- #1 Red Spider2: Exiled Remastered donation ver.
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: studio wasp
Windows · Mac
A cinematic Hong Kong Noir visual novel. In 2007, an assassin defies orders to kill her savior and becomes a fugitive. Explore her fate through 1,000+ visual cuts and 6 branching routes.(Full story is free via the demo version. This paid edition supports Steam Achievements and the creators.)
Why similar: Noir 19.7%, Crime 15.6%, Assassins 11.5% ★, Conspiracy 11.4% ★, Cinematic 9.6%
- #2 Red Spider: Vengeance Remastered donation ver.
96% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: studio wasp
Windows · Mac
A cinematic crime noir. A former assassin seeks vengeance in this hardboiled VN, scored by Yasunori Shiono (Lufia series). (Full story is free via the demo version. This paid edition supports Steam Achievements and the creators.)
Why similar: Noir 20.8%, Crime 16.5%, Conspiracy 14.9% ★, Cinematic 10.8%, Modern 7.2%
- #3 Red Spider2: Exiled
96% matchPositive90% of 30 reviews2016
Dev: studio wasp
Windows · Mac
"Red Spider2" is a Hong Kong Noir-themed Visual Novel. There are 6 story routes with the different characters(approximately 200,000 words in total).
Why similar: Noir 21.5%, Crime 14.2%, Conspiracy 11.7% ★, Cinematic 11.5%, Visual Novel 8.1%
- #4 Red Spider:Vengeance
95% matchPositive83% of 41 reviews2016
Dev: studio wasp
Windows · Mac
*A remastered version of this game with enhanced graphics has been released. * "Red Spider" is a Hong Kong Noir-themed Visual Novel. There are 6 story routes with the different characters(approximately 105,000 words in total).
Why similar: Noir 25.4%, Crime 17.5%, Cinematic 11.5%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Conspiracy 8.8% ★
- #5 Red Spider3: A Heroine Never Dies
94% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: studio wasp
Windows · Mac
Red Spider 3: A Heroine Never Dies is a Kong Noir style Visual Novel.ボイス総収録時間12.9時間!同人ゲームオブ・ザ・イヤーにて【主演女優部門】【熱部門】【泣き部門】【作曲部門】の4部門にノミネート!
Why similar: Noir 26.4%, Crime 17.6%, Cinematic 14.7%, Visual Novel 10%, Female Protagonist 8.2%
- #6 紅蜘蛛外伝:暗戦
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: studio wasp
Windows · Mac
紅蜘蛛外伝:暗戦(Red Spider Anecdote: Triangle) is a Hong Kong Noir style Visual Novel.ボイス総収録時間3時間!黒社会を舞台としたハードボイルドなノベルゲーム
Why similar: Noir 35%, Cinematic 18.7%, Modern 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Female Protagonist 11.2%
- #7 Phantom PHANTOM OF INFERNO NITRO ARCHIVE
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NITRO PLUS
Windows
NITRO ORIGIN's debut title, Phantom PHANTOM OF INFERNO, is coming to Steam! A web of swirling conspiracies. A whirlwind of bullets. Amidst it all, a poignant tale of a boy and a girl unfolds...
Why similar: Noir 21.4%, Assassins 14.3% ★, Crime 14.3%, Conspiracy 13.1% ★, Visual Novel 12.5%
- #8 Omertà: Mafia Novel
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bizi Games
Windows
Noir visual novel set in 1950s New York. Infiltrate a prison, build a smuggling network, and shape fates through tough choices across branching paths.
Why similar: Noir 28.4%, Cinematic 18.1%, Conspiracy 18% ★, Visual Novel 11.7%, Crime 11.6%
- #9 My Cashy Side Job at Lost&Found in the Subway of Million-Person City
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 49 reviews2021
Dev: Unusual MeaningPub: IMAKIYA Q0
Windows · Mac · Linux
Noir adventure for an unlucky subway's lost and found worker!
Why similar: Noir 35.3%, Crime 17.6%, Modern 14.6%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Dark 7%
- #10 The Reluctant Redemption of Verity Lux
91% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Soma Games
Windows · Mac
Unravel the mystery behind the disappearance of Druhyus' favorite celebrity playboy, Walker Kahmenos. Join investigative journalist Verity Lux, in this interactive fiction title and follow leads, conduct interviews, and submit your findings as you seek out the truth - before it's too late.
Why similar: Crime 23.3%, Noir 20.7%, Conspiracy 16% ★, Cinematic 12.8%, Visual Novel 10%
- #11 Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime
90% matchVery Positive88% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: Made in Mavis
Windows · Mac · Linux
Marlon's Mystery will test your skills as an investigator. Join Abby Marlon to solve the riddles in this captivating mystery and hidden object game. Embark on an enigmatic adventure and discover the darkest secrets of the Taylor family.
