- #1 Hill Agency: PURITYdecay
97% 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 16.9%, Crime 13.2%, Investigation 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Cyberpunk 10.3%
- #2 Mind Diver
96% matchVery Positive97% of 307 reviews2025
Dev: Indoor SunglassesPub: PLAYISM
Windows
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 17.3%, Crime 15.1%, Investigation 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Emotional 9.1%
- #3 Private Eye: The Young Heir
96% 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: Crime 16.2%, Investigation 13.8%, Noir 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Logic 8.2%
- #4 Let Bions Be Bygones
95% matchMostly Positive72% of 117 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 20.1%, Cyberpunk 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Crime 10.3%
- #5 Lacuna: Prologue
94% matchVery Positive91% of 169 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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 21.6%, Crime 17.6%, Cyberpunk 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
- #6 Romance after dark
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Lesson of Passion
Windows
ROMANCE AFTER DARK is a noir blend of visual novel and adventure game experience. Play as Trevor, once successful private investigator and help him put his miserable life on the right track again. Use your detective hunch and interact with characters and objects.
Why similar: Crime 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Point & Click 11%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #7 PolyCity Stories - The Affair
93% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Andi Liddell
Windows
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 23.5%, Investigation 14%, Crime 13%, Point & Click 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%
- #8 Gloomy Clues: The Broken Mirror
92% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Pixel Paradise ®
Windows · Mac · Linux
A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes, interrogate suspects, and survive in this point-and-click remake, rebuilt from the ground up. Solve the mystery before your demons consume you. Play the free demo and wishlist now!
Why similar: Noir 20%, Crime 14.7%, Investigation 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Point & Click 9.9%
- #9 The Final Print
91% matchPositive87% of 39 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 19.2%, Crime 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Investigation 10.1%, Dark 8.4%
- #10 Biocybernetic Trap
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pavel Kopylov
Windows
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 16.1%, Crime 15.1%, Cyberpunk 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Investigation 9.6%
- #11 Neon Noir
90% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Borzon Studios
Windows
Neon Noir is a cyberpunk visual novel with interactive mechanics. It is set in the megalopolis of New Devon in the year 2169, where large private corporations have more power than the government. The player follows the crimes investigated by Colden, a Snatcher.
Why similar: Noir 24.1%, Cyberpunk 17.7%, Crime 14.4%, Investigation 11.8%, Point & Click 10.5%
- #12 Good Bones
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 32 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 14%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Point & Click 11.9%, Noir 9.4%
- #13 Unsolved Case: Fatal Clue Collector's Edition
89% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
Solve a series of tough cases, full of personal drama! In the new game series, you have to unravel some of the hardest mysteries using both logic and your intuition!
Why similar: Crime 16.8%, Point & Click 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Investigation 10.3%
- #14 No Sleep For Kaname Date - From AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES
86% matchVery Positive82% of 835 reviews2025
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Iris has been abducted by aliens?! Finding herself on board a mysterious UFO and tasked with completing a bizarre escape game, Iris knows there's one person who she can always count on for help: Kaname Date, Psyncer!
Why similar: Noir 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Visual Novel 10%, Crime 9.8%
- #15 Kayotica
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kicksoft Studio
Windows
In Kayotica, you play as April—a clever but manipulative student caught in a web of friendship, rivalry, and dark crimes. What begins as ordinary campus life quickly turns into a mystery of betrayal, hidden truths, and a shocking murder. Can you solve the mystery, or will you become the next victim?
Why similar: Crime 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Investigation 10.5%, Emotional 9.8%
- #16 Dry Drowning
87% matchVery Positive81% of 507 reviews2019
Dev: Studio VPub: Leonardo Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.
Why similar: Noir 20.6%, Futuristic 16.3%, Cyberpunk 13.1%, Investigation 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
- #17 Detective Hunt - Crownston City PD
88% matchMixed63% of 24 reviews2016
Dev: pixepob
Windows
You are Damien Hunt, a junior detective of the Crownston City Police Department. Together with your partner, you are to investigate criminal activities around the city.
