar: Noir 35%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Detective 13.3%, Puzzle 9.3%, Adventure 8.6%
- #26 Inexplicable Deaths In Damipolis: Inner Thoughts
82% 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 40.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Detective 12.7%, Narration 8.8%, Exploration 6.7%
- #27 Whispers of Kelsden
78% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Sunwake Games
Windows
Solve five carefully crafted detective cases as Andrew Bell, a private investigator haunted by loss. In the fictional city of Kelsden, every decision matters in this linear, puzzle driven mystery game where time is important.
Why similar: Noir 32.9%, Adventure 20%, Puzzle 15.4%, Detective 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
- #28 Rolando The Majestic
79% matchMixed68% of 47 reviews2022
Dev: Purple Hat Games
Windows
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 35.4%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Puzzle 11.8%, Adventure 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
- #29 PataNoir
81% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: Simon ChristiansenPub: SiChris Productions
Windows
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 33.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Puzzle 8.7%, Detective 8.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%
- #30 Detective Turtletop: Who Killed Harambe?
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Turtletop Software
Windows
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: Noir 39.3%, Interactive Fiction 34.6%, Detective 10.2%, Adventure 8.8%, 2D 3.3%
- #31 Bunny Mazes
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: DillyFrame
Windows
Bunny Mazes is a 2D maze game where you need to make your way through 50 levels, consisting of 500 mazes, within time limit. Collect time bonuses, avoid dangers and decide what path to go to complete all the mazes.
Why similar: Noir 53.4%, Puzzle 20.7%, Adventure 12.4%, 2D 7%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #32 Where the City Ends
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: M. P. Studio
Windows
A melancholic atmospheric game about energy management, introversion, and finding peace in an overwhelming modern city. Every decision costs energy. Nature helps you survive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Adventure 18.4%, Puzzle 13.7%, Exploration 8.2%
- #33 Critical Interrogator: Messiah Hunt
76% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Benedict King
Windows
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 34.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Detective 12.2%, Puzzle 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%
- #34 Man of Nollyn
74% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Slater Chae
Windows
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Noir 39.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Detective 15.6%, Puzzle 6.7%, Adventure 5.8%
- #35 Jim's Nightmare: Chapter 1
75% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: Pumpkiny GamesPub: Sky Den Games
Windows
Go ahead and take on this psychological point and click puzzle adventure. Uncover the truth behind Jim’s shady past, his current mental illness and his peerless journey to vanquish a madman!
Why similar: Noir 32.4%, Isometric 15.3%, Detective 12.7%, Puzzle 8.8%, Adventure 6.3%
- #36 BUGFIXER INO
75% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: cyberspace8bit
Windows
PC-98Like command-select adventure/visual novel Witness bugfixer Ino's quest with realistic FM sound
Why similar: Noir 35.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Adventure 19.7%, Detective 12%, 2D 4.9%
- #37 A MANSION on the HILL
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: DIRIGO GAMES
Windows
ATMOSPHERIC UNDERGROUND ADVENTURE. You seek revenge against the oligarch who destroyed your family. Is killing ever justified?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Adventure 20.2%, Story Rich 5.6%, 2D 3.7%
- #38 Vanakan
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Erik Khachatryan
Windows
Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Adventure 21.3%, 2D 5.3%, Choices Matter 4.6%
- #39 Noir Syndrome
76% matchMixed67% of 183 reviews2014
Dev: Glass Knuckle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Noir Syndrome is a procedurally generated Detective Murder-Mystery with a new story every time! Featuring slick pixel art animations and a jazzy soundtrack, the player is thrown right in to a highly stylized vision of film noir.
Why similar: Noir 57.6%, Adventure 17.4%, Detective 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%, Indie 4%
- #40 PRAVDA(concept25)
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Floating Stone Studio
Windows
Pravda is a narrative stealth-puzzle about journalism under a totalitarian regime. You play Saga, a state-branded “Liar” working for the Resistance to bring down the Party. Your task is clear: Collect information. Craft the truth. Change the world. But in Abil-Gudit, every truth has a cost.
Why similar: Noir 33.9%, Interactive Fiction 30.3%, Puzzle 12.2%, Detective 11.1%, Adventure 5.6%
- #41 Encounter: A 8-Bit Noir Adventure...
72% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Defence Force
Windows
Race against time to save a kidnapped teen in 2 hours! Play as a cunning PI, diving into a thrilling mystery. Type commands for retro vibes or use arrow keys to pick actions, crafting solutions to conquer obstacles in this classic-meets-modern adventure. Can you crack the case?
Why similar: Noir 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Detective 13.6%, Adventure 8.2%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #42 Noir Storm
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Diskeletton Studios
Windows
Take on the role of a private detective who, intercepted by a MOSSAD spy on the city of Buenos Aires in 1952, is drawn into a dangerous odyssey against exiles from the Third Reich and the inminent threat of a new and unprecedented weapon of mass destruction.
Why similar: Noir 35.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Detective 13.8%, Adventure 7%, Puzzle 6.3%
- #43 The Incident Room
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ludotronics
Windows
A 2–4 player cooperative supernatural horror investigation about intervening in recorded tragedies. The opening chapter unfolds in a fog-shrouded 1700s coastal town, where players inhabit different townsfolk and act within a relentless final hour before the outcome becomes irreversible.
