- #1 The Final Print
97% matchPositive88% of 40 reviews2025
Dev: Dummy DetectivesPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
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: Detective 16.5%, Crime 13.5%, Historical 12%, Noir 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
- #2 Critical Interrogator: Messiah Hunt
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Benedict King
Windows
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: Detective 15.2%, Noir 14%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Point & Click 9.8%, Crime 9.1%
- #3 Green Mist over Portland
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bushmonkey GamesPub: Surefire.Games
Windows · Mac
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline during the cold war on a globe-trotting adventure following a trail of spies from a quiet English harbour town to a frozen Finnish fishing village and the corridors of an intelligence service rotten at its core.
Why similar: Detective 16.7%, Investigation 14.3%, Crime 11.1%, Noir 10.4%, Point & Click 8.9%
- #4 Detective Bass in Fish out of Water
95% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Team Grouper
Windows
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: Detective 20.6%, Crime 14.4%, Noir 13.8%, Investigation 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 9.9%
- #5 Signal & Echo: Iris is Missing (demo)
94% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: Kini Games
Windows
A point-and-click adventure with innovative detective mechanics. Help Ollie, a fledgling reporter on his first day at the Signal & Echo newspaper, to solve the mystery behind a schoolgirl's disappearance. Developed by an ex-journalist.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Investigation 18.7%, Point & Click 13%, Mystery 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 6.5%
- #6 Mistmoon Falls
94% 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: Detective 17.7%, Crime 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Investigation 12.7%, Noir 12.6%
- #7 The Detective's Apprentice
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: darqwerful
Windows
Step into the shoes of Clementine "Cleo" Ace, an apprentice to her aunt, the world renowned detective, Maya Lynch. From heists to murders, use your deduction skills to solve cases that are too tough for the local police to crack.
Why similar: Detective 27%, Investigation 20.8%, Mystery 11.8%, Point & Click 10.5%, Crime 9.6%
- #8 Detective Bass 2: The Case of the Stolen Pearls
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team Grouper
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Detective 19.8%, Crime 16.8%, Noir 16.7%, Investigation 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%
- #9 Ashes of Holloway Bay
91% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Cold Case Inc
Windows
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 22.6%, Crime 17.3%, Investigation 16.8%, Mystery 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
- #10 Spooky Crew: Mask of the Mysterium
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Matt Sanderson
Windows
Join the Spooky Crew and uncover the secret of the Mask of the Mysterium in this point and click adventure game. An encounter with a masked figure leads the crew to investigate the secrets of a local museum.
Why similar: Detective 14.3%, Investigation 13.7%, Crime 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%
- #11 Chronique des Silencieux
90% matchMostly Positive72% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: Pierre Feuille StudioPub: Zugalu Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Set in 1970s southern France, you play a rookie private eye tasked to dig out the secrets of a stubborn old man. Think on your feet while you follow your leads : ask questions to witnesses, detect their lies, hypothesize why and finally confront the silent ones running from their past.
Why similar: Detective 15.8%, Investigation 13.5%, Crime 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%, Historical 10.2%
- #12 Hauma - A Detective Noir Story - Prologue
89% matchPositive96% of 23 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: Detective 17%, Crime 14.3%, Investigation 13.2%, Noir 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%
- #13 Cold Case: The Red Dress Murder
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nessie Games
Windows
A desktop-detective mystery where you’re tasked with investigating an unsolved murder. Scour case files and use logic and deduction to discover the truth of a thrilling story.
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Investigation 14.4%, Crime 13.4%, Mystery 9.8%, Point & Click 8.9%
- #14 Death Trick: Double Blind
88% matchVery Positive87% of 275 reviews2024
Dev: Citreat StudioPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Why similar: Detective 15.7%, Crime 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Investigation 11.6%, Historical 11.5%
- #15 Midnight Files
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: Paper Lynx Games
Windows
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: Detective 19.7%, Crime 18.2%, Investigation 18.2%, Noir 13%, Logic 6.3%
- #16 Code: 9
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Riding Turtles
Windows
Resurrected through fusion with the hostile entity K.L.A.R.A., you now owe a debt to the Resistance. Explore crime scenes without quest markers, write your deductions in your own words rather than choosing pre-made answers, and expose lies during intense interrogations.
