- #1 a permanent echo
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Three More Years
Windows · Mac
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: Conspiracy 18.1% ★, Cyberpunk 15%, Noir 13%, Investigation 11.8%, Detective 11.1%
- #2 Crimepunk Detective
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CyberPsychosPub: GameHunters
Windows
Step into the shoes of an old-school detective in a neon-lit Victorian city, where ornate buildings conceal dark secrets and the depths of human depravity. Connect the dots and unravel the mystery. Is there any truth to the legends of notorious technovampires? Trust no one. Question everything.
Why similar: Noir 18%, Cyberpunk 15.6%, Detective 14.9%, Investigation 9.6%, Immersive Sim 6.8%
- #3 The Ratline
96% matchVery Positive83% of 339 reviews2026
Dev: Owlskip Games
Windows · Mac
A murdered priest. A secret list. Hunt Nazi fugitives across the globe in this gritty 1971 detective thriller. Analyze evidence, follow leads, and make sharp deductions before the trail goes cold. From the creators of Family, Rivals, Conspiracy, Echo Beach and Riley & Rochelle.
Why similar: Detective 23.5%, Investigation 18.2%, Conspiracy 17.3% ★, Noir 14.8%, Mystery 12.5%
- #4 Crosstalk
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Illumina Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 21.4%, Conspiracy 19.4% ★, Detective 18%, Cyberpunk 15.7%, Investigation 10.4%
- #5 Hired Eye
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nightdesk
Windows
A noir detective game played at your desk. Read evidence photos, CCTV footage and records, compare fingerprints and voices, and fill in the suspect matrix yourself before you accuse anyone. Juggle action points, fees and deadlines across eight cases as a criminal organization closes in.
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Noir 16.2%, Investigation 16%, Conspiracy 12.8% ★, Mystery 12%
- #6 Eye 4 Eye
94% matchVery Positive98% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: Team Eye 4 EyePub: Yi Dai
Windows
Embark on a mission to unveil the truth behind a missing daughter case. Utilize the search engine to gather clues and uncover the dark secrets of TempleTech. Experience a suspenseful journey through the eyes of Hazel.
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Investigation 14.9%, Conspiracy 13.3% ★, Mystery 12.8%, Cyberpunk 8.5%
- #7 Detective Boto: Belle Memoir
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ludus Studio
Windows
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 22.7%, Detective 22.5%, Investigation 15.8%, Mystery 13.4%, Multiple Endings 4.9%
- #8 Curvid Nurntine and the Black Vaccine
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JigglyPig Games
Windows · Linux
Curvid Nurntine and the Black Vaccine is a gritty cyber-noir point and click adventure. A degenerate private investigator, a missing girl and a suspiciously mandatory vaccine all coalesce in this unfathomably horrific conspiracy.
Why similar: Conspiracy 23.8% ★, Noir 19.5%, Cyberpunk 14.5%, Detective 13.7%, Puzzle 6.2%
- #9 The Current Past
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Picky Bits
Windows · Mac
A fading seaside town, a dark secret lurking beneath the waves, and a plot that will test your powers of deduction... Use logic, observation and your trusty notebook to untangle your way to the truth in this puzzling mystery.
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Conspiracy 19.3% ★, Mystery 15.9%, Investigation 10.4%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #10 Edge on Truth
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: ViGuselt
Windows · Mac
Explore the settlement, gather clues, interact with its inhabitants, and uncover a conspiracy. Your actions shape your relationships with the locals – will they help you, or deceive you? Your choices will determine whether the protagonist can escape, or if his tragic fate will repeat itself again.
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Conspiracy 17.5% ★, Noir 14.4%, Investigation 13.9%, Mystery 6.3%
- #11 SOLDA
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nullbyte Works
Windows
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: Detective 22.4%, Investigation 15.9%, Mystery 15.7%, Noir 15.1%, Cyberpunk 12.9%
- #12 Conscience
89% matchVery Positive93% of 174 reviews2024
Dev: Bowker Studios
Windows
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 25.1%, Detective 21.6%, Investigation 15.8%, Mystery 13.6%, Puzzle 6.1%
- #13 No Stone Unturned
89% matchPositive97% of 38 reviews2026
Dev: Wise Monkey Entertainment Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Why DID The Chicken Cross The Road? Time to solve a murder most... fowl. Join Detective Cox, the amnesiac squirrel, on an adventure through 10+ hrs of story, 20+ mini-games, references, a fully-voice-acted cast, and endless British humour. Be careful. You won't want to leave... No Stone Unturned.
