60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Investigation, Noir, Adventure, Detective.
Murdered sisters, mind altering drugs and flying cities, to a case that goes way further than the banks of this one detective's little neighbourhood in this Indigenous cybernoir detective narrative adventure set in a post-post-apocalyptical future.
Man of Nollyn
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Lacuna: Prologue
Lacuna: Prologue tasks you – CDI agent Neil Conrad – with investigating the murder of a high-profile victim whose death could plunge the solar system into war. Solve the first in a series of cases that lead you ever deeper into the conspiracy at the core of this captivating 2D sci-fi noir adventure.
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Noir 22.5%, Investigation 16.8%, Crime 16.2%, Detective 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
Lacuna: Prologue tasks you – CDI agent Neil Conrad – with investigating the murder of a high-profile victim whose death could plunge the solar system into war. Solve the first in a series of cases that lead you ever deeper into the conspiracy at the core of this captivating 2D sci-fi noir adventure.
Why similar: Noir 22%, Crime 15.6%, Detective 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Cyberpunk 11.6%
In a reality stuck in a technologically unadvanced society stricken with the negative impacts of a worldwide climate disaster, you are a uniquely powered private investigator tasked with uncovering advanced technology from another reality with the potential to save your whole world.
Why similar: Noir 22%, Investigation 14.3%, Cyberpunk 13.7%, Detective 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
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 17.9%, Crime 14.5%, Investigation 13.8%, Detective 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
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 18.2%, Crime 13.9%, Investigation 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Cyberpunk 11%
Neon Noir is a cyberpunk visual novel with interactive mechanics. It is set in the megalopolis of New Devon in the year 2169, where large private corporations have more power than the government. The player follows the crimes investigated by Colden, a Snatcher.
Why similar: Noir 23%, Cyberpunk 14.6%, Investigation 13.2%, Detective 12%, Crime 11.9%
A 2D pixel-art detective adventure where you investigate a brutal murder in a city drowning in corruption, secrets, and political tension. Search locations, question suspects, collect evidence, and uncover a truth that was never meant to surface.
Why similar: Noir 21%, Side Scroller 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Cyberpunk 12.2%, Detective 11.1%
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 19.8%, Crime 14.1%, Investigation 14%, Detective 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
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 27.2%, Investigation 18.9%, Detective 18.3%, Crime 8.1%, Female Protagonist 4.7%
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: Crime 19.2%, Investigation 19.2%, Detective 18.4%, Noir 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
NeoTokyo, 2099. The man who sold immortality is dead in a penthouse sealed from the inside. You are detective Kade Katano: scan the scene, read people, roll the dice and decide which truth closes the file. A noir visual novel — one complete case, three endings.
Why similar: Noir 21.9%, Cyberpunk 16.2%, Detective 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Investigation 8%
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 27.2%, Investigation 20.7%, Detective 19.7%, Crime 17.4%, Mystery 7.3%
Enter the virtual REMADE world of Under a Killing Moon, where it is December 2042, and you, as Tex Murphy, must stop the forces of evil before they destroy mankind and rob you of your next unemployment check. This thrilling and hilarious adventure is unlike anything you've seen before.
Why similar: Noir 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Detective 12.2%, Crime 10.8%, Investigation 9.6%
In AUREX, a city where every citizen's emotions are controlled, you are SOLDA, a rookie special investigator. Armed with an emotion scanner that reads what suspects try to hide, catch the tremor behind every lie, piece the clues together, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Investigation 19.5%, Detective 18.4%, Noir 16.6%, Cyberpunk 11.1%, Visual Novel 8.1%
A murder investigation. Teenagers vanishing for years. On Enoch Space Station, detectives, suspects, and killers each follow their own path, only to uncover a conspiracy that has been hiding in plain sight for generations. A sci-fi noir point-and-click adventure.
Why similar: Noir 19.9%, Cyberpunk 14%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Detective 11.3%, Crime 10.6%
"Who is Yoko?" Unlock the mystery as you control Locke, Jeanne and Primus to discover the secrets of their existence in this point and click, cyberpunk noir adventure.
