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Games Like Gloomy Clues: The Broken Mirror

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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!

Reviews: 2 user reviews — 50% — of 2 reviews
Released: 2026-05-04
Developer: Pixel Paradise ®
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

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    97% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Telltale
    Windows

    A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.

    Why similar: Detective 13.9%, Noir 13.3%, Investigation 11.4%, Choices Matter 6.9%, Comic Book 6.8%

  2. #2 Joe Kowalski Chronicles: Murder in a flat
    96% 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 18.1%, Detective 13.3%, Crime 12%, Investigation 10.2%, Point & Click 9.2%

  3. #3 Hauma - A Detective Noir Story - Prologue
    96% 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 15.4%, Detective 13.8%, Comic Book 12.7%, Crime 11.9%, Investigation 11%

  4. #4 Blacksad: Under the Skin
    95% matchVery Positive83% of 6,884 reviews2019
    Dev: Pendulo StudiosPub: Microids
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!

    Why similar: Noir 16.2%, Detective 11.7%, Comic Book 11.5%, Crime 10.9%, Investigation 9.8%

  5. #5 SideEye High
    94% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Fundamental Studios
    Windows

    A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.

    Why similar: Detective 15.1%, Noir 14.8%, Investigation 12.8%, Crime 10%, Point & Click 8.8%

  6. #6 D.W. Dagger: Chapter One
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Team Lime Interactive
    Windows

    A noir first-person murder mystery set in a gloomy 1947 Pacific Northwest city. Play as the renowned Detective D.W. Dagger to help solve his latest case. A violent murder, a possible suicide, and a handful of suspects. Can you deduce what happened?

    Why similar: Noir 21.2%, Detective 16.4%, Investigation 14%, Crime 12%, Comic Book 10%

  7. #7 Hauma - A Detective Noir Story
    93% matchMostly Positive70% of 130 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 17%, Detective 13.2%, Comic Book 12.3%, Crime 11.5%, Investigation 11.2%

  8. #8 Misadventures of Laura Silver
    92% matchVery Positive84% of 269 reviews2019
    Dev: Studio Attic Salt
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 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: Noir 13.2%, Comic Book 11.9%, Detective 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Point & Click 8.8%

  9. #9 Cadulium
    91% 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: Noir 15.8%, Detective 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Cinematic 9.8%, Investigation 9.6%

  10. #10 Man of Nollyn
    91% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2026
    Dev: Slater Chae
    Windows

    A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.

    Why similar: Noir 21.7%, Detective 17.3%, Investigation 15.1%, Crime 14.9%, Mystery 7.8%

  11. #11 Ring of Fire: Prologue
    90% matchPositive89% of 28 reviews2020
    Dev: de FaultPub: Far Few Giants
    Windows · Mac

    Ring of Fire: Prologue is the first case in a search-based detective noir puzzler with a mature narrative set in the hyper-stylized streets of New London. Scour police records. Antagonize your suspects. Comb through a disturbing crime scene. You'll stop at nothing to expose the truth.

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  12. #12 Private Eye: The Young Heir
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Lucky 7 Studios
    Windows

    Private Eye is a detective game where you play as Hakeem trying to solve the murder case of Amir. The wealthy heir Amir kept strange company, is one of them his murderer? Explore, investigate, solve puzzles, and find discrepancies to unravel his mysterious death.

    Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Investigation 13.6%, Crime 12.2%, Noir 12%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%

  13. #13 Mistmoon Falls
    89% 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.

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  14. #14 Обо: Шоу Теней
    87% 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.

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    88% 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?

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  16. #16 Ashes of Holloway Bay
    86% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
    Dev: Cold Case Inc
    Windows

    Immerse yourself in a chilling, interactive cold-case investigation. Review crime scene photos, decrypt restricted hard drives, compare evidence, and deliver your final report in Ashes of Holloway Bay, a dark, atmospheric detective experience where every detail matters.

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  17. #17 遥かなる円形世界
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: ONIMUSHI HyogoPub: TABINOMICHI
    Windows

    In New York, private detective Ikeda Sen happens upon the enigmatic Lila shortly before his client Walton hands him a strange device. And in Japan, Izumozaki Neneko stumbles upon a corpse at Horikawa River on her way to school. Two unrelated stories unfold, intersecting in odd and unexpected ways.

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    85% 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.

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    84% 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.

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    Windows · Mac

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    84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 39,720 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.

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    82% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2026
    Dev: Krams DesignPub: DANGEN Entertainment
    Windows

    Can you think like a killer? In this short murder mystery find details in evidence, interpret criminal behaviors and prove your worth to the FBI as new detective Desmond.

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    82% matchMixed69% of 48 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.

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    81% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Wynd_devPub: wysg
    Windows

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    81% matchNo user reviews2027
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    Windows · Mac

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    80% matchVery Positive84% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: 麻辣工作室 Spicy GamesPub: INDIECN
    Windows

    Deep night, famous suspense novelist fell from the balcony, leaving his young wife an enormous heritage. Accident, or calculated murder?Novelist's nephew secretly began investigation.He found a hidden manuscript, which contains a creep story, as well as the key clues concerning its author's death.