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Noir 18.9%, Investigation 13%, Open World 12%, Mystery 10.7%
- #14 Sinheritance
88% matchVery Positive93% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: STIM GAMES
Windows
Sinheritance is a terrifying and mind-bending puzzle game. Explore every corner in an intensely oppressive atmosphere to piece together a chilling story. Every step must be taken with caution, for the deepest fears often stem from your own choices and your gradually crumbling sanity.
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Investigation 15.9%, Noir 15.8%, Mystery 13.5%, Immersive Sim 8.3%
- #15 Cross Country Case
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Space Cat Studio
Windows
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 24.2%, Detective 22.8%, Investigation 16.8%, Mystery 14.2%, Puzzle 6.3%
- #16 Nexus PI
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Lion Sized Studios
Windows
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 22.4%, Detective 18.3%, Cyberpunk 17.8%, Investigation 13%, Multiple Endings 5.5%
- #17 Project: Z3R0 Chapter 1&2
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kitticat Games Ltd
Windows
The "Chip" was humanity’s evolution; Now, it’s a silent weapon. Navigate a web of conspiracy in Vesper City as Detective Richard Apocryphal, alongside your Android partner E.M.R.S, as your investigation outcomes ripple through a fractured society. Can you solve the case before it’s too late?
Why similar: Cyberpunk 25%, Detective 21.4%, Mystery 13.2%, Investigation 11.4%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #18 OBSIDIAN 7
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Double Jackdaw
Windows
Tiptoe the thin line between curious and classified: A Noir Detective Adventure. 1957, the Atomic Age: Investigate strange cases, solve intricate mysteries, follow the evidence & question strange characters in the deserts of Area 7. As cases are solved, pieces of a deeper story are revealed.
Why similar: Noir 23%, Detective 17.8%, Conspiracy 17.3% ★, Investigation 12.5%, Mystery 11.4%
- #19 City of Voices
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kini Games
Windows
A short Golden Idol-like deduction game about a young girl who is catapulted from her suburban life into the mysterious world of the ancient Maya. Investigate a series of moments frozen in time. Examine clues and solve puzzles to uncover a story full of twists and turns.
Why similar: Conspiracy 27.5% ★, Detective 22.5%, Investigation 17.7%, Mystery 14.4%, Puzzle 5.8%
- #20 Tron: Identity
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 293 reviews2023
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Noir 18.5%, Mystery 13.2%, Investigation 8.5%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #21 The Remnants
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Team7 Studios
Windows
You, a supernatural detective, are sent to investigate Hawthorne Residences on the Cunningham property. Something isn’t right. Observe carefully, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth before the building begins to distort around you.
Why similar: Noir 25.5%, Detective 19.4%, Investigation 11.7%, Immersive Sim 11%, Mystery 10.3%
- #22 The Eventide
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Reset Ltd.
Windows
A supernatural mystery where perspective informs reality. Guide agents from the Eventide Agency through paranormal investigations across a neon-soaked cityscape. Explore, collect clues, and interpret the evidence to uncover the facts of each case and expose a deeper truth.
Why similar: Noir 21.2%, Detective 19.6%, Investigation 14.4%, Mystery 13.3%, Conspiracy 8.8% ★
- #23 Mistmoon Falls
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: portmantoga
Windows · Mac
Mistmoon Falls is an open world murder mystery set in a farm-sim town that's now sans farmer. Question the locals, use tools to uncover clues, form hypotheses, and sift through some sinister goings-on to find the killer.