Why similar: Noir 21.8%, Cyberpunk 14.4%, Investigation 14.3%, Detective 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%
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 26.4%, Investigation 18.8%, Detective 16.2%, Crime 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%
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: Investigation 20.1%, Noir 20%, Detective 18.1%, Crime 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
Truth hides in the details. Investigate crime scenes, photograph evidence, analyze case files, and search the police database. Connect clues on the detective board, return to locations when something does not add up, and identify the culprit in each standalone case.
Why similar: Investigation 20.6%, Crime 20.1%, Noir 19.9%, Detective 16%, Stylized 5.8%
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Why similar: Noir 20.9%, Crime 15.5%, Detective 12.6%, Cyberpunk 12.5%, Investigation 12.4%
Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre and investigate the murder of a controversial country priest in this gripping historical detective thriller.
Why similar: Noir 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Detective 14%, Crime 13.9%, Investigation 12.3%
DETECTIVE The Motel is a deduction game where, to advance, you must take a pencil and a piece of paper and write down everything that seems like evidence in order to answer all the questions that arise. Solving the case will depend only on you.
Why similar: Crime 22.7%, Detective 18.4%, Noir 16.3%, Investigation 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%
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: Noir 20.5%, Crime 17.3%, Detective 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Investigation 12.6%
A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.
Why similar: Investigation 18%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Detective 15.2%, Crime 14.5%, Cyberpunk 10.8%
Uncover Sabotage, Conspiracy and Counter-Revolution in this cyberpunk detective mystery. Using a mind-probing interface, you explore and act within memories, collect facts, meet agents of change and enormous corporations. Build your case against a person torn between idealism and turmoil.
Why similar: Investigation 17%, Noir 16.7%, Cyberpunk 15.1%, Detective 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
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 23.3%, Cyberpunk 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Detective 13.3%, Crime 10.2%
Biocybernetic Trap — an interactive cyberpunk detective. You are given the quantum diary of a long-dead detective, where reality fractures into parallel versions of the investigation.
Why similar: Noir 17.3%, Crime 14%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Cyberpunk 12.9%, Investigation 12%
Special Agents Mizuki and Ryuki, along with their AI partners Aiba and Tama, are tasked to solve the bizarre Half Body serial killings in this sequel to the critically acclaimed AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES.
Why similar: Noir 19.2%, Investigation 15.8%, Detective 14%, Crime 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.
Why similar: Noir 21%, Investigation 15%, Futuristic 13.1%, Cyberpunk 11.5%, Detective 10.7%
Investigate impossible mysteries in a Latin American cyberpunk Bogotá. Explore atmospheric locations, talk to characters, collect clues, connect evidence, and formulate hypotheses in a narrative detective adventure.
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Cyberpunk 19.2%, Noir 11.4%, Crime 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.
Why similar: Noir 21.2%, Investigation 16.7%, Crime 16%, Detective 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%
Experience a race against time written by a former forensic investigation expert. As detective JACK, you are the last hope to rescue the US President's kidnapped daughter. With only 1% battery left on her phone, use authentic detective techniques to find her before the screen goes black.
Why similar: Noir 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Crime 17.1%, Detective 14.5%, Investigation 8.9%
A point-and-click mystery game. Search for the truth in 26 days, playing as two different characters, in a town during 1907.
Why similar: Noir 27.9%, Investigation 15.6%, Crime 15.5%, Detective 13.1%, Point & Click 8.9%
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 21.9%, Investigation 16.2%, Crime 14%, Detective 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%
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: Noir 26.7%, Investigation 20.8%, Detective 20.2%, Crime 15.5%, Mystery 7.2%
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: Investigation 22.1%, Detective 20.2%, Noir 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Point & Click 7.8%
Jack Beckham is found dead, hanging in his apartment alone. Police rule it a suicide. His father, refusing to accept the conclusion, hires you to investigate. Delve into the clues left behind in his apartment to discover what really happened.
