- #1 Tron: Identity
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 290 reviews2023
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Detective 19.6%, Noir 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #2 Kill The Clock
96% matchVery Positive92% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Happy Slugs
Windows
Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing. Customize your character, roll dice to influence story outcomes, and uncover the truth—before time resets again.
Why similar: Dice 29.1% ★, Detective 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Visual Novel 7.8%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
- #3 The Island: Into The Mist
96% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
Dev: BADA Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Detective 16.4%, Noir 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Choices Matter 9%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #4 Agent Dunoz
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: VIWESA GAMES
Windows
In a dystopian world ruled by megacorporation's, you're a mercenary with a $15,000 debt. Face dice-based combat, moral dilemmas, and irreversible choices in this hardcore Sci-Fi Cyberpunk Text RPG. Will you reclaim your freedom or vanish in the shadows?
Why similar: Dice 57.8% ★, Detective 13.8%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Point & Click 7.1%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #5 Molitva
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sara Eshard
Windows · Mac · Linux
Molitva – a brutal, nonlinear visual novel about sins committed and the final chance for redemption. Are you worthy of forgiveness?
Why similar: Noir 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Point & Click 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #6 Phoenix Springs
94% matchVery Positive89% of 253 reviews2024
Dev: Calligram Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lose yourself in Phoenix Springs – a modern point-and-click set in a mysterious neo-noir world. It begins with an investigation: find your brother Leo. You already know where it ends.
Why similar: Immersive 27.7% ★, Noir 19.5%, Detective 18.4%, Point & Click 8.5%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #7 Womb of Worms
93% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Isopodomancer
Windows
A short horror game where a terrifying ancient god manifests itself through worms, maggots, etc, looking to be reborn through someone's body. You will have to find that someone, speaking to the locals, investigating, uncovering truths and decide who to kill before the world is taken over.
Why similar: Detective 31.5%, Noir 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
- #8 Royal Romances: Battle of the Woods Collector's Edition
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
It's time to make your choice! Experience a new fantasy world, full of adventure and romance! Go through the first four episodes of the story and wait for more games!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Detective 16.4%, Hidden Object 13.5%, Point & Click 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #9 Kardiya: The Winds of Fate
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InEv Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rogue-lite RPG Dicebuilding game. Roll the dice, choose your companions, organize your gear, explore all of Kardia, and die. Then try again! Try again and again. Experience a different story each time. Until you find The Winds of Fate.
Why similar: Dice 62.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Visual Novel 7.7%, Choices Matter 4.6%, Multiple Endings 4.5%
- #10 These Nights Alone
91% matchPositive82% of 38 reviews2020
Dev: ryArt
Windows
Follow Alice during the investigation about her husband
Why similar: Noir 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Point & Click 12.3%, Hidden Object 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #11 Unsolved Case: Above the Law Collector's Edition
90% match9 user reviews22% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
Nothing brings people together as well as a common grief or crime! Can you bravely confront a criminal puppeteer with no legal defense?
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Noir 15.6%, Hidden Object 14.6%, Point & Click 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #12 Long Knives
89% matchVery Positive99% of 249 reviews2025
Dev: Jade Hex
Windows · Mac
An oriental narrative mystery. The story branches upon your choices. The dice lies.
Why similar: Dice 43.7% ★, Detective 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Multiple Endings 6.4%
- #13 Clean Slate
89% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: Mariano JarPub: Time Ajar
Windows · Linux
A suspense visual novel replete with life-or-death situations, puzzles and six different endings. Make your own decisions, solve riddles and reach the truth about the disappearance of the world's leading geneticist - and your best friend.
Why similar: Detective 19.2%, Noir 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #14 Angelic Agency: Soul Salvation Unit
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YOKUNIKU
Windows
A mystery adventure featuring a public security duo and supernatural cases. Unravel the truth behind the otherworldly "Ghosturbance Cases"!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.3%, Detective 18.1%, Point & Click 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Mystery 10.6%
- #15 Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo
86% matchVery Positive80% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: DankHeartsPub: WhisperGames
Windows
Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game. A group of boys and girls who have lost their memories gather in a “Tokyo” that is both familiar and unfamiliar. They must trace their lost memories to escape the bizarre labyrinths. Are they prepared to confront their “true selves”?
Why similar: Detective 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #16 Celestial Return
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Metaphor GamesPub: Shoreline Games
Windows
Loot, bribe, gamble, survive. The dice will be your savior or your downfall in this story-driven RPG. Every roll matters when trying to uncover cosmic horrors and outwit megacorps. Pray your next roll won’t be your last.
