- #1 A Death in the Red Light
97% matchMixed68% of 47 reviews2024
Dev: Mystery City Games BV
Windows
Amsterdam, 1988. A dead body in the Red Light District, the Dutch capital of sex and drugs, is a washed-up detective’s one shot at redemption. Explore the seedy underbelly of Europe’s most notorious city, solve complex puzzles, and crack the case while experiencing Amsterdam at its worst.
Why similar: Noir 19.6%, Investigation 15%, Dark Comedy 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Crime 8.6%
- #2 Gloomy Clues: The Broken Mirror
96% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Pixel Paradise ®
Windows · Mac · Linux
A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes from the slums of Saltmire to the heights of Greyledge. Interrogate suspects and manage your clues in this 1980s cinematic remake. Play the free demo and wishlist now!
Why similar: Noir 21.8%, Investigation 14.1%, Point & Click 11.5%, Crime 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
- #3 Ashes of Holloway Bay
96% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Cold Case Inc
Windows
Immerse yourself in a chilling, interactive cold-case investigation. Review crime scene photos, decrypt restricted hard drives, compare evidence, and deliver your final report in Ashes of Holloway Bay, a dark, atmospheric detective experience where every detail matters.
Why similar: Investigation 18.5%, Crime 15.2%, Noir 14%, Point & Click 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
- #4 The Slaughter: Magdalene
95% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: Alex FrancoisPub: Brainchild
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short interlude from the world of The Slaughter.
Why similar: Noir 27.1%, Point & Click 14.4%, Dark Comedy 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Crime 11.9%
- #5 A Case of the Crabs: Rehash
94% matchVery Positive94% of 84 reviews2020
Dev: Pinhead Games
Windows
A complete remake/remaster/rehash of the award winning Flash game: A Case of the Crabs! Play as smart-ass detective, Nick Bounty, in this hilarious point & click adventure and hunt down a nefarious counterfeit crab ringleader!
Why similar: Noir 26.4%, Investigation 20.9%, Point & Click 18.5%, Cinematic 12%, Adventure 8.2%
- #6 M.S. Salmon
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SoybloQ
Windows · Mac · Linux
M.S. Salmon is an interactive 2D story adventure. Help Ben Hearnden and Ranieri solve a murder on a luxury liner. As they gather more evidence, they uncover not only the truth about the murder but also their own dark past.
Why similar: Noir 23.3%, Point & Click 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Cinematic 12%, Investigation 10.4%
- #7 26 Moves: The Queen's Plot
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Danari Games
Windows
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 30.2%, Point & Click 16.4%, Investigation 14.7%, Crime 12%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #8 Au Revoir
91% 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: Noir 25.8%, Point & Click 14.5%, Cinematic 11.2%, Investigation 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
- #9 Frankie and Suede Private Detectives
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HurlingGames
Windows
Get big laughs while you point and click to search for clues and solve mysteries with Hollywood's most deranged private investigators, Frankie and Suede. Be immersed into a cinematic experience with slapstick characters in this film noir comedy adventure.
Why similar: Noir 24.6%, Dark Comedy 19.3%, Point & Click 14.1%, Investigation 8.7%, Crime 8.5%
- #10 The Final Print
89% matchPositive88% of 40 reviews2025
Dev: Dummy DetectivesPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
You're a journalist investigating a suspicious case during the Harlem riots. Take pictures of evidence, gather information by interrogating people, and put it all together in an article to show people the truth.
Why similar: Noir 23.1%, Crime 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Investigation 12.4%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #11 These Nights Alone
90% matchPositive82% of 39 reviews2020
Dev: ryArt
Windows
Follow Alice during the investigation about her husband
Why similar: Noir 23.3%, Investigation 18.2%, Point & Click 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #12 Man of Nollyn
89% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Slater Chae
Windows
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Noir 30.1%, Investigation 19.7%, Crime 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #13 MoriA.I.RTy
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Meat Games
Windows
In the not-so-distant future, a robot witnesses a shocking event and stores the last image it sees in an encrypted memory bank. The player assigned to this robot must scroll through its memories to piece together a visual story and solve the mystery of what happened.
Why similar: Noir 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Point & Click 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Crime 11.9%
- #14 Critical Interrogator: Messiah Hunt
87% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Benedict King
Windows
Seven murders in motion by a killer calling himself the Messiah. Interrogate witnesses, spot contradictions in their testimonies, and build a criminal profile piece by piece in this detective thriller where every word is evidence.
