60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Investigation, Interactive Fiction, Noir.
A very special challenge: people. Deal with the darkest parts of our modern day society in a story with elements of a film noir. Don't let the humorous dialogue or the seducing smile of a stranger fool you - your choices decide the fate of Jack Hayes, his partner and every other person!
Stella: into the Shadow
"Stella: into the Shadow" is a dark mystical story. When Stella's friend disappears, her life transforms into a detective mystery. Working at a nightclub, forging new connections, and uncovering the city's secrets will force her to reevaluate everything: from those around her to her very self.
Обо: Шоу Теней
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
"Stella: into the Shadow" is a dark mystical story. When Stella's friend disappears, her life transforms into a detective mystery. Working at a nightclub, forging new connections, and uncovering the city's secrets will force her to reevaluate everything: from those around her to her very self.
Why similar: Investigation 18%, Noir 15.6%, Detective 15.5%, Psychological 11.8%, Romance 11.3%
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
Why similar: Noir 18.6%, Investigation 16.5%, Detective 15.1%, Romance 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
Become private detective Dennis Monroe, a relentless investigator driven to catch the infamous "Epiphany Killer," a shadowy figure who has haunted the city for over twenty years. Every clue draws you closer to the truth, but danger lurks behind every revelation.
Why similar: Detective 20.9%, Noir 16.8%, Investigation 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Romance 8.9%
You are a detective on a rogue manhunt through the beautiful country of Italy. Gather clues, interview witnesses and uncover dark secrets to solve the case. Follow your own path to the solution in this 1970's noir crime road-trip.
Why similar: Noir 28.5%, Investigation 22.9%, Detective 21.6%, Retro 6%, Story Rich 5.3%
In a world where the fae-touched fall prey to a sinister killer, only a Faeologist can uncover the truth. A dark academia murder mystery visual novel with supernatural cases, interactive investigation, romanceable characters, and multiple endings, set in the roaring 1920s New York.
Why similar: Noir 21.6%, Investigation 17%, Detective 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Romance 12.6%
Play as Kenneth, a private detective, and Blue, a runaway searching for answers. Explore the megacity of Republica in a semi-open world, solve criminal cases, make decisive moral choices, and uncover the truth behind Blue’s past.
Why similar: Noir 19.9%, Investigation 18.1%, Detective 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
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 27.4%, Investigation 24.9%, Detective 22%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Casual 4.7%
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 26%, Detective 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Investigation 14.6%, Psychological 10.2%
这是一款传统的AVG的文字游戏！讲述的是……青春……校园……您的选择会影响主人公命运，引领这他走若干不同的结局……没有暴力，也没有色情。这关于……爱……友情……亲情的故事！还有……疑惑……不解……和全体通过后的一丝丝的奇怪的感觉。
Why similar: Noir 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Investigation 11.8%, Psychological 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
To Hell with the Ugly is an adventure game where you play as Rock Bailey, a gorgeous yet shallow young man, who must investigate and fight his way to freedom after being kidnapped. Alternate between turn-based combats and investigation in this film noir adaptation of the novel by Boris Vian.
Why similar: Noir 27.9%, Detective 18%, Investigation 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Dark Humor 10.7%
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 27.4%, Detective 17.8%, Investigation 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Dark Humor 12.3%
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 27.8%, Investigation 18.8%, Detective 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
17-year-old Hope Song returns home from school to find her parents missing. Use Hope’s observant eye as an artist to investigate, piece together clues, and uncover dark secrets beneath her peaceful urban life in this non-linear narrative mystery game.
Why similar: Noir 22.8%, Investigation 18.6%, Detective 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Psychological 11.7%
Detective Penguin is the first and only physics-and-penguin-based detective game on the market. Solve cases in your own way. Interrogate suspects, find clues, or use your flippers to punch your way to the answers.
Why similar: Noir 21.3%, Investigation 17.4%, Detective 15.1%, Dark Humor 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%
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 18.7%, Investigation 15.9%, Detective 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Romance 11.5%
Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.
Why similar: Noir 25.2%, Detective 25.1%, Investigation 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Funny 4.8%
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 26.4%, Detective 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Investigation 9.1%
Your crush is missing. They texted you last night. And now you’re reliving the same day over and over. Welcome to Sunset High — where drama, dilemmas, and time loops collide in this narrative-driven, 2D adventure.
Why similar: Noir 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Detective 14.8%, Dark Humor 14.4%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
A short interlude from the world of The Slaughter.
