60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Noir, Adventure, Investigation.
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.
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The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.
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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.
The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.
Why similar: Noir 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Text-Based 13.7%, Crime 12.8%, Detective 9.5%
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 24.2%, Detective 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Text-Based 12.5%, Crime 11.3%
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 25.7%, Crime 16.4%, Detective 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Text-Based 11%
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 18.5%, Detective 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Noir 14.8%, Text-Based 7%
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Noir 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Crime 15.8%, Detective 13.2%, Text-Based 6.7%
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 21.7%, Crime 19.5%, Noir 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Mystery 9.4%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Noir 29.1%, Detective 19.3%, Crime 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Investigation 8.6%
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 23.6%, Crime 15.8%, Detective 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Text-Based 12.2%
Pour a coffee, light a match, and crack the case. Micro Mystery Investigator offers infinite procedural logic puzzles in a stylish noir setting. Sift through clues, cross-reference alibis, and deduce the culprit before the trail goes cold. Pure deduction, zero guessing.
Why similar: Noir 31.8%, Text-Based 16.6%, Minimalist 16.5%, Detective 15.4%, Mystery 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 29.8%, Detective 23.5%, Crime 15.6%, Mystery 10.1%, Investigation 9.2%
The first AI detective game that doesn't cheat. Developed by a former Meta AI Engineer. Interrogate suspects using your own words to solve the murder of Harambe. Features procedurally generated cases, consistent hard logic, and a unique stress mechanic. You have 3 hours to find the truth.
Why similar: Noir 30.7%, Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Detective 13.4%, Text-Based 13.2%, Mystery 10%
A text adventure mystery with a modern parser.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.6%, Crime 22.7%, Text-Based 22.7%, Detective 16%, Adventure 9.6%
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 23.7%, Detective 18.9%, Crime 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Mystery 8.2%
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 24%, Detective 16.5%, Crime 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Mystery 8.2%
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.
Why similar: Noir 24.3%, Detective 17%, Crime 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Mystery 8%
Confined to a woodland cabin in the 1906 Rockies, your only way to solve a family massacre is by letters. The one responsible is already on the move — silence and madness claim your contacts, and you may be next. He will find you, and death resets the world; only your notebook carries on.
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Noir 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Crime 10.6%, Text-Based 10.5%
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 23.9%, Noir 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Text-Based 13.4%, Investigation 9.9%
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 32.4%, Detective 24.6%, Crime 18.7%, Mystery 11%, Investigation 9.7%
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: Noir 18.6%, Detective 18.1%, Crime 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Text-Based 9.3%
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.
Why similar: Noir 30.6%, Detective 28.7%, Crime 22.6%, Mystery 6.3%, Investigation 5.8%
A story-driven deduction game set in Okayama, Japan, where everyone has an answer—but you need evidence. Examine evidence and records, cross-reference witness accounts, reconstruct timelines, and separate plausible theories from provable facts across six murder investigations.
Why similar: Detective 25.1%, Crime 24.2%, Mystery 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Text-Based 12.4%
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 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Text-Based 15.1%, Crime 14.9%, Detective 14.4%
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: Crime 20.6%, Detective 20.6%, Noir 16.6%, Mystery 11%, Investigation 9%
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 27.1%, Detective 22.5%, Crime 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Mystery 8.8%
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 24.4%, Detective 23%, Noir 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Investigation 7.5%
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: Noir 24.1%, Crime 21.8%, Detective 20.2%, Investigation 9.8%, Text-Based 6%
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 19.4%, Noir 17.6%, Crime 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Mystery 9.1%
Step into the role of a federal investigator and uncover the truth behind every disaster. Recover black boxes, cross-reference evidence, expose contradictions, and name the real cause before an innocent takes the fall. Every conclusion matters in this tense investigation sim full of twists.
Why similar: Noir 22.7%, Detective 21.2%, Text-Based 13.8%, Crime 10.9%, Mystery 9.8%
Reflections in Amber is a mystical detective visual novel. Investigate a mysterious death in a remote village alongside Detective Redbreast, who battles the weight of depression. Use an old supernatural camera to uncover hidden paths. Shape the course of the story with your choices!
Why similar: Noir 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Detective 14.5%, Text-Based 14.4%, Crime 12.6%
A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
Why similar: Noir 22.9%, Detective 19.4%, Crime 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Mystery 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: Noir 24.7%, Detective 23.4%, Crime 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Investigation 9.8%
After a cat show competition, three contestants, Claudette, Aberdeen, and Illia, head back to their hotel rooms to decompress and unwind. The next day, Claudette's body is found floating in the hotel's pool. Did Claudette take her own life, or was she murdered by cutthroat competition?
Why similar: Noir 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Detective 15.8%, Text-Based 11.2%, Mystery 9.3%
Barcelona, 1977. An ex-cop in a wheelchair witnesses a murder, and teams up with a young ambitious journalist to bring the truth to light. With camera, binoculars and transmitter in hand, uncover the town’s secrets from your balcony in this soul-searching detective mystery.
