- #1 Frameland: A Binary Tale
96% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Team Frameland
Windows · Mac
A turn-based retro-inspired RPG you can complete over the weekend. Perfect your timing in combat, uncover secrets, and interact with a rich world and its characters in a gripping story told from two perspectives.
Why similar: JRPG 25.3%, Turn-Based Combat 16.7%, Party-Based RPG 9.4%, RPG 8.2%, Mystery 7.6%
- #2 Noir Syndrome
97% matchMixed67% of 183 reviews2014
Dev: Glass Knuckle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Noir Syndrome is a procedurally generated Detective Murder-Mystery with a new story every time! Featuring slick pixel art animations and a jazzy soundtrack, the player is thrown right in to a highly stylized vision of film noir.
Why similar: Noir 38.7%, Detective 20.3%, RPG 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Adventure 7.1%
- #3 Neon Blood
96% 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: Noir 16.3%, Crime 15.5%, Detective 13.7%, JRPG 13.3%, Turn-Based Combat 11.8%
- #4 Connected Clue
95% 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: Crime 23%, Detective 19.2%, Isometric 17%, Noir 17%, Mystery 8.3%
- #5 Murder Mystery Machine
94% matchMixed54% of 173 reviews2021
Dev: Blazing GriffinPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Join the District Crime Agency in this isometric, modern noir deduction thriller. Explore crime scenes in complex dioramas, organize your evidence effectively, and blur the lines between right and wrong to present your case. Do you have what it takes to be a real detective?
Why similar: Noir 23%, Crime 22%, Detective 20.8%, Isometric 17.4%, Mystery 7.8%
- #6 Vigilantes
94% matchVery Positive81% of 303 reviews2018
Dev: Timeslip Softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Vigilantes is a combat focused, turn-based tactical RPG set in the crime riddled city of Reiker. The game offers hardcore squad-level combat in a gritty neo-noir setting, intel gathering through surveillance and interrogation, a detailed character system, base facilities, crafting, and more.
Why similar: Turn-Based 20.5%, Crime 20.5%, Noir 18.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.7%, Isometric 11.2%
- #7 Mato Anomalies
93% matchMostly Positive71% of 197 reviews2023
Dev: ArrowizPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Mato Anomalies takes players on a journey through a neo-futuristic version of a bygone oriental city. Investigate strange happenings across the city and uncover secrets behind the walls. Join a cast of enigmatic unlikely heroes in this anime-inspired RPG experience.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 25.6%, JRPG 23.1%, Detective 21.4%, Mystery 9.8%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #8 Lockheart Indigo
92% matchVery Positive97% of 138 reviews2020
Dev: Fangsoft
Windows
A private-eye must deceive a rich family into revealing their darkest secrets, before the killer amongst them silences everyone.
Why similar: Noir 26.2%, Detective 19.5%, Turn-Based Combat 14.9%, Crime 13.2%, RPG 8%
- #9 The Secret of Varonis
91% matchVery Positive99% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: Wombat Logic
Windows · Mac
An indie Gameboy-style RPG. Build a party from four unique races and unravel the mystery of Varonis through challenging old-school turn-based combat.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 27%, JRPG 18.4%, Retro 14.3%, RPG 14.3%, Turn-Based Combat 10.9%
- #10 Dig Night
91% matchVery Positive99% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: INUSHIT
Windows
A dark comedy RPG set in streets and psyches.
Why similar: JRPG 22.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Detective 12.5%, RPG 12.4%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #11 LumineNight
89% matchVery Positive89% of 510 reviews2024
Dev: Spickasoft
Windows
LumineNight is a story-driven detective adventure. Play as Detective Foster and his daughter to solve a series of murders spanning a decade. Interrogate suspects, infiltrate locations, solve puzzles, and gather evidence from crime scenes. Uncover the dark truth behind these killings.
Why similar: Detective 28.4%, Noir 25.6%, Mystery 13.9%, Story Rich 9.4%, Exploration 6.8%
- #12 Jack Move
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,292 reviews2022
Dev: So RomanticPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Jack Move is a JRPG that features a unique blend of gritty cyberpunk story telling, turn based battles and beautiful modern pixel art. Take on the role of Noa, a vigilante hacker who is thrust into a world of murder, kidnapping and dark research after her father goes missing.