Why similar: Noir 29.1%, Detective 18%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Investigation 9.6%, Dark Humor 8.9%
You found a new opportunity to save your daughter. The authorities who learned about your situation gave you a job opportunity. You have to be successful in this job, which is your last chance, and save up for your daughter's surgery. Remember, you only have 30 days.
Why similar: Investigation 22.6%, Detective 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Emotional 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: Noir 26.5%, Detective 22.5%, Investigation 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Funny 9.6%
A cyberpunk narrative adventure about protecting someone who doesn't trust you, in a city that wants her dead. Build trust, navigate hazard zones, make hard choices, and discover how deep the conspiracy goes. Every ending costs something.
Why similar: Noir 29.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Detective 20%, Investigation 16.7%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
Why similar: Noir 23.8%, Investigation 21.6%, Detective 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Story Rich 5%
Two doctors traverse backwards through a dying man's memories to fulfill his last wish. This is To the Moon's standalone sequel, but can also be played first.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Psychological 14.1%, Emotional 13.2%, Romance 12.3%, Funny 8.2%
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 32.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Detective 18%, Investigation 10.8%, RPG 5.7%
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 29.6%, Detective 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Investigation 14%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
Step into the shoes of a rookie police officer. Complete missions, solve mysteries, and rise through the ranks, all while using your detective skills to help your neighbor find her missing cat. Explore an open world full of quests, mini-games, and career choices that lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Investigation 15.2%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, RPG 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
Every decision made influences humanity's fate, with USMLE level medical questions woven into patient care, revealing the mysteries of a dying world.
Why similar: Investigation 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Detective 18.3%, Dark Humor 18.2%, RPG 9.3%
A powerless, FAKE therapist facing raw truth. Balance financial pressure and patients' collapse in this narrative RPG. Use speechcraft and the "Mind Reading Spell" to dive into minds and shatter cognitive dissonance. Are lies your weapon... or redemption?
Why similar: Investigation 18%, Detective 16.7%, Psychological 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
This is a game where you work as a spy, looking through sexy surveillance photos to identify Red Hat agents. Get close to your boss, get her to send you lewd selfies, & uncover a sexy spy mystery.
Why similar: Noir 33.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Investigation 15.4%, Romance 14.5%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
Lenin – The Lion is a Puzzle RPG game about overcoming fears. Walk into chaos and find the claws of loneliness or carefully build your path and find the benefits of understanding and acceptance.
Why similar: Psychological 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Emotional 14.6%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Retro 6.3%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Noir 32.1%, Investigation 25%, Detective 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Story Rich 5.7%
Prove that you are a smart detective. Determine the course of the story with interactive dialogues. Bring together the pieces of the case with a detective board based on multiple choices and decision-making. Solve the mystery behind the evidence you find. Interrogate people. Close the case.
Why similar: Noir 25.2%, Investigation 18.7%, Detective 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Funny 7.5%
A neo-noir point&click thriller about a delivery service for illegal goods. Play as a Courier who—after hours—has to solve the mystery of his friend's disappearance. Visit various locations, collect clues, navigate branching dialogue options, and hurry as time is not on your side.
Why similar: Noir 28.4%, Investigation 19.6%, Detective 17.4%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
После неожиданной смерти студент Александр попадает в "Отделение 38", где бюрократия переплетается с мистикой. Раскройте тайны этого потустороннего мира и найдите ответы, которые изменят всё.
Why similar: Investigation 23.2%, Detective 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Romance 15.4%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
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 25.2%, Investigation 20.6%, Detective 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Emotional 9.9%
The Slaughter is a noir point-and-click adventure set in Victorian London, laced with adult themes and dark humour. Follow the trail of a killer through atmospheric London locations and surreal dream worlds, meeting a cast of interesting, insane and eccentrically British characters along the way.
Why similar: Noir 37.1%, Detective 22.4%, Dark Humor 19.7%, Retro 6.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
Infiltrate, rule and rescue the mind of the father of Psychoanalysis: Sigmund Freud, in this surreal and obscure adventure. Take control of his inner voice, choose his destiny, solve clinical cases, save or condemn your patients, all whilst trying to save Freud from himself.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Investigation 19.3%, Noir 15.4%, Psychological 12.4%, Multiple Endings 12.4%
A deceptively cozy narrative game about an alchemist that immigrates to a new country and opens an apothecary. Get to know your weird and wonderful community, brew the potions your customers need, and use your words to stir up a country on the brink of change.
Why similar: Investigation 29%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Detective 20.4%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Emotional 9.1%
Coalescence is a visual novel that takes you deep within Moniker Labs to explore its secrets. Play as one of three characters, each with their own storyline and dialogue options. Form relationships with the companions you encounter and try to make it out alive!
