- #1 Five Day Detective
97% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Krunchy Fried Games
Windows
Five Day Detective is a point and click style adventure game featuring multiple murder cases and a twisted sense of humour.
Why similar: Detective 16.9%, Dark Comedy 15.5%, Point & Click 12.4%, Dark Humor 10.6%, Comedy 7%
- #2 Detective Bass in Fish out of Water
96% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Team Grouper
Windows
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 19.3%, Detective 19.1%, Comedy 11.2%, Crime 10.5%, Dialogue Heavy 8.5%
- #3 Tangle Tower
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,076 reviews2019
Dev: SFB Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 21%, Noir 16.7%, Point & Click 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 9.5%, Crime 9.2%
- #4 Detective Bass 2: The Case of the Stolen Pearls
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team Grouper
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 23%, Detective 18.2%, Crime 12.1%, Comedy 10.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%
- #5 Jason Maxx
94% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Nabos StudiosPub: Let's Talk Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
A man has fallen to his death in Metro City. Mysterious circumstances. Luckily, hardcore detective Jason Maxx is on the case. The city is dark, the suspects are weirdos, and the graphics party like it’s 1999. Explore, interrogate. Can Jason solve the mystery, even when absurdity takes over?
Why similar: Noir 18.5%, Dark Comedy 16.8%, Detective 14.2%, Point & Click 9.9%, Comedy 8.8%
- #6 Crowpoint Manor
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MayMoodPub: MayMood Games
Windows
Step inside Crowpoint Manor, where every guest harbours a dark secret. As an undercover detective, you’ll solve bizarre puzzles, navigate dangerous traps, and witness hilariously tragic accidents. Can you uncover the “truth” before you become the next victim?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.3%, Detective 16.5%, Dark Humor 14.5%, Point & Click 13.5%, Crime 10.4%
- #7 Nine in Flight
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shook Loose
Windows
An absurdist mystery for only the most hard-boiled interim junior detectives.
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Dark Humor 12%, Comedy 11.2%, Point & Click 10.9%, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%
- #8 Voodoo Detective
92% matchVery Positive95% of 369 reviews2022
Dev: Short Sleeve Studio, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 22.3%, Detective 16.7%, Point & Click 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 9.7%, Comedy 9.1%
- #9 Chicken Police - Paint it RED!
91% matchVery Positive94% of 2,509 reviews2020
Dev: The Wild GentlemenPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A wild tale of love, death, chickens, and redemption! Chicken Police is a buddy-cop noir adventure with a carefully crafted world, a gritty story, and absurd humor. The game mixes classic adventure games with visual novel-style storytelling, presented in a beak-droppingly unique art style.
Why similar: Noir 21.2%, Detective 16%, Dark Humor 11%, Crime 10.7%, Point & Click 10.3%
- #10 Detective Dana
91% 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 19.7%, Noir 18.1%, Point & Click 13.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%, Crime 9.5%
- #11 Max Sterling PI: The Grady Case
90% 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: Noir 17.9%, Detective 16.4%, Alternate History 13.8%, Point & Click 10.7%, Dialogue Heavy 9.9%
- #12 Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
89% matchVery Positive81% of 385 reviews2024
Dev: The Wild GentlemenPub: Joystick Ventures
Windows
A wild tale of conspiracy, loss, friendship, and... chickens?! Two rooster detectives are about to venture into the insect underworld to uncover a worldwide conspiracy, while also battling their inherent demons in this animal noir adventure satire.
Why similar: Noir 18.4%, Detective 14.1%, Point & Click 10.1%, Crime 9.7%, Dark Humor 9.7%
- #13 The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,947 reviews2021
Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Dark Comedy 16.1%, Point & Click 13.1%, Comedy 10.9%, Dark Humor 10.5%
- #14 Spooky Crew: Mask of the Mysterium
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Matt Sanderson
Windows
Join the Spooky Crew and uncover the secret of the Mask of the Mysterium in this point and click adventure game. An encounter with a masked figure leads the crew to investigate the secrets of a local museum.