Why similar: Noir 19%, Detective 18.9%, Investigation 12.6%, Mystery 11.8%, Open World 8.3%
- #24 FORKLIFT FLOWERPOT: Botanical Investigator
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Michael Mato
Windows
An exploration game about knowledge and discovery. Change the seasons, investigate plants, and discover secrets about the world to stop an ecological disaster.
Why similar: Conspiracy 24.3% ★, Detective 19.4%, Investigation 16.4%, Mystery 12.4%, Open World 10.6%
- #25 A Death in the Red Light
81% matchMostly Positive70% of 50 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 19.4%, Detective 18.8%, Conspiracy 18.3% ★, Investigation 15.2%, Mystery 12.7%
- #26 The Murder of Ava Monroe
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BUNKWORKS
Windows · Mac
A gripping detective noir mystery that blends investigation and deduction with a rich, character-driven story. The Murder of Ava Monroe is cozy, twisty, and oozing with atmosphere.
Why similar: Detective 28.3%, Investigation 21.5%, Noir 18.1%, Mystery 15.5%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #27 Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 788 reviews2026
Dev: BRANEPub: Surefire.Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
Why similar: Conspiracy 26.2% ★, Noir 17.3%, Detective 17.2%, Investigation 13.6%, Mystery 10.6%
- #28 Grimtrace
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: HoodaThunk Games
Windows
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 26.3%, Detective 25.4%, Investigation 17.9%, Mystery 15.5%, Puzzle 5.7%
- #29 Welcome to Lightford
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NightInk Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Investigate a supernatural conspiracy in a 90s town hiding something far worse than secrets. Travel between 1990 and its ruined 1995 future, photograph anomalies, decode entities, and survive a town that doesn't want you here. Think outside the box. Every problem has more than one solution.
Why similar: Conspiracy 19.5% ★, Detective 16.5%, Investigation 13.4%, Mystery 10.8%, Immersive Sim 9.8%
- #30 NeonCode
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 244 reviews2018
Dev: Fubenalvo
Windows · Mac · Linux
NeonCode is a one hour long cyberpunk-retro adventure game made by one developer. It was inspired by classics such as the Blade Runner-movies, Miami Vice, Grim Fandango and the games of Telltale.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 21.6%, Detective 18.6%, Noir 15.9%, Open World 12.7%, Mystery 10.7%
- #31 Nightfall Berlin
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: heartcase
Windows · Mac
Nightfall Berlin is an occult detective RPG with a focus on exploration, case-solving and our relationship to the places where we live and die, set in the dynamic, seductive and violent history of an alternate Berlin.
Why similar: Conspiracy 19.4% ★, Detective 16.6%, Noir 16.4%, Investigation 11.5%, Mystery 10.7%
- #32 Chrysalis: Chrome Butterfly
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gravity Vector Studio
Windows
Chrysalis: Chrome Butterfly is a neo-noir cyberpunk thriller. You play Wendy, an agent with gaps in her memory, investigating a disappearance in Neo-Kyoto. Fierce firefights give way to detective work — until it turns out reality itself is an illusion. But is the truth worth knowing?
Why similar: Noir 22.2%, Cyberpunk 18.2%, Detective 16.5%, Investigation 9.9%, Mystery 8.2%
- #33 The Rise of the Golden Idol
75% matchVery Positive93% of 4,156 reviews2024
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.
Why similar: Conspiracy 26.2% ★, Detective 21.1%, Investigation 17.9%, Mystery 14.7%, Puzzle 5.7%
- #34 Black File
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Simurg Software and Games
Windows
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: Detective 23.7%, Noir 19.6%, Investigation 17.6%, Conspiracy 13.3% ★, Mystery 13.3%
- #35 One Rainy Night
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Werner Viljoen
Windows · Linux
Population 812. Current residents: none. Dinner is still on the tables, the bridge out is flooded, and the aerosol factory on the hill is running with nobody inside it. A pixel-art Sierra-style mystery: 26 scenes, 14 puzzle systems, three endings. One rainy night.