Why similar: Noir 23.2%, Crime 21.3%, Conspiracy 19.4% ★, Visual Novel 9.3%, Thriller 7.9%
- #12 Scarlet Rain
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JCUzuner
Windows
Enter the dark, gritty world of Scarlet Rain. Become the lone vigilante, out to right twenty years worth of injustice in this single-player third person action/adventure experience, featuring unique physics based gameplay & combat elements, and an unpredictable game world.
Why similar: Conspiracy 24.6% ★, Cinematic 18.8%, Crime 18.3%, Noir 18%, Dark 10.9%
- #13 Hauma - A Detective Noir Story
89% matchMixed69% of 135 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 27.3%, Conspiracy 21.7% ★, Crime 21.3%, Visual Novel 10%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
- #14 Aegis Protocol
88% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Reliq
Windows · Linux
Unravel a conspiracy starting with a single murder in a modern point-and-click adventure, playing as a meme-able duo with questionable methods.
Why similar: Noir 27.4%, Crime 24.9%, Conspiracy 23.1% ★, Dark 9.5%, Female Protagonist 6%
- #15 Joe Kowalski Chronicles: Murder in a flat
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iron Noir Soft
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 31%, Crime 23.5%, Cinematic 14%, Conspiracy 12.5% ★, Dark 9.9%
- #16 DOPROS
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Witches Circle
Windows · Mac · Linux
DOPROS is a dark, Orwellian interrogation experience. Will you break and give it all away, or will you try to get free? It's only up to you, but keep in mind, your every word may and will be used against you…
Why similar: Political 34.6% ★, Noir 23%, Crime 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Dark 11.1%
- #17 Ravenwood Drive
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EZY Studios
Windows
Explore the eerie depths of Ravenwood Drive as Emma, drawn by a mysterious letter. Your journey quickly turns dark, where every shadow conceals a sinister truth. Dare to confront the darkness within.
Why similar: Conspiracy 22.6% ★, Crime 22.1%, Cinematic 17%, Dark 10.2%, Thriller 9.1%
- #18 Phantom
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Prioplot Games
Windows
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: Crime 22.7%, Noir 21.8%, Assassins 14.5% ★, Visual Novel 13.5%, Thriller 8.8%
- #19 Truth Beneath the Shadows
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Eros Game Studio 79
Windows
Truth Beneath the Shadows – A detective game where players unravel hidden mysteries by connecting clues to expose a secret organization. Every piece of evidence brings you closer to the dark truth lurking in the shadows.
Why similar: Noir 30.2%, Conspiracy 25.4% ★, Crime 16.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Dark 7%
- #20 The Good Book VN
84% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: MB aka FRANKPub: MB
Windows
The Good Book VN is a visual novel set in 1980s–90s England. With 50+ pages of crime fiction, it follows a teen dragged into gangs, drugs, and violence. Witness his fall into street life and its harsh price—he lived it, so you don’t have to.
Why similar: Noir 27.9%, Conspiracy 18.4% ★, Assassins 17.4% ★, Cinematic 14.3%, Dark 7.7%
- #21 Cutter: Nightshift
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yuri Perschim
Windows
Trapped on the night shift, June investigates the mysterious disappearance of a coworker in a dark, silent office building. Explore, solve puzzles, and face fear as something watches from the shadows. Cutter is an intense, atmospheric first-person psychological horror game.
Why similar: Conspiracy 23.1% ★, Assassins 22% ★, Crime 22%, Noir 15.1%, Dark 8.4%
- #22 Aenigmarch
82% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Alexander VavilonskyPub: Chesnokov Aleksandr
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into a chilling mystery and peel back the ominous veil shrouding a peaceful southern Russian town.
Why similar: Noir 30.2%, Cinematic 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Dark 11.9%, Thriller 11%
- #23 リベンジ・ハート
82% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: とらねこさんの小屋
Windows
「4日後に、俺の心臓を撃ちぬいて殺して欲しい」 リベンジ・ハートはワガママな殺し屋ケヴィンと、心臓を狙われた少年ルカが繰り広げる一本道ノベルADVです。 ――引き金が引かれるその時まで。復讐を願う少年とそれに加担した殺し屋の4日間が始まる。
Why similar: Crime 35.5%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Dark 14.2%, Modern 12.8%, Violent 6.8%
- #24 DEAD_FARE
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NytherMood Studio
Windows
Drive the night shift through a cursed city where every passenger hides a secret—and some of them died long ago. Uncover the truth behind each fare, make irreversible choices, and decide who deserves to be saved before your final shift ends.