Why similar: Detective 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Point & Click 12%, Crime 10.8%, Comedy 9.5%
- #15 Impirical Evidence
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Match Head Studio
Windows
A comedy adventure game featuring classic inventory based puzzles. Arthur is a skeptic who dedicated his life to denying the paranormal. Murray is the electric Imp he accidentally summoned. Now Arthur must solve mysteries while bound to the very evidence of the supernatural itself.
Why similar: Noir 20.6%, Detective 14.8%, Point & Click 14.5%, Comedy 12%, Investigation 9.4%
- #16 Lord Winklebottom Investigates
86% matchVery Positive93% of 233 reviews2022
Dev: Cave Monsters
Windows · Mac · Linux
It’s the 1920s and the world’s foremost detective is about to embark on his most challenging case yet. Thankfully, in this world that’s not quite like our own, there’s nobody better to crack the case than the great detective and gentleman giraffe, Lord Winklebottom.
Why similar: Detective 18.5%, Point & Click 14.2%, Crime 12.2%, Dark Comedy 11.5%, Alternate History 8.1%
- #17 To Hell With The Ugly
86% matchVery Positive87% of 153 reviews2023
Dev: La Poule NoirePub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 24.6%, Detective 18.6%, Point & Click 11%, Dark Humor 9.8%, Comedy 7.1%
- #18 PolyCity Stories - The Affair
85% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Andi Liddell
Windows
The first short story from PolyCity. A point and click adventure delving into the dark and dirty polygonated corners of the City of angles... mostly right angles. The Affair follows a soft boiled/over easy private detective as he unpicks an organised crime syndicate operating across the city.
Why similar: Noir 24.6%, Dark Comedy 19.3%, Point & Click 14.1%, Investigation 8.7%, Crime 8.5%
- #19 GRUNND
84% matchMixed62% of 47 reviews2023
Dev: SEKTAHOUSE
Windows
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 18.4%, Alternate History 14.3%, Detective 14.2%, Dark Humor 11.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%
- #20 The Slaughter: Magdalene
84% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: Alex FrancoisPub: Brainchild
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short interlude from the world of The Slaughter.
Why similar: Noir 24.9%, Detective 18.1%, Point & Click 13.5%, Dark Comedy 12.7%, Crime 11%
- #21 Acrônimo Tupiniquim
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cigarras & Cigarros
Windows
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 28.3%, Detective 23.8%, Investigation 10.1%, Point & Click 8%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #22 A Death in the Red Light
82% matchMixed68% of 47 reviews2024
Dev: Mystery City Games BV
Windows
Amsterdam, 1988. A dead body in the Red Light District, the Dutch capital of sex and drugs, is a washed-up detective’s one shot at redemption. Explore the seedy underbelly of Europe’s most notorious city, solve complex puzzles, and crack the case while experiencing Amsterdam at its worst.
Why similar: Noir 20.4%, Detective 18.5%, Dark Comedy 12.7%, Investigation 9.1%, Crime 9%
- #23 The Journey Down: Chapter Two
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 557 reviews2014
Dev: SkyGoblin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Chapter Two of The Journey Down, a classic point-and-click saga with an Afro-Caribbean vibe. Get ready to embark on an epic journey of brain-teasing adventure!
Why similar: Noir 36.2%, Detective 15.1%, Point & Click 12.3%, Dark Comedy 10.7%, Dark Humor 8.9%
- #24 Brain Freeze
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: ggidk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Detectives Cheese and Chalk are on the case in this story-driven, puzzle noir. Pick a lock, outline a “corpse,” and shoot at flying hell-rats as the plot thickens and twists more sickeningly than gas-station nacho cheese. I’m not crazy. You’re crazy.
Why similar: Noir 21.3%, Dark Comedy 19.7%, Dark Humor 13.7%, Detective 11%, Crime 8.8%
- #25 Alien Function
81% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: Stand Off Software
Windows · Linux
A suspenseful surreal comedy in the depths of space. Typhil and his companions set out to unravel the many mysteries of this enigmatic starship, facing aliens, killer robots, and more on a quest for the truth about their mission, and their lives.
