60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Noir, Adventure, Story Rich.
A cyberpunk narrative adventure about protecting someone who doesn't trust you, in a city that wants her dead. Build trust, navigate hazard zones, make hard choices, and discover how deep the conspiracy goes. Every ending costs something.
Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
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.
Lacuna: Prologue
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.
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 20.2%, Detective 15.7%, Cyberpunk 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Investigation 8.2%
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 24.7%, Detective 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Cyberpunk 14.4%, Investigation 7.7%
Uncover Sabotage, Conspiracy and Counter-Revolution in this cyberpunk detective mystery. Using a mind-probing interface, you explore and act within memories, collect facts, meet agents of change and enormous corporations. Build your case against a person torn between idealism and turmoil.
Why similar: Conspiracy 20.9% ★, Cyberpunk 16.5%, Noir 16.5%, Detective 13.6%, Investigation 11.4%
Curvid Nurntine and the Black Vaccine is a gritty cyber-noir point and click adventure. A degenerate private investigator, a missing girl and a suspiciously mandatory vaccine all coalesce in this unfathomably horrific conspiracy.
Why similar: Conspiracy 24.3% ★, Noir 21.9%, Detective 14.9%, Cyberpunk 14.1%, Investigation 4.8%
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 23.5%, Detective 17.2%, Cyberpunk 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Dystopian 7.4%
Play detective in this heart-gripping cyberpunk adventure where every dark corner of this intricate vertical city is yours to explore. Interrogate witnesses, investigate murders and even enjoy hotpots! Every choice shapes the outcome, leading you closer to the truth, or deeper into the shadows.
Why similar: Noir 21.3%, Conspiracy 19.4% ★, Detective 18%, Cyberpunk 15.7%, Investigation 10.4%
Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective James Karra who risks it all in pursuit of a serial killer targeting the city’s elite.
Why similar: Noir 18.7%, Detective 14.7%, Cyberpunk 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Dystopian 9.2%
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 24.5%, Noir 21.1%, Investigation 14.3%, Conspiracy 13% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
Why similar: Conspiracy 26.1% ★, Noir 19%, Detective 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Investigation 11.3%
The suspect claims to be human. The system says otherwise. Interrogate suspects, play evidence cards, expose contradictions, apply emotional pressure, use apparatus data, build case maps, adapt your protocol stack, and decide whether the machine uncovered the truth — or produced a false positive.
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Cyberpunk 18.8%, Noir 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Dystopian 8.9%
In a reality stuck in a technologically unadvanced society stricken with the negative impacts of a worldwide climate disaster, you are a uniquely powered private investigator tasked with uncovering advanced technology from another reality with the potential to save your whole world.
Why similar: Noir 25.9%, Detective 20.4%, Cyberpunk 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Investigation 11.5%
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 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Cyberpunk 17.8%, Detective 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 6.7%
Neo-London remembers nothing. The Dominion made certain of it. You are Cipher Reeve — the man their erasure failed to take - and the buried Signal you've touched carries the memory of everyone they erased. A psychological techno-thriller where truth is contraband and every choice is recorded.
Why similar: Conspiracy 24.7% ★, Cyberpunk 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Dystopian 10.1%, Thriller 8.9%
Investigate impossible mysteries in a Latin American cyberpunk Bogotá. Explore atmospheric locations, talk to characters, collect clues, connect evidence, and formulate hypotheses in a narrative detective adventure.
Why similar: Detective 27.1%, Cyberpunk 22.5%, Dystopian 14.9%, Noir 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
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 21.6%, Conspiracy 19.6% ★, Detective 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Investigation 12.9%
Tails Noir is a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Why similar: Noir 19.2%, Conspiracy 18.6% ★, Detective 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Investigation 9.9%
In Neo Naarm in the 22nd century, augmentation technology has run amok. Combining deduction, visual novel and point and click gameplay, play as Grant Grover, private detective, one of the only remaining citizens without augmentations, as he solves crimes across the city.
Why similar: Noir 25.5%, Detective 18.8%, Cyberpunk 18.6%, Dystopian 10.4%, Investigation 9%
A murdered priest. A secret list. Hunt Nazi fugitives across the globe in this gritty 1971 detective thriller. Analyze evidence, follow leads, and make sharp deductions before the trail goes cold. From the creators of Family, Rivals, Conspiracy, Echo Beach and Riley & Rochelle.
