- #1 Tron: Identity
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 292 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 19.7%, Noir 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #2 Kill The Clock
96% matchVery Positive93% of 80 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 28.7% ★, Detective 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Visual Novel 7.8%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
- #3 Oracle: Pythia Protocol
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lanem Games
Windows
A dice-driven role-playing visual novel set in a cyberpunk world that survived the war against artificial intelligence. Forge bonds, upgrade implants, and shape the fate of Arkeo City. Your choices define your story, but the dice have the final word.
Why similar: Dice 41.8% ★, Detective 13.2%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.5%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
- #4 The Island: Into The Mist
95% 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 16.5%, Noir 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Choices Matter 9%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #5 The Wolf Among Us
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 39,110 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 19.8%, Noir 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Point & Click 8.9%
- #6 Agent Dunoz
94% 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 57.3% ★, Detective 14%, Sci-fi 8%, Point & Click 7.2%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #7 Royal Romances: Battle of the Woods Collector's Edition
93% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 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 13.6%, Point & Click 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #8 Molitva
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sara Eshard
Windows · Mac · Linux
3 days, 3 dreams, and 3 worlds.
Why similar: Noir 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Point & Click 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #9 Phoenix Springs
91% matchVery Positive89% of 255 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 27.8% ★, Noir 19.5%, Detective 18.4%, Point & Click 8.5%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #10 These Nights Alone
91% matchPositive82% of 39 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 Womb of Worms
89% matchPositive100% of 12 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 31.6%, Noir 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Psychological Horror 8%
- #12 Clean Slate
90% 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%, Noir 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #13 Unsolved Case: Above the Law Collector's Edition
89% 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 14.7%, Point & Click 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #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 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Mystery 10.5%
- #15 Long Knives
86% matchVery Positive99% of 387 reviews2025
Dev: Jade Hex
Windows · Mac
An oriental narrative mystery. The story branches upon your choices. The dice lies.
Why similar: Dice 43.1% ★, Detective 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Choices Matter 8%, Multiple Endings 6.4%
- #16 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~
86% 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 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Hidden Object 13.9%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%
- #17 The Paracelsian Project
87% 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 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #18 Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 136 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 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #19 Gloomy Clues: The Broken Mirror
84% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Pixel Paradise ®
Windows · Mac · Linux
A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes from the slums of Saltmire to the heights of Greyledge. Interrogate suspects and manage your clues in this 1980s cinematic remake. Play the free demo and wishlist now!
Why similar: Noir 18.9%, Detective 18.2%, Point & Click 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #20 Max Sterling PI: The Grady Case
84% 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%
- #21 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 13.6%, Point & Click 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #22 Herald of the Mists
83% 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 25.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Detective 14.7%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #23 Inspector Pug: The Furrious Murder Case
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wardrobe Entertainment
Windows
A dark noir detective story starring a not-so-bright pug. Combine clues, build chains of deductions, and solve a murder — even if your reasoning isn’t always… impressive.
Why similar: Detective 33.6%, Noir 20.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Mystery 9.8%, Point & Click 8.7%
- #24 Grimtrace
81% 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 28.4%, Detective 24.1%, Hidden Object 23.3%, Story Rich 7%, Mystery 5.8%
- #25 Under the Heavens: Warring States Saga
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: April May
Windows
A choice-driven narrative RPG set in China’s Warring States period. Rise from a nameless soldier to a legendary general through decisions with permanent consequences. Death is final. History remembers only the survivors.
Why similar: Dice 54.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Story Rich 7%, Visual Novel 7%
- #26 Kardiya: The Winds of Fate
80% 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 65.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Visual Novel 7.9%, Choices Matter 4.6%, Multiple Endings 4.6%
- #27 Emma Riley: Dream Detective
79% 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%
- #28 Five Biggest Accomplishments
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Assembling Chickens GamesPub: Fennonauts
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 22.3%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Story Rich 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #29 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%
- #30 Misadventures of Laura Silver
78% matchVery Positive84% of 269 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Attic Salt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 15.9%, Noir 14.8%, Point & Click 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #31 Call the Tune
77% 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 20.6%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #32 Ezrebeth
76% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ezrebeth is an old, bitter recluse who finds herself constantly invaded by her peculiar relatives during the winter holidays. Oh, and she's stuck in a time loop! Investigate, interview and cross-reference as you attempt to figure out what's going on in this surreal visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 25.3%, Point & Click 14.5%, Visual Novel 13%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Mystery 8.3%
- #33 ShadowLess Light
76% 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 26.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Detective 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #34 We need a doorman.