Why similar: Detective 16%, Dark Comedy 15.1%, Point & Click 13.7%, Dark Humor 11.4%, Comedy 11.3%
- #26 Marked
80% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Fun Waffle Game Studios
Windows
Dust, blood, and lies. Salvation’s Edge, 1899 — a dying town where you’re a killer, a thief, and a fraud — handed a dead man’s badge and told to solve a murder. Do they deserve redemption? Do you? Or will everyone forever be MARKED?
Why similar: Noir 23.8%, Detective 16.4%, Point & Click 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%, Investigation 8.7%
- #27 Bombardiro Crocodilo: The Naked Clue
78% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Mystael studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel in the "noir story" genre, where the grit of Sin City meets the humor of The Naked Gun, the madness of Archer, and a dose of Italian brainrot!
Why similar: Noir 19.9%, Detective 17.7%, Dark Comedy 17.2%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Crime 11.9%
- #28 Nine Noir Lives
79% matchVery Positive88% of 153 reviews2022
Dev: Silvernode Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stretch your legs, clean your whiskers, and dive into Nine Noir Lives. Enjoy a "point-and-lick" comedy-noir adventure, full of humour, crazy characters, and intriguing locations. Solve challenging puzzles and answer the immortal question: how many things need to be licked to solve a murder in this town?
Why similar: Noir 26.8%, Detective 19%, Point & Click 14.8%, Comedy 12.4%, Funny 6.3%
- #29 Detective Grimoire
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,355 reviews2014
Dev: SFB Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Detective Grimoire has been called to investigate a murder. The owner of a small tourist attraction, seemingly killed by the mythical creature his attraction is based around... Explore the area, inspect the crime scene, grill suspects, solve puzzles, hunt for clues & uncover the secret of the swamp!
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Point & Click 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Crime 11.1%, Comedy 9.2%
- #30 Criminal Archives: Blade of Deceit Collector's Edition
78% matchMixed69% of 13 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 25.1%, Detective 19.8%, Point & Click 14.6%, Puzzle 7.6%, Crime 7.5%
- #31 Mistmoon Falls
77% 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: Noir 20.7%, Detective 19.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Crime 11.4%, Point & Click 11.2%
- #32 Green Mist over Portland
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bushmonkey GamesPub: Surefire.Games
Windows · Mac
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline during the cold war on a globe-trotting adventure following a trail of spies from a quiet English harbour town to a frozen Finnish fishing village and the corridors of an intelligence service rotten at its core.
Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Noir 17.6%, Point & Click 12.2%, Crime 9.8%, Investigation 9.2%
- #33 26 Moves: The Queen's Plot
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Danari Games
Windows
Silence is a luxury you don't have. Unravel a dark noir point-and-click mystery where justice and revenge blur. You have exactly 26 moves to reach the end. In this psychological duel, are you the master of your own fate, or just a pawn in someone else’s game?
Why similar: Noir 28.3%, Detective 16.6%, Point & Click 15.7%, Crime 11.4%, Investigation 8.1%
- #34 Small Town Robot
76% match5 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Brandon Weeks
Windows
Explore the small town of ShadeCreek in this Indie point-and-click adventure.
Why similar: Alternate History 24.2%, Point & Click 19.1%, Detective 16.7%, Crime 13.6%, Investigation 7.8%
- #35 Inspector Detective: Private Eye
76% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Michael GilmourPub: A Winter's Night Games
Windows · Mac
Everyone in town has their version of what happened at Timmons Manor. None of them were there. Everyone has their theories about why a Timmons relative has not set foot on the property in 100 years. None of them are correct...
Why similar: Noir 19.9%, Detective 19%, Dark Comedy 14%, Investigation 9.4%, Comedy 7.8%
- #36 Laura Bow and the Mechanical Codex
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NineZyme OÜ
Windows · Mac · Linux
LAURA BOW IS BACK, in an all new point-and-click adventure! Get ready for lots of wonderful nostalgia, in this third installment of the Laura Bow franchise, originally created by Sierra Online and designed by Roberta Williams & Bruce Balfour.
Why similar: Alternate History 21.2%, Detective 17.1%, Point & Click 15.8%, Crime 13.7%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #37 The Detective's Apprentice
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: darqwerful
Windows
Step into the shoes of Clementine "Cleo" Ace, an apprentice to her aunt, the world renowned detective, Maya Lynch. From heists to murders, use your deduction skills to solve cases that are too tough for the local police to crack.