Why similar: Noir 26.4%, Point & Click 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Investigation 9.5%, Crime 8.8%
- #15 Private Eye: The Young Heir
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lucky 7 Studios
Windows
Private Eye is a detective game where you play as Hakeem trying to solve the murder case of Amir. The wealthy heir Amir kept strange company, is one of them his murderer? Explore, investigate, solve puzzles, and find discrepancies to unravel his mysterious death.
Why similar: Investigation 17.7%, Noir 16.6%, Crime 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%
- #16 Subway Story
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Spawn Cube
Windows · Mac
A narrative-driven exploration game set in the New York City subway, where you ride trains, interact with strangers, and make choices that shape how the city's underbelly responds.
Why similar: Noir 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Dark Comedy 12.7%, Cinematic 12.1%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #17 Sammy Jukes: Twin Lakes
85% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: Wamill
Windows
Detective Sammy Jukes is the man on the job when an anti-oil activist is reported missing in a small town on the new oil pipeline route. Talk to witnesses, shovel through evidence, wrestle with the wolves and chase after chickens to find the truth in this first-person open-world adventure game.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 17%, Point & Click 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Investigation 12%
- #18 Hill Agency: PURITYdecay
84% 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 26.2%, Investigation 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Crime 12.7%, Point & Click 8.6%
- #19 Who Killed Mr. White?
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: notagamestudio
Windows
A turn-based Clue-inspired detective game where you get to solve a murder mystery by interrogating paintings.
Why similar: Noir 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Point & Click 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Crime 8%
- #20 PataNoir
84% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: Simon ChristiansenPub: SiChris Productions
Windows
The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.
Why similar: Noir 26%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Crime 11.9%, Investigation 10.3%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #21 Nick Bounty - The Goat in the Grey Fedora: Remastered
82% matchPositive85% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Pinhead Games
Windows
A complete modern remaster of the award winning Point & Click detective comedy adventure game.
Why similar: Noir 39%, Point & Click 26.2%, Cinematic 13.1%, Story Rich 10.7%, Adventure 7.8%
- #22 Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
79% 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: Noir 21.3%, Investigation 16.3%, Point & Click 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
- #23 This Bed We Made
80% matchVery Positive91% of 3,051 reviews2023
Dev: Lowbirth Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links guests together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder!
Why similar: Noir 24.6%, Investigation 15.8%, Crime 12.9%, Cinematic 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
- #24 Ring of Fire
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: de FaultPub: Far Few Giants
Windows · Mac
Scour police records. Antagonize your suspects. Comb through a disturbing crime scene. You'll stop at nothing to expose the truth. Ring of Fire is a search-based detective noir puzzler with a mature narrative set in the hyper-stylized streets of New London.
Why similar: Noir 22.4%, Investigation 17%, Point & Click 10.6%, Cinematic 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
- #25 Universe 25
81% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: The Northern Bureau
Windows
A Pythonesque Indie point and click adventure game set in the year 2035. Follow the journey of a bureaucrat as he tracks down a malevolent force running experiments on citizens. Armed with a government issue briefcase and a pet mouse, he tracks down an evil agent only to find more than he expected
Why similar: Noir 23.6%, Dark Comedy 16.1%, Point & Click 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Investigation 10.1%
- #26 Murder In Tehran's Alleys 1933
82% matchMixed48% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: RSK EntertainmentPub: Strategy First
Windows
This is a series about brutal murders and innocent children killed by cruel and vicious devils riddled with terrifying violence and a mystery for which no end seems to exist. In such gloomy despair, detective Afshar is the only one who has to try to solve this serial killing case in one of the most loyal adventure games to the classic...
Why similar: Noir 38.8%, Point & Click 25.2%, Crime 20.2%, Adventure 8.6%, Mystery 7.3%
- #27 Good Bones
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 34 reviews2023
Dev: RETCON Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your new house has old secrets in this haunting point-and-click mystery, where you'll search for clues about a mysterious death, solve narrative puzzles, and make heartbreaking choices to navigate amnesia, grief, and revenge.
Why similar: Investigation 17.4%, Point & Click 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Noir 11.5%
- #28 Graywood: Noir Detective
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bobby & Jeni
Windows
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 29.4%, Crime 14.4%, Investigation 14.3%, Point & Click 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #29 Robot Detective
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Atreyu Games
Windows
Investigate the grisly murder of Philip Cartel in this dazzling sci-fi post-apocalyptic visual novel. You play an android detective piecing together their past while meeting strange and exotic characters, traveling a brutal world and unraveling the many mysteries it holds.
Why similar: Noir 23.5%, Investigation 14%, Crime 13%, Point & Click 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%
- #30 Metaphobia
78% matchVery Positive85% of 493 reviews2020
Dev: Digital Mosaic Games
Windows
Metaphobia is an investigative mystery game in the style of classic 1990’s point-and-click adventures. Take control of Richard Elmstat in his journey to solve his father's murder.
