60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Investigation, Detective, Noir, Mystery.
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.
Ring of Fire
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.
The Wolf Among Us Remastered
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
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: Typing 14.1% ★, Villain Protagonist 13.5% ★, Noir 11.3%, Detective 8.4%, Investigation 8.1%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 14%, Noir 13.7%, Investigation 11.6%, Crime 7.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.2%
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 14.6%, Detective 11.1%, Crime 10.1%, Investigation 9.9%, Comic Book 8.7%
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 13.7%, Crime 12.1%, Detective 11.9%, Comic Book 10.9%, Investigation 9.7%
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 15.2%, Crime 11.8%, Detective 11.5%, Comic Book 10.6%, Investigation 9.9%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Noir 20.4%, Crime 15.9%, Detective 15.9%, Investigation 14%, Mystery 7.7%
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 18.3%, Crime 16.9%, Investigation 14.2%, Noir 10.2%, Mystery 8.9%
Can you solve a murder with nothing but your wits, your cocktail shaker, and your silver tongue? In this bartending mystery game, your customers are the key. So long as the liquor flows, so does the conversation - but who has the answers you seek, and who has blood on their hands?
Why similar: Noir 14.3%, Detective 12.9%, Crime 12.8%, Investigation 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%
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 16.3%, Crime 12.5%, Detective 11.5%, Comic Book 11.2%, Investigation 9.7%
What happens when a video game character is self-aware? Cadulium is a mystery science fiction adventure video game.
Why similar: Noir 15.4%, Detective 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Cinematic 9.9%, Investigation 9.3%
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: Noir 16.3%, Detective 14.5%, Investigation 13.1%, Crime 10.8%, Comic Book 8.7%
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 16.7%, Crime 13.4%, Investigation 11.6%, Detective 10.7%, Cinematic 10.4%
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 21.5%, Detective 16.3%, Investigation 14.1%, Crime 13.9%, Comic Book 9.8%
Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.
Why similar: Noir 13%, Comic Book 11.4%, Detective 11%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Noir 18.2%, Crime 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Detective 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.8%
A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
Why similar: Noir 15.3%, Detective 15.3%, Investigation 13.1%, Crime 11.8%, Point & Click 8.2%
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 23.3%, Detective 19.3%, Investigation 14.9%, Crime 7.5%, Visual Novel 6.6%
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: Detective 16.4%, Investigation 13.8%, Noir 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Mystery 8.4%
Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre and investigate the murder of a controversial country priest in this gripping historical detective thriller.
Why similar: Noir 16.3%, Detective 14.1%, Crime 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Point & Click 9.6%
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 18.6%, Crime 12.9%, Typing 11.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Detective 9.4%
A monster-themed deduction game focused on solving brutal murders. Investigate crime scenes by uncovering hidden evidence, analyzing fingerprints, and testing blood samples. Identify the killer, determine the creature responsible, and solve seven thrilling cases
Why similar: Noir 22.9%, Detective 20.4%, Investigation 16%, Crime 15.9%, Mystery 10.2%
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 20.5% ★, Crime 13.1%, Investigation 12%, Detective 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
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 21%, Investigation 13.4%, Crime 10.9%, Point & Click 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
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 19.9%, Crime 15%, Detective 14.3%, Investigation 11%, Cinematic 9.3%
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.
Why similar: Noir 17.5%, Detective 14.3%, Crime 13.2%, Investigation 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
[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 20.7%, Investigation 17.6%, Crime 17%, Point & Click 10.2%, Mystery 9.9%
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 18.1%, Noir 16.8%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Mystery 9.1%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Noir 15.6%, Detective 14.7%, Investigation 12.9%, Comic Book 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
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 16%, Crime 14.3%, Investigation 13.8%, Noir 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
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: Noir 17.1%, Detective 15.7%, Crime 14.1%, Investigation 11.7%, Mystery 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 17.5%, Noir 15.9%, Investigation 14.8%, Crime 9.2%, Mystery 9%
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 21.2%, Detective 16.5%, Crime 15.7%, Investigation 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.8%
In AUREX, a city where every citizen's emotions are controlled, you are SOLDA, a rookie special investigator. Armed with an emotion scanner that reads what suspects try to hide, catch the tremor behind every lie, piece the clues together, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Investigation 15.4%, Noir 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Mystery 11.2%
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 19.4%, Crime 14.3%, Investigation 14.2%, Detective 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
Istanbul, after midnight. Black File is a noir detective game: investigate crime scenes, examine evidence in 3D — rotate it, zoom in, read the back — then use what you find to break a suspect's story.
Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Noir 17.5%, Investigation 16.1%, Crime 9.6%, Point & Click 9%
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 20.5%, Noir 16.6%, Crime 13.7%, Point & Click 10.9%, Visual Novel 7.5%
Ironic point & click adventure where a once brilliant detective quits his trade and lands a job in IT to make a living. But even in the seemingly mundane world of office life, there are secrets to be uncovered. Navigate through puzzles, quirky colleagues, and intrigues to crack corporate mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Investigation 15.1%, Point & Click 10.5%, Comic Book 9.3%, Mystery 8%
A PSX Detective Mystery Horror game. You play as an investigator solving bizarre crime cases. The story unfolds through a blend of interviews, computer based investigations and unsettling psychological elements.
