- #1 Loretta
97% matchVery Positive93% of 414 reviews2023
Dev: BonereadersPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: America 22.6% ★, Noir 16.8%, Crime 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Point & Click 10.8%
- #2 The Halloween Incident
96% match1 user reviews0% of 1 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: America 25.2% ★, 1980s 19%, Psychedelic 14.1%, Point & Click 14%, Visual Novel 13.2%
- #3 AFK_GF
96% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Camocipher12
Windows
A dark visual novel blending psychological horror, surreal storytelling, and chatroom-inspired UI. Navigate intrusive thoughts, branching choices, and dissect a fractured mind in a twisted search for connection and meaning.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21%, America 16.5% ★, Dark Humor 14.9%, Point & Click 10.5%, Psychedelic 10.2%
- #4 Bombardiro Crocodilo: The Naked Clue
95% 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 19.5%, America 18.3% ★, Noir 17.4%, Crime 16.5%, Visual Novel 13.3%
- #5 Furies & Magazines - Episode 1
94% 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: America 21.4% ★, Cold War 20.1% ★, 1980s 18.4%, Crime 14.9%, Comic Book 14.4%
- #6 FriendShapes
94% matchPositive96% of 23 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 19.5%, 1980s 17.2%, Dark Humor 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Psychedelic 12.1%
- #7 Chicken Police - Paint it RED!
93% matchVery Positive95% of 2,490 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 21.8%, Crime 17.5%, America 17.1% ★, Dark Humor 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.8%
- #8 Object Ward.
91% 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 26.9%, 1980s 15.1%, Dark Humor 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Psychedelic 11.9%
- #9 A Golden Wake
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 338 reviews2014
Dev: Grundislav Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The rise and fall story of a real estate agent in 1920s Miami. Based on historical events. From Francisco González, creator of the Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator series, Shardlight, and Lamplight City.
Why similar: America 26.8% ★, Dark Comedy 22.9%, Crime 15.2%, Point & Click 15.1%, Drama 9.3%
- #10 Dirty Land
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Naturally Intelligent
Windows · Mac · Linux
A videogame about being a real estate salesman in the 80s
Why similar: 1980s 23.4%, Noir 23.4%, Crime 18.8%, Point & Click 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
- #11 HENPRI
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,596 reviews2025
Dev: QruppoPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 22.0 hrsMean: 37.6 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 21.3%, Dark Humor 21%, Crime 19.2%, Dark Comedy 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.5%
- #12 No Friends
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Weirder Games
Windows
No friends is a comedic single player video game that lasts about an hour. Your choices doesn't matter that much like most of the games where they tell you your choices matter.
Why similar: America 24.9% ★, Dark Comedy 18.8%, Dark Humor 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Drama 7.7%
- #13 9 Lives
88% 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 15.8%, Dark Humor 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.5%
- #14 Detective Hunt - Crownston City PD
89% 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 26.5%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Point & Click 15%, Adventure 8.3%
- #15 Robot Detective
87% 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 20%, Crime 17.7%, Point & Click 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Drama 10.8%
- #16 The Slaughter: Magdalene
86% 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 16.8%, Point & Click 15.8%, Dark Humor 10.8%
- #17 PolyCity Stories - The Affair
86% 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%
- #18 Narco Wars
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stochastik
Windows
The cult-classic drug economy game everyone has played is back... in 3D! 👀 You're a dealer in 1990s NYC with one goal: get as rich as possible in a month ⌛💰 Cocaine, LSD, weed, whatever's hot 🔥 Buy low and sell high for huge profit 📈 Get in a police shootout👮🔫 Or meet a hooker 🫦 Wishlist now!
Why similar: America 23.4% ★, Dark Comedy 20.2%, Crime 20%, Dark Humor 17.2%, Noir 16.8%
- #19 Blue Book
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Next Genium
Windows
Blue Book is a sci-fi narrative quest. Become a detective and investigate a case that the FBI prefers to forget. The quiet town hides silent horrors, and its citizens keep secrets. Interrogate, uncover contradictions, and trust your intuition. When logic fails, who are you willing to suspect?
Why similar: America 27.4% ★, 1980s 19.3%, Crime 13.8%, Point & Click 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%
- #20 Narco Lolita
84% 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%
- #21 Night Cascades
83% matchVery Positive95% of 181 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 21.6%, Noir 20.1%, Crime 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Point & Click 10.3%
- #22 3AM CORP: The Balbazar Resort
82% matchMixed65% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: Alien Big Cat
Windows
Beware of Balbazar in this horror/psychological thriller adventure. Evade the enigmatic Balbazar, use your wits and homemade sleuth kit to capture proof that something ominous is happening, and make it out alive. Do not get caught. The cops aren't doing anything... perhaps there's a reason.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 25.9%, America 25.1% ★, 1980s 22.5%, Psychedelic 14.2%, Emotional 8.4%
- #23 Curt Maddox
82% matchPositive89% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: Lesson of Passion
Windows · Mac · Linux
This is an adventure game with visual novel elements. Explore this Wild West town and the stories of its inhabitants! Bring about new relationships and solve their problems like a good sheriff who is not at all a hustler in a paper-thin disguise should!
