- #1 Hill Agency: PURITYdecay
97% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Achimostawinan Games
Windows
Murdered sisters, mind altering drugs and flying cities, to a case that goes way further than the banks of this one detective's little neighbourhood in this Indigenous cybernoir detective narrative adventure set in a post-post-apocalyptical future.
Why similar: Noir 22%, Investigation 14.3%, Cyberpunk 13.7%, Detective 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
- #2 Crosstalk
96% 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 25.9%, Detective 20.4%, Cyberpunk 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Investigation 11.5%
- #3 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 23.2%, Cyberpunk 18.8%, Detective 17.9%, Investigation 11.3%, Futuristic 5.6%
- #4 Precinct 2099
95% 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 23.9%, Cyberpunk 21.1%, Detective 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Investigation 7.1%
- #5 Lacuna: Prologue
94% matchVery Positive91% of 172 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.5 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: Noir 26.8%, Detective 20.2%, Cyberpunk 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Investigation 9.9%
- #6 Keyword 2: Nightfall
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: City From Naught Inc.
Windows
Play detective in this heart-gripping cyberpunk adventure where every dark corner of this intricate vertical city is yours to explore. Interrogate witnesses, investigate murders and even enjoy hotpots! Every choice shapes the outcome, leading you closer to the truth, or deeper into the shadows.
Why similar: Noir 22.4%, Detective 18.3%, Cyberpunk 17.8%, Investigation 13.1%, Multiple Endings 5.5%
- #7 Au Revoir
93% matchVery Positive95% of 125 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: Noir 25.1%, Cyberpunk 19%, Detective 11.1%, Investigation 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%
- #8 Cross Country Case
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Space Cat StudioPub: Microwavebread
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 28.7%, Detective 25.2%, Investigation 18%, Puzzle 6.2%, Story Rich 5.2%
- #9 a permanent echo
91% 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: Cyberpunk 19.6%, Noir 18.1%, Investigation 15%, Detective 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
- #10 Synther
91% 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 32.7%, Cyberpunk 28.5%, Detective 24.9%, RPG 6.3%, Story Rich 6%
- #11 Let Bions Be Bygones
90% matchMixed70% of 133 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: Noir 25.5%, Cyberpunk 18.9%, Detective 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Investigation 6.9%
- #12 Yoko Redux: Dreams of a Blue Planet
89% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2022
Dev: Missing Sentinel SoftwarePub: RedTigerPro
Windows · Mac · Linux
"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 24.5%, Cyberpunk 19.3%, Detective 17.1%, Investigation 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
- #13 PRAVDA(concept25)
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Floating Stone Studio
Windows
Pravda is a narrative stealth-puzzle about journalism under a totalitarian regime. You play Saga, a state-branded “Liar” working for the Resistance to bring down the Party. Your task is clear: Collect information. Craft the truth. Change the world. But in Abil-Gudit, every truth has a cost.
Why similar: Noir 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Detective 16.8%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, RPG 8.6%
- #14 Chrome Shadow
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Indie Eagle
Windows
A 2D pixel-art detective adventure where you investigate a brutal murder in a city drowning in corruption, secrets, and political tension. Search locations, question suspects, collect evidence, and uncover a truth that was never meant to surface.
Why similar: Noir 25.3%, Cyberpunk 17.6%, Detective 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Exploration 7%
- #15 Acrônimo Tupiniquim
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cigarras & Cigarros
Windows
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 32.1%, Detective 26.9%, Investigation 18.2%, Story Rich 6.8%, Female Protagonist 5.2%
- #16 她杀 - The Suspected Murder
86% matchVery Positive84% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: 麻辣工作室 Spicy GamesPub: INDIECN
Windows
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: Detective 21.6%, Noir 19.9%, Investigation 16.4%, Puzzle 6.3%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #17 Conscience
86% matchVery Positive93% of 173 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 31.4%, Detective 25.3%, Investigation 18%, Puzzle 6.3%, Story Rich 4.6%
- #18 Enoch
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Evil Pug Games
Windows
A murder investigation. Teenagers vanishing for years. On Enoch Space Station, detectives, suspects, and killers each follow their own path, only to uncover a conspiracy that has been hiding in plain sight for generations. A sci-fi noir point-and-click adventure.
Why similar: Noir 23.1%, Cyberpunk 19.5%, Detective 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Investigation 9.2%
- #19 Grill'd: The Vanishing
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: The Yellow Room
Windows
[Grill'd] is a dinner party detective game played from the first-person perspective of a royal investigator. Trapped in a mansion located in the estate of a fallen aristocrat, collect clues about the cases, connect them to one another, and interrogate the suspect to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 27.7%, Investigation 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Adventure 8.4%
- #20 Mithra
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seventh Disorder
Windows · Mac · Linux
Investigate the world's first cult in a cryptic mystery adventure that blurs the lines between fiction and reality. We've been keeping an eye on you. Follow us further down the rabbit hole...