Why similar: Detective 29.6%, Point & Click 14%, Investigation 13%, Crime 8.2%, Puzzle 8%
- #38 Criminal Archives: Murder in the Pages Collector's Edition
74% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
There's no such thing as a perfect crime! You have to solve a series of mysterious murders in San Francisco. It turns out that this bright city has its own dark side...
Why similar: Noir 23.5%, Detective 20.1%, Point & Click 14.8%, Crime 9.8%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #39 City Legends: The Witness in the Rye Collector's Edition
73% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
The line between life and death is as thin as the autumn breeze. Will you escape, or will Darkwood claim you as another victim of its harvest?
Why similar: Noir 23.4%, Detective 20%, Point & Click 14.9%, Crime 9.9%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #40 The Real Face of a VTuber
71% matchVery Positive92% of 302 reviews2026
Dev: 莉莉恩工作室Pub: WhisperGames
Windows
A narrative courtroom adventure all about VTubers! Players will take the role of prosecutor Justin Truth and investigate a murder at a VTuber agency, doing their best to uncover the identity of both the killer and VTuber's real face.
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Crime 12.9%, Comedy 11.5%, Point & Click 10.5%
- #41 Thomas Ireham in Crimson Spotlight
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rebecca AhmedPub: Sagewing Studio
Windows
A complete time-loop detective story set in the 1940s — solve a case before it even happens in a single, self-contained sitting.
Why similar: Detective 20.5%, Noir 17.6%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%, Crime 10.2%, Investigation 9.3%
- #42 A Case of the Crabs: Rehash
73% matchVery Positive94% of 84 reviews2020
Dev: Pinhead Games
Windows
A complete remake/remaster/rehash of the award winning Flash game: A Case of the Crabs! Play as smart-ass detective, Nick Bounty, in this hilarious point & click adventure and hunt down a nefarious counterfeit crab ringleader!
Why similar: Noir 25.1%, Point & Click 17.9%, Detective 13.6%, Investigation 11.6%, Comedy 8.7%
- #43 Methods: The Detective Competition
72% matchVery Positive91% of 717 reviews2020
Dev: LockedOn GamesPub: Erabit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
One hundred detectives compete against each other in a crime-solving competition.
Why similar: Detective 17.1%, Dark Humor 13%, Point & Click 10.8%, Crime 10.4%, Comedy 9.8%
- #44 Mystical Riddles: Haunted Portraits Collector's Edition
71% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
Can you solve the riddle of the disappearing visitors before you lose yourself in the gallery’s macabre beauty?
Why similar: Noir 25.9%, Detective 17.8%, Point & Click 14.9%, Crime 9.5%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #45 Murder Mystery Mayhem AI
70% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: AI Media Design
Windows
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 19.2%, Noir 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Point & Click 11.9%, Crime 11.1%
- #46 Detective tales: A Study in Scarlet
71% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Escape Pod
Windows
Step in the shoes of Mr. Holmes or Dr. Watson and venture on a journey filled with intrigue and mystery. Use your logic and teamwork skills in order to solve the mysterious murder which shocked the 19th century London. Play it with a friend on 2 devices with an open voice connection.
Why similar: Detective 17.5%, Point & Click 16.5%, Crime 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%, Investigation 8.2%
- #47 Marcella Moon: Four Are Watching
70% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Hidden Ocean Games
Windows
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to solve the cold case of her father's murder.
Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Noir 16.6%, Point & Click 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Investigation 9%
- #48 Star Seeker in: the Secret of the Sorcerous Standoff
70% matchVery Positive100% of 78 reviews2020
Dev: Benedict Ide
Windows · Mac
In this short point 'n' click adventure, you are Star Seeker - a WIZARD solving a WIZARD crime to not get put in WIZARD jail by the WIZ- I mean, PLAIN OLD cops. With a useless detective, countless red herrings, and unique dialogue for every evidence combination... will this case ever be cracked?
