60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Detective, Mystery, Noir.
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.
Ring of Fire: Prologue
Ring of Fire: Prologue is the first case in a search-based detective noir puzzler with a mature narrative set in the hyper-stylized streets of New London. Scour police records. Antagonize your suspects. Comb through a disturbing crime scene. You'll stop at nothing to expose the truth.
Who Killed Mr. White?
A turn-based Clue-inspired detective game where you get to solve a murder mystery by interrogating paintings.
Ring of Fire: Prologue is the first case in a search-based detective noir puzzler with a mature narrative set in the hyper-stylized streets of New London. Scour police records. Antagonize your suspects. Comb through a disturbing crime scene. You'll stop at nothing to expose the truth.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 30% ★, Noir 13.6%, Detective 11.8%, Typing 11.1% ★, Point & Click 5.8%
A turn-based Clue-inspired detective game where you get to solve a murder mystery by interrogating paintings.
Why similar: Noir 18.5%, Detective 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%, Point & Click 8.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%
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 17.8%, Detective 15.3%, Investigation 14.4%, Cinematic 10%, Point & Click 7.9%
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 22.2%, Investigation 18.1%, Noir 10.9%, Crime 9.6%, Mystery 8.2%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Noir 22.4%, Detective 19.8%, Investigation 18.3%, Crime 9.4%, Mystery 7.4%
A gripping detective noir mystery that blends investigation and deduction with a rich, character-driven story. The Murder of Ava Monroe is cozy, twisty, and oozing with atmosphere.
Why similar: Detective 27.2%, Investigation 24.2%, Noir 16.7%, Mystery 9.4%, Story Rich 7%
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 22.4%, Investigation 17%, Point & Click 10.6%, Cinematic 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
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: Detective 18.6%, Noir 18.4%, Investigation 17.6%, Mystery 7.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%
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 17.8%, Detective 17.7%, Investigation 15%, Crime 8.4%, Interactive Fiction 7.4%
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 25.9%, Detective 24.2%, Investigation 19.7%, Story Rich 6.6%, Point & Click 6.1%
[DEMO available now!] Erased memories, scattered clues. What will you uncover, and what will you leave buried?As an amnesiac detective, investigate crime scenes with limited focus. You can't analyze everything. Strategically choose your leads to shape the case and reclaim your lost past.
Why similar: Detective 25.6%, Investigation 22.8%, Point & Click 11.1%, Crime 9.9%, Mystery 9.4%
A Little Time is a first-person interactive story. You play as a young but determined detective investigating a man's disappearance. You will travel to a variety of locations and pick up clues while experiencing the story, dialogue, and atmospheric visuals.
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Investigation 19.9%, Cinematic 14.7%, Noir 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
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 25%, Noir 17.9%, Point & Click 11.7%, Investigation 8.5%, Crime 7.9%
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: Detective 23.6%, Noir 21.6%, Cinematic 14.3%, Point & Click 10.3%, Crime 8%
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: Detective 19.3%, Noir 18.6%, Investigation 15.1%, Point & Click 8.3%, Crime 8.2%
Detective Dana is a 2D story-rich game about an Arabic police officer investigating murder cases. Investigate the crime scene, interrogate the witnesses, solve the mysteries and uncover the secrets until you catch the criminal!
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Noir 17.8%, Point & Click 10.9%, Crime 7.5%, Visual Novel 6.8%
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: Detective 24.3%, Noir 23.1%, Investigation 22.1%, Point & Click 8.3%, Mystery 7.6%
What happens when a video game character is self-aware? Cadulium is a mystery science fiction adventure video game.
Why similar: Noir 17.9%, Detective 16.3%, Investigation 12.9%, Cinematic 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
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 22.7%, Noir 18.6%, Investigation 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%, Mystery 8.7%
A murder mystery interrogation game - where you can ask the suspects literally ANYTHING! Dive into a macabre conspiracy of burgers and billionaires, getting up-close and personal with an eccentric cast of cold-blooded killers - using voice or keyboard.
Why similar: Noir 19.9%, Detective 16.8%, Investigation 15.5%, Typing 12.7% ★, Crime 8.9%
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 17%, Investigation 15.3%, Crime 8.2%, Point & Click 7.5%
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: Detective 19.3%, Investigation 17.5%, Noir 14.9%, Point & Click 8.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
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 30.8%, Noir 24.5%, Investigation 12.7%, Crime 11.8%, Cinematic 8.3%
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 17.9%, Detective 16.7%, Investigation 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%
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 23.4%, Detective 16.2%, Investigation 12.2%, Point & Click 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
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 21.4%, Detective 12.2%, Investigation 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Typing 9.6% ★
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
Why similar: Typing 16.8% ★, Investigation 16.3%, Detective 15.4%, Crime 8%, Interactive Fiction 7.5%
A luxury cruise takes an unexpected turn when a passenger is gruesomely turned into fillet - and it's up to Detective Bass to deliver some justice in this short narrative-driven detective game!