Why similar: Noir 21.7%, Detective 16.7%, Investigation 14%, Alternate History 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
- #21 Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,781 reviews2025
Dev: Happy Broccoli Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 28.9%, Detective 27.4%, Investigation 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Adventure 4.5%
- #22 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
83% matchVery Positive92% of 2,943 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: Noir 24.3%, Detective 18.2%, Cyberpunk 17.3%, Investigation 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
- #23 Detective Boto: Belle Memoir
82% 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 30.2%, Detective 28.5%, Investigation 19.2%, Adventure 5.2%, Puzzle 4.7%
- #24 Man of Nollyn
81% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: Slater Chae
Windows
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Noir 31.3%, Detective 24.7%, Investigation 19%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #25 Grimtrace
81% matchNo user reviews
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 32.6%, Detective 29.4%, Investigation 20.2%, Puzzle 5.8%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #26 Secret Odyssey: Orb of Eternity
80% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: NEXTSQUARESTUDIO
Windows · Mac
Decode eight sci-fi chambers, survive their environmental hazards, and awaken the Nexus in a third-person puzzle adventure built around observation, logic, and discovery.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 23%, Detective 22%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Investigation 9%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #27 Artificial Detective
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: VIVIX Inc.
Windows
Artificial Detective is an action-adventure where you step into the shoes of a robodetective in a dystopian city overrun by rogue robots. Lead your underdog team of a military robodog and a human girl as you fight, hack, and outsmart your enemies to uncover why humans are gone.
Why similar: Noir 23.6%, Cyberpunk 18%, Detective 18%, Alternate History 13.4%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
- #28 Chrysalis: Chrome Butterfly
79% 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 27.1%, Cyberpunk 20.8%, Detective 18.8%, Investigation 11%, Multiple Endings 5.9%
- #29 Eye 4 Eye
78% 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 25.7%, Investigation 18.8%, Cyberpunk 11%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #30 Hope in the City
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lofty Sky Entertainment Inc.
Windows
17-year-old Hope Song thought the national exams were her biggest worry... until she got home to a ransacked apartment and two missing parents. Investigate through the eyes of an artist, turn sketches into evidence, and watch her family's mystery grow stranger and darker with every answer.
Why similar: Noir 23.7%, Detective 17.8%, Investigation 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
- #31 Call of the Forgotten
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Artfactory Jalokivi
Windows · Mac · Linux
A hand-drawn point-and-click adventure featuring a detective noir story set in a cyberpunk world, infused with cosmic horror.
Why similar: Noir 28.7%, Detective 24.9%, Cyberpunk 23%, Investigation 13.2%, Female Protagonist 5.1%
- #32 D.W. Dagger: Chapter One
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Lime Interactive
Windows
A noir first-person murder mystery set in a gloomy 1947 Pacific Northwest city. Play as the renowned Detective D.W. Dagger to help solve his latest case. A violent murder, a possible suicide, and a handful of suspects. Can you deduce what happened?
Why similar: Noir 31.6%, Detective 24.2%, Investigation 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%, Exploration 5.3%
- #33 Biocybernetic Trap
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pavel Kopylov
Windows
Biocybernetic Trap — an interactive cyberpunk detective. You are given the quantum diary of a long-dead detective, where reality fractures into parallel versions of the investigation.
Why similar: Noir 20.4%, Cyberpunk 18.3%, Detective 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Investigation 11.5%
- #34 A Little Time
76% matchMixed54% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: Michael Thorson
Windows
A Little Time is a first-person interactive story. You play as a young but determined detective investigating a man's disappearance. You will travel to a variety of locations and pick up clues while experiencing the story, dialogue, and atmospheric visuals.
Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Investigation 19.3%, Noir 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #35 Curvid Nurntine and the Black Vaccine
75% 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: Noir 26.3%, Cyberpunk 18.3%, Detective 17.3%, Adventure 7%, Investigation 6.9%
- #36 Whispers of a Machine
75% matchVery Positive93% of 2,011 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 24.4%, Cyberpunk 21.5%, Noir 19.5%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Adventure 6.8%
- #37 captain midnight
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tim OxtonPub: oxblud
Windows
the tide always wins
Why similar: Noir 27.4%, Detective 20.7%, Investigation 11.6%, Alternate History 10.9%, Puzzle 5.2%
- #38 Hauma - A Detective Noir Story - Prologue
74% 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: Noir 23.7%, Detective 21%, Investigation 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Female Protagonist 9.4%
- #39 SOLDA
73% 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 27.9%, Noir 20.2%, Investigation 19.3%, Cyberpunk 16.2%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #40 Ashes of Paradise
73% match1 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Re:Start
Windows · Linux
Ashes of Paradise is a cinematic visual novel set between a neon city and its underworld, following Ash as she uncovers hidden truths and shapes her path through key choices and emotional moments.