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Point & Click 15.9%, Crime 12.3%, Comedy 11.3%, Investigation 11.2%
- #49 The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 812 reviews
Dev: KING ArtPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
'The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief' is a thrilling crime adventure in three chapters from the creators of 'The Book of Unwritten Tales'. Full of twists and turns, it immerses you in both sides of the story, combining thrill-of-the-chase whodunit with the risk and reward of a heist story. Paris, 1960.
Why similar: Point & Click 27.5%, Detective 25.1%, Crime 13.7%, Noir 13.3%, Mystery 6.4%
- #50 Arsenic & Absinthe
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Laborastory 604
Windows
A Bartender point-and-click simulator game mixed with visual novel-style storytelling set in a noir-fabled world. As you have only 7 days to live, to save yourself from a collapsing life, it’s time to investigate, mix the drink and discover the secret recipe of success you deserve all along.
Why similar: Noir 30.9%, Point & Click 14.3%, Detective 12.1%, Crime 10.3%, Comedy 8.8%
- #51 Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,574 reviews2025
Dev: Happy Broccoli Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!
Why similar: Noir 26.8%, Detective 25.2%, Investigation 12%, Point & Click 11.6%, Mystery 5%
- #52 Vincent the Vampire
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Kye Twosheds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Vincent the Vampire is part cathartic animated story and part point and click adventure. Talk to the locals and collect and combine items to solve puzzles as you travel through this unique world.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.3%, Point & Click 20.6%, Dark Humor 18.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.2%, Comedy 8.4%
- #53 Inspector Pug: The Furrious Murder Case
69% 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 31.8%, Noir 24.5%, Point & Click 10.5%, Puzzle 9.9%, Crime 7.8%
- #54 The Posthumous Investigation
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 521 reviews2026
Dev: Mother Gaia StudioPub: CriticalLeap
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A dead man hired you to solve his own murder. You have one day. Fourteen suspects. And as many attempts as it takes. A hand-drawn noir mystery set in 1937 Rio de Janeiro, where every suspect has a life, a schedule, and something to hide.
Why similar: Noir 20.7%, Detective 16.5%, Crime 10.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.7%, Point & Click 10.4%
- #55 Inspector Waffles
68% matchVery Positive95% of 291 reviews2021
Dev: Goloso Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Murder. Nothin’ nice about it. In this old school detective adventure, step into the boots of whip-smart Inspector Waffles and travel the city to track hidden clues, interrogate shady suspects, and unravel a dangerous mystery. But be warned: curiosity killed the cat...
Why similar: Noir 26.7%, Detective 16.2%, Crime 13%, Point & Click 10.8%, Comedy 7.2%
- #56 Splittown
66% matchPositive96% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Mats KyyröPub: All-Seeing Eye
Windows · Mac · Linux
Splittown is a point-and-click adventure inspired by 90s classics such as Day of the Tentacle and Sam & Max Hit The Road. You are Leonard Nimby, a former top agent of the IM5, hot on the trail of a villanous mayoral candidate on the eve of a fateful election.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.9%, Alternate History 17.2%, Detective 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Point & Click 12.1%
- #57 Critical Interrogator: Messiah Hunt
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Benedict King
Windows
Seven murders in motion by a killer calling himself the Messiah. Interrogate witnesses, spot contradictions in their testimonies, and build a criminal profile piece by piece in this detective thriller where every word is evidence.
Why similar: Noir 25.1%, Detective 18%, Point & Click 14.2%, Crime 8.4%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #58 Word of the Law: Death Mask Collector's Edition
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
Investigate serial crimes and city government secrets! You're the only one who can get on the trail and break the chain of murders. Are you up for the challenge?
Why similar: Noir 23.5%, Detective 18%, Point & Click 12.9%, Crime 11.5%, Logic 7.8%
- #59 Reports from Vera Cruz
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Monkey Suits
Windows
Investigate the country of Vera Cruz in this journalistic first-person adventure! Solve puzzles, take photos of clues and report news exposing the horrific truths behind General Galba and his bizarre government!
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Point & Click 11.6%, Comedy 11.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.8%, Investigation 10.2%
- #60 Hauma - A Detective Noir Story - Prologue
67% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: SenAm GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
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 21.3%, Detective 18.9%, Crime 12.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%, Point & Click 10.5%