- #1 Tales of the Neon Sea
97% matchVery Positive86% of 4,916 reviews2019
Dev: YiTi GamesPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Welcome to a world of intrigue and suspicion. Where humans and robots contend with escalating tensions and mutual distrust. And where gangster felines scheme their way to the top of the food chain. Welcome to the Tales of the Neon Sea!
Why similar: Detective 17.4%, Investigation 17.4%, Point & Click 14.5%, Cyberpunk 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 8%
- #2 Whispers of a Machine
96% matchVery Positive93% of 1,977 reviews2019
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Point & Click 20.6%, Cyberpunk 13.8%, Adventure 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #3 Lamplight City
96% matchVery Positive90% of 844 reviews2018
Dev: Grundislav GamesPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can you help private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart?
Why similar: Detective 25.6%, Point & Click 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Mystery 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #4 VirtuaVerse
95% matchVery Positive83% of 1,107 reviews2020
Dev: Theta DivisionPub: Blood Music
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
VirtuaVerse is a challenging old school cyberpunk point & click adventure set in a future not so far away narrating tales of technomancers, AVR graffiti writers, hacker groups, tribes of cryptoshamans, digital archeology, epic cyberwars and virtual reality debauchery.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 18.8%, Point & Click 18.5%, 1990's 13.2%, Old School 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #5 Au Revoir
94% matchVery Positive95% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: Invisible StudioPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Play as Tristan and solve puzzles to recover human consciousnesses in the year 2071. Investigate environments, uncover secrets, and make choices that affect the ending. Explore a neon-noir world with a low poly aesthetic inspired by the 90s.
Why similar: Point & Click 16.6%, Cyberpunk 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Detective 12.2%, Investigation 11.4%
- #6 Technobabylon
94% matchVery Positive94% of 1,618 reviews2015
Dev: Technocrat GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.
Why similar: Point & Click 33.7%, Cyberpunk 29.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Adventure 9.4%, Story Rich 6.2%
- #7 Neon Blood
93% matchMostly Positive72% of 125 reviews2024
Dev: ChaoticBrain StudiosPub: Meridiem Games
Windows
Viridis, year 2053. Growing inequality drives Bright City and Blind City further and further apart until idealistic detective Axel McCoin starts a revolution to change the world in this fast-paced cyberpunk adventure.
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Investigation 15.3%, Crime 15.1%, Cyberpunk 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #8 The Roottrees are Dead
91% 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 25.5%, Investigation 16.2%, Point & Click 13.4%, Puzzle 8.7%, 1990's 8.4%
- #9 Chinatown Detective Agency
92% 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 17.9%, Investigation 15.5%, Crime 14.3%, Point & Click 12.5%, Cyberpunk 10.5%
- #10 2064: Read Only Memories
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,665 reviews2015
Dev: MidBoss, LLC.Pub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco. Team up with Turing, the world's first sapient machine, to unravel a conspiracy that threatens to shake an entire society
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Cyberpunk 21.7%, Point & Click 20%, Story Rich 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #11 NORCO
90% matchVery Positive93% of 3,080 reviews2022
Dev: Geography of RobotsPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.
Why similar: Investigation 22.6%, Point & Click 21.7%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Mystery 9.5%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #12 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
89% 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 19.2%, Crime 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Investigation 13.9%, Cyberpunk 12.7%
- #13 Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,243 reviews2025
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Detective 17.5%, Investigation 16.6%, Point & Click 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, 1990's 8.9%
- #14 Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
89% matchVery Positive88% of 502 reviews2024
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Investigation 15.8%, Crime 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Point & Click 13%
- #15 Elroy and the Aliens
87% matchVery Positive97% of 451 reviews2025
Dev: Motiviti
Windows · Mac · Linux
Slope City, 1993. Talking robots, ancient alien secrets, and a mysterious message from the past. Follow Elroy and Peggie through a portal to find Elroy's father, missing for 18 years. A heartfelt point & click adventure where the puzzles make sense and the story stays with you.