Why similar: Point & Click 29.4%, Noir 27.1%, Investigation 24%, Mystery 10.1%, Adventure 9.4%
- #31 Let Bions Be Bygones
76% 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: Noir 27.3%, Point & Click 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Crime 8.6%
- #32 Hauma - A Detective Noir Story - Prologue
77% 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 23.4%, Investigation 15.8%, Crime 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Point & Click 11.3%
- #33 Kingfisher: An Autism Tale
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Possibly Pixels
Windows
Experience how people with autism see, feel and interact with the world around them in this thrilling detective adventure, taking place near the Belgian coast and in the woods around a local nature reserve.
Why similar: Noir 27.8%, Point & Click 15.8%, Cinematic 14.3%, Crime 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
- #34 D.W. Dagger: Chapter One
75% 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 31.7%, Investigation 19.7%, Point & Click 13.8%, Crime 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%
- #35 FMV - Full Motion Voyeur
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ten Thousand Hearts Ltd.
Windows
Full Motion Voyeur is a dark FMV thriller where you're trapped in a nightmare of surveillance, obedience, and sacrifice. Guided by the mysterious ADMIN, Claire is ordered to investigate targets, uncover their secrets, and feed them to a Demon or her lover Mona pays the price.
Why similar: Noir 19.1%, Investigation 16.1%, Crime 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
- #36 Lacuna: Prologue
75% matchVery Positive91% of 170 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Lacuna: Prologue tasks you – CDI agent Neil Conrad – with investigating the murder of a high-profile victim whose death could plunge the solar system into war. Solve the first in a series of cases that lead you ever deeper into the conspiracy at the core of this captivating 2D sci-fi noir adventure.
Why similar: Noir 29.9%, Crime 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Investigation 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%
- #37 Feeding The Velociraptors
72% matchNo user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: workHate Inc
Windows
Explore a raptor-infested compound in classic retro horror style. Gather "evidence" to shift blame of your crimes. Survive in the courtroom of your few remaining peers. Do not accept any responsibility. Do not try to escape.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 31.8%, Point & Click 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #38 Inspector Detective: Private Eye
74% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Michael GilmourPub: A Winter's Night Games
Windows · Mac
Everyone in town has their version of what happened at Timmons Manor. None of them were there. Everyone has their theories about why a Timmons relative has not set foot on the property in 100 years. None of them are correct...
Why similar: Noir 23.3%, Investigation 18.8%, Dark Comedy 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #39 Blacksad: Under the Skin
73% matchVery Positive83% of 6,816 reviews2019
Dev: Pendulo StudiosPub: Microids
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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: Noir 24.9%, Investigation 14.2%, Point & Click 13.1%, Crime 12.6%, Cinematic 8%
- #40 Hauma - A Detective Noir Story
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 129 reviews2023
Dev: SenAm GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Hauma is a deduction visual novel set in Munich. Discover a conspiracy amongst the upper echelons of society alongside former detective Judith, while visiting real locations in a comic-inspired look.
Why similar: Noir 25.6%, Investigation 15.8%, Crime 13.1%, Point & Click 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
- #41 Dirty Land
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Naturally Intelligent
Windows · Mac · Linux
A videogame about being a real estate salesman in the 80s
Why similar: Noir 29%, Investigation 15.4%, Crime 14.5%, Point & Click 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
- #42 Beach Cafe: Caribbean Sand
73% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Killbug StudioPub: Cooking and Publishing
Windows
Where is Grandpa? and why has his beach bar been closed for more than 2 years? An adventure full of puzzles and mystery begins! Explore, discover all the clues and read them correctly in order to advance. Let yourself be enveloped by a story of intrigue set on a beach.
Why similar: Investigation 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Point & Click 16.3%, Puzzle 14.9%, Adventure 10.5%
- #43 Joe Kowalski Chronicles: Murder in a flat
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iron Noir Soft
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 29%, Point & Click 15.8%, Investigation 15.3%, Crime 14.5%, Cinematic 10.8%
- #44 Richard & Alice
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 430 reviews2014
Dev: Owl Cave
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Richard and Alice are prisoners. Both their cells have a leather sofa and a state-of-the-art computer. But only Richard’s has a TV. Outside, the snow falls. It has done for some time. Elsewhere, they say, parts of the world have been rendered an inhospitable desert, the earth parched and cracked. People live in the zones now.
