60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Noir, Detective, Investigation, Adventure.
Reflections in Amber is a mystical detective visual novel. Investigate a mysterious death in a remote village alongside Detective Redbreast, who battles the weight of depression. Use an old supernatural camera to uncover hidden paths. Shape the course of the story with your choices!
BLACKMIND: Psychic Social Simulator
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Accident Investigator Simulator: Black Box
Step into the role of a federal investigator and uncover the truth behind every disaster. Recover black boxes, cross-reference evidence, expose contradictions, and name the real cause before an innocent takes the fall. Every conclusion matters in this tense investigation sim full of twists.
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Noir 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Crime 11%, Detective 10.8%
Step into the role of a federal investigator and uncover the truth behind every disaster. Recover black boxes, cross-reference evidence, expose contradictions, and name the real cause before an innocent takes the fall. Every conclusion matters in this tense investigation sim full of twists.
Why similar: Detective 15.5%, Noir 15.2%, Dynamic Narration 11.8% ★, Text-Based 10.7%, Investigation 10%
As an independent police consultant, you're pulled into the hunt for a serial killer leaving cryptographic ciphers. Play as a detective, analyze crime scenes, and master real decryption methods. Your choices determine if you catch the killer and how many lives are saved.
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Noir 13.6%, Assassins 12.2% ★, Visual Novel 10.9%, Crime 10.8%
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 14.3%, Text-Based 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Detective 11%, Crime 9.7%
Step into the role of a judge and decide the fate of every case. Listen to witnesses, examine evidence, uncover contradictions, and deliver verdicts that will change lives. Every decision matters in this tense courtroom simulation full of twists.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 16.3% ★, Detective 15.6%, Noir 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Text-Based 10.3%
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 21.8%, Detective 15%, Crime 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Text-Based 10.7%
A mystery psychological thriller visual novel set in 2000. Follow a serial murder case through the eyes of three characters: the woman, the man, and the detective. With live-action backgrounds and silhouetted characters, every choice branches the story, and one wrong move means game over.
Why similar: Detective 15.6%, Crime 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Noir 12.4%, Thriller 10.6%
At Di Yingling High, rumors of missing girls run rampant. Exchange student Meng Jiangnan uncovers the school’s hidden darkness. The Remake heightens the suspense with black-and-white comic visuals and upgraded systems. Will you face the truth?
Why similar: Noir 16.7%, Dynamic Narration 15.3% ★, Text-Based 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Surreal 8.8%
Experience a race against time written by a former forensic investigation expert. As detective JACK, you are the last hope to rescue the US President's kidnapped daughter. With only 1% battery left on her phone, use authentic detective techniques to find her before the screen goes black.
Why similar: Noir 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Detective 14.5%, Text-Based 14.4%, Crime 12.6%
Rearview Mirror is a narrative videogame in which most of the events take place inside a car. From a first-person perspective, the player interacts with the passengers through the rearview mirror.
Why similar: Noir 21.3%, Dynamic Narration 17.9% ★, Thriller 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.4%
USSR, 1952. A psychological thriller visual novel about the still-unsolved Case No. 17, inspired by real events. Search for the murderer inside a Soviet psychiatric hospital, make choices with irreversible consequences — and don’t trust the past. Don’t trust anyone. Not even yourself.
Why similar: Detective 14.4%, Thriller 11.7%, Noir 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Text-Based 11.2%
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 19.2%, Detective 13.2%, Crime 11.9%, Text-Based 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney. The man who took him was real. But his purpose was from another plane of existence. You play a journalist. You make choices. The story remembers all of them.
Why similar: Noir 16.1%, Dynamic Narration 14.1% ★, Detective 11.9%, Crime 11.5%, Text-Based 9.8%
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 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Detective 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
Noir gamebook, now fully in English. A magnate vanishes from an office locked from the inside: 4 trails, 780 choices, 11 endings, and no luck to save you. 85% of runs end in death or arrest. You die; the case goes on — the dossier doesn't forget.
Why similar: Noir 22%, Detective 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Text-Based 13.1%, Crime 9.5%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Noir 17.2%, Detective 15.1%, Thriller 11.4%, Text-Based 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
Nothing brings people together as well as a common grief or crime! Can you bravely confront a criminal puppeteer with no legal defense?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 20.6% ★, Noir 16.9%, Detective 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Crime 8.8%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Noir 25.3%, Detective 18.2%, Crime 15.2%, Investigation 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
A cinematic mystery visual novel about a vanished woman. You're the detective on the case. Twelve years ago, your sister disappeared the same way. Four investigations lead to four different answers about what really happened — and none of them is the wrong one. The truth is whichever one you find.