Why similar: Noir 27%, Crime 21.5%, Cinematic 18.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Dark 8.8%
- #25 Would you sell your soul
81% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: COMINO Inc.
Windows
Choose Your Story: Choices & Decisions game, Mystery visual novel adventure game
Why similar: Noir 36.4%, Crime 22.8%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Thriller 8.1%, Female Protagonist 4.9%
- #26 Meridian Archive
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 環浩寺
Windows · Mac
Meridian Archive is a neo-noir crime visual novel set in the sealed world of Notus in 2008. After the disaster known as Saltification, those immune to the disease begin losing their memories—and themselves. Follow a band of Nomads through a violent, surreal world to uncover what went wrong.
Why similar: Noir 34.8%, Crime 22.7%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Dark 8.7%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #27 Undercover Love - Where Shadows Meet
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MIKATRON-GAMES
Windows
A dark noir visual novel following Alex, a former police officer drawn into the mafia’s world. In a city where trust can get you killed and everyone has something to hide, Alex and a mafia leader with buried secrets are pulled into revenge, power, and slow-burn romance shaped by your choices.
Why similar: Noir 26.7%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Cinematic 20%, Story Rich 10.6%, Female Protagonist 9%
- #28 Valenza Family
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arcane Ink Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the mind of Michael Valenza—a ruthless made man scarred by his past, haunted by guilt, and shaped by violence. In this dark, story-first Mafia visual novel, trust is currency, betrayal cuts deep, and every scene drags you deeper into a world ruled by blood and silence.
Why similar: Crime 29.6%, Assassins 26.4% ★, Cinematic 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Dark 7%
- #29 Angels That Kill - The Final Cut
79% matchMixed45% of 33 reviews2015
Dev: Rising Sun Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Angels That Kill - The Final Cut is a dark, first person adventure game that tells the story of two men as they uncover the truth behind a murder that has shaken the city. Play through both sides of the story and discover the truth behind the murder.
Why similar: Noir 47.5%, Crime 33.6%, Dark 11.6%, Adventure 5.1%, Indie 2.2%
- #30 Do You Want More!?
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Reno GT Young
Windows
Play as Lloyd Arch, the young private detective known for being total dick, and unravel the mystery of the Black Scar Serial Killer in this visual novel adventure, but remember that the truth tends to hurt the most.
Why similar: Crime 26.2%, Noir 24.5%, Conspiracy 19.2% ★, Dark 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #31 QUIET DAN
75% matchVery Positive94% of 1,492 reviews2025
Dev: ВСЖ
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
His name is Dan. He is an ordinary guy who works as a floor washer. However, soon in his life there are events that forever change his fate and push him on the path of crime... A chilling thriller in visual novel format.
Why similar: Noir 29.4%, Crime 23.4%, Cinematic 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Thriller 10.2%
- #32 Night Cascades
77% matchVery Positive92% of 221 reviews2022
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The city is on fire, and the Devil is to blame - or is it? Two women must solve an occult-themed mystery set in an alternate 1980s while unraveling the secrets of their past. Hunt for clues and interrogate suspects in this interactive yuri visual novel.
Why similar: Noir 27.6%, Crime 21.2%, Conspiracy 19.1% ★, Visual Novel 11.3%, Female Protagonist 8.8%
- #33 BAROQUE SYNDROME
75% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Sting
Windows
This ported edition of Baroque Syndrome presents the visual novel depicting the events before the main Baroque story. Play as Kitsune, owner of the Baroque Shop, and experience a branching narrative shaped by your choices. Fonts, stills, animations, and UI have been remastered for smoother play.
Why similar: Noir 40.9%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Dark 11.4%, Thriller 11.3%, Violent 8.1%
- #34 Arsenic & Absinthe
76% 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 40.9%, Crime 20.5%, Cinematic 18.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #35 Detective Hunt - Crownston City PD
78% matchMixed63% of 24 reviews2016
Dev: pixepob
Windows
You are Damien Hunt, a junior detective of the Crownston City Police Department. Together with your partner, you are to investigate criminal activities around the city.
Why similar: Noir 43.9%, Crime 34.6%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Adventure 4.1%, Indie 2.2%
- #36 BLACKHAT espionage
76% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Maren Games LLC
Windows
A newly hired cybersecurity specialist gets pulled in over his head as he unravels mysterious code hidden by an ancient prophet. You must use the clues to find and recover the missing hard drive and any evidence.