Why similar: Detective 29.9%, Conspiracy 20.7% ★, Noir 19.6%, Investigation 18.3%, Thriller 3.8%
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 18.7%, Detective 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Cyberpunk 15.5%, Investigation 8.8%
To Hell with the Ugly is an adventure game where you play as Rock Bailey, a gorgeous yet shallow young man, who must investigate and fight his way to freedom after being kidnapped. Alternate between turn-based combats and investigation in this film noir adaptation of the novel by Boris Vian.
Why similar: Noir 27.8%, Detective 21.6%, Conspiracy 17.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Investigation 10.3%
NeoTokyo, 2099. The man who sold immortality is dead in a penthouse sealed from the inside. You are detective Kade Katano: scan the scene, read people, roll the dice and decide which truth closes the file. A noir visual novel — one complete case, three endings.
Why similar: Noir 24.8%, Detective 21.7%, Cyberpunk 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Investigation 6.2%
Neon Noir is a cyberpunk visual novel with interactive mechanics. It is set in the megalopolis of New Devon in the year 2169, where large private corporations have more power than the government. The player follows the crimes investigated by Colden, a Snatcher.
Why similar: Noir 27.8%, Cyberpunk 19.5%, Detective 18.7%, Investigation 10.8%, Thriller 9.1%
"Who is Yoko?" Unlock the mystery as you control Locke, Jeanne and Primus to discover the secrets of their existence in this point and click, cyberpunk noir adventure.
Why similar: Noir 24.5%, Cyberpunk 17.9%, Detective 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, 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 23.5%, Conspiracy 20.7% ★, Detective 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Investigation 11.3%
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Noir 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Detective 17.1%, Investigation 10.4%, Choices Matter 8.1%
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 23.3%, Detective 21.8%, Conspiracy 20% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Investigation 13.9%
Ashwood Creek, 1985. A child disappears without a trace. A local policeman is drawn into a national park, seeking the truth. Mysterious radio signals beckon him further and further. Investigate, survive and face the unknown in Radiolight— an '80s thriller by solo dev Krystof Knesl.
Why similar: Noir 21.6%, Detective 16.8%, Conspiracy 14.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Investigation 11.8%
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: Detective 21.8%, Noir 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Investigation 12.2%, Dystopian 9.8%
Explore a wikipedia-like database and solve a small town mystery in Eastern Europe. Step into the shoes of a journalist in the 90s as you sprawl through articles and uncover the secrets that have been laid in front of you.
Why similar: Conspiracy 27.7% ★, Detective 27.1%, Investigation 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Thriller 8.3%
A former agent. A past that won't stay buried. Your choices shape Blake Turner's mood and his mood reshapes the story, the world, and even the music itself. A psychological, choice-driven adventure of betrayal, identity, and redemption.
Why similar: Noir 22.8%, Cyberpunk 19%, Detective 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Conspiracy 10.8% ★
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 29.8%, Detective 29%, Investigation 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 7.4%, Choices Matter 4.7%
Explore the settlement, gather clues, interact with its inhabitants, and uncover a conspiracy. Your actions shape your relationships with the locals – will they help you, or deceive you? Your choices will determine whether the protagonist can escape, or if his tragic fate will repeat itself again.
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Conspiracy 20.6% ★, Noir 18.7%, Investigation 13.7%, Choices Matter 6.5%
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: Detective 29.3%, Noir 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Investigation 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 7.4%
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 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Detective 18.1%, Cyberpunk 17.1%, Multiple Endings 5.1%
You fell asleep on the train... Now a strange town, fully voice-acted characters, and choices that reshape the mystery stand between you and home.
Why similar: Noir 21.9%, Detective 17.3%, Conspiracy 15.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Investigation 11.1%
Arthur thinks he’s a smart guy. He isn’t. Help him solve puzzles, investigate the town, and uncover the mystery of his friends disappearance in this quirky adventure game inspired by classic cartoons.