Why similar: Noir 19.4%, Detective 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Crime 9%
The Divine Deception awaits you in Panthea. Will you be able to find the truth? Deduce, brainstorm, fight, and hack your ways through obstacles. But remember: Panthea's story is a game to be bet on. Nothing more.
Why similar: Noir 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Assassins 11.8% ★, Detective 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.6%
Detective Trent is a narrative-driven mystery game inspired by Trent’s Last Case. Investigate crime scenes, interrogate suspects, and uncover the truth through evidence and dialogue. Your reasoning shapes the case, leading to multiple outcomes and endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Detective 14.1%, Crime 14.1%, Dynamic Narration 12.6% ★, Visual Novel 12.4%
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 20.5%, Detective 15%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Text-Based 10.1%, Visual Novel 9%
After a cat show competition, three contestants, Claudette, Aberdeen, and Illia, head back to their hotel rooms to decompress and unwind. The next day, Claudette's body is found floating in the hotel's pool. Did Claudette take her own life, or was she murdered by cutthroat competition?
Why similar: Noir 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Detective 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Text-Based 10.1%
Choose Your Story: Choices & Decisions game, Mystery visual novel adventure game
Why similar: Noir 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Crime 12.4%, Thriller 8.6%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Noir 19.6%, Detective 18.6%, Investigation 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.6%
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: Detective 21%, Crime 16%, Noir 12.7%, Investigation 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
A visual novel based on Touhou Project, made by fans for fans and others! Embark on the investigation of the greatest incident in Gensokyo's history and discover the terrifying truth of the youkai world with Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Sakuya Izayoi and other heroines!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 20.3% ★, Detective 15.3%, Text-Based 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.9%
Colors:Zero is an interactive storytelling set in a neo noir universe. You will play as a detective and will be assigned to investigate about strange murders.
Why similar: Noir 18.9%, Assassins 18.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Detective 11%, Crime 11%
Porcelain Dolls is a visual novel aimed at a mature audience, set in the detective genre. As players progress through the game, they will develop relationships with other characters and unravel the secrets of the criminal underworld.
Why similar: Noir 19.7%, Crime 11.9%, Detective 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Visual Novel 8.8%
Loretta is a psychological thriller that makes the player an accessory to the heroine’s crimes, leading her through a self-crafted nightmare. Loretta’s story revolves around a woman handling betrayal, her husband’s infidelity, and reclaiming her agency during the socially tumultuous 1940s.
Why similar: Noir 20.2%, Crime 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Thriller 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%
A gritty, semi-kinetic visual novel about broken people and notorious gangsters, featuring six individualized routes with six different endings.
Why similar: Detective 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Text-Based 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Female Protagonist 10.7%
A visual novel passed through an image compressor Play as a murderer unsure of their entire life, down to their name. But you have a mission. One you NEED to undertake.
Why similar: Assassins 20.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Crime 10.3%, Thriller 9%
Trapped in a subway car that seems to have no end, you must solve a crime where the clues contradict each other and the environment changes without explanation. Investigate the passengers, defy logic, and try to escape before claustrophobia completely distorts your reality.
Why similar: Detective 15.8%, Crime 15.4%, Text-Based 13.4%, Assassins 11.1% ★, Visual Novel 11.1%
"Curiosity killed the cat, but after satisfying it she was resurrected." This game is a visual novel. Features of the game - puzzles and several endings, depending on your choice.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 22% ★, Detective 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Text-Based 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.5%
You make every interaction with her feel like coincidence. You know her far more than she could ever imagine. But you don't seem to realize, a butterfliy don't usually fly into the net on their own.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Thriller 12.8%, Crime 12.2%, Detective 11.9%
As a young detective, investigate the disappearance of a little girl and live the memories of those tragic moments in the shoes of the little one.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.8% ★, Detective 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Crime 11%, Visual Novel 9%
The first AI detective game that doesn't cheat. Developed by a former Meta AI Engineer. Interrogate suspects using your own words to solve the murder of Harambe. Features procedurally generated cases, consistent hard logic, and a unique stress mechanic. You have 3 hours to find the truth.