Why similar: Noir 24.7%, Detective 18.3%, Crime 17.3%, Adventure 11.9%, Mystery 7.7%
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 31.9%, Crime 23.6%, Detective 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Investigation 6%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Noir 25.3%, Detective 22%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Crime 11.2%, Investigation 9.2%
Take part in one of the most complex interactive adventure stories ever written! What if the sun inexplicably vanished only to return hours later? Investigate with your AI companion, Moti. Uncover conspiracies. Discover ancient religions. Travel the globe.
Why similar: Noir 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Text-Based 17.4%, Detective 14.7%, Mystery 7.6%
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.
Why similar: Noir 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Crime 17.1%, Detective 14.5%, Investigation 8.9%
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 32.9%, Detective 21.1%, Crime 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Investigation 9.2%
A new kind of detective game where you uncover cases entirely represented with cards. Interrogate any character about ANY other card. Dissect the events that lead to Eliott Brown's demise... Then write your own thrilling investigation stories and share them to fellow detectives around the world.
Why similar: Noir 24.8%, Detective 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Crime 11.4%, Text-Based 9.7%
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 39.6%, Detective 22.6%, Crime 17.2%, Mystery 12.8%, Adventure 6.1%
Step into the shoes of Frank Sockowski, private detective, and explore the gritty world of New Drawer, a wolly unsettling and corrupt city.
Why similar: Noir 26.7%, Detective 18%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Crime 11.7%, Text-Based 11.4%
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 26.7%, Detective 17.2%, Crime 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Investigation 7.8%
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 29.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Detective 17.4%, Crime 12.2%, Thriller 5.9%
Blackwood knows how to keep secrets: beneath the neon, behind polite smiles, in offices with no nameplates. Stella is searching for a missing friend and realizes too late that she was let in for a reason.
Why similar: Noir 40.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Text-Based 8.8%, Detective 8.5%, RPG 7.7%
Unravel a mystery: A game you can read, a book you can play.
Why similar: Noir 22.3%, Text-Based 13.2%, Detective 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Minimalist 10.1%
You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!
Why similar: Noir 31.6%, Detective 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Investigation 11%, Mystery 9.2%
Body found. Two missing. Detective Malinowski hears what others miss. Noir adventure where sound reveals clues and sketches tell the story. A short case you can finish tonight. Start now.
Why similar: Noir 29.9%, Detective 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Minimalist 12.2%, Mystery 6.8%
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 23.8%, Crime 19%, Detective 18%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Mystery 7.9%
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 26%, Detective 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Crime 13%, Mystery 7.4%
Olivia Harrow was found dead in her Harborview Tower apartment. The police ruled it an accident. A slip, a fall, a tragic head injury. Case closed. But not everyone is convinced... You've been hired as a private investigator to find out the truth. Can you crack the case?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Detective 19.7%, Noir 14%, Text-Based 12.8%, Adventure 8.5%
Noir Syndrome is a procedurally generated Detective Murder-Mystery with a new story every time! Featuring slick pixel art animations and a jazzy soundtrack, the player is thrown right in to a highly stylized vision of film noir.
Why similar: Noir 48.2%, Detective 20.8%, Adventure 10.2%, RPG 10.1%, Mystery 6.3%
Step into the role of a judge and decide the fate of every case. Listen to witnesses, examine evidence, uncover contradictions, and deliver verdicts that will change lives. Every decision matters in this tense courtroom simulation full of twists.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Noir 21%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Text-Based 13.7%, Mystery 10%
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: Noir 21.6%, Detective 19%, Crime 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Mystery 9.6%
Crime never rests... but thankfully, neither does Detective Bass! Put on your detective hat and help Detective Bass get to the bottom of a robbery, in this witty, narrative-driven detective game!
Why similar: Noir 34.2%, Detective 22.5%, Crime 22.3%, Mystery 9.9%, Investigation 8.6%
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 22.7%, Crime 17.5%, Detective 15.4%, Text-Based 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
When a murder is committed under mysterious and supernatural circumstances, the Inspector arrives on the scene, ready to interrogate witnesses, decipher riddles, and fend off attackers seeking their next victim. Ready your spyglass and sword as you take on these two murder mystery RPGs.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.4%, Detective 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Crime 14.8%, Minimalist 11.8%
Play as Lloyd Arch, the young private detective known for being total dick, and unravel the mystery of the Black Scar Serial Killer in this visual novel adventure, but remember that the truth tends to hurt the most.
Why similar: Noir 22.9%, Crime 20.1%, Detective 18.7%, Minimalist 12.3%, Investigation 8.6%
A mystery adventure game where you investigate 3D evidence and uncover the truth behind each case through the clues left behind.
Why similar: Crime 24.7%, Detective 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Mystery 13.9%, Investigation 11.8%