Why similar: Noir 33.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Detective 11%, Adventure 8.5%
- #44 Subway Story
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Spawn Cube
Windows · Mac
A narrative-driven exploration game set in the New York City subway, where you ride trains, interact with strangers, and make choices that shape how the city's underbelly responds.
Why similar: Noir 29.5%, Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Adventure 16.8%, Puzzle 11.8%, Exploration 7.1%
- #45 Let Bions Be Bygones
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 122 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 35.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Detective 12.5%, Choices Matter 4.3%
- #46 Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,574 reviews2025
Dev: Happy Broccoli Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!
Why similar: Noir 38.2%, Detective 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Adventure 10.1%, Puzzle 6.4%
- #47 Domum
71% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Forgotten Code
Windows
Unravel the dark past of a once beautiful estate in this disturbing top-down adventure game. Solve puzzles, unlock multiple endings, and experience imagery you will never forget as you determine the fate of those that tormented you.
Why similar: Noir 36.5%, Interactive Fiction 29.9%, Adventure 12.2%, Exploration 8.1%, 2D 4.2%
- #48 Cross Country Case
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Space Cat StudioPub: Microwavebread
Windows
You are a detective on a rogue manhunt through the beautiful country of Italy. Gather clues, interview witnesses and uncover dark secrets to solve the case. Follow your own path to the solution in this 1970's noir crime road-trip.
Why similar: Noir 40.3%, Detective 17.7%, Puzzle 11.6%, Adventure 10.9%, Exploration 6.3%
- #49 Detective Stories (Logical hardcore)
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KreizLand Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hardcode logical detective game. Only a few clues will help finding murderer. Was it just an accident or a murder? Thief broke in to steal something? Money? Or was it just a broken heart revenge? Well, you`ve got a chance to solve this case...
Why similar: Noir 31.8%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Puzzle 12.8%, Adventure 11%, Exploration 7.6%
- #50 Loretta
69% matchVery Positive93% of 421 reviews2023
Dev: BonereadersPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Loretta is a psychological thriller that makes the player an accessory to the heroine’s crimes, leading her through a self-crafted nightmare. Loretta’s story revolves around a woman handling betrayal, her husband’s infidelity, and reclaiming her agency during the socially tumultuous 1940s.
Why similar: Noir 31.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Adventure 7.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
- #51 Operation Blackfox
71% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Nexus Media
Windows
Operation Blackfox is an interactive graphic novel. At various points in the story, you will be asked to make a choice, these choices will take you down different paths in the story. Your objective is to rescue as many characters as possible. The game features 3 possible story endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Adventure 22%, 2D 5.2%, Choices Matter 4.9%
- #52 The Slaughter: Magdalene
69% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: Alex FrancoisPub: Brainchild
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short interlude from the world of The Slaughter.
Why similar: Noir 38.6%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Detective 13.8%, Adventure 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
- #53 Spellbound: A Detective´s Tale
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neon Finch Games S.L
Windows
Spellbound a detective´s tale is a Vr Noir/ Medieval fantasy inspired scape room in wich every time you start a new game every puzzle is randomized making every playthrough unique. Use All of your tools to scape the infinite tower.
Why similar: Noir 50.3%, Adventure 14.7%, Puzzle 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Choices Matter 3.4%
- #54 MysteryOS
67% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Clermont Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
You wake up at a terminal you've never seen before. The language is alien. The interface is hostile. Every wrong click has consequences. Decode constructed languages, navigate unfamiliar operating systems, and survive the unknown in this puzzle-survival experience.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.9%, Puzzle 12.7%, Exploration 10.1%, Adventure 8.5%
- #55 The Wickie : Journey of a Lighthouse Keeper
67% 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 28.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Detective 11.9%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #56 Murder Mystery Machine
69% matchMixed54% of 173 reviews2021
Dev: Blazing GriffinPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Join the District Crime Agency in this isometric, modern noir deduction thriller. Explore crime scenes in complex dioramas, organize your evidence effectively, and blur the lines between right and wrong to present your case. Do you have what it takes to be a real detective?
Why similar: Noir 38.2%, Isometric 18.2%, Detective 16.9%, Adventure 11.3%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #57 JACK: 1 % BATTERY - A Detective Thriller
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JD Detective Thrillers Studio
Windows
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 42.7%, Interactive Fiction 28.2%, Detective 13.6%, Adventure 11%, Choices Matter 2%
- #58 A Death in the Red Light
66% matchMixed68% of 47 reviews2024
Dev: Mystery City Games BV
Windows
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 31.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Detective 14.2%, Puzzle 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%
- #59 Nott Longa
67% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: Amhardcore
Windows · Linux
A folk horror graphic adventure about nostalgia, lost futures & decay, designed as an interactive nighttime story to enhance your dreams. Collect hidden objects, help strange inhabitants, solve arcane riddles: find your way home through a ruinous reality haunted by glitches and folkloric creatures.
Why similar: Noir 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Puzzle 9.1%, 1980s 9%
- #60 Chrome Shadow
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Indie Eagle
Windows
A 2D pixel-art detective adventure where you investigate a brutal murder in a city drowning in corruption, secrets, and political tension. Search locations, question suspects, collect evidence, and uncover a truth that was never meant to surface.
Why similar: Noir 34.9%, Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Detective 11.5%, Exploration 9.9%, Adventure 6.2%