- #1 FriendShapes
97% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: RainingLamppost
Windows
A jumpscare-free abstract horror existential crisis of a lite-RPG. Explore Digressions - areas that continue longer than they should with sets of randomized text events and map variations for a differing experience each time. Features a unique non-violent interaction system with various Entities.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.4%, 1980s 17.3%, Dark Humor 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Psychedelic 12.2%
- #2 The Remission of Sins
96% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: KaminGamesPub: Tsukiakari Studios
Windows · Mac
The Remission of Sins is a fully-voiced, multi-ending short horror visual novel. Depending on the player’s choice, it branches to 12 different endings.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.2%, Noir 18.9%, Dark Humor 15%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Crime 10.9%
- #3 Dinner with an Owl
96% matchVery Positive95% of 860 reviews2021
Dev: BoringSuburbanDad
Windows
Break the puzzling spell of your eccentric host! Dinner with an Owl: A short surreal point and click adventure.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.5%, Noir 18.3%, Dark Humor 15.9%, Point & Click 13.2%, Gothic 13.1% ★
- #4 HENPRI
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,774 reviews2025
Dev: QruppoPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 22.8 hrsMean: 37.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Thrown into prison for an act of self-expression, protagonist Shuichiro must confront both a violent system and his own actions—or else try to find happiness on the inside in this visual novel from the makers of NUKITASHI.
Why similar: Noir 18.1%, Dark Humor 17.1%, Crime 16.7%, Dark Comedy 14.9%, Gothic 12.7% ★
- #5 The Glued
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nimavoha Interactive
Windows
The peg doll faces from your childhood bedroom reappear at every turn. Struggle to find a path forward through your own personal hell in this bleak visual novel with light puzzles and point-and-click elements.
Why similar: Noir 21.6%, Point & Click 14.7%, Psychedelic 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Gothic 13% ★
- #6 The Ravendree Oracle
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Megon Lashley
Windows
Meet devils, diviners, bootleggers, and showstoppers in this 1920s whodunit adventure. Grim and macabre, yet darkly humorous. The Ravendree Oracle mixes 1920’s toon style art with a morbid murder mystery, all while exploring the eccentric characters that inhabit a supernatural speakeasy.
Why similar: Noir 22.9%, Dark Comedy 22.3%, Dark Humor 18.3%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Gothic 12.1% ★
- #7 Chicken Police - Paint it RED!
92% 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 22.7%, Crime 18.2%, Dark Humor 15.7%, Dark Comedy 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%
- #8 Detective Hunt - Crownston City PD
93% 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 31.9%, Crime 26.4%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Point & Click 15%, Adventure 8.3%
- #9 9 Lives
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stefano BianchiPub: Rising Tide
Windows
Step into a noir-inspired world of mystery, humor, and the supernatural in 9 Lives, a visual novel where your choices shape the story. Solve puzzles, uncover secrets, and navigate branching dialogue in a stunning black-and-white art style. Will you crack the case or get lost in the shadows?
Why similar: Noir 23.6%, Crime 17.7%, Comic Book 15.9%, Dark Humor 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.6%
- #10 PolyCity Stories - The Affair
91% 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: Dark Comedy 25.5%, Noir 25.2%, Point & Click 16.6%, Crime 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
- #11 The Slaughter: Magdalene
90% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: Alex FrancoisPub: Brainchild
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short interlude from the world of The Slaughter.
Why similar: Noir 25.4%, Crime 17.9%, Dark Comedy 16.7%, Point & Click 15.8%, Dark Humor 10.7%
- #12 Narco Lolita
89% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: Brave Esprit
Windows · Mac
"Fire that rocket in your pants into her from behind." Nasty and silly, comedy visual novel. You are a young mobster and your mission is to find Lolita ― of a crime syndicate. Engage with women to investigate or to just accept the temptation.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 26.1%, Crime 21.6%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Noir 10.8%
- #13 Nerdy Quest
88% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Linus Hertley-Lundberg
Windows · Mac
A nostalgic 1980s-inspired point-and-click adventure packed with puzzles, quirky humor, and bizarre pop-culture references. Explore cinematic environments, talk to eccentric characters, collect and combine items — and discover a surprising burst of action at the end.
