60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Mystery, Story Rich, Adventure.
Investigate your way in a branching noir horror detective game inspired by Lovecraftian horror and ancient Minoan myth. Analyze evidence, connect clues, and uncover dark secrets through genre-bending deduction mechanics. Face a sinister plot—and an ultimate choice.
Choose Cthulhu Files: The Call of Cthulhu
What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?
Hillthorn
A disappearance in a secluded mountain. A village hiding its secrets. A detective running out of time. Hillthorn's investigation system encourages you to use logic and imagination. Combine actions, clues and characters to uncover the mystery.
What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.6%, Detective 14.8%, Lore-Rich 12.2%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Mystery 7.9%
A disappearance in a secluded mountain. A village hiding its secrets. A detective running out of time. Hillthorn's investigation system encourages you to use logic and imagination. Combine actions, clues and characters to uncover the mystery.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 16.8%, Noir 14.1%, Detective 13.7%, Investigation 13%, Crime 12.4%
The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 12.4%, Lovecraftian 12%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Crime 9.3%
Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story.
Why similar: Detective 18.1%, Crime 16.3%, Point & Click 14.8%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
GRAYWOOD is a 1950s crime comic-inspired graphic adventure. Investigate crime scenes, craft your own lines of questioning, and organize your findings on your corkboard all while navigating a morally-testing narrative. Respect the law, follow your conscience, or abuse your power to save your family.
Why similar: Noir 19.3%, Crime 18.7%, Detective 15.6%, Investigation 10.1%, Point & Click 7.1%
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 17%, Lore-Rich 13%, Detective 12.4%, Crime 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
A narrative-driven detective thriller. Reed and partner Grant investigate a murder case that resets through a time loop. Gather clues, interrogate witnesses, build timelines in the mind palace, and uncover the truth through deduction and multiple endings.
Why similar: Crime 23.6%, Detective 17%, Investigation 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Multiple Endings 9%
Worlds brought to life by H.P. Lovecraft and R.W. Chambers combined in the form of a pixelart point&click game. As Solomon Hill, investigate the mysterious death of your twin brother and an ancient plot to bring back the lost city of Carcosa and its resident Hastur, known as the King in Yellow.
Why similar: Noir 16.9%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Lovecraftian 11.7%, Detective 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
The Sleeping Sickness is an interactive short story that allows the player to guide the main character's actions. The player’s choices will lock and unlock future locations, change dialogue, and alter the story. Choices matter in The Sleeping Sickness. It is an excellent choice for horror fans.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 11.7%, Lore-Rich 10.7%, Investigation 10.6%, Supernatural 10.3%, Detective 10.2%
Silence is a luxury you don't have. Unravel a dark noir point-and-click mystery where justice and revenge blur. You have exactly 26 moves to reach the end. In this psychological duel, are you the master of your own fate, or just a pawn in someone else’s game?
Why similar: Noir 21.8%, Crime 17.1%, Detective 12.9%, Point & Click 11.8%, Investigation 11.4%
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: Crime 17.8%, Detective 15.8%, Investigation 13.5%, Noir 11.8%, Mystery 8.4%
It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.
Why similar: Crime 22.7%, Detective 18.1%, Point & Click 11.4%, Mystery 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.5%
A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes, interrogate suspects, and survive in this point-and-click remake, rebuilt from the ground up. Solve the mystery before your demons consume you. Play the free demo and wishlist now!
Why similar: Noir 17%, Crime 15.3%, Detective 13.3%, Investigation 11.8%, Point & Click 8.8%
Necropolis Suite, is an immersive narrative-driven cosmic horror game about discovery, knowledge, and the meaning of transcendence. Can you escape the terror that lurks in the suite?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.1%, Detective 17.8%, Noir 16.1%, Lore-Rich 10.3%, Investigation 9.8%
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Investigation 14.3%, Lore-Rich 10.8%, Mystery 9.2%, Supernatural 8.9%
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 21.2%, Crime 17.6%, Investigation 16.9%, Noir 13.8%, Point & Click 10.5%
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: Crime 17.7%, Noir 16.5%, Detective 15.6%, Investigation 11.5%, Point & Click 8.6%
MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.