74% matchPositive89% of 19 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. After guarding the hotel for 10 days, you will face him on the final day.
Why similar: Immersive 25.6% ★, Detective 16.1%, Hidden Object 11.1%, Choices Matter 11%, Multiple Endings 6.5%
- #35 Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches
77% matchMixed64% of 154 reviews2014
Dev: Arberth StudiosPub: Meridian4
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches is a first-person point-and-click adventure inspired by Welsh mythology, focused on investigation, puzzles, and a dark, atmospheric mystery.
Why similar: Detective 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Hidden Object 14.3%, Point & Click 11.8%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #36 Unsolved Case: Fatal Clue Collector's Edition
75% 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%
- #37 Lovers Die
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Little Sister Games
Windows
As Romeo, beat the devil at his own dice game to escape the afterlife with Juliet. Upgrade your dice and use them to hit the target score, unlock story branches, and shape your fate. Inspired by the works of Shakespeare and Dante.
Why similar: Dice 71.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Choices Matter 4.8%, Story Rich 4.1%, Atmospheric 1.7%
- #38 The Imagined Leviathan: Prologue
75% 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 11.2%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Choices Matter 9%
- #39 Good Bones
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 34 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%, Hidden Object 12.5%, Point & Click 12.1%, Choices Matter 11%, Noir 9%
- #40 Обо: Шоу Теней
72% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Julliet Pub: Julliet Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Noir 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #41 I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning
73% 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 12.5%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #42 泥舟と罪人
73% 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 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #43 Coffee shop "Keyhole"
72% 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 26.3%, Mystery 10.6%, Hidden Object 10.5%, Visual Novel 8.9%
- #44 Debtors' Club
71% 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 40.5% ★, Immersive 26.1% ★, Point & Click 7.3%, Multiple Endings 7.3%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #45 Mistmoon Falls
71% 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 22%, Noir 18.9%, Point & Click 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #46 Cannibal Court
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loomnorth Studios
Windows
Convince the cannibals not to eat you.
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Choices Matter 16%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Point & Click 10%
- #47 Reflection Link
70% 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 18.1%, Point & Click 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Mystery 9.2%
- #48 Blind Dog
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: svyat
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 25.7%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #49 Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders
70% matchVery Positive81% of 3,031 reviews2016
Dev: Artefacts StudioPub: Microids
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The ABC Murders is an adventure and investigation game adapted from the classic Agatha Christie novel. You are the famous private detective Hercule Poirot and, once again, you find yourself up against a mysterious serial killer who goes by the name of "ABC".
Why similar: Noir 19.2%, Detective 17.5%, Hidden Object 13.1%, Point & Click 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.2%
- #50 Let Bions Be Bygones
69% 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 21.7%, Detective 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Point & Click 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #51 KILLA
69% 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 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Point & Click 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #52 One Eleven
68% matchVery Positive82% of 113 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 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Point & Click 10.6%, Visual Novel 9.3%
- #53 Noir Chronicles: City of Crime
70% matchMixed60% of 234 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 17.3%, Point & Click 11.8%, Mystery 6.5%
- #54 A Study in Blue
67% 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: Detective 22.1%, Noir 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #55 Sciophobia: The Fear of Shadows
68% 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 23.7%, Hidden Object 18.7%, Point & Click 14.6%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #56 Graywood: Noir Detective
67% 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 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Point & Click 8.8%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #57 Manchester's Crimes: The Beginnings
66% 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 13.2%, Mystery 11.5%, Story Rich 10.6%
- #58 Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
67% matchVery Positive93% of 7,129 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 16.5%, Multiple Endings 13%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Story Rich 11.1%, Mystery 9.8%
- #59 Cadulium
66% 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%, Point & Click 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #60 Triage
65% 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 51.3% ★, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Story Rich 9.6%, Psychological Horror 5.6%