Why similar: 1980s 34.4%, Point & Click 22.5%, Dark Comedy 20.5%, Adventure 9.9%, Dark Humor 9.2%
- #14 Murder In Tehran's Alleys 1933
89% matchMixed48% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: RSK EntertainmentPub: Strategy First
Windows
This is a series about brutal murders and innocent children killed by cruel and vicious devils riddled with terrifying violence and a mystery for which no end seems to exist. In such gloomy despair, detective Afshar is the only one who has to try to solve this serial killing case in one of the most loyal adventure games to the classic...
Why similar: Noir 35%, Crime 29.1%, Point & Click 26.6%, Adventure 9.3%
- #15 Killer Eyelashes
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiamat Studio
Windows · Mac
The apocalypse is here… and its beat for the gods! How likely was your debut as a drag artist to be overshadowed by a zombie apocalypse? Meet quirky characters, solve puzzles, and catfight with your rivals in this fresh narrative adventure.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.8%, Point & Click 15.9%, Visual Novel 15%, Comic Book 14.3%, Dark Humor 13.3%
- #16 Dirty Land
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Naturally Intelligent
Windows · Mac · Linux
A videogame about being a real estate salesman in the 80s
Why similar: 1980s 25.3%, Noir 25%, Crime 20.2%, Point & Click 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
- #17 The Journey Down: Chapter Two
86% 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 38.1%, Point & Click 14.9%, Dark Comedy 14.6%, Crime 12.9%, Dark Humor 12.5%
- #18 Object Ward.
85% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: thugzilladev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Object Ward is a dark comedy visual novel about the various misadventures of a man who sees everyone with an inanimate object for a head. What is real, and what is a hallucination?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 30.3%, 1980s 17.3%, Dark Humor 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Psychedelic 13.5%
- #19 Go For A Punch! Saki Sanobashi
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 251 reviews2023
Dev: Veratrum
Windows · Linux
Four students find themselves trapped in the restroom of an abandoned school; the door is locked. Without a way of escaping, they can only cling to their remaining shreds of hope or come face to face with their inevitable ruin.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.6%, Dark Humor 15.9%, Comic Book 14.4%, Point & Click 14.2%, Visual Novel 14%
- #20 Japanese Salaryman
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Antikat
Windows · Mac
Fight to escape debt in a world of corporate intrigue where reputation and information are your currency. Sell sensitive information & navigate office politics in this Office-noir RPG set in 1990s Japan.
Why similar: Noir 22.5%, Hacking 21.5% ★, Dark Comedy 19.8%, Crime 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.6%
- #21 StreamerBeater
83% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: N.R.
Windows
It's free, try it ;) Third person souls-like featuring a solid combat mechanic, 5 explorable levels, 3 big boss fights, mobs, cutscenes, unlockables, and a main story.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 25.2%, Crime 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Demons 10.8%, Dark Humor 9.7%
- #22 Side Alley
82% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Nimavoha Interactive
Windows
Your new colleagues may be demons in disguise. A bleak horror visual novel with point-and-click gameplay.
Why similar: Noir 25.9%, Point & Click 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Psychedelic 14.5%, Demons 9.1%
- #23 QUIET DAN
81% matchVery Positive94% of 1,412 reviews2025
Dev: ВСЖ
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.5 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 22.5%, Dark Comedy 20.7%, Crime 18.8%, Dark Humor 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%
- #24 就労!!わんわんヒューマン
81% matchVery Positive100% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: samezakistudio
Windows
Work! Wan Wan Human is an [ADV Novel Game of Human Gachi-Inukenka] that educates sinners and turns them into adorable dogs. Become a correctional officer in a city of chaos where humans, demons, and angels are all mixed together and get the job done.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 26.9%, Visual Novel 25%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Dark Humor 15.2%, Demons 11.6%
- #25 BoHeM
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: LaniPub: Lane Goza
Mac
Live an anti-cozy life on the sidewalks of Rainy Street. Fix apartments, tend bars, thrift for clothing, and uncover the wacky mysteries surrounding the eccentric yet seemingly-normal tenants as they go about their daily lives.