Why similar: Detective 29.1%, Supernatural 16.6%, Crime 16%, Noir 10.8%, Mystery 8.7%
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 15.8%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Detective 13.1%, Investigation 11.7%, Point & Click 8.7%
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: Crime 26.2%, Detective 19.1%, Immersive Sim 13.8%, Noir 13.3%, Investigation 12.2%
Uncover the secrets of Arkham in a dark cosmic horror adventure. Solve puzzles, cross hidden dimensions, and use the Eye of Kadath to reveal the impossible. Knowledge comes at a price... are you willing to pay it?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.1%, Lore-Rich 12.2%, Detective 11.9%, Investigation 10.6%, Point & Click 9.9%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Crime 22.7%, Noir 22.4%, Detective 17.9%, Investigation 15.7%, Mystery 8.9%
Explore the dreaded town of Dunwich, uncover the dark legacy of the Whateley family, and stop the Dunwich Horror if you can. A Lovecraftian monster hunt adventure with point-and-click gameplay and light RPG elements.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.3%, Investigation 13.7%, Point & Click 13.1%, Lore-Rich 10.6%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
A comedy adventure game featuring classic inventory based puzzles. Arthur is a skeptic who dedicated his life to denying the paranormal. Murray is the electric Imp he accidentally summoned. Now Arthur must solve mysteries while bound to the very evidence of the supernatural itself.
Why similar: Supernatural 15.1%, Noir 14.1%, Investigation 14%, Crime 13.3%, Point & Click 11.6%
4 Days in *** is a non-linear 2D horror adventure game in which the player chooses how the story unfolds. You play as a girl who has stopped at a hotel for a conference on health innovations. The hotel administrator warned her not to go up to the 4th floor, but what really happens there?
Why similar: Noir 18.7%, Detective 13.5%, Immersive Sim 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Lovecraftian 10.4%
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 29.8%, Crime 21.8%, Investigation 14.2%, Mystery 10.4%, Point & Click 6.3%
A wild tale of conspiracy, loss, friendship, and... chickens?! Two rooster detectives are about to venture into the insect underworld to uncover a worldwide conspiracy, while also battling their inherent demons in this animal noir adventure satire.
Why similar: Crime 16.8%, Noir 16.3%, Detective 12.6%, Investigation 10.8%, Lore-Rich 10.4%
A videogame about being a real estate salesman in the 80s
Why similar: Noir 20%, Crime 19.7%, Investigation 11.4%, Detective 11.3%, Point & Click 9.7%
Joe Kowalski Chronicles: Murder in a flat is a dark neo noir point and click adventure game where you start as a police detective Joe Kowalski and try to solve a murder that happened in Joe's neighborhood.
Why similar: Noir 20.3%, Crime 19.9%, Detective 15%, Investigation 11.5%, Point & Click 10.9%
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: Crime 19.6%, Detective 16.3%, Noir 13.7%, Investigation 12.5%, Point & Click 9.5%
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 22.9%, Crime 19.2%, Detective 17.9%, Investigation 15.3%, Point & Click 9.8%
BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!
Why similar: Crime 17.9%, Noir 17.4%, Detective 12.9%, Investigation 11%, Point & Click 9%
'The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief' is a thrilling crime adventure in three chapters from the creators of 'The Book of Unwritten Tales'. Full of twists and turns, it immerses you in both sides of the story, combining thrill-of-the-chase whodunit with the risk and reward of a heist story. Paris, 1960.
Why similar: Crime 21.8%, Point & Click 21.7%, Detective 20.7%, Mystery 11.1%, Noir 10.9%
A short, choose your own adventure detective experience, where your choices matter.
Why similar: Crime 22.8%, Detective 17%, Investigation 14.6%, Immersive Sim 9.1%, Mystery 9%
Cthulu Mysteries: The Veins of Arkham is Lovecraftian narrative mystery, where staying sane is the greatest challenge. Interview the witnesses, gather clues and draw conclusions to solve the most unusual case. Will you be able to handle the truth?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.3%, Noir 17.6%, Detective 16%, Investigation 11.2%, Stylized 8.2%
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: Crime 20.9%, Noir 17.5%, Detective 16.9%, Investigation 10.1%, Mystery 8.4%
KILLA is a 3D adventure mystery with multiple endings. Valhalla, our protagonist, seeks the killer of her mentor, a mentor she treasures like family, venturing to an unknown island. Discover the culprit on this enigmatic island and embark on a journey of revenge.
Why similar: Detective 13.7%, Lore-Rich 13.6%, Investigation 13.4%, Point & Click 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.