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Investigation 18.6%, Point & Click 17.5%, Puzzle 8.4%, Mystery 7.4%
- #16 Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders
86% 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 18.8%, Point & Click 16.1%, Investigation 15.7%, Crime 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
- #17 Let Bions Be Bygones
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 122 reviews2024
Dev: Bohemian PulpPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
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: Detective 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Point & Click 15%, Cyberpunk 14.1%, Crime 10.7%
- #18 Signal & Echo: Iris is Missing (demo)
85% 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 20.3%, Investigation 17.8%, Point & Click 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #19 Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
84% matchVery Positive94% of 255 reviews2021
Dev: James PattonPub: Clockwork Bird
Windows · Mac · Linux
It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?
Why similar: Investigation 27%, Detective 21.5%, Cyberpunk 20%, Point & Click 12.2%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #20 The Wild Case
84% matchVery Positive87% of 252 reviews2021
Dev: Specialbit Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Wild Case is a 2D first-person point-and-click adventure. In this story-focused adventure, players meet a cast of colorful characters, experience mysterious encounters, and solve puzzles to progress through the game.
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Point & Click 19.2%, Investigation 15%, Puzzle 9.1%, Exploration 7.5%
- #21 Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders
83% 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 19.9%, Investigation 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Point & Click 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
- #22 Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit
82% matchVery Positive81% of 472 reviews2022
Dev: Tag of JoyPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Legends of the past come back to life in this charming point-and-click adventure. Pack your bags and journey with Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit through modern day Europe to uncover the conspiracy behind a cursed relic and the secrets of the King who was never crowned.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.7%, Detective 20.9%, Investigation 11.3%, Puzzle 8.8%, Mystery 8.3%
- #23 Intruder In Antiquonia
82% matchVery Positive90% of 113 reviews2022
Dev: Aruma Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Intruder In Antiquonia is a narrative mystery adventure that will immerse you in the Internet-hostile town of Antiquonia. Sarah does not remember who she is and how she got there. Help her solve the mysteries of her past while exploring beautiful hand-drawn environments.
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Investigation 15.3%, Point & Click 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #24 The Red Strings Club
80% matchVery Positive94% of 13,919 reviews2018
Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 37%, Pixel Graphics 18.9%, Point & Click 16%, Story Rich 13.1%, Adventure 4.7%
- #25 Pixel Noir
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: SWDTech Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Untangle a gripping conspiracy in this noir-influenced mystery, laced with classic RPG elements. Navigate seedy streets to collect clues, upgrade skills and customize weapons. Brawl in turn-based combat with timed hits & combos, to reveal the dark truth that plagues the city’s core and your sanity.
Why similar: Detective 25%, Crime 22.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Mystery 7.7%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #26 Retropolis 2: Never Say Goodbye
79% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Peanut Button
Windows
Immerse yourself in the shadows, where danger lurks and every step leads you further to the edge of madness. Navigate the neon-lit streets as robo-detective Philip Log and search for Jenny Montage, the automated femme fatale, in this gritty post-apocalyptic saga.
Why similar: Detective 29.1%, Point & Click 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Puzzle 11%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #27 The Drifter
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,432 reviews2025
Dev: Powerhoof
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.
Why similar: Investigation 24.4%, Point & Click 20.7%, 1990's 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Mystery 8.7%
- #28 Mutropolis
78% matchVery Positive88% of 209 reviews2021
Dev: Pirita StudioPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
MUTROPOLIS is a lovely sci-fi adventure set on the abandoned Planet Earth. Play as Henry Dijon (hero, nerd, detective) in search of a legendary lost city. Uncover weird ancient artifacts. And PLEASE don’t get obliterated by an ageless evil. You’ve been warned.
Why similar: Detective 35.6%, Point & Click 25.9%, Mystery 11.3%, Puzzle 10.3%, Adventure 7.3%
- #29 Neon City Riders
78% matchVery Positive82% of 67 reviews2020
Dev: Mecha Studios
Windows
Explore a decaying futuristic city in this action adventure experience. Search for items, unlock superpowers, recruit companions, and free every turf from ruthless gangs to unite the people once again.
Why similar: Adventure 47.8%, Pixel Graphics 42.4%, Singleplayer 9.8%
- #30 Connected Clue
75% 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 18.8%, Crime 17%, Investigation 14.8%, Point & Click 12.7%, 1990's 10.3%
- #31 Neofeud
77% matchVery Positive85% of 278 reviews2017
Dev: Silver Spook Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Neofeud is a Dystopic Cyberpunk adventure game in the vein of Blade Runner, but with an overlay of Game of Thrones-like political intrigue, and 1366x768, hand-painted, stylized visuals.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 31.3%, Point & Click 28.6%, Adventure 12.7%, Story Rich 8.9%, Retro 6.6%
- #32 Inspector Waffles
76% matchVery Positive95% of 291 reviews2021
Dev: Goloso Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Murder. Nothin’ nice about it. In this old school detective adventure, step into the boots of whip-smart Inspector Waffles and travel the city to track hidden clues, interrogate shady suspects, and unravel a dangerous mystery. But be warned: curiosity killed the cat...