Why similar: America 24.1% ★, Crime 14.9%, Point & Click 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #24 crockpot
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Emily Koonce
Windows · Mac
crockpot is a 2D first-person vignette videogame that follows two teenagers as they roam around their hometown looking for something to do during their last summer after high school.
Why similar: America 40.2% ★, Dark Comedy 20.6%, Point & Click 17.4%, Drama 11.2%, Emotional 10.7%
- #25 Frenzy Blood
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: IVRDT OU
Windows
Immerse in 1930s alternative America noir VR shooter! Become a traumatized bounty hunter on the trail of insane doctor. Battle puppet villains, use realistic weapons, leverage alcohol and tobacco in this gripping adventure.
Why similar: Noir 22.9%, America 22.3% ★, Dark Humor 17.3%, 1980s 15.8%, Crime 15.3%
- #26 Nerdy Quest
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Linus Hertley-Lundberg
Windows
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 34.2%, Point & Click 22.5%, Dark Comedy 20.6%, Adventure 9.9%, Dark Humor 9.3%
- #27 Murder In Tehran's Alleys 1933
81% 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 29.2%, Point & Click 26.6%, Adventure 9.3%
- #28 University of Progress
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blossom
Windows · Mac
A fully voiced visual novel where your choices actually matter. Welcome to college: annoying frat boys, unhinged goth girls, weird roommates, and every flavor of chaos. Go to class, get wasted, find love, whatever. Just try not to die.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 30.1%, Visual Novel 18%, America 16.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Dark Humor 13.3%
- #29 Killer Eyelashes
78% 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 19.9%, Point & Click 15.9%, Visual Novel 15%, Comic Book 14.3%, Dark Humor 13.3%
- #30 Go For A Punch! Saki Sanobashi
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 247 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 22.7%, Dark Humor 15.9%, Comic Book 14.3%, Point & Click 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%
- #31 QUIET DAN
75% matchVery Positive95% of 1,320 reviews2025
Dev: ВСЖ
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 13.2%
- #32 The Outlaw and The Newcomer
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Brave Esprit
Windows
A suspense ADV of mobsters in Eastern Europe. Walk around the nostalgic city and talk with fascinating characters as you uncover the identity of a terrifying poison. The game system combines elements of exploration, collecting, and visual novels.
Why similar: Noir 25.2%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Crime 17.3%, Drama 12.9%, Adventure 10.7%
- #33 StreamerBeater
76% 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 25.3%, Crime 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Demons 10.7%, Dark Humor 9.8%
- #34 就労!!わんわんヒューマン
75% matchVery Positive100% of 65 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 27%, Visual Novel 25%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Dark Humor 15.3%, Demons 11.5%
- #35 The Journey Down: Chapter Two
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 553 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%
- #36 My Bloodsucking 9-to-5
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Max Morkson
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're James, a middle-aged office worker who just so happens to be vampire. Someone stole your lunch. Find the thief, feed your goldfish, explore the building and DO. NOT. KILL. ANYONE. Easy!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.8%, Dark Humor 23.1%, 1980s 22.7%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
- #37 NubiaPhobia
73% 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 28.4%, Dark Humor 28.2%, Point & Click 23.2%, Demons 10.4%, Adventure 9.9%
- #38 1f y0u're a gh0st ca11 me here! 幽铃热线
74% matchVery Positive97% of 155 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 29%, Point & Click 17.9%, Comic Book 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%
- #39 Frankie and Suede Private Detectives
74% 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 24.7%, Noir 23.6%, Dark Humor 17.2%, Point & Click 15.8%, Crime 13.1%
- #40 Outbreak The Fedora Files: What Lydia Knows
73% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Dead Drop Studios LLC
Windows
Something is foul in the city of Cypress Ridge. Uncover the truth in this narrative rich visual novel taking place just moments before a full blown undead epidemic.
Why similar: America 30.3% ★, Dark Humor 17%, Comic Book 15%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Drama 10.7%
- #41 Mycopsychosys: Remastered
71% matchVery Positive98% of 196 reviews2025
Dev: DeltaCat Studio Pub: DeltaCat Studio
Windows
🚨 Emergency Alert 🚨 New security protocols have been activated. Remain indoors. Do not open your doors under any circumstance. Isolation is safety. Isolation is truth. Or is it?