Why similar: Noir 31.5%, Crime 26.2%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Point & Click 12%, RPG 11.1%
- #18 Man of Nollyn
84% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: Slater Chae
Windows
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Noir 26.8%, Crime 22.2%, Investigation 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Mystery 8.5%
- #19 Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows
84% matchPositive98% of 44 reviews2025
Dev: Sungazer Software LLC
Windows
A thrilling detective mystery adventure set in a historical fantasy world. As a dragon detective, use your six senses to find evidence and hunt down the culprit.
Why similar: Crime 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Point & Click 13.7%, Investigation 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #20 Murder In Tehran's Alleys 1933
85% 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 33.9%, Crime 28.4%, Point & Click 20.8%, Mystery 9.7%, Adventure 7.2%
- #21 The Wall
83% 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 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Cyberpunk 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 9.3%
- #22 FMV - Full Motion Voyeur
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ten Thousand Hearts Ltd.
Windows
Full Motion Voyeur is a dark FMV thriller with brutal gameplay: investigate video feeds, judge sinners, and feed them to a hungry Demon. Uncover buried secrets, grapple with moral choices, and decide if obeying the Demon to protect your loved ones is worth it. How far will you go to feed the Demon?
Why similar: Crime 18.3%, Noir 16.3%, Investigation 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%
- #23 Blake: The Visual Novel
82% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2021
Dev: Ori MeesPub: LegendOri Productions
Windows · Mac
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 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Crime 13.1%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #24 Who Killed Mr. White?
81% 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 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Point & Click 11.5%, Crime 11.1%
- #25 D.W. Dagger: Chapter One
80% 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 27.1%, Crime 18.6%, Investigation 16.6%, Point & Click 11.1%, Dark 8.6%
- #26 The Reluctant Redemption of Verity Lux
79% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Soma Games
Windows · Mac
Unravel the mystery behind the disappearance of Druhyus' favorite celebrity playboy, Walker Kahmenos. Join investigative journalist Verity Lux, in this interactive fiction title and follow leads, conduct interviews, and submit your findings as you seek out the truth - before it's too late.
Why similar: Crime 20.7%, Noir 17.5%, Drama 11.3%, Cyberpunk 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
- #27 Mystical Riddles: Ship From Beyond Collector's Edition
79% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
All hands on deck! A strange, oily fog has enveloped the waterfront of the port town of Quietcape, where local fishermen go, never to return again... Can you solve this mystery?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Crime 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Point & Click 13.1%, Investigation 9.8%
- #28 Neural Synapse
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HelionGames
Windows
Become a bounty hunter in a cyberpunk city of the future. Explore neon streets, talk to people, hack into corporations. Use all your skills to survive and become a hero.
Why similar: Crime 16.5%, Cyberpunk 16%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Futuristic 10.4%
- #29 The Shadows of Fallen City
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IKINAGAMES
Windows
The Shadows of Fallen City is a reality mystery drama that tracks a violent incident caused by someone's fall, as people who have fallen with different stories gathering in a city where common sense and human relationships have fallen.
Why similar: Crime 24.5%, Noir 24%, Drama 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Investigation 10.2%
- #30 Thargelia
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Michelle SantosPub: Ritus Studio
Windows
Separated by disaster. Connected by choices.In Thargelia, a narrative adventure multiplayer game for two players, your decisions shape more than just your own fate. Cooperate, sabotage, or survive at any cost. How far are you willing to go to save your own life?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Point & Click 11.7%, Emotional 11.3%, Investigation 10.2%
- #31 Save My Scrap
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unio AnouPub: AMATA Games
Windows
"They mean everything to me. Please, make them whole again." An interactive visual novel puzzle game. By fixing the broken android, you may uncover the truth about your client's past.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 15.7%, Point & Click 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Visual Novel 14%, Drama 9.8%
- #32 Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 580 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 18.3%, Investigation 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Point & Click 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
- #33 These Nights Alone
76% matchPositive82% of 38 reviews2020
Dev: ryArt
Windows
Follow Alice during the investigation about her husband
Why similar: Noir 20.6%, Investigation 15.8%, Point & Click 14%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%
- #34 Love Shore
75% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Perfect Garbage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Sam or Farah as they attempt to navigate the neon thrills of their cyberpunk city Love Shore, solve murders, fight gods and maybe fall in love.