Why similar: Dice 47.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Choices Matter 7.7%, Multiple Endings 6.8%, Point & Click 6.4%
- #17 Max Sterling PI: The Grady Case
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Saint Cloud Studios
Windows
In this classic Investigative Mystery game, you are hired to find the truth behind Mr. Grady's untimely death. Explore 40+ areas, compile a multitude of evidence, and interview over 30 unique characters to assist you in your search for answers. Do YOU have what it takes to crack the case?
Why similar: Immersive 24.9% ★, Detective 19.2%, Noir 16.8%, Point & Click 9.8%, Visual Novel 8.9%
- #18 The Paracelsian Project
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Sixkilla Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
You awaken in an unfamiliar location with unfamiliar people and are surrounded by mystery. Will you be able to solve the puzzle and uncover why you are here in this sci-fi/mystery/puzzle visual novel? The future hangs in the balance.
Why similar: Detective 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #19 超探偵シャーロックちゃん ~掟破りのミスディレクション~
84% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: おんねんちゃんねる
Windows
The famous detective Sarako Imai (Sherlock-chan) takes on a difficult case! Sherlock-chan and Watson-kun are on a comfort trip. Can they solve a murder case at a winter spa resort? A murder mystery with a challenge to the player.
Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Hidden Object 13.8%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%
- #20 Herald of the Mists
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FromNiki
Windows
A narrative-driven RPG where every dice roll shapes your fate. Step into the role of the Queen's Herald and traverse a mist-shrouded realm to uncover the fate of her lost army. Will your choices uphold loyalty, or lead you down a path of betrayal? The secrets of the mists await.
Why similar: Dice 25.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Detective 14.6%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #21 Gloomy Clues: The Broken Mirror
83% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Pixel Paradise ®
Windows · Mac · Linux
A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes, interrogate suspects, and survive in this point-and-click remake, rebuilt from the ground up. Solve the mystery before your demons consume you. Play the free demo and wishlist now!
Why similar: Noir 18.9%, Detective 18.2%, Point & Click 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #22 Detective Dana
82% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Vice Beast
Windows
Detective Dana is a 2D story-rich game about an Arabic police officer investigating murder cases. Investigate the crime scene, interrogate the witnesses, solve the mysteries and uncover the secrets until you catch the criminal!
Why similar: Detective 23.5%, Noir 17.3%, Hidden Object 13.5%, Point & Click 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #23 Grimtrace
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HoodaThunk Games
Windows
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 28.5%, Detective 24.1%, Hidden Object 23.2%, Story Rich 7.1%, Mystery 5.8%
- #24 Emma Riley: Dream Detective
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Star Fort Games
Windows
Emma Riley: Dream Detective is a detective game where you must unravel an occult conspiracy spanning the real and dream worlds. Use keen observation to gather clues, carefully interrogate suspects for information, and use your logic and deduction skills to unravel the mystery!
Why similar: Detective 26.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Point & Click 10.8%, Hidden Object 10.1%, Mystery 9.1%
- #25 Unsolved Case: Fatal Clue Collector's Edition
81% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
Solve a series of tough cases, full of personal drama! In the new game series, you have to unravel some of the hardest mysteries using both logic and your intuition!
Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Hidden Object 14.4%, Point & Click 14%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #26 Five Biggest Accomplishments
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Assembling Chickens Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Five Biggest Accomplishments is a short Visual Novel where you play as someone who has held the same job for 30 years: push a button every 8 hours or the world will end. Suddenly, you get an email asking you to list your five biggest accomplishments for the week, or risk being fired.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.1%, Noir 22.2%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Story Rich 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #27 ShadowLess Light
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Uncommon Role
Windows · Linux
A visual novel with RPG elements set in a Cyberpunk dystopia where you play a detective tasked with solving a smorgasbord of cases.
Why similar: Dice 27.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.5%, Detective 16.5%, Visual Novel 13%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #28 Quodan: Treachery on the Arheid
78% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: AnonymousTurtle Games
Windows
When the Arheid III is sabotaged by a spy aboard the spaceship, Captain John Will Smith must get to the bottom of it or risk another attack.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Detective 19.1%, Point & Click 12.1%, Visual Novel 11%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #29 Misadventures of Laura Silver
79% matchVery Positive84% of 269 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Attic Salt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Detective 15.8%, Noir 14.8%, Point & Click 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #30 Call the Tune
78% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: St☆rletPub: Elephant Shrew Crew
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this detective/idol game fusion, every decision you make will influence the narrative. Your choices will shape relationships, uncover secrets, and determine the fate of the characters and the school itself.
