60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Mystery, Investigation, Story Rich.
Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre and investigate the murder of a controversial country priest in this gripping historical detective thriller.
Black File
Istanbul, after midnight. Black File is a noir detective game: investigate crime scenes, examine evidence in 3D — rotate it, zoom in, read the back — then use what you find to break a suspect's story.
Death Trick: Double Blind
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Istanbul, after midnight. Black File is a noir detective game: investigate crime scenes, examine evidence in 3D — rotate it, zoom in, read the back — then use what you find to break a suspect's story.
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Noir 14.1%, Investigation 10.9%, Point & Click 10.9%, Dialogue Heavy 7.6%
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Why similar: Detective 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Crime 10.4%, Point & Click 10%
Can you solve a murder with nothing but your wits, your cocktail shaker, and your silver tongue? In this bartending mystery game, your customers are the key. So long as the liquor flows, so does the conversation - but who has the answers you seek, and who has blood on their hands?
Why similar: Detective 13.6%, Noir 12.9%, Crime 11%, Dialogue Heavy 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
A turn-based Clue-inspired detective game where you get to solve a murder mystery by interrogating paintings.
Why similar: Noir 16%, Detective 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Point & Click 11.1%
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 15.1%, Noir 12.3%, Point & Click 10.5%, Crime 9.8%, Investigation 9.7%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Noir 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Investigation 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
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: Detective 15%, Noir 14.7%, Crime 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Dialogue Heavy 9.6%
Investigate a replayable Hollywood murder mystery where everyone has something to hide. Question guests, uncover contradictions, and identify the killer before they escape justice.
Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Crime 14.9%, Investigation 11.2%, Noir 10.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10.2%
A mystery psychological thriller visual novel set in 2000. Follow a serial murder case through the eyes of three characters: the woman, the man, and the detective. With live-action backgrounds and silhouetted characters, every choice branches the story, and one wrong move means game over.
Why similar: Detective 17.1%, Crime 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Thriller 11.1%, Noir 10.7%
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.
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Crime 15.5%, Investigation 11.6%, Noir 9.9%, Point & Click 9.8%
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
Why similar: Noir 17.3%, Detective 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%
Paris, 1888. In this detective visual novel inspired by Ace Attorney and Golden Idol, play as a matchmaker-detective striving to keep her marriage agency open. Meet colourful characters, uncover their secrets, and spread love throughout the city!
Why similar: Detective 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Point & Click 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Historical 9.3%
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 21.5%, Noir 14.9%, Point & Click 14.7%, Crime 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%
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.
Why similar: Detective 17.1%, Noir 15.7%, Crime 13.7%, Historical 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Noir 20.8%, Detective 18.9%, Crime 15.5%, Investigation 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
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.
Why similar: Detective 17.1%, Crime 13.3%, Noir 12.7%, Point & Click 11.2%, Thriller 10.2%
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 16.4%, Noir 12.3%, Crime 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Point & Click 10.9%
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 16.4%, Detective 14.6%, Crime 12.1%, Point & Click 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
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 16.7%, Detective 14.8%, Point & Click 11%, Crime 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
A 3D psychological detective thriller in a radical film noir style. Explore immersive environments, examine clues from every angle, and connect your evidence on a deduction board to solve a dark conspiracy. Use your pure logic to untangle the truth.
Why similar: Noir 18.1%, Detective 17.1%, Crime 12.3%, Investigation 10.8%, Thriller 10.6%
A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.
Why similar: Noir 15%, Detective 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Point & Click 10%
The Cold Cases: Remembering Jory is a story rich, investigative mystery game where your only tools are your contacts and the people you can find and get to talk to you. Read through old internet archives, pick out what is important, and solve the mystery of the 10 year old cold case.
Why similar: Detective 15.1%, Crime 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Investigation 11.2%, Dialogue Heavy 10.8%
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 22.6%, Detective 21.9%, Investigation 12.2%, Point & Click 7.9%, Visual Novel 7.4%
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Noir 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Crime 13.6%, Detective 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%
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 19.3%, Noir 15.4%, Point & Click 14.2%, Crime 11.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11.1%
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to solve the cold case of her father's murder.
Why similar: Detective 16.2%, Point & Click 13.9%, Noir 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%, Investigation 10.4%
A text-driven noir murder mystery where you literally read the room. Search for clues in the text, photograph evidence, and interrogate suspects to solve the murder of fashion icon Margot Voss.
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Noir 15.4%, Investigation 13.4%, Point & Click 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%
Curtain Call in Flames is a single-player 2D courtroom mystery visual novel set in a traditional Chinese puppet troupe. As defense attorney Bian Bo, investigate a murder, question witnesses, examine evidence, and expose contradictions in court to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Crime 16%, Investigation 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Story Rich 7.3%
Set in 1970s southern France, you play a rookie private eye tasked to dig out the secrets of a stubborn old man. Think on your feet while you follow your leads : ask questions to witnesses, detect their lies, hypothesize why and finally confront the silent ones running from their past.
Why similar: Detective 15.3%, Crime 12.1%, Point & Click 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Historical 10.4%
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.
Why similar: Noir 26%, Detective 20.3%, Point & Click 20.3%, Crime 13%, Mystery 7.4%
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 17.6%, Noir 16.5%, Crime 13%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Point & Click 10.9%
Staffer Retro is a mystery adventure game where you uncover past incidents related to ‘Mana’, the source of supernatural powers. Gather information through dialogue and exploration, and piece together clues found in documents to guide the choices of Verita Retro, the protagonist.