Why similar: Noir 26.5%, Cyberpunk 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Crime 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%
- #35 Mystical Riddles: Snowy Peak Hotel Collector's Edition
75% matchMixed58% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
Your journalist friend went missing while investigating weird happenings in a mysterious hotel. You are the only one who can save her and uncover the truth before it’s too late. Are you up for the challenge?
Why similar: Noir 20.7%, Crime 16.2%, Investigation 11%, Point & Click 10.4%, Drama 9%
- #36 Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 215 reviews2024
Dev: MidBoss, LLC.Pub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER is a story-rich adventure and the sequel to 2064: Read Only Memories. Explore the rich world with an intuitive point-and-click interface as you take on the role of a young psychic agent tasked with tracking down a mysterious antagonist hiding in people's memories.
Why similar: Noir 22.9%, Cyberpunk 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Point & Click 10.6%, Emotional 10.2%
- #37 2064: Read Only Memories
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,665 reviews2015
Dev: MidBoss, LLC.Pub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco. Team up with Turing, the world's first sapient machine, to unravel a conspiracy that threatens to shake an entire society
Why similar: Noir 22.9%, Cyberpunk 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Point & Click 10.6%, Emotional 9.9%
- #38 Red Spider: Vengeance Remastered donation ver.
72% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: studio wasp
Windows · Mac
Homage to Hong Kong Noir cinema. A former assassin seeks vengeance in this hardboiled VN, scored by Yasunori Shiono (Lufia series). (Full story is free via the demo version. This paid edition supports Steam Achievements and the creators.)
Why similar: Noir 25.7%, Crime 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Drama 9.8%
- #39 The Undying Sea
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DeviMetric LLC
Windows
The Undying Sea is a first-person exploration title about dealing with death, exploring a city in decline, and reaching out a hand to those who need it on a long-decaying oceanic city filled with once immortal beings now way too aware that they aren't immortal anymore...
Why similar: Noir 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Point & Click 14.7%, Investigation 11.7%, Drama 10.4%
- #40 Void's Ballad
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FedeG's GamesPub: Nameless Studio
Windows
Void’s Ballad is a dark investigative adventure through the biggest human fear: Death.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Point & Click 14.1%, Investigation 13.6%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Logic 9.6%
- #41 JACK: 1 % BATTERY - A Detective Thriller
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JD Detective Thrillers Studio
Windows
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 27.9%, Crime 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Drama 11.8%, Investigation 7.6%
- #42 Richard & Alice
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 427 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: Crime 27.2%, Noir 22.8%, Point & Click 21.3%, Mystery 10%, Adventure 10%
- #43 A Week in Paradise
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EtrikiaPub: Soft Serve Games
Windows
A Week in Paradise is an interactive narrative mystery. Discover the unusual circumstances of your arrival to a bar called Paradise, and drink through the night with the bar's charismatic regular. Each night, unravel the threads holding back memories in your dreams.
Why similar: Noir 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Emotional 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Investigation 10.5%
- #44 Blacksad: Under the Skin
71% matchVery Positive84% of 6,719 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 21.3%, Crime 17.9%, Investigation 12.3%, Point & Click 10.5%, Emotional 10.2%
- #45 Criminal Archives: City on Fire Collector's Edition
71% matchPositive87% of 39 reviews2021
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
San Francisco is shaken by a chain of horrible murders. You are the only one that can bring to justice a masked arsonist calling himself the Plague Doctor. Are you strong enough to face the challenge?
Why similar: Noir 21.8%, Crime 20.4%, Investigation 11%, Point & Click 10.9%, Logic 8.9%
- #46 Midnight Files
69% matchPositive81% of 31 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: Crime 23.6%, Noir 20.3%, Investigation 18%, Logic 9.2%, Dark 7%
- #47 Forgotten Paths
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bronixia
Windows · Mac
Awaken in a ruined world with no memory. A second chance to redeem yourself, but survival is a daily challenge. Aid survivors, manage madness with a black cat's help, and uncover your true purpose.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Emotional 10.9%, Investigation 10.5%
- #48 Obscura
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: NomadsPub: IIM Digital School
Windows
Obscura is a first-person investigation game where, you play a medium who must solve cold cases by interacting with various elements and performing rituals. Learn about their past to understand their motives and crack the case. Please understand that the game will features sensitive topics.