Why similar: Detective 16.6%, Investigation 14.2%, Crime 12.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
- #17 Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel
87% matchPositive87% of 31 reviews2019
Dev: GenuinePub: Giiku Games
Windows
Take on the role of Detective Kobayashi, the one and only genius detective who has a reputation for solving any case, however dark or difficult...if he isn't playing games at the office or awkwardly hitting on girls, that is.
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Crime 19.8%, Investigation 12.2%, Point & Click 11%, Mystery 10.7%
- #18 Artificial: Proxy Bar
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: HinaGames
Windows
Within a universe dominated by Artificial Intelligences, you step into the shoes of an AI detective to solve the mystery hidden within the Proxy Bar, a jazz club. You can ask the suspects ANYTHING, but will you ask the right questions?
Why similar: Detective 23%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Investigation 16.2%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Mystery 11.4%
- #19 The Missing Threads
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wynd_devPub: wysg
Windows
[DEMO available now!] Erased memories, scattered clues. What will you uncover, and what will you leave buried?As an amnesiac detective, investigate crime scenes with limited focus. You can't analyze everything. Strategically choose your leads to shape the case and reclaim your lost past.
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Investigation 20.2%, Crime 17%, Point & Click 12%, Mystery 11.7%
- #20 The Roottrees are Dead
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,392 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Trout Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
Why similar: Detective 27.3%, Investigation 16.9%, Mystery 13.9%, Point & Click 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 7%
- #21 Marcella Moon: Saboteurs on the River
84% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Ocean Games
Windows
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a series of sabotage incidents on the Louisiana bayou.
Why similar: Investigation 17.7%, Detective 16.9%, Crime 16.7%, Mystery 12%, Point & Click 11.9%
- #22 The Case of the Golden Idol
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,351 reviews2022
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
Why similar: Detective 18.9%, Investigation 16.2%, Crime 11%, Mystery 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
- #23 Trials of Innocence
81% matchVery Positive93% of 1,658 reviews2025
Dev: 猫龙游戏
Windows
Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Crime 14.2%, Investigation 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%
- #24 Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
83% matchVery Positive89% of 7,813 reviews2014
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
Why similar: Detective 34.7%, Crime 16.9%, Investigation 16.1%, Mystery 11.8%, Point & Click 6.2%
- #25 Marcella Moon: Four Are Watching
81% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Hidden Ocean Games
Windows
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to solve the cold case of her father's murder.
Why similar: Detective 17.6%, Investigation 15%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Point & Click 11.5%, Mystery 10.9%
- #26 Major's Heart
80% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Dormouse
Windows
A sci-fi detective game where you interrogate the brain scans of crime victims. Uncover the hidden truth behind the dystopian regime by any means necessary.
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Investigation 15.1%, Point & Click 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.1%
- #27 A Death in the Red Light
79% matchMixed68% of 47 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: Detective 18.6%, Investigation 16.1%, Noir 13.6%, Crime 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
- #28 Man of Nollyn
78% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Slater Chae
Windows
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Investigation 17.9%, Crime 17.7%, Noir 17.6%, Mystery 10.2%
- #29 Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 660 reviews2026
Dev: BRANEPub: Surefire.Games
Windows · Mac
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: Detective 17%, Investigation 14.3%, Noir 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Point & Click 9.2%
- #30 Private Eye: The Young Heir
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lucky 7 Studios
Windows
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 19.3%, Investigation 16%, Crime 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Mystery 10%
- #31 The Rise of the Golden Idol
76% matchVery Positive93% of 3,925 reviews2024
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 16.9 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: Detective 20.5%, Investigation 18.5%, Crime 13.6%, Mystery 11.6%, Historical 8.6%
- #32 Neon Hearts City
76% matchVery Positive85% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Cosmic VoidPub: Dionous Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Detective 19%, Investigation 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Crime 13.4%, Point & Click 12.2%
- #33 Detective tales: A Study in Scarlet
77% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Escape Pod
Windows
Step in the shoes of Mr. Holmes or Dr. Watson and venture on a journey filled with intrigue and mystery. Use your logic and teamwork skills in order to solve the mysterious murder which shocked the 19th century London. Play it with a friend on 2 devices with an open voice connection.