Why similar: Crime 17%, Point & Click 14.9%, Gothic 12.5% ★, Visual Novel 12.4%, Demons 10.8%
- #26 My Bloodsucking 9-to-5
80% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Max Morkson
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're James, a middle-aged office worker who just so happens to be a vampire. Someone stole your lunch. Find the thief, feed your goldfish, explore the building and DO. NOT. KILL. ANYONE. Easy!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.7%, Dark Humor 23%, 1980s 22.9%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
- #27 1f y0u're a gh0st ca11 me here! 幽铃热线
79% matchVery Positive97% of 158 reviews2021
Dev: Furoshiki Lab.
Windows
An action novel adventure game in which you instantly judge and understand the contents of multiple conversations displayed simultaneously and continue to make the correct choice. You can experience the wonder of listening to several conversations at once.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.9%, Comic Book 17.9%, Point & Click 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%
- #28 NubiaPhobia
78% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Tonguç Bodur
Windows
Solve the wacky point & click puzzles filled with horror and humor. Break the witch's curse on your home as you explore five distinct regions, each hiding a sacred key to unlock the village chest.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.3%, Dark Humor 28.1%, Point & Click 23.2%, Demons 10.5%, Adventure 10%
- #29 Frankie and Suede Private Detectives
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HurlingGames
Windows
Get big laughs while you point and click to search for clues and solve mysteries with Hollywood's most deranged private investigators, Frankie and Suede. Be immersed into a cinematic experience with slapstick characters in this film noir comedy adventure.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 24.6%, Noir 23.6%, Dark Humor 17.2%, Point & Click 15.8%, Crime 13.1%
- #30 Bombardiro Crocodilo: The Naked Clue
77% 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: Dark Comedy 23.7%, Noir 21.2%, Crime 20.1%, Visual Novel 16.5%, 1980s 14.4%
- #31 Crowpoint Manor
78% 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 33%, Dark Humor 23.3%, Crime 19.9%, Point & Click 18.7%, Adventure 3.5%
- #32 The end is nahual: If I may say so
77% matchVery Positive85% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Third World Productions
Windows · Linux
It's sometimes a visual novel and point-and-click adventure about nothing, it's sometimes chaos, someone said that the ending was like jazz... if you can defeat the trashbags you're good to go...
Why similar: Dark Comedy 18.5%, Dark Humor 17.6%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Point & Click 16.2%, Psychedelic 15%
- #33 Atom☭grad
76% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: Petter Malmehed
Windows
A linguistic detective game. Decrypt the Soviet computer to prevent total nuclear annihilation.
Why similar: Cold War 28.3% ★, 1980s 22.2%, Noir 19.2%, Point & Click 15.3%, Realistic 6.4%
- #34 Night Cascades
76% matchVery Positive94% of 191 reviews2022
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: 1980s 23.6%, Noir 21.8%, Crime 17.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Point & Click 11.1%
- #35 アパシー殺人クラブ
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: SHANNON
Windows
『部活動の時間です。さあ、人殺しをはじめてください』 一癖も二癖もある強者ぞろいの巨大コミュニティ、それが鳴神学園。 そこには、ありとあらゆる部活動が存在し、到底常識では考えられない特殊な闇の倶楽部がある。その一つが殺人クラブだ。
Why similar: Dark Comedy 33.4%, Dark Humor 28.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Adventure 6.3%
- #36 Nelson and the Magic Cauldron: The Journey
75% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Manuel Schenk Games
Windows
"Nelson and the Magic Cauldron: The Journey" is a classic point & click adventure, with lots of puzzles and funny dialogues.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.4%, Point & Click 19.8%, Dark Humor 17.5%, Comic Book 15.7%, 1980s 8.1%
- #37 Depth Perception
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: One Man Symphony
Windows
It’s the 1980s. A rural cop investigates a fellow officer’s disappearance. With limited ammo and failing gear, you'll explore eerie landscapes, piece together clues, and face your own fears; no jumpscares, just tense psychological unraveling. Will you find the truth… or lose yourself?