Why similar: Detective 19%, Crime 18.6%, Investigation 13.9%, Point & Click 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #33 The Case of the Golden Idol
73% 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 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Point & Click 11.3%, Crime 10.5%
- #34 Tails Noir
76% matchMixed67% of 3,409 reviews2021
Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Tails Noir is a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Investigation 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Point & Click 15%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #35 Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel
79% matchMixed53% of 222 reviews2016
Dev: HarotobiraPub: Sometimes You
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Feel the mysterious world of Molds and the City where the sun never sets. Look for clues, make decisions and follow your own path in the Cyber City 2157.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 33.1%, Adventure 26.4%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, Story Rich 10.4%, 2D 7.2%
- #36 Gemini Rue
75% matchVery Positive88% of 1,875 reviews2011
Dev: Joshua NuernbergerPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.
Why similar: Point & Click 32.3%, Cyberpunk 20.9%, Detective 16.1%, Adventure 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
- #37 Love Shore
74% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Perfect Garbage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Sam or Farah as they attempt to navigate the neon thrills of their cyberpunk city Love Shore, solve murders, fight gods and maybe fall in love.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.9%, Cyberpunk 28.9%, Crime 19.3%, Colorful 7.3%, Mystery 6%
- #38 DreamBreak
77% matchMixed51% of 108 reviews2016
Dev: Fortell Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Dreambreak is a story-driven adventure set in an alternative post-Cold War world, a quirky and unique mix of clashing gameplay genres. Get fingered for murder in without actually going there!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 17.1%, Point & Click 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Investigation 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%
- #39 Unforeseen Incidents
73% matchVery Positive88% of 1,051 reviews2018
Dev: Backwoods EntertainmentPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world. Join Harper Pendrell and experience a challenging investigation, smart dialog and a rich cast of characters in this thrilling new adventure game.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Point & Click 20.9%, Detective 17.5%, Puzzle 9.8%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #40 Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery
73% matchVery Positive88% of 842 reviews2021
Dev: Kiary Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Everybody are missing in a town. Find the answers of town mystery in a point and click adventure game with escape the room mechanics
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Investigation 19.4%, Point & Click 19.1%, Puzzle 10.1%, Mystery 8.1%
- #41 Beyond a Steel Sky
72% matchVery Positive88% of 1,612 reviews2020
Dev: Revolution Software Ltd
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
From multi-award winning Revolution comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, a groundbreaking 3D adventure thriller, set in an AI-driven future. Subvert the world, hack the systems and solve dark conspiracies to uncover the devastating truth.
Why similar: Point & Click 27.5%, Cyberpunk 24.8%, Puzzle 10.4%, Story Rich 9.1%, Adventure 8.8%
- #42 Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
71% matchVery Positive93% of 1,427 reviews2021
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Investigation 16.5%, Point & Click 15.8%, 1990's 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
- #43 The Corruption Within
72% matchVery Positive94% of 166 reviews2021
Dev: Cosmic Void
Windows
The Corruption Within is a psychological thriller first-person point & click adventure game set in the Victorian era, with an emphasis on strong narrative, intriguing characters and puzzle-solving.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.2%, Investigation 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Mystery 8.2%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #44 Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
69% 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 21.6%, Investigation 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Point & Click 14.9%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #45 The Secret of Retropolis
71% matchVery Positive93% of 189 reviews2021
Dev: Peanut Button
Windows
The Secret of Retropolis is a VR narrative game of a new kind, a blend of classic point-and-click adventure with immersive cinematography. Embody the witty protagonist of a film noir plot. Meet unforgettable characters. Solve puzzles. Lose yourself in the retro-futuristic atmosphere.