Why similar: Noir 28.4%, Investigation 20%, Detective 18.4%, Crime 7.6%, Mystery 7.1%
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: Investigation 17.5%, Noir 16.3%, Detective 15.1%, Crime 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%
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: Crime 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Detective 16.2%, Noir 14.6%, Investigation 14%
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 21.3%, Investigation 18.6%, Detective 15.4%, Crime 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%
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 21.5%, Investigation 16.9%, Crime 13.6%, Detective 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11%
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Noir 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Crime 17.1%, Investigation 14.2%, Detective 12.3%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Noir 21.4%, Investigation 19.7%, Detective 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Crime 10.5%
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: Noir 23.8%, Detective 18.9%, Crime 17.9%, Investigation 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
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 26.3%, Investigation 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Crime 12.5%, Point & Click 8.7%
A mystery adventure game where you investigate 3D evidence and uncover the truth behind each case through the clues left behind.
Why similar: Investigation 24.4%, Crime 22.4%, Detective 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Mystery 9.1%
A short interlude from the world of The Slaughter.
Why similar: Noir 26.5%, Crime 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Detective 15.3%, Investigation 8.4%
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 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Detective 10.2%, Crime 10%, Investigation 7.8%
A murder-mystery visual novel about a young man who inherits a charming English hotel. Some would say he’s fortunate, but with a growing list of unexplained disasters and murder, has his luck finally run out?
Why similar: Investigation 22.4%, Crime 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Detective 14.2%, Mystery 7.8%
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.
Why similar: Noir 19.4%, Crime 14.3%, Investigation 14.2%, Detective 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
Something is wrong in the ward. As a detective investigating a serious crime, navigate the ruins of an abandoned psychiatric hospital, gather evidence, and follow a trail that leads deeper into madness
Why similar: Noir 27.5%, Crime 22.6%, Detective 19.2%, Investigation 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
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: Noir 19.2%, Investigation 16.6%, Crime 15.8%, Detective 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%
Follow amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to Ireland to investigate the disappearance of a famous writer.
Why similar: Investigation 18.2%, Detective 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Crime 12.8%, Female Protagonist 10%
Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Noir 17.2%, Cyberpunk 15.9%, Point & Click 11%, Female Protagonist 10.2%
An old case closed due to lack of evidence resurfaces in 1993. Play as a dismissed detective, investigate the case, gather evidence, solve the mystery, and uncover the truth. Bringing justice to the town of Ridgemour and ending the uncertainty is in your hands.
Why similar: Noir 21.8%, Detective 21.2%, Side Scroller 17.9%, Investigation 16.8%, Adventure 5.6%
Rumor Reporter is a Golden Age whodunit mystery. Play as senior reporter Veronica Chase as you explore Greyhaven Island in the Celtic Sea, 1920s. Choose where to investigate, who to question, and what to publish. Your report shapes public opinion, drives arrests, and changes the island’s future.
Why similar: Investigation 21.3%, Detective 19%, Side Scroller 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Female Protagonist 11%
A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
Why similar: Noir 19.9%, Investigation 18.6%, Detective 16.2%, Crime 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
Play as Tristan and solve puzzles to recover human consciousnesses in the year 2071. Investigate environments, uncover secrets, and make choices that affect the ending. Explore a neon-noir world with a low poly aesthetic inspired by the 90s.
Why similar: Noir 24.7%, Cyberpunk 15.6%, Investigation 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Detective 8.8%
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
Why similar: Noir 20.5%, Investigation 16%, Crime 15.4%, Detective 13.6%, Cyberpunk 11.9%
You are a field agent with the criminal investigation unit: sweep the scene, photograph it, bag the evidence and pin it to your board until one name is left. Five cases, 31 suspects, 83 pieces of evidence, no quest markers. Nobody confirms your theory: you sign the accusation.
Why similar: Noir 20.1%, Crime 17.8%, Investigation 16.9%, Detective 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%