Why similar: Turn-Based 27.5%, JRPG 20.8%, Turn-Based Combat 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Party-Based RPG 7%
- #13 Neon Hearts City
89% 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 25%, Crime 22.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Mystery 7.7%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #14 The Occult Detective
88% matchMostly Positive71% of 326 reviews2025
Dev: Battlecry Studio
Windows
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
Why similar: Detective 34.3%, Mystery 14.3%, Story Rich 14.2%, RPG 10.8%, Exploration 7.4%
- #15 Inspector Waffles
87% 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: Noir 26.7%, Crime 21.4%, Detective 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Mystery 7.1%
- #16 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
86% 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: Noir 26.3%, Crime 23.2%, Detective 20.1%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
- #17 False Skies
86% matchVery Positive91% of 102 reviews2022
Dev: Feenicks
Windows · Linux
Create a party, layer on new classes, and uncover the mystery behind the seeming reappearance of a long-gone city in this classicly-styled RPG.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 28.5%, JRPG 27.3%, Turn-Based Combat 17.9%, RPG 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
- #18 Tails Noir: Prologue
85% 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: Noir 27.1%, Detective 18.6%, RPG 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Adventure 8.2%
- #19 Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders
84% 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: Crime 29.2%, Detective 27.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Story Rich 6.6%, 2D 6.5%
- #20 The Thaumaturge
82% matchVery Positive83% of 5,600 reviews2024
Dev: Fool's TheoryPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Thaumaturge is a character-driven RPG with a rich story, morally ambiguous choices, and turn-based combat. In a city on the brink of change, use your mystical powers to read emotions, uncover motives, and command folklore-inspired demons — while resisting the temptation of your own pride.
Why similar: Isometric 21.3%, Detective 20.3%, Turn-Based Combat 15.6%, RPG 8.8%, Mystery 8.5%
- #21 Chinatown Detective Agency
84% 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: Noir 20.8%, Crime 18.6%, Detective 17.5%, Retro 7.8%, Mystery 7.7%
- #22 8-Bit Adventures 2
82% matchVery Positive95% of 305 reviews2023
Dev: Critical Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Pilot your Airship, prepare your party, and explore a vast World Map in 8-Bit Adventures 2 – an exciting, emotional tribute to the Golden Age of JRPGs. Dynamic turn-based battles & pixels with personality!
Why similar: Turn-Based 20.1%, Party-Based RPG 18.6%, JRPG 17.8%, Turn-Based Combat 10.4%, Retro 6.3%
- #23 Mystery of the Malign
81% matchVery Positive94% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: Gameplay Supremacy
Windows
Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.
Why similar: Mystery 25.6%, Crime 15.1%, Story Rich 15%, Retro 14.6%, Exploration 11.3%
- #24 Aether & Iron
80% matchVery Positive84% of 436 reviews2026
Dev: Seismic Squirrel
Windows · Mac
Immerse yourself in this Decopunk Narrative RPG set in an alternate 1930s where anti-gravitational technology has taken cars, roads, and even New York City into the sky. Muster a crew, master tactical turn-based combat, and unravel the dark secrets lurking beneath the floating metropolis.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 26.9%, Noir 21.3%, Strategy RPG 16%, Turn-Based Combat 13.7%, RPG 9.6%
- #25 Disjunction
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 168 reviews2021
Dev: Ape Tribe GamesPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 51%
In a city driven by corruption, three hardened citizens rise to uncover a conspiracy threatening its fate. Define your playstyle and engage in lethal high-octane combat, or keep out of sight in gripping stealth action.
Why similar: Detective 36%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, RPG 14%, Story Rich 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%
- #26 Gamedec - Definitive Edition
81% matchVery Positive80% of 1,700 reviews2021
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.
Why similar: Noir 21.9%, Detective 19%, Isometric 15.2%, Mystery 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #27 Detective Worden
78% matchVery Positive86% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Domestic Black CatPub: Studio Amateur
Windows · Mac
As a private detective, you’ll crack word clues left by a mysterious informant, gather evidence, and uncover the truth hidden in the shadows.
Why similar: Noir 49.9%, Detective 33.4%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Indie 3.8%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #28 Murder at the Birch Tree Theater
77% matchVery Positive97% of 99 reviews2026
Dev: Crucible Juice Games
Windows · Mac
Uncover high drama in this whodunnit set in a small-town community theater. Gather clues by investigating the sets, casts and backstage crews of 10 theatrical productions, and piece together the story of each deadly crime.
Why similar: Noir 22.4%, Isometric 18.2%, Crime 16.7%, Detective 15.4%, Mystery 9.3%
- #29 Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion
79% matchVery Positive84% of 79 reviews2022
Dev: SezhesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion is an old-school JRPG with a deep and mysterious storyline placed in a fictional dark city of Gris. Explore the story of four troubled souls and kill the abominations that threaten the existence of reality itself.
Why similar: JRPG 28.4%, Turn-Based Combat 19.9%, Mystery 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #30 Grimshade
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 141 reviews2019
Dev: TALEROCKPub: Asterion Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Grimshade is a party-based role-playing game inspired by JRPG of the 90s, featuring a tactical turn-based combat system and a grim story of war and personal choices.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 16.1%, Turn-Based 15.9%, JRPG 13%, Turn-Based Combat 12.1%, Isometric 12%
- #31 Persona 5 Royal
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 130,053 reviews2022
Dev: ATLUSPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 30.1 hrsMean: 65.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Lead the Phantom Thieves of Hearts in this award winning, stylish turn-based RPG filled with dungeon crawling, party customization, strategic combat, and Persona fusion. Explore Tokyo, build relationships, battle Shadows, and infiltrate the minds of the corrupt to make them change their ways!