Why similar: Crime 22.6%, Detective 17.4%, Investigation 14.6%, Mystery 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.5%
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: Crime 26%, Detective 25.5%, Noir 22.3%, Investigation 9.9%, Mystery 6.3%
You have been appointed to take care of a lighthouse in the Arctic Circle. Clean out the snow, take out the trash, and do your happy job on this happy and lovely island. Everything is so peaceful and delightful... except there is someone in the basement :D
Why similar: Lovecraftian 14.8%, Lore-Rich 14.7%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Choices Matter 12%, Horror 10.6%
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 20.7%, Crime 20.7%, Detective 15.9%, Multiple Endings 9%, Investigation 8.8%
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 19.4%, Noir 17.4%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Mystery 9.9%
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: Crime 18.6%, Noir 17.5%, Detective 14.7%, Investigation 12.8%, Point & Click 9.4%
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
Why similar: Crime 20.5%, Detective 14.7%, Investigation 13.6%, Point & Click 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
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 18%, Detective 16.6%, Crime 15.5%, Investigation 14.8%, Mystery 9.3%
The first short story from PolyCity. A point and click adventure delving into the dark and dirty polygonated corners of the City of angles... mostly right angles. The Affair follows a soft boiled/over easy private detective as he unpicks an organised crime syndicate operating across the city.
Why similar: Noir 22%, Crime 14.8%, Investigation 14.3%, Point & Click 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
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 20.6%, Crime 18.1%, Detective 15%, Investigation 12.5%, Point & Click 9.6%
In this gothic point-and-click adventure, Eleanor Rosewood must confront a vampire haunting Victorian London. Gather evidence and seek help from the city’s diverse populace, each hiding their own secrets, in this atmospheric mystery.
Why similar: Noir 17.3%, Detective 15.7%, Investigation 15.4%, Supernatural 10.3%, Point & Click 10%
Point-and-click adventure game with a thrilling, Native American-inspired narrative. Use your wit to solve fun and challenging puzzles as you explore and interact with the townsfolk of Birchwood Hollow and the Native reservation. Secrets will be uncovered, and truths revealed, as the leaves fall.
Why similar: Supernatural 17%, Crime 15.9%, Detective 15.7%, Investigation 12.8%, Point & Click 12.6%
You are the Void Priest, bound to an Elder God against your will. Guided only by relics, symbols and light, you must solve eldritch mysteries, perform forbidden rituals, and survive long enough to choose: remain faithful or betray.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.3%, Detective 15.1%, Immersive Sim 13.6%, Investigation 12.5%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
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 24.6%, Detective 20.1%, Investigation 16.2%, Mystery 10.6%, Crime 9.3%
Detective agency management × superpowered mystery. Former operative Lin Mo rebuilds the Ash Detective Agency in Collins City. Investigate crime scenes, use “Echoes” to recover memory fragments, rebut lies with evidence, dispatch partners for intel, and uncover conspiracy behind your mentor’s death.
Why similar: Detective 23.6%, Crime 19.7%, Investigation 17.8%, Mystery 9.3%, Noir 7.5%
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Detective 15.4%, Investigation 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.7%
After a mysterious and anonymous phone call to the police, Sonia's body was found in an abandoned public toilet. The more we learn about her, the more mysterious this case becomes. Become the detective, investigate her murder and find out who killed Sonia Verninac.
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Crime 16.4%, Investigation 13.9%, Multiple Endings 13%, Mystery 10.1%
This gripping paranormal horror adventure revolves around Hermitage, the sinister bookstore that attracts most unusual customers – all of whom seem to be involved in mysterious cases bordering on the paranormal.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.6%, Supernatural 15.3%, Investigation 14%, Detective 12.5%, Mystery 9.6%
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 27.9%, Detective 16.9%, Crime 13.8%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
Test your detective instincts across three challenging cases. No hints, no help—just you, your intuition, and your ability to piece together the truth. Can you solve the mystery?
Why similar: Crime 27.4%, Investigation 17.6%, Detective 15.3%, Mystery 10.1%, Immersive Sim 10%
A troubling missing persons case soon snowballs into an investigation of a shadowy criminal enterprise and vast conspiracies that even affect your own family. Will you be able to solve the mystery while protecting those dear to you? Will your fledgling romance survive full knowledge of your past?
Why similar: Crime 25.3%, Lore-Rich 17.1%, Investigation 15%, Mystery 10%, Immersive Sim 9.5%
Science has never been more dangerous! Death is in the air... Sounds pretty ominous, doesn't it? Help the twin detectives solve a new case!
Why similar: Noir 18.6%, Crime 15.9%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Detective 13.7%, Point & Click 9.8%