Why similar: Noir 26.7%, Point & Click 26.5%, Crime 19.8%, Adventure 12.3%, Mystery 7.7%
- #45 Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
69% 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: Noir 24.5%, Investigation 18.7%, Point & Click 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #46 Sockpuppet Noire
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LizardFactory
Windows
Step into the shoes of Frank Sockowski, private detective, and explore the gritty world of New Drawer, a wolly unsettling and corrupt city.
Why similar: Noir 29.8%, Dark Comedy 20.1%, Investigation 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
- #47 Marked
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Fun Waffle Game Studios
Windows
Dust, blood, and lies. Salvation’s Edge, 1899 — a dying town where you’re a killer, a thief, and a fraud — handed a dead man’s badge and told to solve a murder. Do they deserve redemption? Do you? Or will everyone forever be MARKED?
Why similar: Noir 28.9%, Investigation 18.1%, Point & Click 15%, Crime 9.3%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #48 Impirical Evidence
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Match Head Studio
Windows
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: Noir 25.8%, Investigation 20.3%, Point & Click 18%, Story Rich 8%, Puzzle 7.2%
- #49 Hope in the City
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lofty Sky Entertainment Inc.
Windows
17-year-old Hope Song returns home from school to find her parents missing. Use Hope’s observant eye as an artist to investigate, piece together clues, and uncover dark secrets beneath her peaceful urban life in this non-linear narrative mystery game.
Why similar: Noir 24.5%, Investigation 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Cinematic 11.6%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #50 YOUR HOUSE
68% matchVery Positive87% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
Windows · Mac
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Noir 22.5%, Investigation 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Point & Click 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
- #51 Cadulium
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Osgoode Media
Windows
What happens when a video game character is self-aware? Cadulium is a mystery science fiction adventure video game.
Why similar: Noir 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Investigation 13.7%, Point & Click 12.4%, Cinematic 12.2%
- #52 Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,574 reviews2025
Dev: Happy Broccoli Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 30.6%, Investigation 23.4%, Point & Click 13%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Mystery 6.4%
- #53 Murder Mystery Mayhem AI
67% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: AI Media Design
Windows
Murder Mystery Mayhem AI is a single-player detective game set in a stylish 1920s world of secrets, suspicion, and social intrigue. Talk freely to a colorful cast of cunning suspects, gather clues, uncover motives, and deduce who among them is the killer.
Why similar: Noir 19.3%, Investigation 18.1%, Point & Click 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Crime 12.8%
- #54 Arsenic & Absinthe
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Laborastory 604
Windows
A Bartender point-and-click simulator game mixed with visual novel-style storytelling set in a noir-fabled world. As you have only 7 days to live, to save yourself from a collapsing life, it’s time to investigate, mix the drink and discover the secret recipe of success you deserve all along.
Why similar: Noir 35.8%, Point & Click 16.3%, Cinematic 13%, Crime 11.8%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #55 QUIET DAN
66% matchVery Positive94% of 1,412 reviews2025
Dev: ВСЖ
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
His name is Dan. He is an ordinary guy who works as a floor washer. However, soon in his life there are events that forever change his fate and push him on the path of crime... A chilling thriller in visual novel format.
Why similar: Noir 26.2%, Dark Comedy 18%, Crime 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Investigation 9.4%
- #56 Nirvana Noir
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Feral Cat DenPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
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 28.5%, Investigation 16.1%, Point & Click 13.5%, Crime 12.7%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #57 Alice is Dead: Hearts and Diamonds
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: LorestromePub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
A point and click noir mystery, set in a grim and corrupt Wonderland. Alice is Dead: Hearts and Diamonds is a complete remake of the classic Flash game trilogy, including all new art, added puzzles, expanded lore, and plenty of secrets for old and new fans alike.
Why similar: Noir 30.3%, Point & Click 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Investigation 12.6%, Crime 10.4%
- #58 Midnight Files
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: Paper Lynx Games
Windows
The camera doesn’t lie, but the truth isn’t always obvious. Photograph traces, gather evidence, link clues on the board, search police databases for key info, and identify the culprit and the next attack site. Each case is a standalone mystery waiting to be solved.
Why similar: Noir 24.8%, Investigation 22.4%, Crime 17.9%, Stylized 5.5%, Point & Click 5.5%
- #59 The Source
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dr. Puzzler
Windows · Mac
The Source is a unique modern take on the Text Adventure genre. An outsider to a foreign world, you must choose a kingdom to help gain an ancient power locked deep beneath a mysterious Well. Explore each kingdom, solve puzzles, and uncover the mystery surrounding this shattered world.
Why similar: Point & Click 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Cinematic 11.5%, Puzzle 9.9%