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Conspiracy 20.7% ★, Investigation 14.2%, Mystery 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #36 The Lawyer - Episode 1: The White Bag
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ManyDev Studio
Windows
The Lawyer - Episode 1: The White Bag is the first part of an episodic adventure game which combines gripping crime story with classic courtroom drama. Immerse yourself into a world set in early 90’s in which you gather (or fabricate!) evidence, deduct and run fierce courtroom battles.
Why similar: Conspiracy 21.3% ★, Detective 16%, Investigation 12.9%, Mystery 9.8%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #37 Precinct 2099
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ThinkingLiteSoft
Windows
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 20.8%, Detective 19.8%, Mystery 12%, Investigation 7.2%
- #38 Nirvana Noir
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Feral Cat DenPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
A noir adventure beyond time and space. The city of cosmic beings is under threat in two parallel realities - one where the Big Bang was never fired, the other exploding in color and sin. It’s up to you to solve the mysteries of the Bigger Bang in this follow up to the award-winning Genesis Noir.
Why similar: Noir 22.3%, Conspiracy 19.8% ★, Detective 17.2%, Investigation 13.2%, Mystery 10.5%
- #39 Accident Investigator Simulator: Black Box
72% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Cottondream Studio
Windows
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: Detective 22%, Noir 18.5%, Investigation 16.8%, Mystery 13.8%, Multiple Endings 6.4%
- #40 Tangerine Antarctic
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dark Math Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome, detective, to World’s End’s most luxurious hotel: the Tangerine Antarctic at Mt. Hope. The ultimate comfort for the powerful elites past, present and future. No desire is off-limits, privacy is absolute and nothing is certain. Except: you shouldn't be here. And the murders are very real.
Why similar: Noir 19.8%, Detective 16.1%, Investigation 11.4%, Open World 9.7%, Mystery 9.4%
- #41 Dry Drowning
74% matchVery Positive81% of 518 reviews2019
Dev: Studio VPub: Leonardo Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 20.3%, Cyberpunk 14.3%, Detective 13.7%, Investigation 13%, Mystery 10.9%
- #42 Do You Want More!?
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Reno GT Young
Windows
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: Detective 18.3%, Noir 17.5%, Conspiracy 16.7% ★, Investigation 14.9%, Mystery 11.2%
- #43 The World Ends in Ohio
70% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: PDS Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the depths of Ohio and uncover a mystery in the Midwest!
Why similar: Noir 20.8%, Conspiracy 20.7% ★, Detective 14.9%, Mystery 9.3%, Open World 6%
- #44 Synther
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NeofuturismPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Synther is an FPP simulation game with adventure-like, detective elements set in a futuristic, open world. The game is innovative and reminiscent of early 3D games and DOS applications.
Why similar: Noir 29.6%, Cyberpunk 27.5%, Detective 24.1%, Sci-fi 7.8%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #45 Hauma - A Detective Noir Story
71% matchMixed68% of 136 reviews2023
Dev: SenAm GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
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 20.8%, Conspiracy 20.2% ★, Detective 17.1%, Investigation 13.2%, Mystery 10.6%
- #46 L.A. Noire
73% matchVery Positive86% of 36,979 reviews2011
Dev: Team BondiPub: Rockstar Games
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Detective 30.7%, Noir 25.6%, Open World 13.3%, Investigation 10.9%, Mystery 9.2%
- #47 Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,386 reviews2025
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 20%, Conspiracy 19.9% ★, Detective 18.1%, Investigation 15.7%, Mystery 12.3%
- #48 NoBody Found
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nobodiant
Windows
A mystery detective game where you investigate a disappearance, search for clues, solve puzzles, question suspects, and uncover the truth before time runs out.
Why similar: Detective 29.5%, Investigation 22.5%, Mystery 16.6%, Puzzle 10.1%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #49 Chinatown Detective Agency
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 163 reviews2022
Dev: General Interactive Co.Pub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
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 19.8%, Detective 17.4%, Cyberpunk 14.8%, Investigation 13.8%, Mystery 9.9%
- #50 Black Layer
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Montego
Windows
You take part in testing a next-generation experimental android on a restricted floor of a research complex. But soon it becomes clear that the experiment is far more complicated, and you'll have to uncover what’s really happening here.
Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Investigation 22.8%, Story Rich 9.9%, Puzzle 9%, Choices Matter 7%
- #51 Where is Starlingdive
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Studio N
Windows · Mac
A college radio DJ has vanished, but the school says she withdrew. Search forum posts and confidential records to uncover the people behind anonymous handles. Piece together what happened to Starlingdive in a deduction mystery spanning three connected cases, from college radio to the music industry.
Why similar: Detective 28.7%, Conspiracy 20% ★, Investigation 17%, Mystery 15.7%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #52 Nancy Drew®: Mystery of the Seven Keys™
69% matchMixed57% of 352 reviews2024
Dev: HeR Interactive
Windows · Mac
A thrilling blend of adventure, mystery, and history! Play as Nancy Drew to uncover the truth behind the theft of a client's heirloom necklace. Solve challenging puzzles, uncover a sinister web of cyber crime, and sleuth through Prague's mysterious streets entwined with medieval legends and alchemy.
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Investigation 17.4%, Conspiracy 16.9% ★, Mystery 15.1%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #53 Marked
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Fun Waffle Game Studios
Windows
Dust, blood, and lies. Salvation’s Edge, 1899 — a dying town where you’re a killer, a thief, and a fraud — handed a dead man’s badge and told to solve a murder. Do they deserve redemption? Do you? Or will everyone forever be MARKED?
Why similar: Noir 23.7%, Detective 17.4%, Investigation 15.2%, Multiple Endings 6.2%, Conspiracy 6% ★
- #54 Inkblood
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hey Bird!Pub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
You're an Inquisitor following a trail of death. A cult is at work, your predecessor has vanished, and the region teeters on the edge of chaos. Find the truth. Uphold the Inquisition. Do not fail.
Why similar: Conspiracy 22.2% ★, Detective 20.4%, Investigation 14.9%, Mystery 11.6%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #55 Crime or Punishment
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Scale Issue
Windows
Play as a corrupt detective on the mob’s payroll, and cover up their crimes. Read files, collect information and obscure evidence to frame an innocent bystander, who was at the wrong place, at the wrong time. After all, crime pays.
Why similar: Noir 31.2%, Detective 19.9%, Investigation 8.7%, Puzzle 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #56 Judge SIM 2 Precedent
66% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: SunsixStudios
Windows
Take the night shift as a judge in Meridian. Examine evidence, manage pressure, issue reasoned rulings, and create precedents that reshape the cases—and consequences—still to come.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Investigation 21.9%, Mystery 15.7%, Noir 12.2%, Immersive Sim 7.8%
- #57 Vivian Wade: Danger Down The Aisle
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Michelley Studio
Windows
The night before the wedding, the altar burns down and the wedding planner is injured. The family blames a curse, but she suspects foul play. Play as a college student who goes undercover as her replacement. Can you solve the mystery before the wedding?
Why similar: Investigation 20.7%, Mystery 19.9%, Detective 17.6%, Puzzle 8.2%, Exploration 7.1%
- #58 Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,577 reviews2021
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.
Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Investigation 13.9%, Open World 13.5%, Mystery 13%, Choices Matter 7%
- #59 Locator: The Search for Abigail Lidari
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Empty ExhibitPub: Playstack
Windows
A Geoguessr-inspired narrative detective puzzle game set on an alien planet. As the Cartographer, you must gather and examine clues to locate missing archaeologist Abigail Lidari and uncover the fate of an ancient alien civilization.
Why similar: Conspiracy 24.9% ★, Detective 19.4%, Investigation 17.8%, Mystery 15.2%, Puzzle 6.2%
- #60 Soul Tolerance: Prologue
67% matchMixed68% of 25 reviews2023
Dev: Chaosmonger Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a world where artificial intelligence is all that remains, be a robo-detective, and investigate a mind-bending case. Explore a futuristic Japan brought to life in detailed voxel art, and uncover a philosophical lore through tons of characters. Become AI and dive into the mystery of consciousness.
Why similar: Noir 18.4%, Cyberpunk 15.9%, Detective 15.4%, Investigation 13.9%, Open World 8.5%