- #1 M.S. Salmon
97% 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 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Cinematic 16.2%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Drama 7.8%
- #2 A Plague Tale: Requiem
96% matchVery Positive91% of 24,285 reviews2022
Dev: Asobo StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Embark on a heartrending journey into a brutal, breathtaking world, and discover the cost of saving those you love in a desperate struggle for survival. Strike from the shadows or unleash hell with a variety of weapons, tools and unearthly powers.
Why similar: Alternate History 17.6%, Cinematic 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Emotional 9.5%, Drama 9.1%
- #3 Beneath the Mind
96% matchNo user reviews
Pub: Birnchen Interactive GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hopelessly trapped in a bunker, you play as Evelyn Rothé having to deal with the horrors of her traumatic past. Do you have what it takes to look beneath the mind? Experience a captivating story in our Full Motion Video Point-and-Click Horror Game.
Why similar: Video Production 43.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Action-Adventure 7.9%, Realistic 7.2%, Emotional 7.2%
- #4 Haunted House Escape: A VR Experience
95% matchMixed42% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: MEPTIK
Windows
Enter, if you dare...Haunted House Escape - A VR Experience: A chilling mini escape adventure leading through an abandoned house. Highly realistic, immersive graphics and sounds. Be aware, you might not be the only one there.
Why similar: Video Production 43.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Cinematic 14.5%, Action-Adventure 8%, Realistic 7.6%
- #5 Rest House III - Chlorophilia
94% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Don Quixote
Windows
Explore Rest House III intriguing world and step into a dark and wet Chlorophilia. Psychological first person adventure. All the population moved to the capital. You are special correspondent of the famous journal. Disaster! What will happen to the earth in the future? Psychological human dilemmas.
Why similar: Video Production 43.5% ★, Noir 17.5%, Cinematic 13.5%, Aliens 10%, Realistic 6.2%
- #6 First Date : Late To Date
94% matchVery Positive81% of 886 reviews2022
Dev: Digital Fossil
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
FIRSTDATE: LATE TO DATE is a romantic-comedy interactive cinematic (FMV) game in which the audience determines the progress of the movie with the options that appear every minute.
Why similar: Video Production 44.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Cinematic 13.8%, Emotional 8.1%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #7 Dream Nest
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Three Old Pals
Windows
Dream Nest is a director simulator where you create films by choosing storyboards, casting AI actors, balancing budgets, and even rewriting the ending with a single line.
Why similar: Video Production 59.9% ★, Cinematic 13.9%, Realistic 7.1%, Drama 7%, Emotional 6.4%
- #8 GANG OF DRAGON
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nagoshi Studio Inc.
Windows
A new action-adventure game from game creator Toshihiro Nagoshi, set in the streets of Shinjuku, Tokyo. Starring Ma Dong-seok as Shin Ji-seong, the story unfolds with heated and intense human drama across Shinjuku, including Kabukicho — one of Japan’s largest entertainment districts.
Why similar: Noir 31.5%, Cinematic 24.7%, Drama 18.1%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Action 6%
- #9 The Wall
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dad and Son Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A cinematic sci-fi horror visual novel, with multiple endings and a shocking mature story where your decisions will impact your psichology and the events of the story.
Why similar: Noir 24%, Cinematic 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Realistic 9%, Drama 7.9%
- #10 Subway Story
72% 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 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Cinematic 17.5%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #11 Deliver Us Home
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KeokeN Interactive
Windows
Deliver Us Home is a solitary sci-fi experience where one astronaut works to secure a home and new future for humanity.
Why similar: Cinematic 20.5%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Realistic 10.8%, Drama 10.8%, Emotional 9.8%
- #12 Cloud House - Virtual Arts Space
71% match9 user reviews80% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: The Doodle People
Windows
Cloud House is a revival of a physical location of a performing arts space, Centre 42 within the digital realm, featuring a single-player experience titled 'Love Letters to 42'.
Why similar: Video Production 49.4% ★, Cinematic 16.7%, Futuristic 9.8%, Realistic 7.9%, Drama 7.1%
- #13 The Incident Room
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ludotronics
Windows
A 2–4 player cooperative supernatural horror investigation about intervening in recorded tragedies. The opening chapter unfolds in a fog-shrouded 1700s coastal town, where players inhabit different townsfolk and act within a relentless final hour before the outcome becomes irreversible.