Why similar: Cinematic 25.5%, Conspiracy 24.6% ★, Crime 23.3%, Modern 14.3%, Story Rich 3.6%
- #37 Protest Simulator
74% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Yalintech
Windows · Mac
Choose your side in the tense streets; resist as a protester or intervene as a police officer. Build barricades, throw stones, restore order. Order or freedom the choice is yours.
Why similar: Political 54.9% ★, Crime 35%, Thriller 8.4%, Singleplayer 1%, Indie 0.7%
- #38 Elara
73% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: LoveOtheRing
Windows · Mac
Elara is a dark, narrative-driven visual novel where players investigate a corporate death, navigate manipulation and power dynamics, and make choices that lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Noir 25.2%, Conspiracy 24.4% ★, Cinematic 18.6%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Female Protagonist 6.8%
- #39 P0
74% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Splithead Fungus Studio
Windows
Enjoy your last days in the hospital, a peaceful and settled place where you can't really kill anyone. Explore with your feeble combat ability and find a way out. End with the truth of P0.
Why similar: Political 47.5% ★, Conspiracy 30.2% ★, Dark 12.7%, Story Rich 5.7%, 2D 1.3%
- #40 Incredulity
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Joonas RiikonenPub: Nupsu Game Studio
Windows
Descend into mind of detective Zara Moreland in this dark, moody, short, story emphasized adventure game with fixed camera angles. Talk with people from her past, solve old school puzzles and try to figure out what is happening.... or what has happened.
Why similar: Noir 31.5%, Cinematic 17.4%, Dark 13.7%, Crime 12.2%, Female Protagonist 12.1%
- #41 Reflections in Amber
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frog Croaked Team
Windows · Mac
Reflections in Amber is a mystical detective visual novel. Investigate a mysterious death in a remote village alongside Detective Redbreast, who battles the weight of depression. Use an old supernatural camera to uncover hidden paths. Shape the course of the story with your choices!
Why similar: Noir 29.2%, Crime 18%, Assassins 17% ★, Visual Novel 11.6%, Female Protagonist 9.4%
- #42 Loretta
71% matchVery Positive91% of 447 reviews2023
Dev: BonereadersPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Loretta is a psychological thriller that makes the player an accessory to the heroine’s crimes, leading her through a self-crafted nightmare. Loretta’s story revolves around a woman handling betrayal, her husband’s infidelity, and reclaiming her agency during the socially tumultuous 1940s.
Why similar: Noir 29.3%, Crime 25.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Thriller 11.5%, Female Protagonist 10.4%
- #43 Cold Verdict 2
72% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Astronomic Games
Windows
A direct sequel to 'Cold Verdict'. Another group of people wake up in a strange abandoned location, trying to find a way out and understand why they were put there. What is the killer's endgame in all this? A short interactive story with choices.
Why similar: Crime 31.4%, Modern 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Thriller 12.6%, Female Protagonist 10.6%
- #44 SESTRY
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Industrial Miracle
Windows
A detective horror about twin sisters and the mirrors between them. Search crime scenes by flashlight, gather evidence, interrogate suspects - and survive the nights. Accusations need proof. The truth needs more. 7 endings; your choices decide who the monster is.
Why similar: Noir 37%, Crime 21.8%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Thriller 7%, Dark 5.9%
- #45 Drawn Down
73% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Hazy
Windows · Mac
A police artist is plunged into a life shattering conspiracy when his missing brother returns.
Why similar: Noir 29.2%, Conspiracy 23.2% ★, Crime 23%, Thriller 9.5%, Story Rich 4.9%
- #46 YouthSignal-ユースシグナル
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: STail
Windows
--Is that determination really your own will? An adolescent perversion adventure presented by creators who all started their challenges from scratch! This game will be a simple text adventure.
Why similar: Conspiracy 27.5% ★, Modern 20.5%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Cinematic 14.1%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #47 AUTOPHOBIA
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Magenta Softworks
Windows · Mac
A cinematic point-and-click experience following a girl's struggles with schizophrenia. Your choices dynamically affect not only the way others perceive her, but the way she perceives the world as well. Maintain her trauma and psychosis, or don't and suffer from progressively violent hallucinations.
Why similar: Noir 46.8%, Cinematic 14.4%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Dark 10.1%, Visual Novel 6.7%
- #48 Pyramid Schemes and Cults
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: plexiglasfenster
Windows
Did you ever want to start your own company and convert it into a cult?