Why similar: Conspiracy 26.4% ★, Detective 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Investigation 14.2%, Thriller 9.9%
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
Why similar: Noir 22.7%, Detective 19.3%, Cyberpunk 14.6%, Investigation 12%, Dystopian 8.7%
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 24.3%, Detective 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Investigation 9.9%, Dialogue Heavy 7.7%
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 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Detective 17%, Cyberpunk 15.5%, Investigation 14.6%
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 27.5%, Detective 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Thriller 8.5%, Investigation 7.7%
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 28.2%, Detective 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Investigation 10.4%, Choices Matter 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 24.8%, Detective 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Investigation 10.3%, Thriller 9.5%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 26.2%, Noir 24.4%, Investigation 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choices Matter 9.3%
Detective Penguin is the first and only physics-and-penguin-based detective game on the market. Solve cases in your own way. Interrogate suspects, find clues, or use your flippers to punch your way to the answers.
Why similar: Noir 22.3%, Conspiracy 20.1% ★, Detective 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Investigation 11.9%
Mysteries of Perception is a detective game where you will see the same scene through the eyes of different characters. Uncover their secrets by analyzing all the clues. Switch perspectives and learn everything about the artifacts of the Distant and the deaths in their wake. Glory to the Stars!
Why similar: Conspiracy 28.5% ★, Detective 24.1%, Investigation 14.5%, Dystopian 14%, Thriller 7.3%
Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.
Why similar: Noir 24.6%, Conspiracy 20% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Dialogue Heavy 9.5%, Thriller 8.9%
A murder investigation. Teenagers vanishing for years. On Enoch Space Station, detectives, suspects, and killers each follow their own path, only to uncover a conspiracy that has been hiding in plain sight for generations. A sci-fi noir point-and-click adventure.
Why similar: Noir 24.3%, Cyberpunk 18.9%, Detective 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Dystopian 10.3%
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 33.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Detective 22%, Investigation 7.1%, Thriller 5%
A murder mystery interrogation game - where you can ask the suspects literally ANYTHING! Dive into a macabre conspiracy of burgers and billionaires, getting up-close and personal with an eccentric cast of cold-blooded killers - using voice or keyboard.
Why similar: Noir 25.7%, Detective 19.9%, Conspiracy 14.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Investigation 12.4%
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 40.2%, Detective 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Thriller 4.8%
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 27.1%, Detective 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Dialogue Heavy 9.2%, Thriller 8.2%
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 27.4%, Detective 24.4%, Investigation 14.1%, Conspiracy 10.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
Chrysalis: Chrome Butterfly is a neo-noir cyberpunk thriller. You play Wendy, an agent with gaps in her memory, investigating a disappearance in Neo-Kyoto. Fierce firefights give way to detective work — until it turns out reality itself is an illusion. But is the truth worth knowing?
Why similar: Noir 27.8%, Detective 19.9%, Cyberpunk 19.7%, Investigation 9.4%, Thriller 9.2%
A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Noir 22.8%, Investigation 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Thriller 7.3%
A young man is interviewed by the police only to turn up dead a week later. 3 years have passed, a special agent from Santa Fe navigates the police database in order to solve the mystery.
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Conspiracy 20.5% ★, Noir 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Investigation 10%
Synther is an FPP simulation game with adventure-like, detective elements set in a futuristic, open world. The game is innovative and reminiscent of early 3D games and DOS applications.
Why similar: Noir 36.4%, Cyberpunk 29.3%, Detective 28.7%, Story Rich 3.9%, Indie 1.7%
A videogame about being a real estate salesman in the 80s
Why similar: Noir 29%, Conspiracy 21.8% ★, Detective 16.7%, Investigation 12%, Dialogue Heavy 5.5%
A short Golden Idol-like deduction game about a young girl who is catapulted from her suburban life into the mysterious world of the ancient Maya. Investigate a series of moments frozen in time. Examine clues and solve puzzles to uncover a story full of twists and turns.
Why similar: Conspiracy 33% ★, Detective 28.7%, Investigation 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Story Rich 3.5%
Ashes of Paradise is a cinematic visual novel set between a neon city and its underworld, following Ash as she uncovers hidden truths and shapes her path through key choices and emotional moments.
Why similar: Noir 34.9%, Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Cyberpunk 22%, Dystopian 8%, Multiple Endings 5.6%
Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre and investigate the murder of a controversial country priest in this gripping historical detective thriller.
Why similar: Noir 24.2%, Detective 22%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Investigation 10.2%, Thriller 8.8%