Why similar: Crime 25%, Investigation 16%, Logic 10.5%, Emotional 8.7%, First-Person 8.4%
- #49 Nowhere
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HollowGuys
Windows
Nowhere is a mystery noir adventure where seemingly trivial cases lead to shocking truths. Play as Kim Yuhan, a temporary police officer gifted with 'Absolute Memory,' and navigate between official investigations and unofficial inquiries to uncover the massive conspiracy hidden behind the crimes.
Why similar: Noir 21.6%, Point & Click 15%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Crime 12.1%, Drama 8.8%
- #50 The Empty Desk
68% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: CheesecakeGames
Windows
Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller with narrative adventure elements and unsettling details. Join Detective Bennett on his final case and uncover dark secrets in a world where reality bends and sanity wavers.
Why similar: Crime 20%, Investigation 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Drama 11.4%, Emotional 10.1%
- #51 Imperial Bureaucracy Hero
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Munitions Mori
Windows · Mac · Linux
IBH is a rich role playing game at the end of time. You're a mid-level official in a dying sci-fi regime, given the impossible task of fixing a faltering machine; explore a vast world, define your mind, flex your authority, and become a sinner or a savior in countless other stories.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Noir 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, RPG 11.4%
- #52 Mystery Island:Missing Amy
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: TAPROMANCE
Windows
The adventure begins when Ada, a young explorer, receives a mysterious selfie from her sister, who in fact disappeared months ago. ...... The background of the selfie is a mysterious island with blood-red sea water. Ada decides to go out on the sea to look for her sister……
Why similar: Investigation 14.8%, Point & Click 14.3%, Crime 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Drama 11.1%
- #53 Marcella Moon: Curse of the Black Cat
70% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Hidden Ocean Games
Windows
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a cursed black cat statue that has been terrorizing a local theater.
Why similar: Investigation 16.6%, Crime 16.4%, Point & Click 14.2%, Logic 11.8%, Mystery 10.2%
- #54 AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative
67% matchVery Positive86% of 3,598 reviews2022
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Special Agents Mizuki and Ryuki, along with their AI partners Aiba and Tama, are tasked to solve the bizarre Half Body serial killings in this sequel to the critically acclaimed AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES.
Why similar: Noir 19.2%, Investigation 13.5%, Crime 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Futuristic 10.5%
- #55 Critical Interrogator: Messiah Hunt
66% 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 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Crime 13.4%, Point & Click 13.1%, Logic 9%
- #56 Detective - The Test
66% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Test your detective instincts across three challenging cases. No hints, no help—just you, your intuition, and your ability to piece together the truth. Can you solve the mystery?
Why similar: Crime 27%, Investigation 19.4%, Noir 11.5%, Mystery 9.7%, Drama 9.1%
- #57 The Shell Part III: Paradiso
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 567 reviews2025
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 184.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The coiling chains of obsession that began with The Shell now threaten to strangle Detective Reiji Tokisaka in the third and final entry in the trilogy. As old friends and foes rise up for one last confrontation, can anyone break the cycle—and can Reiji's heart ever be set free?
Why similar: Noir 24.2%, Crime 17.8%, Investigation 14.2%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Mystery 8.1%
- #58 Timeshift Detective
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neox Games
Windows · Mac
Don the trenchcoat of private eye Harrison Steel and dive deep into a futuristic crime-noir story sprawling with clues to track down. Crime and corruption run rampant in the city and above all looms the mysterious phenomenon known as "Timeshifts". Can you rise to the challenge and crack the case?
Why similar: Noir 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Cyberpunk 13.7%, Point & Click 12.4%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #59 Marcella Moon: Killer at the Cove
67% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Hidden Ocean Games
Windows
Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a murder in a coastal California town.
Why similar: Crime 19.6%, Investigation 15.4%, Point & Click 13.5%, Emotional 11.5%, Logic 11.1%