Why similar: Typing 24.2% ★, Investigation 14.4%, Detective 13.8%, Crime 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
A turn-based Clue-inspired detective game where you get to solve a murder mystery by interrogating paintings.
Why similar: Noir 19.4%, Detective 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Crime 9.2%
Deep night, famous suspense novelist fell from the balcony, leaving his young wife an enormous heritage. Accident, or calculated murder?Novelist's nephew secretly began investigation.He found a hidden manuscript, which contains a creep story, as well as the key clues concerning its author's death.
Why similar: Detective 16.5%, Noir 15.4%, Comic Book 14.8%, Investigation 14.3%, Visual Novel 9%
Lose yourself in Phoenix Springs – a modern point-and-click set in a mysterious neo-noir world. It begins with an investigation: find your brother Leo. You already know where it ends.
Why similar: Noir 20.3%, Detective 15%, Cinematic 10.8%, Investigation 10.4%, Comic Book 10.2%
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
Why similar: Noir 19.6%, Detective 13.7%, Comic Book 13.6%, Crime 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
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 14%, Crime 13.6%, Investigation 12.5%, Cinematic 9%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%
Curtain Call in Flames is a single-player 2D courtroom mystery visual novel set in a traditional Chinese puppet troupe. As defense attorney Bian Bo, investigate a murder, question witnesses, examine evidence, and expose contradictions in court to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 22%, Crime 18.1%, Investigation 16.4%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Mystery 10.1%
A narrative game set in 1943 Belém, legends are vanishing, and the river’s secrets need a detective. Pink, if you will. As a shapeshifting river dolphin detective that turns into human (almost), uncover a noir mystery where folklore, memory, and conspiracy flow beneath the city.
Why similar: Noir 22.8%, Detective 21.1%, Investigation 16.3%, Crime 14.4%, Mystery 10.2%
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.
Why similar: Noir 18.2%, Crime 15%, Detective 14.7%, Investigation 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
NeoTokyo, 2099. The man who sold immortality is dead in a penthouse sealed from the inside. You are detective Kade Katano: scan the scene, read people, roll the dice and decide which truth closes the file. A noir visual novel — one complete case, three endings.
Why similar: Noir 19.7%, Detective 16.4%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Cinematic 9.3%
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 18%, Detective 16.8%, Crime 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Investigation 10.1%
Enter the virtual REMADE world of Under a Killing Moon, where it is December 2042, and you, as Tex Murphy, must stop the forces of evil before they destroy mankind and rob you of your next unemployment check. This thrilling and hilarious adventure is unlike anything you've seen before.
Why similar: Noir 22.4%, Detective 13.4%, Crime 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Point & Click 9.2%
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 18.1%, Noir 17%, Crime 13.4%, Point & Click 10.4%, Visual Novel 8.8%
Can you think like a killer? In this short murder mystery find details in evidence, interpret criminal behaviors and prove your worth to the FBI as new detective Desmond.
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Investigation 18.5%, Crime 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Comic Book 12.1%
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 25.3%, Noir 22.9%, Crime 20.4%, Investigation 10%, Cinematic 7.5%
Help Tashia unravel the case of a heinous murder and find her cell phone in this point & click, mystery adventure based on Caribbean folklore!
Why similar: Detective 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Crime 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Point & Click 8.9%
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 18.9%, Typing 16.9% ★, Crime 15.8%, Detective 14%, Investigation 12.3%
Race against time to save a kidnapped teen in 2 hours! Play as a cunning PI, diving into a thrilling mystery. Type commands for retro vibes or use arrow keys to pick actions, crafting solutions to conquer obstacles in this classic-meets-modern adventure. Can you crack the case?
Why similar: Typing 22.8% ★, Detective 15.7%, Noir 12%, Comic Book 10.2%, Crime 9.6%
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 16.7%, Detective 13.7%, Investigation 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%
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 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Crime 14.1%, Point & Click 12.5%, Detective 11.1%
In New York, private detective Ikeda Sen happens upon the enigmatic Lila shortly before his client, Walton, hands him a strange device. And in Japan, Izumozaki Neneko stumbles upon a corpse by the canal on her way to school. Two unrelated stories unfold, intersecting in bizarre and unexpected ways.
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Comic Book 17.3%, Crime 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Investigation 12.7%
17-year-old Hope Song thought the national exams were her biggest worry... until she got home to a ransacked apartment and two missing parents. Investigate through the eyes of an artist, turn sketches into evidence, and watch her family's mystery grow stranger and darker with every answer.
Why similar: Noir 17.8%, Detective 13.2%, Investigation 12.8%, Cinematic 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9%
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 21.9%, Detective 13.3%, Crime 11.3%, Point & Click 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