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  27. #27 The Final Print
    79% matchPositive88% of 42 reviews2025
    Dev: Dummy DetectivesPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
    Windows

    You're a journalist investigating a suspicious case during the Harlem riots. Take pictures of evidence, gather information by interrogating people, and put it all together in an article to show people the truth.

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    79% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
    Dev: Andi Liddell
    Windows

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    78% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    78% matchVery Positive90% of 63 reviews2021
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    Windows · Mac

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    Why similar: Noir 19.8%, Detective 14.1%, Comic Book 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Crime 9.3%

  31. #31 Disordered
    77% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Lumas Studio
    Windows · Linux

    A detective wakes up beside a corpse, and with no memories. The evidence points to him. Everyone thinks he’s the killer. Unravel the truth before time runs out in this hand-drawn detective mystery adventure set in 1990s Thailand, where every memory hides a lie.

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    77% 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.

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  33. #33 Getting Away With Murder
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Indie Remix Studios
    Windows

    1954. You killed a man. Now cover your tracks. Getting Away With Murder is a noir point-and-click mystery where every decision is about what you leave behind and whether anyone will find it.

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    76% matchMostly Positive79% of 292 reviews2023
    Dev: Bithell Games
    Windows · Mac

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    75% matchPositive85% of 27 reviews2025
    Dev: CheesecakeGames
    Windows

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    75% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: TcherryPub: Viridis Cosmos Games
    Windows

    Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre and investigate the murder of a controversial country priest in this gripping historical detective thriller.

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    73% 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 24.7%, Detective 22.5%, Investigation 17.5%, Crime 15%, Mystery 10.4%

  38. #38 This Bed We Made
    73% matchVery Positive91% of 3,132 reviews2023
    Dev: Lowbirth Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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  39. #39 Let Bions Be Bygones
    73% matchMostly Positive72% of 126 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.

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  40. #40 The Island: Into The Mist
    74% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
    Dev: BADA Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    74% matchVery Positive86% of 36,495 reviews2011
    Dev: Team BondiPub: Rockstar Games
    Windows
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.

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    71% matchVery Positive89% of 264 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: Noir 21.2%, Detective 16.1%, Investigation 11%, Comic Book 11%, Cinematic 10.8%

  43. #43 Last Guest at Sunset
    72% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Blackglass Interactive
    Windows

    Investigate a replayable Hollywood murder mystery where everyone has something to hide. Question guests, uncover contradictions, and identify the killer before they escape justice.

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    71% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
    Dev: SAND Games
    Windows

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    72% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Danari Games
    Windows

    A point-and-click mystery game. Search for the truth in 26 days, playing as two different characters, in a town during 1907.

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    69% matchVery Positive95% of 122 reviews2026
    Dev: Tiny Bull StudiosPub: 2P Games
    Windows · Mac

    A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney. The man who took him was real. But his purpose was from another plane of existence. You play a journalist. You make choices. The story remembers all of them.

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    71% 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.

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    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Ash Studio
    Windows

    Detective agency management × superpowered mystery. Former operative Lin Mo rebuilds the Ash Detective Agency in Collins City. Investigate crime scenes, use “Echoes” to recover memory fragments, rebut lies with evidence, dispatch partners for intel, and uncover conspiracy behind your mentor’s death.

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    69% matchVery Positive95% of 739 reviews2024
    Dev: JZPS Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 39%

    Man I Just Wanna Go Home is an "MSPaint-noir" visual novel with 13 endings, a unique visual style and a killer 80s inspired soundtrack. The story revolves around a delivery person stranded in an unfamiliar part of the city under the devastating rain. All he wants is to get home. Help him!

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    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: BUNKWORKS
    Windows · Mac

    A gripping detective noir mystery that blends investigation and deduction with a rich, character-driven story. The Murder of Ava Monroe is cozy, twisty, and oozing with atmosphere.

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    68% matchVery Positive84% of 74 reviews2025
    Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
    Windows · Mac

    A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.

    Why similar: Noir 17%, Detective 16.5%, Investigation 14.3%, Comic Book 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%

  52. #52 Lacuna: Prologue
    70% matchVery Positive91% of 172 reviews2021
    Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%

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    69% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: David Zacik
    Windows · Mac

    A 2D point-and-click mystery set in the wild 1990s of Slovakia and Czechia. As two young reporters, follow a dead straw man, missing files, locked doors, and paper trails into a case that was never meant to be opened.

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    68% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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  55. #55 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.

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    68% matchVery Positive94% of 117 reviews2023
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  57. #57 The Next Stop
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Paranoid Delusion
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    Embark on a mysterious ride. Solve puzzles, make choices, and uncover the truth behind a hidden crime in this point & click with the depth of a visual novel, all set in a haunting subway filled with secrets.

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  58. #58 Rumor Reporter
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Greyhaven Craft
    Windows

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  59. #59 For Your Tranquility
    67% matchMixed68% of 192 reviews2023
    Dev: Gamesung Games
    Windows · Mac

    It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.

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  60. #60 Kingfisher: An Autism Tale
    66% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Possibly Pixels
    Windows

    Experience how people with autism see, feel and interact with the world around them in this thrilling detective adventure, taking place near the Belgian coast and in the woods around a local nature reserve.

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