Why similar: Crime 16.9%, Detective 16.7%, Investigation 13.7%, Point & Click 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%
- #34 Tangle Tower
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,076 reviews2019
Dev: SFB Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?
Why similar: Detective 24.5%, Crime 13.7%, Noir 13%, Point & Click 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%
- #35 Connected Clue
74% matchVery Positive88% of 112 reviews2026
Dev: Alpheratz Games Pub: CFK Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Connected Clue is a quarter-view detective adventure game inspired by the atmosphere of 19th-century mystery novels. Gather clues, see through lies, and uncover the identity of the culprit shrouded in secrecy!
Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Crime 16.8%, Investigation 13.7%, Noir 10.6%, Point & Click 9.5%
- #36 JACK: 1 % BATTERY - A Detective Thriller
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JD Detective Thrillers Studio
Windows
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 18.5%, Detective 18%, Crime 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Text-Based 9.3%
- #37 Beware of the Cartographer!
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tohu Bohu Games
Windows
Map a mysterious land during the Age of Enlightenment. Draw the border between two warring kingdoms. Meet the locals. Juggle their demands with the requirements of your mission. Ethical dilemmas, secret plots, strange phenomena… will you be able to bring peace back to the land?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.2%, Investigation 17.1%, Detective 16.6%, Point & Click 11.8%, Historical 11.7%
- #38 A Case of Fraud
73% matchVery Positive98% of 404 reviews2025
Dev: Hesperus Games
Windows · Mac
A short non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.
Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Investigation 20.1%, Crime 17.1%, Mystery 11.5%, Point & Click 11.3%
- #39 Max Sterling PI: The Grady Case
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Saint Cloud Studios
Windows
In this classic Investigative Mystery game, you are hired to find the truth behind Mr. Grady's untimely death. Explore 40+ areas, compile a multitude of evidence, and interview over 30 unique characters to assist you in your search for answers. Do YOU have what it takes to crack the case?
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Investigation 14.2%, Noir 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, Mystery 10%
- #40 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
73% matchVery Positive92% of 2,845 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Detective 16.1%, Crime 14.6%, Noir 14.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Investigation 11.4%
- #41 Who Killed Mr. White?
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: notagamestudio
Windows
A turn-based Clue-inspired detective game where you get to solve a murder mystery by interrogating paintings.
Why similar: Detective 16.4%, Noir 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Point & Click 10.5%
- #42 Hauma - A Detective Noir Story
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 129 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: Detective 16.7%, Noir 14.3%, Crime 14.1%, Investigation 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 9.6%
- #43 The Wolf Is Dead
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fat Toad Games
Windows
The Wolf is Dead is a murder mystery game. When the Big Bad Wolf is found murdered at a party for his biopic, you're called in. Interrogate suspects, investigate the scene of the crime and use this to travel back in time and reconstruct the events of the evening. Who killed Alexander Wolff?
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Crime 20.1%, Dialogue Heavy 17.9%, Mystery 12.4%, Investigation 12.3%
- #44 Chinatown Detective Agency
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 156 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: Detective 16.5%, Investigation 13.9%, Crime 13.8%, Noir 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%
- #45 Dahlia View
71% matchVery Positive85% of 361 reviews2021
Dev: White Paper Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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: Detective 18%, Noir 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.8%, Crime 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
- #46 Disordered
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Lumas Studio
Windows · Linux
A detective wakes up beside a corpse, and with no memories. The evidence points to him. Everyone thinks he’s the killer. Unravel the truth before time runs out in this hand-drawn detective mystery adventure set in 1990s Thailand, where every memory hides a lie.