Why similar: Noir 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Romance 13.1%, Investigation 10%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
Deep night, famous suspense novelist fell from the balcony, leaving his young wife an enormous heritage. Accident, or calculated murder?Novelist's nephew secretly began investigation.He found a hidden manuscript, which contains a creep story, as well as the key clues concerning its author's death.
Why similar: Investigation 22.8%, Noir 21.6%, Detective 20.2%, Emotional 9%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
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 25.6%, Detective 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Investigation 15%, Psychological 9.7%
AN IOU is the debut visual novel by Davey Cadaver. The music, backgrounds, & characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. The user takes the POV of the protagonist to experience a memorable story with an incredible soundtrack and multiple endings.
Why similar: Soundtrack 17.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Emotional 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Dark Humor 11.1%
You fell asleep on the train... Now a strange town, fully voice-acted characters, and choices that reshape the mystery stand between you and home.
Why similar: Noir 22.9%, Investigation 17.7%, Detective 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Dark Humor 13.6%
You are a journalist in search of your breakthrough story. A promising lead takes you to the abandoned island of Mythargia where you have to discover its buried history connecting two different dimensions.
Why similar: Noir 34.3%, Investigation 26.9%, Psychological 11%, RPG 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
"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 27%, Investigation 18.4%, Detective 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Funny 7.4%
Porcelain Dolls is a visual novel aimed at a mature audience, set in the detective genre. As players progress through the game, they will develop relationships with other characters and unravel the secrets of the criminal underworld.
Why similar: Noir 24.8%, Investigation 17.4%, Detective 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
Pasajeros is developed through a collection of urban and surreal stories collected in a taxi in Bogotá . It’s a four-night adventure packed with micro-stories of vampires, mariachis, and thugs. In addition to the opportunity to find love or madness in the night magic of a city.
Why similar: Noir 34.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Romance 10.9%, Emotional 9.5%
PANDOREX invites you on a mind-bending adventure with an unlikely duo—a sarcastic dodo and his human buddy Harry—on a mission to save the universe. This narrative-driven point-and-click adventure is packed with intriguing puzzles, challenging riddles, and impactful choices that shape your journey.
Why similar: Noir 25.9%, Detective 18.2%, Dark Humor 13.4%, Emotional 10.9%, Funny 7.2%
The Apple Tree is an interactive story in the genre of a visual novel. Investigate a series of murders together with police Captain Christian Tyler and try not to fall into the trap of criminals!
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Investigation 20%, Psychological 16.4%, Romance 15.4%, Multiple Endings 5.5%
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 35.2%, Investigation 25.5%, Detective 25.3%, Story Rich 7.6%, Atmospheric 5%
The camera doesn’t lie, but the truth isn’t always obvious. Photograph traces, gather evidence, link clues on the board, search police databases for key info, and identify the culprit and the next attack site. Each case is a standalone mystery waiting to be solved.
Why similar: Investigation 26.6%, Noir 24.7%, Detective 21.2%, Psychological 15.8%, Retro 5.8%
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Investigation 24.4%, Detective 23%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Multiple Endings 10%, Psychological 9.5%
Live your Capybara Detective dream in Animal Mystery Crew! Crack every quirky case through peculiar problems and absurdist intrigue. Use evidence and interrogation to solve the different mysteries in the park!
Why similar: Investigation 26%, Detective 23.5%, Noir 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Funny 10.3%
You were just the owner of an office, but something piqued your curiosity. Understand what happened to Andy by browsing through his most personal archives and memories. OS: Memories is a short and engaging storyline about the everyday life of a game developer.
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Investigation 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Emotional 12.7%, Story Rich 7.8%
Soulflow is a 2.5D fantasy-detective game that offers a unique experience with its graphic style. In this story-based role play game, players must gather information from others during the day and try to solve the murders in the neighborhood to stay free.
Why similar: Investigation 22.5%, Detective 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Psychological 9.7%
A folk noir detective horror game. An old time detective trying to find out the truth behind a missing girl in a mysterious place.
Why similar: Noir 29.4%, Investigation 20.7%, Detective 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Psychological 13.4%
Follow the story of Blanca Silverurn—a strix entangled in a murder mystery. Explore the Grimstrand campus and learn about its unique magic. Delve into the secrets of students and faculty members. Affect their relationships, including a spicy romance between Blanca and her enigmatic mentor.
Why similar: Investigation 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Detective 13.8%, Romance 13.8%, Psychological 10.7%
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Why similar: Detective 20.5%, Investigation 17.5%, Dark Humor 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Story Rich 6.6%