Why similar: Political 53.6% ★, Conspiracy 26.7% ★, Dark 15%, 2D 3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #49 N1NE: The Splintered Mind Part 1
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OD1N Studios
Windows
N1NE: The Splintered Mind is a Cyberpunk narrative-driven game, designed for VR. In the year 2099 you play a resourceful detective as you explore, interact, investigate and interrogate your way to the bottom of a suspicious murder that will take you through the real world as well as Nu.Real.
Why similar: Noir 30%, Conspiracy 22.7% ★, Crime 21.2%, Cinematic 13%, Dark 8.8%
- #50 Dean Archer Stories: The Missing Detective
67% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Sneaky Peek
Windows
A detective vanished. An office locked from the inside. You were his last appointment. Investigate every corner and uncover what Dean Archer hid. A noir point & click adventure in a city that prefers not to look.
Why similar: Noir 37.2%, Crime 20.7%, Assassins 17.8% ★, Thriller 7.4%, Cinematic 7.1%
- #51 GALMEGI
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GALMEGI Studio
Windows
Become Untamed. Become a Beast. In a city where swagger is currency, violence is language, and the weak are crushed first, you begin as a bottom-rank gang member in Posan City, only to be dragged deeper and deeper into a more dangerous world.
Why similar: Noir 32.6%, Crime 26.4%, Conspiracy 21.7% ★, Dark 10.9%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #52 Save My Sister
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: Ahmed Mo'nis
Windows · Linux
After a young girl is kidnapped by a human trafficking gang, an ex army officer with PTSD has to fight to rescue her. A Third Person shooter with film-noir/neo-noir style
Why similar: Noir 32%, Conspiracy 23.8% ★, Crime 21.8%, Dark 8.6%, Violent 7.4%
- #53 Detective: Ritual of the Sea
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InterStudioPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Step into the shoes of an experienced detective and uncover dark secrets while solving criminal cases. In this thrilling detective world, you'll face stressful decision-making moments, reconstruct crime scenes, and utilize cutting-edge technology for evidence analysis.
Why similar: Crime 31%, Noir 24.5%, Cinematic 22.3%, Dark 12.7%, Adventure 2.9%
- #54 Gloomy Clues: The Broken Mirror
67% match2 user reviews50% of 2 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 31.2%, Crime 21.8%, Cinematic 16.5%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Dark 8.9%
- #55 La Cosa Nostra
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zi Zi Games
Windows
La Cosa Nostra is a story focused, cinematic 2.5D side-scrolling action game set in 1920s Prohibition era US. Play as Johnny, an Italian American immigrant forced into a life of crime, combining melee combat and shooter gameplay within a noir mafia themed narrative.
Why similar: Noir 39.4%, Crime 31.4%, Cinematic 14.6%, Story Rich 6.8%, Violent 5.3%
- #56 A Street Story
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: NeibucrionPub: NarraFlux
Windows
A Street Story is an interactive story in which you play a gangster in the suburbs from Paris, France. Discover a troubled world mixing gangsters, cops and terrorists. Choose your own path among those shady characters and try to survive!
Why similar: Conspiracy 20.6% ★, Noir 20.1%, Assassins 20.1% ★, Crime 19.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #57 The List
68% matchVery Positive80% of 106 reviews2021
Dev: Dan Trimble
Windows
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: Noir 24.8%, Crime 22.9%, Conspiracy 22.5% ★, Visual Novel 10.1%, Thriller 8.2%
- #58 The Shell Part III: Paradiso
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 683 reviews2025
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 205.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The coiling chains of obsession that began with The Shell now threaten to strangle Detective Reiji Tokisaka in the third and final entry in the trilogy. As old friends and foes rise up for one last confrontation, can anyone break the cycle—and can Reiji's heart ever be set free?
Why similar: Noir 28.4%, Crime 20.6%, Conspiracy 20.3% ★, Visual Novel 10%, Cinematic 8.7%
- #59 Scarecrow: 90s Crime Story
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ChillouT StudioPub: Stellar Stag
Windows
Scarecrow: 90s Crime Story blends narrative adventure with brutal top-down action. In a crime-ridden town of humans and animals, you're a resident by day and a hitman by night. Uncover your buried past before it catches up with you.
Why similar: Noir 27.4%, Crime 24.7%, Assassins 21.1% ★, Visual Novel 9.6%, Violent 8.6%
- #60 Mysteries of Perception
66% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: 50 Rats Games
Windows · Mac
Mysteries of Perception is a detective game where you will see the same scene through the eyes of different characters. Uncover their secrets by analyzing all the clues. Switch perspectives and learn everything about the artifacts of the Distant and the deaths in their wake. Glory to the Stars!
Why similar: Conspiracy 31.8% ★, Crime 23.1%, Dark 9.3%, Noir 8.1%, Thriller 8%