Why similar: Noir 24.1%, 1980s 21.7%, Crime 18%, Psychedelic 15.4%, Realistic 8.3%
- #38 深夜観光TASOGARE
73% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: ミケまち
Windows
架空の日本観光地を旅するマルチエンドの探索アドベンチャー 緊迫していくストーリーと豊富なミニゲーム、魅力的な登場人物たちとの交流が楽しめます。
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Point & Click 14.1%, Dark Humor 11.7%
- #39 Super Chillers: The Chat Room
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rose Arcana Games
Windows
Travel back to the 90s in this campy point-and-click horror adventure inspired by classic YA horror books like Fear Street and Point Horror.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.7%, 1980s 20.2%, Dark Humor 16.9%, Point & Click 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%
- #40 Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die!
73% matchPositive92% of 37 reviews2022
Dev: Valtteri TavastPub: Instant Million
Windows
Hair metal's not dead, it just smells funny! Get your denim vest, bandana and makeup, and dive into a point-and-click adventure as a middle-aged teddy bear planning a comeback with his old glam metal band – in a world where glam metal has been dead and buried for decades.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.5%, 1980s 21.6%, Dark Humor 21.5%, Point & Click 18.4%, Comic Book 9.2%
- #41 DisplaceMen
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eversea Club
Windows · Mac
DisplaceMen is an experimental narrative game where you survive as a broke painter through art commissions. Paint with weird-ass found objects to unravel residents' mysterious pasts, change the story’s direction with observations and visual choices, and bring the forgotten Mermaid back to reality!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 33%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Point & Click 20.3%, Adventure 4.9%
- #42 Limits of Sky
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inceton Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Limits of Sky is a comedy/drama adult video game in which a young girl - in the face of her own mortality - tries to live out her life to the fullest.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 27.4%, Dark Humor 22.3%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Emotional 8.3%
- #43 Brain Freeze
71% 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: Dark Comedy 28.1%, Noir 23.6%, Dark Humor 20.2%, Crime 15.4%, Psychedelic 8.7%
- #44 Misadventures of Laura Silver
72% 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: Dark Humor 18.2%, Noir 18%, Visual Novel 16%, Point & Click 15.1%, Comic Book 15.1%
- #45 [Chilla's Art] The Night Way Home | 帰り道
72% matchMixed66% of 304 reviews2021
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
The Night Way Home is a Japanese survival horror game.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23%, 1980s 21.8%, Dark Humor 16.2%, Psychedelic 15.5%, Realistic 8.1%
- #46 A Death in the Red Light
70% 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 23%, Dark Comedy 18.4%, Crime 16.1%, Comic Book 11.8%, Point & Click 11.6%
- #47 The Halloween Incident
70% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Ted ZuflePub: TZ
Windows
A detective story with elements of analog horror, in which you will have to conduct your own investigation to get to the truth.
Why similar: 1980s 25.5%, Psychedelic 18.8%, Point & Click 18.7%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Realistic 9.5%
- #48 Laugh Track
68% matchVery Positive93% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: Fiction Factory Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're now the lead writer for Juno's World, a perfectly normal sitcom in which nothing strange or horrible happens, ever! Choose your scripts, decide what characters to build relationships with, and keep those audience ratings high -- or get cancelled in more ways than one! Welcome to Must See TV.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 30.7%, 1980s 18.4%, Noir 17.3%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychedelic 10.7%
- #49 Romp of Dump
70% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: Zakurosuke
Windows · Mac
Visual novel fully animated in Live2D, Observing Scum Prisoners! In a prison called a dump, a betting card game among dangerous prisoners begins. Penalty game for the losers! Uncover the hidden pasts and bizarre crimes of these lunatics!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 41.6%, Dark Humor 18.4%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Crime 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.2%
- #50 Furies & Magazines - Episode 1
71% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: DE1
Windows
Graphic Novel Style Top Down Shooting Action Game which tells the story of Ivan Vinogradov, the victim of the CIA's top-secret project.
Why similar: Cold War 25.5% ★, 1980s 23.6%, Crime 18.9%, Comic Book 18.3%, Realistic 9%
- #51 No Sleep For Kaname Date - From AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES
68% matchVery Positive82% of 874 reviews2025
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 12.9 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Iris has been abducted by aliens?! Finding herself on board a mysterious UFO and tasked with completing a bizarre escape game, Iris knows there's one person who she can always count on for help: Kaname Date, Psyncer!