Why similar: Noir 21.1%, 1980s 20.2%, Psychedelic 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
- #42 Crowpoint Manor
73% 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 33.1%, Dark Humor 23.3%, Crime 19.9%, Point & Click 18.6%, Adventure 3.5%
- #43 Sandwich Sim
71% matchVery Positive89% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Sandwich SquadPub: Cole Young
Windows · Mac
A game where you play as a slightly confused bear trying to assemble the ultimate meal no matter who tries to get in your way. Relax and fish, visit the grocery store, escape bureaucracy, and more on your way to achieve enlightenment via sandwich.
Why similar: America 26.5% ★, Noir 23.9%, 1980s 19.7%, Psychedelic 15.4%, Adventure 5.1%
- #44 Weed Runner
72% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: U.D. Games
Windows
Weed Runner is a drug dealing, crime fueled, story driven, point and click adventure.
Why similar: Crime 27.6%, Dark Humor 21.3%, Point & Click 20.5%, Drama 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.6%
- #45 Is the Vat Utopia or Dystopia?
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Night Cruising 夜间巡航
Windows
"We regret to inform you that the Earth has been demolished." Coming next—a "Human Observation Documentary" starring "Landmine Girl"(fake) and "Nerd" (so-called).
Why similar: Dark Comedy 29.5%, Dark Humor 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Drama 13.7%, Emotional 11.1%
- #46 Chuhou Joutai 2: Paraided!
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: Drillimation Systems
Windows
The true strength of The Real Driller is his wisdom.
Why similar: America 28.3% ★, Cold War 22.3% ★, 1980s 19.7%, Crime 17.2%, Visual Novel 12.5%
- #47 Sohee
69% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: TwoDpixPub: Digital-Touch Co., Ltd.
Windows
is a story-driven adventure about a young woman who loses her balance in life after a major event and begins searching for her path again. Explore her daily moments, talk with people, and follow her journey toward finding answers.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Point & Click 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Drama 12.9%, Emotional 12.4%
- #48 The end is nahual: If I may say so
70% matchVery Positive85% of 73 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 14.9%
- #49 1997 RELOADED
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gaigo Studio
Windows · Mac
Three teenagers find a mysterious audio tape recording which turns out to be evidence of a murder. It’s the end of the world as they know it. Immerse yourself in a kinetic novel that encapsulates the essence of the 1990s by completely reinventing its music scene.
Why similar: America 19.8% ★, Visual Novel 17.7%, Comic Book 17.6%, Emotional 14.1%, Drama 14%
- #50 Atom☭grad
70% 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 22.1%, Noir 19.2%, Point & Click 15.3%, Realistic 6.4%
- #51 アパシー殺人クラブ
69% 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 33.5%, Dark Humor 28.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Adventure 6.2%
- #52 深夜観光TASOGARE
67% match9 user reviews100% of 9 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 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Point & Click 14.1%, Dark Humor 11.7%
- #53 Super Chillers: The Chat Room
68% 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 23.8%, 1980s 20%, Dark Humor 16.9%, Point & Click 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%
- #54 On a Summer Night
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Wagashi
Windows
"Today, I would like to tell you about one night. One night that changed my life." On a Summer Night is a short point-and-click visual novel.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 28.8%, Dark Humor 19.8%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Point & Click 16.1%, Drama 10.2%
- #55 Depth Perception
67% matchNo user reviews
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 21.5%, Crime 18.1%, Psychedelic 15.4%, Realistic 8.3%
- #56 Red Spider3: A Heroine Never Dies
69% 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 32.6%, Crime 22.9%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Drama 16.6%, Emotional 4.4%
- #57 DisplaceMen
67% 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 33.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Point & Click 20.3%, Adventure 4.9%
- #58 Hookah Haze
65% matchVery Positive93% of 1,294 reviews2024
Dev: ACQUIRE Corp.Pub: Aniplex Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
It's the year 2xxx. The inexperienced Toru Sumiki lands a job managing Hookah Haze, a new hookah lounge on the outskirts of Akihabara, where they meet three eccentric girls. The story unfolds as the girls gradually open up to them, connecting through their fondness for hookah...
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Point & Click 16.6%, Psychedelic 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Dark Humor 12.7%
- #59 The Remission of Sins
68% 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 24.1%, Noir 21.4%, Dark Humor 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Crime 12.4%
- #60 The Reluctant Redemption of Verity Lux
66% 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 22.5%, Dark Humor 19.5%, Noir 19%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Drama 13.5%