Why similar: JRPG 19.7%, Party-Based RPG 17.5%, Crime 16.7%, Detective 13.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.6%
- #32 Quartet
74% matchVery Positive97% of 353 reviews2025
Dev: Something Classic Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A series of unlikely train robberies. A mysterious deck of cards. A fleet of deadly airships. An accidental mage. Choose from four stories, in any order, and discover how they intertwine in this turn-based RPG.
Why similar: JRPG 21.6%, Party-Based RPG 19.7%, Turn-Based Combat 15.9%, Retro 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
- #33 Voidspire Tactics
78% matchVery Positive97% of 287 reviews2015
Dev: Rad Codex
Windows
An indie turn-based Tactics RPG with a heavy emphasis on exploration, character progression, and highly tactical combat. Create your own deeply customizable party of Warriors, Sorcerers, and Shiftcloaks to take on the Spire!
Why similar: Turn-Based 28.5%, Party-Based RPG 20.6%, RPG 16.7%, Strategy RPG 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
- #34 Noir Punk
77% matchVery Positive89% of 70 reviews2021
Dev: Milpitians
Windows
2D sidescrolling adventure narrative game with puzzle solving and platforming elements.
Why similar: Detective 51.9%, Retro 27.5%, Story Rich 14.5%, Adventure 3.7%, 2D 1.7%
- #35 Back to the Dawn
73% matchVery Positive95% of 10,038 reviews2025
Dev: Metal Head GamesPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Crime 18.1%, Strategy RPG 13.3%, RPG 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%
- #36 SOULVARS
76% matchVery Positive83% of 102 reviews2023
Dev: ginolaboPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Get ready to ignite your SOUL! SOULVARS is a pixel art, turn-based deckbuilding RPG inspired by classic JRPGs with a modern twist. Unravel a dark conspiracy as your party of Soulbearers faces off against invading Dominators in dynamic, action-packed battles.
Why similar: JRPG 36.2%, Turn-Based Combat 25.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, RPG 11%, 2D 6.5%
- #37 Shadows of Doubt
73% matchVery Positive82% of 17,348 reviews2024
Dev: ColePowered GamesPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Take on the role of a private investigator in this immersive detective simulator. Solve murders and other crimes in a procedurally generated and persistent city where every NPC lives and breathes their own independent lives. Find the killer quickly… or they will kill again!
Why similar: Noir 40.2%, Detective 38%, RPG 7%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, Adventure 3.4%
- #38 Lamplight City
76% 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 24.1%, Noir 21.7%, Mystery 12.1%, Retro 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #39 L.A. Noire
75% matchVery Positive86% of 36,273 reviews2011
Dev: Team BondiPub: Rockstar Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.
Why similar: Detective 30.3%, Noir 26.5%, Crime 26%, Mystery 7.1%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #40 Roadwarden
71% matchVery Positive94% of 4,990 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Why similar: RPG 23.9%, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, Story Rich 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Detective 10.2%
- #41 Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3
75% matchVery Positive86% of 598 reviews2012
Dev: Zeboyd GamesPub: Penny Arcade, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 36%
The Startling Developments Detective Agency springs into action as On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 begins, set in motion by a call from a mysterious source. The ever escalating perils on the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will season our tender heroes to their very core!
Why similar: JRPG 20.8%, Detective 16.3%, Turn-Based Combat 13%, Party-Based RPG 9.3%, Turn-Based 8.8%
- #42 Infinite Adventures®
73% matchVery Positive90% of 136 reviews2018
Dev: Stormseeker Games
Windows
Infinite Adventures® is a turn-based, first-person dungeon crawler with deep party customization, strategic combat, and a fully voiced story. Inspired by classic RPGs for a nostalgic yet modern gameplay experience. Assemble your party and explore the Labyrinth to discover the truths of your past.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 24.8%, Turn-Based 18.6%, Turn-Based Combat 16.1%, JRPG 14.7%, RPG 6.8%
- #43 The Lamplighters League
71% matchMixed69% of 1,165 reviews2023
Dev: Harebrained SchemesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Recruit a team of misfits with unique abilities and unforgettable personalities, and chase the Banished Court to the ends of the earth in a mix of real-time infiltration, turn-based tactical combat, and a character-driven story of adventure and intrigue.