Why similar: Noir 25.6%, Psychedelic 18.2%, Visual Novel 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Crime 12.3%
- #52 Robot Detective
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Atreyu Games
Windows
Investigate the grisly murder of Philip Cartel in this dazzling sci-fi post-apocalyptic visual novel. You play an android detective piecing together their past while meeting strange and exotic characters, traveling a brutal world and unraveling the many mysteries it holds.
Why similar: Noir 22.4%, Crime 19.8%, Point & Click 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%
- #53 ふりかけ☆スペイシー
68% matchVery Positive96% of 243 reviews2023
Dev: よんとんトマチン
Windows
『ふりスペ』はネオ昭和×ギャグ×ビジュアルノベル!ゴスでブリなドレスを身にまとい、オタク文化を愛する「さぁたん」は2浪中のハタチ。ひょんなことから謎のワープに巻き込まれ、たどり着いたのはネオ昭和、出会うは狂気の女子高校生たち!?
Why similar: 1980s 28%, Visual Novel 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Comic Book 18.6%, Adventure 8.1%
- #54 Deep Lake: Prologue
69% matchVery Positive81% of 72 reviews2021
Dev: Sinto_KengekiPub: Kairos GD
Windows · Mac
"Deep Lake: Prologue" visual novel In the neo-Gothic genre, with a psychological story. Our hero's name is Sali. Sali is a former forensic photographer for the crime department. The accident that happened to him reveals in him a mysterious gift that can lead him to a terrible death.
Why similar: Noir 29.7%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Psychedelic 19.1%, Realistic 9.3%, Gothic 7.5% ★
- #55 Holy Crap
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ultraton Studios
Windows
A dark comedy narrative game about faith, power, and social chaos. Make uncomfortable choices, trigger viral reactions, and face the consequences in a satirical story where humor and discomfort collide.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.8%, Crime 18.6%, Dark Humor 17.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Demons 11.8%
- #56 Bear With Me: The Lost Robots
69% matchVery Positive89% of 132 reviews2019
Dev: Exordium GamesPub: Miyagi Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Bear With Me: The Lost Robots is an all new prequel chapter featuring Amber’s brother Flint and the callous detective Ted E. Bear. Take to the gritty and bustling undergrounds of Paper City, discovering new characters and rich lore leading up to the events of the first 3 episodes of Bear With Me.
Why similar: Noir 31.4%, Dark Comedy 22.6%, Point & Click 19.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Emotional 8.9%
- #57 Eclipse Town
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sebastian Sommer
Windows · Mac
Your wife has been kidnapped by vampires. You must rescue your wife before she is taken to the vampire world in this fast-paced shooter.
Why similar: Noir 28.2%, 1980s 23.3%, Psychedelic 18.4%, Dark Humor 16.3%, Visual Novel 8.3%
- #58 Dinner with an Owl: Owl Observatory
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BoringSuburbanDad
Windows
A surreal point-and-click adventure about time loops, perception, and a dinner you can never leave.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 25.1%, Dark Humor 18.7%, Gothic 18.7% ★, Point & Click 15.6%, Psychedelic 10.7%
- #59 Dissolution of My Self
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pop Elephant Studio
Windows
Power structures can fall apart. So can people. In a sealed-off rented room, click on objects, piece together the a story of love and torture, and witness fading memories as a person abandoned by their time slowly dissolves himself.
Why similar: Noir 25.3%, Dark Humor 20%, Visual Novel 19%, Point & Click 18.3%, Psychedelic 7.5%
- #60 Funerary Services Marquez Paz
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: devpetrichor
Windows
Enter the rough streets of Marquez Paz, Argentina. Explore the neighborhood and meet its peculiar inhabitants, work for "the fune" and get some cash, cave the head in of a couple of idiots and get some more cash. Get used to it, because the things you're going to see... Oh... Good heavens!...
Why similar: Dark Comedy 32%, Dark Humor 19.8%, Psychedelic 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Point & Click 10.1%