60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Investigation, Crime, Mystery.
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.
Hauma - A Detective Noir Story
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.
BlackBox
Uncover the truth behind a 1982 air crash in Blackbox. Use audio recordings and investigation documents to solve the mystery. A story-rich, suspenseful detective experience that puts your skills to the test.
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 18.4%, Crime 14.9%, Detective 14%, Investigation 11.6%, Conspiracy 11% ★
Uncover the truth behind a 1982 air crash in Blackbox. Use audio recordings and investigation documents to solve the mystery. A story-rich, suspenseful detective experience that puts your skills to the test.
Why similar: Typing 17.5% ★, Crime 16.2%, Detective 14.8%, Investigation 12.7%, Noir 11.3%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Noir 23.8%, Crime 19.5%, Detective 18.5%, Investigation 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 8%
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 20.3%, Noir 18.2%, Investigation 16.2%, Crime 10.5%, Dialogue Heavy 9.6%
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 24.2%, Crime 20%, Detective 18.7%, Investigation 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%
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 18.2%, Crime 16.9%, Detective 15.9%, Investigation 12.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%
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 24.3%, Detective 22.6%, Investigation 16.8%, Crime 16.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%
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 21.1%, Crime 15.4%, Word Game 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Detective 10.6%
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 26.1%, Detective 23.3%, Crime 19%, Investigation 17.7%, Puzzle 5.1%
Scour police records. Antagonize your suspects. Comb through a disturbing crime scene. You'll stop at nothing to expose the truth. Ring of Fire is a search-based detective noir puzzler with a mature narrative set in the hyper-stylized streets of New London.
Why similar: Noir 19.8%, Typing 19.3% ★, Detective 14.8%, Crime 14.2%, Investigation 13.8%
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 19.9%, Detective 17.7%, Investigation 15.5%, Crime 13.8%, Conspiracy 11.5% ★
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 22.1%, Detective 21.6%, Crime 18.9%, Investigation 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%
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 25.4%, Detective 22.2%, Noir 15.9%, Investigation 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%
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 23.2%, Crime 22.4%, Investigation 17.5%, Noir 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
In Verbal Verdict you're a novice investigator in 1950's Brooklyn, solving crimes and climbing the ranks by interrogating suspects and solving problems in a detective game powered by artificial intelligence.
Why similar: Noir 21.2%, Crime 18.3%, Detective 16.4%, Typing 14.3% ★, Investigation 12.5%
You're an insurance investigator. Review evidence, spot fraud, make decisions. Every case is a puzzle — approve, reject, or negotiate. Limited energy, a ticking clock, and your reputation on the line
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Crime 19.9%, Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Investigation 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.5%
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Noir 22.4%, Crime 18.7%, Detective 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Investigation 12.1%
Curtain Call in Flames is a single-player 2D courtroom mystery visual novel set in a traditional Chinese puppet troupe. As defense attorney Bian Bo, investigate a murder, question witnesses, examine evidence, and expose contradictions in court to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 25.1%, Crime 21.7%, Investigation 18.2%, Word Game 8.6%, Dialogue Heavy 8.3%
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 18.2%, Crime 17.1%, Detective 16.4%, Investigation 14%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%
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: Crime 22%, Detective 20.5%, Investigation 17.2%, Noir 14%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%
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: Noir 18.3%, Conspiracy 17% ★, Detective 16.8%, Investigation 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
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 27.6%, Crime 17.5%, Detective 15.9%, Investigation 13.7%, Hand-drawn 7.2%
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
Why similar: Typing 19.7% ★, Crime 16.7%, Detective 14.5%, Investigation 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%
Confined to a woodland cabin in the 1906 Rockies, your only way to solve a family massacre is by letters. The one responsible is already on the move — silence and madness claim your contacts, and you may be next. He will find you, and death resets the world; only your notebook carries on.
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Noir 16.9%, Word Game 16.2%, Investigation 15.8%, Crime 11.6%
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.
Why similar: Noir 25.7%, Detective 19.9%, Conspiracy 14.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Investigation 12.4%
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?
Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Noir 19.7%, Crime 17%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Investigation 7.8%
A completely open-dialog murder mystery.
Why similar: Detective 19.6%, Word Game 18.7%, Investigation 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%
Something is wrong in the ward. As a detective investigating a serious crime, navigate the ruins of an abandoned psychiatric hospital, gather evidence, and follow a trail that leads deeper into madness
Why similar: Noir 26.6%, Crime 24.9%, Detective 22.8%, Investigation 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%
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 29.2%, Detective 24.2%, Investigation 18.2%, Crime 9.9%, Story Rich 6.8%
In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.
Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Noir 26.6%, Crime 24.9%, Investigation 11.3%, Story Rich 4.8%
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 27.3%, Detective 20.7%, Crime 18.5%, Investigation 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 6.6%
Officer Jia has vanished, leaving a classified message pointing to the CaseCracker 2.0 system. Tear through suspects' alibis, look beyond the text, and extract hidden threads from seemingly unrelated intel. Will you find the ultimate truth, or a trap?
Why similar: Typing 19.3% ★, Noir 18.3%, Word Game 17.6%, Detective 16.8%, Conspiracy 12.1% ★
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 21.6%, Crime 18.6%, Detective 17.5%, Investigation 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
A narrative detective game about solving mysteries through investigation, evidence, and conversation. Question suspects in your own words, photograph clues, and piece together the truth in a town full of secrets. Who is lying, and what are they hiding?
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Investigation 17.3%, Crime 17.2%, Dialogue Heavy 17%, Conspiracy 9.8% ★
Ring of Fire: Prologue is the first case in a search-based detective noir puzzler with a mature narrative set in the hyper-stylized streets of New London. Scour police records. Antagonize your suspects. Comb through a disturbing crime scene. You'll stop at nothing to expose the truth.