Why similar: Noir 26%, Cinematic 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Realistic 9.8%, Action-Adventure 9.6%
- #14 Alone in the Dark Prologue
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,636 reviews2023
Dev: Pieces InteractivePub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 36 min≥1hr: 6%
This stand-alone prologue puts you in the tiny shoes of Grace Saunders – an 11-year-old girl delivering a letter, when things go horribly wrong… Experience the unique 1920s horror atmosphere of Alone in the Dark and prepare for the terror that awaits in Derceto Manor
Why similar: Noir 31%, Cinematic 22.4%, Realistic 11.3%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, Horror 6.9%
- #15 captain midnight
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tim OxtonPub: oxblud
Windows
the tide always wins
Why similar: Noir 27.2%, Alternate History 17.3%, Realistic 9.8%, Futuristic 8.2%, Horror 7.6%
- #16 Burial of Shortcake
68% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: NANTEDOW
Windows · Mac
"The Burial of Shortcake" is an unpredictable story. It is a new visual novel with characters which are created/designed by voice actor Nozomi Sasaki, whose "expressiveness" shines throughout her career as a performer.
Why similar: Noir 28.6%, Cinematic 24.2%, Drama 16.9%, Mystery 11.7%, Realistic 9.4%
- #17 Hunkenstein
70% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: Oubliette
Windows
The most fearsome monsters of classic cinema are now common household pests. You're the new exterminator in town. Unlicensed, of course. Shoot, crush, burn, or mulch these physics-based ghouls, then collect the check.
Why similar: Noir 23.6%, Alternate History 17.9%, Cinematic 17.7%, Action RPG 15.5%, Realistic 8.6%
- #18 Karma Flow 2 - Tears of a Ghost
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Patrick Leo
Windows
Karma Flow 2 - Tears of a Ghost is a Noir Action Stealth game which focuses on narrative and freedom of action. Play as Florien Kealborn and uncover the truth in a game that lets you carry out missions in a way that most suits your own playstyle, making you plan things out and act as you wish.
Why similar: Noir 27.7%, Cinematic 20.7%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Drama 9.8%, Emotional 9%
- #19 Buried Spirits
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jordan Jenkins
Windows
Buried Spirits is a short historical horror story, set in the old Toronto Lunatic Asylum. Can you find the secrets it holds, or will you become its next victim?
Why similar: Alternate History 21.6%, Cinematic 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Realistic 10.5%, Emotional 9.3%
- #20 Manipulate: Sacrifice
70% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: MELPYA
Windows
Are you ready for a fearful journey beyond your perceptions?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Cinematic 15.1%, Drama 13.3%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Realistic 9.5%
- #21 Berserker 2: The Saga of Hilde
67% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: One Life Games
Windows
Norse action-adventure side-view game where rage-fueled combat, mythic storytelling, and shifting perspectives collide. Fight as Asbjorn and Volva in a dark saga of loss, runes, and vengeance.
Why similar: Alternate History 20%, Cinematic 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Realistic 9.2%
- #22 Siyah: Initiation
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gallic Entertainment
Windows
Follow Avni's search for her father during the Deccan famine of 1630, caused by swarms destroying crops and spreading the plague, while in the 21st century, Smriti investigates similar events, confronting her flaws and seeking answers.
Why similar: Alternate History 27.3%, Cinematic 17.8%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Realistic 8.8%, Emotional 8.2%
- #23 The Train Arrives at 10 PM
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Midnight Shift Games
Windows
A psychological visual novel about grief, memory, and time loops shaped by player choice. Experience a story driven by atmosphere and emotion, where each decision reveals hidden truths and leads toward one of several possible endings.
Why similar: Noir 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Cinematic 16.6%, Drama 8.8%, Emotional 8.2%
- #24 Hounded
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IMPRNT STUDIOS LTD
Windows
You are Duke, a determined young Border Collie who is searching for their lost master, the leader of The Rebellion. Hounded by a cunning hunter, can you track the scent, unearth the power of The Tide and find your way home?
Why similar: Alternate History 22.6%, Cinematic 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, Emotional 8.6%
- #25 The Dawning
67% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: Beau YotkaPub: Yotka Games LLC
Windows
The Dawning is a first-person puzzle mystery game. Play as Detective Madison as he searches 7 beautifully crafted areas for clues to catch a killer. Use stealth to sneak past deadly enemies. Solve complex puzzles to access new areas, progress the rich storyline, and obtain key items.
Why similar: Cinematic 22.2%, Drama 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Emotional 12.2%, Realistic 11.3%