Why similar: Noir 26%, Turn-Based Combat 20.4%, Strategy RPG 16.5%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Story Rich 10.6%
- #44 The Case of the Golden Idol
68% 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 30.2%, Crime 22.3%, Mystery 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #45 Gemini Rue
72% 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: Noir 46.7%, Detective 18%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Adventure 7.8%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #46 UnderRail
71% matchVery Positive86% of 7,097 reviews2015
Dev: Stygian Software
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 39.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.
Why similar: Turn-Based 30.4%, Isometric 26.2%, Turn-Based Combat 16.3%, RPG 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 3.2%
- #47 Tails Noir
70% 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: Noir 32.4%, Detective 27.9%, Mystery 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Story Rich 9%
- #48 Rough Justice: '84
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 108 reviews2023
Dev: Gamma MinusPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Do what it takes to make your fledgling security agency thrive in this 80s noir crime bustin', dirty crossing, vengeance-seeking board game inspired strategy game with dice and cards.
Why similar: Noir 33.7%, Detective 24.9%, Isometric 23.8%, Story Rich 8.1%, Adventure 3.9%
- #49 Company of Crime
72% matchMixed47% of 215 reviews2020
Dev: Resistance GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Company of Crime places you in the heart of 1960s London. Will you build an influential criminal empire, or head up an elite Scotland Yard task force and crack down on the rising tide of corruption? Case out targets, then dive into the melee with your hand-picked team of gangsters or detectives.
Why similar: Turn-Based 22.9%, Crime 20.4%, Detective 15%, Isometric 15%, Turn-Based Combat 12.5%
- #50 Tangle Tower
68% 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 27.6%, Noir 21.8%, Crime 19.6%, Mystery 9.1%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #51 NORCO
67% 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: Noir 36.3%, Mystery 15.8%, Retro 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Story Rich 10.5%
- #52 Alvora Tactics
69% matchVery Positive93% of 149 reviews2017
Dev: Rad Codex
Windows
Alvora Tactics is an indie Tactics RPG that combines strategic combat with immersive exploration. Explore and conquer Great Serpent Alvora with your own customizable band of warriors!
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 23.6%, Turn-Based 23.5%, RPG 16.8%, Strategy RPG 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 11%
- #53 Knuckle Sandwich
66% matchVery Positive85% of 675 reviews2023
Dev: Andy BrophyPub: Dinko
Windows
Knuckle Sandwich is a turn-based RPG by Andy Brophy. Get a job, beat up some monsters, and solve a mystery that's plaguing Bright City.
Why similar: Turn-Based 27%, Party-Based RPG 19%, Retro 10.1%, Turn-Based Combat 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #54 Prison Notes
66% matchVery Positive96% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: 闻岚工坊(Vinland Studio)Pub: Starsea Games
Windows
Prison Notes is a RPG with text-based ADV and cultivation elements. You act as a young migrant worker, wrongly imprisoned in the prison known as "The Coral Reef".What challenges and adventures are awaiting? Will you finally find a way out? Your choices and actions will decide the end of your story.
Why similar: Detective 19%, Crime 15.3%, Strategy RPG 13.8%, Turn-Based Combat 12.6%, RPG 8.5%
- #55 Coffee Noir - Business Detective Game
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 87 reviews2021
Dev: DOJI
Windows · Mac · Linux
A unique combination of a business management game and detective novel with elegant graphics in a noir comic-book art style. Experience an advanced business management simulation along with intriguing story set in alternative future of Neo-London.
Why similar: Detective 36.9%, Noir 28.2%, Mystery 9.2%, 2D 8.3%, Indie 6.6%
- #56 Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing
65% matchVery Positive90% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: Active Fungus Studios
Windows · Linux
In this detective RPG, you untangle a thick web of intrigues, lies, and secrets that surround a mysterious death. Find the origin of eerie telegraph signals, question the villagers, decipher the strange symbols that are suddenly appearing all over town - and hide from the danger lurking in the moor.
Why similar: Detective 32.8%, Mystery 16.6%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Story Rich 10.7%, RPG 9.6%
- #57 Tell Me Everything
70% matchMixed61% of 72 reviews2018
Dev: LizardFactory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 34%
A mysterious murder has shocked the inner city, and as the lead detective, it is your job to catch the real killer. Armed with words and wits, you uncover the secrets and capture the murderer, and make sure justice will be served.
Why similar: Detective 35.7%, Mystery 17%, Noir 13.1%, RPG 11.2%, Story Rich 7%
- #58 Insight
66% matchVery Positive87% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: GravelRoadPub: PaperPixel Games
Windows
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Detective 47.4%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Story Rich 17.2%, Multiple Endings 15.9%, Adventure 1.7%
- #59 For Your Tranquility
67% matchMixed68% of 191 reviews2023
Dev: Gamesung Games
Windows · Mac
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 29.8%, Detective 28.2%, Mystery 14.1%, Multiple Endings 5.2%, Story Rich 5%