Why similar: Noir 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Text-Based 13.2%, Detective 12.7%
Who killed your best friend?! Find out the truth before 4 suspects frame you instead! Death Becomes You is a mystery visual novel where you untangle the dark secrets and relationships between your fellow magic university students.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Text-Based 12.1%, Crime 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Detective 10.9%
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 22.3%, Text-Based 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Crime 11.9%, Detective 10.4%
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 19.7%, Detective 16%, Crime 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.6%
Noir/Horror themed story rich interactive adventure indie game with party-based RPG elements. As you investigate various mysterious cases, you will learn more about the secrets of this dystopian world and maybe discover why most of mankind has turned into zombies. Each of your choices really matters
Why similar: Noir 17.9%, Dynamic Narration 17.1% ★, Detective 13%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Visual Novel 10%
Your crush is missing. They texted you last night. And now you’re reliving the same day over and over. Welcome to Sunset High — where drama, dilemmas, and time loops collide in this narrative-driven, 2D adventure.
Why similar: Noir 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Text-Based 14%, Detective 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.8%
A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.
Why similar: Noir 19%, Dynamic Narration 17.6% ★, Detective 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 9.8%
Take the night shift as a judge in Meridian. Examine evidence, manage pressure, issue reasoned rulings, and create precedents that reshape the cases—and consequences—still to come.
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Investigation 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Noir 12.1%, Text-Based 10.1%
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 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Text-Based 14.2%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Visual Novel 8.3%
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 23%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Crime 12.9%, Detective 12.8%, Investigation 11.8%
Paris’s life changes when she encounters a charming stranger who seems to be watching her. This choice-driven psychological visual novel delivers a tense, intimate story focused on curiosity, trust, and crossing dangerous boundaries.
Why similar: Noir 20.2%, Text-Based 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Female Protagonist 8.4%
The third and final part of the 'Cold Verdict' trilogy. Claire has spent two years tracking down the elusive masked man who puts people through psychological games. Now she has to get through another of his ordeals if she wants to bring him to justice. Make choices and decide the final outcome!
Why similar: Thriller 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Crime 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Detective 11.7%
Detective Red July must stop a serial killer who patterns his murders after optical illusions in this mystery visual novel set in the world of Methods.
Why similar: Detective 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Text-Based 14.7%, Crime 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%
A young man is interviewed by the police only to turn up dead a week later. 3 years have passed, a special agent from Santa Fe navigates the police database in order to solve the mystery.
Why similar: Noir 17.2%, Detective 16.4%, Crime 12%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Visual Novel 9%
"Stella: into the Shadow" is a dark mystical story. When Stella's friend disappears, her life transforms into a detective mystery. Working at a nightclub, forging new connections, and uncovering the city's secrets will force her to reevaluate everything: from those around her to her very self.
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Noir 17.2%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Investigation 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%
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 29.2%, Detective 22.3%, Investigation 13.1%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Crime 7.2%
An evidence-based detective game set in rural India. Investigate your friend's disappearance by searching crime scenes, interrogating suspects, and presenting proof to break through lies. Race against time to expose a conspiracy before the 9:45 PM train leaves.
Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Crime 14.7%, Thriller 12.1%, Investigation 11.8%, Female Protagonist 8.9%
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: Detective 17.9%, Noir 16.8%, Crime 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Thriller 11.1%
A narrative detective game about solving mysteries through investigation, evidence, and conversation. Question suspects in your own words, photograph clues, and piece together the truth in a town full of secrets. Who is lying, and what are they hiding?
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Dynamic Narration 16.1% ★, Crime 12.6%, Investigation 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 8%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Noir 20.2%, Detective 15.6%, Text-Based 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.7%
Mr. Wise is an adventure visual novel with multiple endings. The events in the game revolve around two archaeology professors and their unlikely discovery which can re-write the history itself. But Mr. Wise has another plans for their plans.
Why similar: Detective 14.7%, Thriller 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Surreal 11.7%, Investigation 9.5%
Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Noir 16.4%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Text-Based 13.1%, Choices Matter 9.4%
A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
Why similar: Noir 19.3%, Detective 17.8%, Investigation 11.6%, Crime 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
Shadow City Mysteries is a narrative adventure game in which players take on the role of a detective investigating a Mystery. Or is it a Conspiracy? Or is it a Supernatural Thriller? Experience the story multiple times to discover a story and world bigger than they suspected existed.
Why similar: Noir 19.7%, Dynamic Narration 16.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Detective 12.5%, Crime 9.1%