Why similar: Detective 28.3%, Point & Click 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Puzzle 9.3%, Cyberpunk 8.5%
- #46 Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit
67% matchVery Positive98% of 480 reviews2025
Dev: Default Cube Games
Windows · Mac
Pick up your magnifying glass as writer-turned-detective Penelope Pendrick in this first-person point and click mystery adventure! Three people have suddenly vanished from the sleepy town of Carlisle. Follow the clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles to end this case - before it ends you.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.1%, Detective 19.2%, Investigation 14.5%, Mystery 11.7%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #47 The Abandoned Planet
69% matchVery Positive94% of 240 reviews2024
Dev: Dexter Team GamesPub: Snapbreak
Windows · Mac · Linux
A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art
Why similar: Point & Click 23%, 1990's 12%, Puzzle 11.3%, Exploration 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
- #48 HARDCODED
68% matchVery Positive92% of 332 reviews2024
Dev: Ghost Hug Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
HARDCODED - A non-linear delve through the lives and beds of the people of a cyberpunk city.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 21%, Investigation 18.7%, Detective 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, Exploration 8.2%
- #49 A Case of Fraud
67% 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 24.9%, Investigation 20.8%, Crime 16.5%, Point & Click 14.5%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #50 Tails Noir: Prologue
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,115 reviews2019
Dev: EggNutPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 45.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Why similar: Detective 32.4%, Adventure 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, Point & Click 15.4%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #51 Dry Drowning
70% matchVery Positive81% of 512 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: Investigation 20.4%, Detective 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Cyberpunk 14.2%, Mystery 7.9%
- #52 Trust No One
70% matchMixed59% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Triomatica Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You'll need to think outside more than just the box. In "Trust No One,” a point-and-click detective adventure, you play as a journalist who tries to unravel a web of secrets about a mysterious AI-company. Explore the nooks and alleyways of Kyiv to discover the identity of your informant.
Why similar: Detective 24.5%, Investigation 20.6%, Point & Click 19.2%, Puzzle 9.5%, Exploration 8.8%
- #53 Born Punk
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 156 reviews2022
Dev: Insert Disk 22
Windows · Mac · Linux
A former combat hacker, a corporate CEO and a malfunctioning android get possessed by mysterious, otherworldly entities and must band together to save themselves and uncover the entities' origins. Talk, puzzle and explore your way through this (often humorous) cyberpunk thriller.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.4%, Cyberpunk 22.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Puzzle 9.4%, Mystery 7.1%
- #54 Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 618 reviews2022
Dev: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Armed with your investigative skills and the tools of the Blade Runner trade, you'll be immersed in a world that lives and breathes around you with breakthrough lighting and visual effects. Your ability to survive will be put to the test in the richest game environment ever created.
Why similar: Detective 22%, Point & Click 20.7%, Cyberpunk 18.7%, Investigation 15.9%, Adventure 6.3%
- #55 Noir Chronicles: City of Crime
71% matchMixed60% of 234 reviews2018
Dev: Brave Giant LTDPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Step into the shoes of Alfred Fox, a private eye with a knack for getting into trouble, and confront the danger looming over your old flame, Barbara Le Purr. Using your own intuition and wide investigation techniques you will follow the intrigue and face many, sometimes deadly, consequences.
Why similar: Detective 26.8%, Crime 21.6%, Point & Click 19.6%, Adventure 7.6%, Mystery 7.5%
- #56 The Rise of the Golden Idol
64% 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 21.4%, Investigation 19.8%, Crime 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%, Mystery 7.5%
- #57 Rosewater
65% matchVery Positive92% of 398 reviews2025
Dev: Grundislav GamesPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
A thrilling Western adventure in the alternate 19th century world of Lamplight City! Embark on a harrowing journey across the frontier with Harley Leger and her ragtag posse, encountering bandits, rebels, visionaries, eccentrics, and many more friends and foes on your quest for fame and riches.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Mystery 10.9%, Story Rich 9%
- #58 Tron: Identity
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 292 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 36.3%, Investigation 15.6%, Puzzle 11.7%, Mystery 11.1%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #59 Phoenix Springs
65% matchVery Positive89% of 255 reviews2024
Dev: Calligram Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lose yourself in Phoenix Springs – a modern point-and-click set in a mysterious neo-noir world. It begins with an investigation: find your brother Leo. You already know where it ends.
Why similar: Detective 29.3%, Investigation 20%, Point & Click 18%, Mystery 10.5%, Story Rich 8.8%