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Thriller 12.4%, Crime 10.8%, Point & Click 10.2%, Investigation 9.8%
Winchester, 1906. Arabella Ravencroft is dead, and nine suspects are trapped inside a mansion. You are Inspector Hartwell. Combine clues to forge facts, break their lies, and solve the case. The story doesn't unlock with keys or puzzles. It unlocks through what you can prove.
Why similar: Noir 23.3%, Investigation 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.1%, Point & Click 11%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Detective 16.8%, Noir 15.2%, Thriller 12.2%, Investigation 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Noir 15.4%, Point & Click 12.3%, Crime 11.3%, Investigation 11.1%
An evidence-based detective game set in rural India. Investigate your friend's disappearance by searching crime scenes, interrogating suspects, and presenting proof to break through lies. Race against time to expose a conspiracy before the 9:45 PM train leaves.
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Crime 14.7%, Thriller 11.8%, Investigation 11.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%
A narrative adventure blending point-and-click and visual novel elements. Play as a young FBI agent in New Orleans, investigate crime scenes, profile suspects, and make choices that shape a branching story mixing offbeat humor with a gripping crime thriller.
Why similar: Detective 15.1%, Crime 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%, Point & Click 11.1%
A short interlude from the world of The Slaughter.
Why similar: Noir 20.8%, Detective 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Point & Click 13.9%, Crime 13.2%
Join a serial killer enthusiast group to solve the town's recent murders in this mystery visual novel adventure, featuring point-and-click and text-based investigation and a detailed story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Detective 14.2%, Thriller 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Crime 11.9%
A thrilling point-and-click adventure game where you play as Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator, as he tracks a serial killer in the heart of the Tang Dynasty's capital city.
Why similar: Detective 16.1%, Historical 13.6%, Point & Click 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%
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 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Crime 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Thriller 12.2%
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: Detective 23.7%, Noir 13.9%, Crime 13.7%, Investigation 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.8%
Step into a small town in 90s fictional China as a grieving detective. In a place plagued by twisted homicides, the truth hides in the lies. Interrogate unpredictable witnesses, expose their contradictions, and rebuild a suspect’s face from an imperfect memory. Just like yours.
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Investigation 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Visual Novel 8.4%
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 19.5%, Detective 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Point & Click 13.6%, Thriller 9.7%
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: Detective 21.6%, Noir 19%, Crime 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 9.9%, Investigation 9.9%
1919. Saboteurs organised an insolent provocation in revolutionary Novgorod. So called «miracle-making» relics of Saint Lukian were stolen right on the eve of being exposed and debunked in public. Our paper «The Red Case» is following the investigation.
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Historical 14%, Point & Click 13.8%, Crime 11.6%, Noir 10.4%
A cinematic mystery visual novel about a vanished woman. You're the detective on the case. Twelve years ago, your sister disappeared the same way. Four investigations lead to four different answers about what really happened — and none of them is the wrong one. The truth is whichever one you find.
Why similar: Noir 17.2%, Detective 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Crime 9.9%, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%
戏班内扑朔迷离的死亡，步步紧逼的幕后黑手，封闭剧场内的死亡倒计时，案件主角的生命和救赎都取决于你的决断。当第一桩案件尘埃落定，你以为可以回到现实世界时，轮回之路才刚刚开始……
Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Crime 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Point & Click 12.5%, Investigation 11.5%
Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller with narrative adventure elements and unsettling details. Join Detective Bennett on his final case and uncover dark secrets in a world where reality bends and sanity wavers.
Why similar: Detective 17%, Crime 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Investigation 10.2%, Thriller 10.1%
Noir gamebook, now fully in English. A magnate vanishes from an office locked from the inside: 4 trails, 780 choices, 11 endings, and no luck to save you. 85% of runs end in death or arrest. You die; the case goes on — the dossier doesn't forget.
Why similar: Noir 20.1%, Detective 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Crime 10.8%
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 21.1%, Point & Click 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Investigation 11.4%
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.
Why similar: Noir 15%, Detective 14%, Crime 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Historical 10.8%
In the not-so-distant future, a robot witnesses a shocking event and stores the last image it sees in an encrypted memory bank. The player assigned to this robot must scroll through its memories to piece together a visual story and solve the mystery of what happened.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Point & Click 17.9%, Noir 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Crime 12.8%
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: Detective 17.2%, Noir 14.3%, Crime 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Thriller 8.5%
"Whispering Eclipsia is a gripping first-person psychological horror detective game. Step into the shoes of Inspector Keshav to solve a series of ritualistic murders, survive reality-bending loops, and uncover the dark secrets lurking in the shadows of Woodslane."
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Noir 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Point & Click 12.2%, Detective 9.8%
A narrative game set in 1943 Belém, legends are vanishing, and the river’s secrets need a detective. Pink, if you will. As a shapeshifting river dolphin detective that turns into human (almost), uncover a noir mystery where folklore, memory, and conspiracy flow beneath the city.
Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Noir 22%, Investigation 13.3%, Crime 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%
Scour police records. Antagonize your suspects. Comb through a disturbing crime scene. You'll stop at nothing to expose the truth. Ring of Fire is a search-based detective noir puzzler with a mature narrative set in the hyper-stylized streets of New London.
Why similar: Noir 17.6%, Detective 15.4%, Crime 11.5%, Investigation 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
Beat reporter Birdie Malone goes undercover as Hollywood star Clara Bow to stop a masked culprit from stealing The Dragon Blossom in this 1930's point and click whodunnit.
Why similar: Detective 13.4%, Crime 13.1%, Point & Click 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Historical 10.6%
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 20.3%, Detective 17%, Crime 14.5%, Point & Click 13.8%, Investigation 9.5%
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 19.6%, Detective 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Point & Click 12.8%