Why similar: Noir 18.9%, Typing 16.9% ★, Crime 15.8%, Detective 14%, Investigation 12.3%
A 2D point-and-click mystery set in the wild 1990s of Slovakia and Czechia. As two young reporters, follow a dead straw man, missing files, locked doors, and paper trails into a case that was never meant to be opened.
Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Crime 18.4%, Investigation 17.6%, Conspiracy 12.2% ★, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%
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 21.3%, Crime 20.6%, Detective 20%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Investigation 11.7%
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 20.9%, Detective 17.5%, Investigation 16.4%, Conspiracy 12.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre and investigate the murder of a controversial country priest in this gripping historical detective thriller.
Why similar: Noir 20.7%, Detective 18%, Crime 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%
Set in 1970s southern France, you play a rookie private eye tasked to dig out the secrets of a stubborn old man. Think on your feet while you follow your leads : ask questions to witnesses, detect their lies, hypothesize why and finally confront the silent ones running from their past.
Why similar: Crime 17.2%, Detective 16.8%, Investigation 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Conspiracy 11.9% ★
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 21.1%, Detective 19.4%, Crime 18.3%, Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Investigation 14%
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 18.9%, Crime 17.5%, Noir 16.5%, Investigation 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%
Joe Kowalski Chronicles: Murder in a flat is a dark neo noir point and click adventure game where you start as a police detective Joe Kowalski and try to solve a murder that happened in Joe's neighborhood.
Why similar: Noir 25%, Crime 19.7%, Detective 17.9%, Investigation 13.4%, Dialogue Heavy 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 27.5%, Investigation 23.1%, Noir 18.8%, Conspiracy 13.5% ★, Puzzle 5.7%
A videogame about being a real estate salesman in the 80s
Why similar: Noir 24.9%, Crime 19.9%, Detective 13.7%, Investigation 13.5%, Conspiracy 12.7% ★
A noir adventure beyond time and space. The city of cosmic beings is under threat in two parallel realities - one where the Big Bang was never fired, the other exploding in color and sin. It’s up to you to solve the mysteries of the Bigger Bang in this follow up to the award-winning Genesis Noir.
Why similar: Noir 24%, Crime 17.5%, Detective 17.1%, Investigation 14.2%, Conspiracy 13.1% ★
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 20.1%, Crime 18.8%, Investigation 16.8%, Noir 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
A detective narrative puzzler without pre-set options! Raise your questions at will, and an AI-host will answer only with 'yes' or 'no.' Drive the investigation with your curiosity; the path to solving the mystery lies in questions you ask. Can you dig out the truth through your questions?
Why similar: Crime 26.3%, Detective 23%, Word Game 21.2%, Dialogue Heavy 8.4%, Puzzle 7%
The first light novel-style immersive detective game's here! A dentist dead in a double-locked room seems like a suicide, but unexplained contradictions connect different truths. Each investigation and puzzles are up to you. But wait, what's wrong with this suspicious "assistant" following?!
Why similar: Crime 19.8%, Word Game 18.4%, Detective 18%, Dialogue Heavy 12.8%, Investigation 9.9%
Mary is a mystery and investigation game, in which you are a private detective who has been called to solve a case of a massacre in a bar. Collect all the clues and find an answer to all the mysteries of this case!
Why similar: Noir 23%, Crime 22.8%, Detective 20.3%, Investigation 17.4%, Puzzle 5%
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 22.3%, Crime 18.9%, Detective 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Investigation 11.8%
Acolyte is a narrative ARG/Detective game that gives you your own Acolyte; a digital assistant you can talk to freely with unlimited dialogue options. Just like a real conversation.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Typing 15% ★, Investigation 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Conspiracy 12.8% ★
The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Investigation 19.7%, Crime 17.9%, Conspiracy 17.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 6.8%
Do you believe that parallel worlds really exist? An ordinary college student, Chen Chou, wakes up one day to find himself transported aboard a space research vessel. The strangers on the ship all claim to know him. Could it be that he has crossed over into a parallel world...
Why similar: Crime 27.2%, Detective 26.9%, Word Game 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Puzzle 6.1%
A mysterious murder has shocked the inner city, and as the lead detective, it is your job to catch the real killer. Armed with words and wits, you uncover the secrets and capture the murderer, and make sure justice will be served.
Why similar: Word Game 22.7%, Detective 20.4%, Investigation 19.8%, Typing 16.8% ★, Noir 7.7%
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 26.7%, Crime 18.8%, Investigation 18.5%, Conspiracy 9.4% ★, Noir 8%
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 18.7%, Noir 18%, Crime 17.3%, Conspiracy 12.3% ★, Investigation 11.6%
A story-driven deduction game set in Okayama, Japan, where everyone has an answer—but you need evidence. Examine evidence and records, cross-reference witness accounts, reconstruct timelines, and separate plausible theories from provable facts across six murder investigations.
Why similar: Crime 28.1%, Detective 27%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Investigation 9.7%
Do you like adventure, comedy, and dime store detective novels? Then boy have we got the game for you! Join Voodoo Detective in a hand-drawn, point-and-click noir where you’ll pit your wits and hoodoo know-how against a sinister evil that’s taken root on beautiful Zo Wanga Isle.
Why similar: Noir 25.8%, Detective 18.9%, Investigation 15.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Hand-drawn 7.8%
As an independent police consultant, you're pulled into the hunt for a serial killer leaving cryptographic ciphers. Play as a detective, analyze crime scenes, and master real decryption methods. Your choices determine if you catch the killer and how many lives are saved.
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Crime 19.3%, Noir 17.9%, Investigation 16.8%, Story Rich 6.6%