Why similar: Noir 34.2%, Cyberpunk 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Multiple Endings 5.4%
- #41 The Dismissed Case: Black Hollow
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Skunkworks Studios
Windows
An old case closed due to lack of evidence resurfaces in 1993. Play as a dismissed detective, investigate the case, gather evidence, solve the mystery, and uncover the truth. Bringing justice to the town of Ridgemour and ending the uncertainty is in your hands.
Why similar: Detective 30%, Noir 24.7%, Investigation 15.5%, Story Rich 7.3%, Puzzle 5.9%
- #42 To Hell With The Ugly
72% matchVery Positive87% of 165 reviews2023
Dev: La Poule NoirePub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 30.4%, Detective 22.9%, Investigation 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Capitalism 6.3%
- #43 BLACKMIND: Psychic Social Simulator
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Too Many Teeth Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Noir 27.2%, Detective 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Investigation 13.5%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #44 Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,354 reviews2025
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 24.5%, Detective 20.8%, Investigation 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Female Protagonist 8.2%
- #45 The Murder of Ava Monroe
71% 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 33.8%, Investigation 25%, Noir 23.2%, Story Rich 8%, Puzzle 4.9%
- #46 Mind Diver
69% matchVery Positive95% of 370 reviews2025
Dev: Indoor SunglassesPub: PLAYISM
Windows
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 25.4%, Detective 20.8%, Investigation 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #47 Tex Murphy: Killing Moon Rising
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lunar Phoenix
Windows
Enter the virtual REMADE world of Under a Killing Moon, where it is December 2042, and you, as Tex Murphy, must stop the forces of evil before they destroy mankind and rob you of your next unemployment check. This thrilling and hilarious adventure is unlike anything you've seen before.
Why similar: Noir 31.3%, Detective 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Investigation 9.8%, Adventure 5.5%
- #48 The Grant Grover Anthology
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bit Storm Games
Windows
In Neo Naarm in the 22nd century, augmentation technology has run amok. Combining deduction, visual novel and point and click gameplay, play as Grant Grover, private detective, one of the only remaining citizens without augmentations, as he solves crimes across the city.
Why similar: Noir 28.6%, Cyberpunk 22.5%, Detective 20.4%, Investigation 12.1%, Story Rich 5.2%
- #49 DETECTIVE - The Motel
70% matchMixed47% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
DETECTIVE The Motel is a deduction game where, to advance, you must take a pencil and a piece of paper and write down everything that seems like evidence in order to answer all the questions that arise. Solving the case will depend only on you.
Why similar: Detective 28%, Noir 19.9%, Investigation 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #50 Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
68% matchVery Positive95% of 6,695 reviews2024
Dev: Happy Broccoli Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Detective 31.4%, Noir 26.8%, Investigation 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%, Story Rich 4.1%
- #51 Dry Drowning
71% matchVery Positive81% of 517 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 25.3%, Cyberpunk 16.6%, Detective 16%, Investigation 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
- #52 The Eventide
69% 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 28.1%, Detective 24.2%, Investigation 17.3%, Puzzle 7.3%, Interactive Fiction 6.2%
- #53 Dahlia View
69% matchVery Positive84% of 373 reviews2021
Dev: White Paper Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 25.8%, Detective 21.4%, Investigation 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Puzzle 5.3%
- #54 Sinheritance
66% matchVery Positive96% of 54 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 25.4%, Noir 21.6%, Investigation 19.8%, Multiple Endings 6.4%, Puzzle 6.4%
- #55 The Last Case of John Morley
66% matchVery Positive82% of 329 reviews2025
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive StoriesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.
Why similar: Noir 29.5%, Detective 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Puzzle 5.9%, Story Rich 5.7%
- #56 Lewd Mod: Noir
66% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: HH Richards
Windows
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 34.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Cyberpunk 13.5%, Investigation 12.5%, Female Protagonist 11.1%
- #57 Soul Tolerance: Prologue
68% matchMixed67% of 24 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 22.7%, Cyberpunk 18.4%, Detective 17.7%, Investigation 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
- #58 Hauma - A Detective Noir Story
67% matchMixed69% of 135 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 26.1%, Detective 20.1%, Investigation 15%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
- #59 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 23.3%, Detective 20.3%, Nature 15.9%, Puzzle 8.3%, Story Rich 7%
- #60 The Ratline
65% matchVery Positive83% of 331 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 33.1%, Investigation 25%, Noir 22.4%, Adventure 6.3%, Puzzle 6.2%