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Crime 15.8%, Investigation 14.7%, Noir 11.2%, Point & Click 9.9%
- #47 Inspector Javert and the Oath of Blood
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Budget Versailles Games
Windows · Mac
An adventure mystery game set in the world of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables.A game for people who:Like to solve mysteriesEnjoy exploring beautiful pixel art environmentsWant their dialogue choices and moral decisions to matterAre fans of Les Mis!
Why similar: Detective 16.7%, Crime 16.6%, Investigation 15.6%, Historical 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
- #48 Lacuna: Prologue
70% matchVery Positive91% of 170 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
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: Detective 19.6%, Noir 17.1%, Crime 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Investigation 10.6%
- #49 DEAR SUSPECT
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ELEGISTS STUDIO
Windows
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 16.6%, Crime 16.2%, Investigation 15%, Noir 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
- #50 TellTale - Casino Murder Case
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: NeruyaPub: Team Detective
Windows
[Telltale - Casino Murder] is a full-voice indie mystery game with the youngest lawyer, Kang Ho-yeon, who reveals the truth of the casino murder case and achieves innocence at trial.
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Investigation 18.9%, Mystery 16.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Logic 8%
- #51 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: Detective 17%, Noir 16.3%, Investigation 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11%, Point & Click 10.6%
- #52 The Last Voyage of the SS Aurelia
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Rungen Studio
Windows
An interrogation mystery aboard a 1936 ocean liner. Five suspects. One murder. No dialogue options — every suspect is powered by AI and will remember every word, deflect every question, and only surrender their secrets under pressure. Four voyages. One truth. Break someone.
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Noir 14%, Historical 13.4%, Artificial Intelligence 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%
- #53 Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders
69% matchVery Positive89% of 1,277 reviews2019
Dev: Nupixo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A thrilling point-and-click adventure game where you play as Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator, as he tracks a serial killer in the heart of the Tang Dynasty's capital city.
Why similar: Detective 17.4%, Investigation 14.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Historical 14%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%
- #54 Thomas Ireham in Crimson Spotlight
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rebecca AhmedPub: Sagewing Studio
Windows
A complete time-loop detective story set in the 1940s — solve a case before it even happens in a single, self-contained sitting.
Why similar: Detective 20.6%, Investigation 16.5%, Crime 13.1%, Noir 11.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%
- #55 Detective Dana
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Vice Beast
Windows
Detective Dana is a 2D story-rich game about an Arabic police officer investigating murder cases. Investigate the crime scene, interrogate the witnesses, solve the mysteries and uncover the secrets until you catch the criminal!
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Crime 13.5%, Noir 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Point & Click 12.3%
- #56 Death off the Cuff
70% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: Simon ChristiansenPub: SiChris Productions
Windows
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Detective 18.5%, Investigation 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14%, Text-Based 10.7%
- #57 A Detective Story
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Methodox Technologies, Inc.
Windows
An 80s-style pixel art detective simulator where you interrogate suspects using natural language. Characters respond dynamically as you uncover clues and solve the crime.
Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Investigation 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Artificial Intelligence 8.6%, Text-Based 8.6%
- #58 Marcella Moon: Killer at the Cove
68% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Hidden Ocean Games
Windows
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a murder in a coastal California town.
Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Investigation 15.9%, Crime 15.4%, Point & Click 11.8%, Mystery 11.2%
- #59 The Big Hollow: 1982
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Krams DesignPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
The Big Hollow: 1982 is a tightly focused 2D animated murder mystery. A serial killer’s dumping ground is exposed in a small truck stop town. Find details in the evidence, interpret criminal behaviors and prove your worth to the FBI’s new Behavioral Science Unit as new detective Desmond.
Why similar: Detective 27.3%, Investigation 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Crime 13.2%, Point & Click 13%
- #60 Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders
65% matchVery Positive87% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Homo Narrans Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as a sharp-witted detective in late 19th-century Leipzig, Germany, in this retro pixel-art point & click adventure. Search for clues, question suspects, and piece together evidence on your deduction board to solve four gripping murder cases.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Crime 16.8%, Investigation 16.4%, Historical 13.9%, Point & Click 13.5%