Why similar: Detective 20.5%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #31 泥舟と罪人
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NONALCOHOL.
Windows · Mac
A closed-off ghost town, and the unsolved bizarre serial murders that once occurred there. A “daily life collapse” suspense × death game novel ADV that depicts the obsessive love and revenge of 11 people whose lives were irrevocably shattered by that horrific incident.
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #32 We need a doorman.
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Broken Toilet Games
Windows
You are the hotel doorman and a demon hunter. Check each guest, and if you find an anomaly, exorcise it without hesitation.
Why similar: Immersive 25.4% ★, Detective 16%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Hidden Object 11%, Psychological Horror 6.6%
- #33 The Imagined Leviathan: Prologue
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 162 reviews2020
Dev: ChardPub: Far Few Giants
Windows · Mac
Imagined Leviathans is a narrative survival game set in a frozen British village. Explore the countryside and unite the survivors to face down your Leviathans together.
Why similar: Detective 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Point & Click 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #34 I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silhouette Games
Windows
I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning is a choice-driven dystopian psychological horror visual novel about isolation, obedience, and the price of fitting in. Will you navigate the uncanny social dynamics of the future... or die trying?
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #35 Debtors' Club
74% matchMixed69% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: mecagames
Windows
Be the tax collector of a shady city hall in this narrative-driven resource management game. Talk to debtors, manage a team, make difficult choices, and challenge the city's moral decay. It's their money, but it's your job.
Why similar: Dice 41% ★, Immersive 25.8% ★, Multiple Endings 7.3%, Point & Click 7.3%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #36 Inexplicable Deaths In Damipolis: Inner Thoughts
76% 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 26.3%, Detective 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #37 Mistmoon Falls
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: portmantoga
Windows · Mac
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: Detective 21.9%, Noir 18.9%, Point & Click 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #38 Crossroads: On a Just Path Collector's Edition
75% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Elephant GamesPub: BFG Entertainment
Windows
Good drinks, better conversation...
Why similar: Detective 25.7%, Hidden Object 17.8%, Point & Click 14.4%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 12.4%
- #39 Coffee shop "Keyhole"
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Luma
Windows
This is a mystery adventure game where you run a coffee shop and explore the mysteries of this coffee shop and this town! This coffee shop has some secrets Main character quit his job as a locksmith and rented a property last month to run a coffee shop. But this property seems to have a history...
Why similar: Detective 27.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.4%, Mystery 10.6%, Hidden Object 10.5%, Visual Novel 8.9%
- #40 Cannibal Court
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loomnorth Studios
Windows
Convince the cannibals not to eat you. Collect knowledge, choose your responses carefully and dig up secrets to pit the cultists against each other. Get wiser, get manipulative and mastermind your way out of being dinner in this trial-simulator set in the snowy Canadian north.
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Point & Click 10%
- #41 KILLA
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Tangerine
Windows
KILLA is a 3D adventure mystery with multiple endings. Valhalla, our protagonist, seeks the killer of her mentor, a mentor she treasures like family, venturing to an unknown island. Discover the culprit on this enigmatic island and embark on a journey of revenge.
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Point & Click 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #42 Graywood: Noir Detective
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bobby & Jeni
Windows
GRAYWOOD is a 1950s crime comic-inspired graphic adventure. Investigate crime scenes, craft your own lines of questioning, and organize your findings on your corkboard all while navigating a morally-testing narrative. Respect the law, follow your conscience, or abuse your power to save your family.
Why similar: Noir 23.7%, Detective 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Point & Click 8.8%
- #43 Reflection Link
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Secretive Sheep Games
Windows
Locked inside a facility that erases memory, seven people must recover what they've forgotten to earn their freedom. Explore escape-room puzzles, piece together broken relationships, and uncover the truth behind the sins none of them remember committing in this branching path visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Point & Click 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Mystery 9.2%
- #44 Noir Chronicles: City of Crime
73% matchMixed61% of 231 reviews2018
Dev: Brave Giant LTDPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Step into the shoes of Alfred Fox, a private eye with a knack for getting into trouble, and confront the danger looming over your old flame, Barbara Le Purr. Using your own intuition and wide investigation techniques you will follow the intrigue and face many, sometimes deadly, consequences.