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Noir 21.5%, Investigation 15.9%, Crime 9.4%, Mystery 8%
Uncover the truth behind a 1982 air crash in Blackbox. Use audio recordings and investigation documents to solve the mystery. A story-rich, suspenseful detective experience that puts your skills to the test.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Typing 17.1% ★, Investigation 16.8%, Noir 12.2%, Crime 8.9%
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 20.2%, Detective 15.2%, Cinematic 13.4%, Point & Click 11.6%, Investigation 11.3%
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 27.8%, Cinematic 13.1%, Detective 12.1%, Point & Click 10.6%, Crime 7.4%
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 20.3%, Investigation 16.3%, Detective 14.7%, Cinematic 12.9%, Mystery 9.3%
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 23.8%, Detective 21.1%, Investigation 14.4%, Crime 9.5%, Point & Click 7.4%
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: Detective 20.7%, Noir 19.5%, Investigation 13.1%, Crime 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
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 22.8%, Detective 18.5%, Investigation 15%, Cinematic 10.9%, Point & Click 10.4%
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: Detective 20.6%, Investigation 18.6%, Noir 14%, Crime 8.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
Why similar: Detective 29.6%, Investigation 20%, Mystery 11.7%, Point & Click 11.1%, Puzzle 9%
An old case closed due to lack of evidence resurfaces in 1993. Play as a dismissed detective, investigate the case, gather evidence, solve the mystery, and uncover the truth. Bringing justice to the town of Ridgemour and ending the uncertainty is in your hands.
Why similar: Detective 26.8%, Noir 19.7%, Investigation 16.6%, Cinematic 8.9%, Story Rich 7.1%
A dark noir detective story starring a not-so-bright pug. Combine clues, build chains of deductions, and solve a murder — even if your reasoning isn’t always… impressive.
Why similar: Detective 32.1%, Noir 22.1%, Mystery 10.8%, Puzzle 8.9%, Point & Click 7.8%
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: Detective 18.2%, Noir 17.6%, Investigation 16.8%, Point & Click 8.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
Play as a camera-headed detective and partner with a superpowered girl to solve memory manipulation crimes. Gather clues, piece together the truth, and shatter fabricated lies in this unique mystery game.
Why similar: Detective 29.8%, Investigation 26.6%, Point & Click 12.1%, Mystery 10.8%, Story Rich 7.3%
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 28.1%, Investigation 22.5%, Crime 8.8%, Mystery 8.4%, Visual Novel 8.4%
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 25.8%, Detective 22.1%, Investigation 20%, Point & Click 9.4%, Crime 8.9%
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 26.6%, Detective 17.4%, Investigation 16.2%, Point & Click 12.2%, Mystery 8.8%
5% of murder cases remain unsolved... it's time to open up these cases and confront the supernatural with forensic science! Solve cases by analyzing evidence and consulting with specialists. Enter a world that artfully blends 2D illustration and real-life visuals!
Why similar: Detective 16%, Investigation 14.9%, Cinematic 13.2%, Simulation 9.1%, Crime 8.4%
Set in 1970s southern France, you play a rookie private eye tasked to dig out the secrets of a stubborn old man. Think on your feet while you follow your leads : ask questions to witnesses, detect their lies, hypothesize why and finally confront the silent ones running from their past.
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Investigation 16.6%, Cinematic 10.4%, Point & Click 8.8%, Crime 8.2%
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 22.6%, Detective 18%, Point & Click 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Investigation 10.2%
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 22.6%, Detective 18.2%, Investigation 16%, Point & Click 9%, Crime 8.2%
Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.
Why similar: Detective 27.7%, Investigation 21.7%, Noir 21.3%, Point & Click 8.2%, Mystery 7.1%
Become private detective Dennis Monroe, a relentless investigator driven to catch the infamous "Epiphany Killer," a shadowy figure who has haunted the city for over twenty years. Every clue draws you closer to the truth, but danger lurks behind every revelation.
Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Cinematic 16.9%, Noir 15.5%, Investigation 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%
Friend. Confidant. Therapist. Voyeur. As a cab driver working the Paris night shift, you are many things to different people. Your gift is getting people to talk; and in order to catch the serial killer who left you for dead, that’s exactly what you’ll need to do.
Why similar: Noir 31.7%, Investigation 17.9%, Simulation 14.1%, Detective 12.6%, Visual Novel 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 26.9%, Detective 24.2%, Investigation 20.7%, Mystery 9.6%, Puzzle 7.2%
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline during the cold war on a globe-trotting adventure following a trail of spies from a quiet English harbour town to a frozen Finnish fishing village and the corridors of an intelligence service rotten at its core.
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Investigation 18.6%, Noir 16.7%, Point & Click 9.5%, Mystery 7.7%
Crime never rests... but thankfully, neither does Detective Bass! Put on your detective hat and help Detective Bass get to the bottom of a robbery, in this witty, narrative-driven detective game!
Why similar: Noir 26%, Detective 22.9%, Investigation 18.1%, Crime 11%, Mystery 8.6%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Noir 18.2%, Investigation 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%, Point & Click 7.4%
Investigate serial crimes and city government secrets! You're the only one who can get on the trail and break the chain of murders. Are you up for the challenge?
Why similar: Noir 21.6%, Detective 18.3%, Investigation 14.7%, Point & Click 9.7%, Crime 8.5%
Step into the shoes of Clementine "Cleo" Ace, an apprentice to her aunt, the world renowned detective, Maya Lynch. From heists to murders, use your deduction skills to solve cases that are too tough for the local police to crack.
Why similar: Detective 31.2%, Investigation 26.3%, Point & Click 10.9%, Mystery 10.5%, Puzzle 7.5%
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 21%, Investigation 17.1%, Noir 16.1%, Point & Click 9.5%, Crime 9.5%
A judge's body is discovered with a clean cut across his jugular, setting the stage for an intense puzzle of motives and clues.
Why similar: Noir 24.2%, Detective 21.2%, Investigation 13.3%, Point & Click 11.6%, Puzzle 7.3%
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: Noir 19%, Detective 16.2%, Investigation 14.7%, Point & Click 8.6%, Crime 8.1%