Why similar: Noir 23.2%, Detective 21.5%, Hidden Object 17.2%, Point & Click 11.8%, Mystery 6.5%
- #45 One Eleven
71% matchVery Positive83% of 109 reviews2023
Dev: Kitten Purradise Studios
Windows
One eleven is a dark detective story about twelve lonely people who, by chance, find themselves in the same house with a mad maniac. Who will be the victim and who will be the killer? Be attentive and courageous, and solve the riddles of One Eleven.
Why similar: Noir 19.3%, Detective 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Point & Click 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #46 Blind Dog
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: kankan gamesPub: kankan games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a detective who is slowly going blind. The only faces you can still see clearly belong to those who are about to die. A visual novel investigation where every choice affects the fate of Tokyo and leads you either closer to the truth or deeper into darkness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, Detective 25.6%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #47 Good Bones
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: RETCON Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your new house has old secrets in this haunting point-and-click mystery, where you'll search for clues about a mysterious death, solve narrative puzzles, and make heartbreaking choices to navigate amnesia, grief, and revenge.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Hidden Object 12.6%, Point & Click 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Noir 9.1%
- #48 Sciophobia: The Fear of Shadows
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Cycloid Games Studios
Windows
The year is 2014 and you are a reporter with The Maire Weekly News. In search of a new article, you have dug up all you can find, until you stumble across a promising headline from 1962. Will you find the truth about The Greer Property or will you die alone wandering in the forest?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Hidden Object 18.5%, Point & Click 14.6%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #49 Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
70% matchVery Positive93% of 6,967 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Story Rich 11.2%, Mystery 9.9%
- #50 Manchester's Crimes: The Beginnings
68% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Nordic Cats Studio
Windows
Manchester, United Kingdom, 1889. 21-year-old Wilson Hellberg is looking for his brother's killer in a big, histile city. Explore rich neighborhoods and dark corners, conducting an investigation, which will lead Wilson closer to the long-awaited justice.
Why similar: Detective 34.8%, Point & Click 21.4%, Hidden Object 13.1%, Mystery 11.6%, Story Rich 10.6%
- #51 Choose Cthulhu Files: The Call of Cthulhu
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wildspell Games
Windows · Linux
What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Point & Click 9.5%
- #52 The Wolf Among Us
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 38,793 reviews2013
Dev: Telltale
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Noir 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Point & Click 8.9%
- #53 Triage
67% matchPositive88% of 48 reviews2025
Dev: 5'DigitalPub: Champlain College
Windows
Step into the role of a doctor in the town of Stagmarch, where an otherworldly illness is mutating residents. Get to know your patients, diagnose their illnesses, and treat them. However, you have limited medicine, and every day your patients get worse. How far will you go to save others?
Why similar: Immersive 51.1% ★, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Story Rich 9.6%, Psychological Horror 5.7%
- #54 Cadulium
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Osgoode Media
Windows
What happens when a video game character is self-aware? Cadulium is a mystery science fiction adventure video game.
Why similar: Detective 18.9%, Noir 18.5%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Point & Click 9.6%
- #55 Surface: Virtual Detective Collector's Edition
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Elephant GamesPub: BFG Entertainment
Windows
Where are the missing players?
Why similar: Detective 27%, Hidden Object 22.8%, Point & Click 15.6%, Sci-fi 7.8%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #56 Criminal Archives: Blade of Deceit Collector's Edition
67% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
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 23.5%, Detective 23.1%, Hidden Object 16.7%, Point & Click 13.4%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #57 Whispers of Gold
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Falling Raven
Windows
In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #58 Choices That Matter: And The Sun Went Out
68% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2020
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac
Take part in one of the most complex interactive adventure stories ever written! What if the sun inexplicably vanished only to return hours later? Investigate with your AI companion, Moti. Uncover conspiracies. Discover ancient religions. Travel the globe.
Why similar: Noir 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Detective 17.5%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Sci-fi 9.3%
- #59 One Night: Burlesque
67% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Step into the smoky, seductive world of the Angels Den, a luxurious burlesque club. Get into the high heels of Holly, a talented dancer graced with a unique gift of telepathy. Help her on a desperate mission to save a friend from certain doom.
Why similar: Noir 23.8%, Detective 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Point & Click 9.3%, Visual Novel 8.1%
- #60 AI: The Somnium Files
66% matchVery Positive92% of 9,101 reviews2019
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Detective 29.1%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Story Rich 10.8%, Mystery 10.7%, Sci-fi 8%