- #1 Third Eye Crime
97% matchMostly Positive70% of 50 reviews2014
Dev: Moonshot GamesPub: Gameblyr
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Third Eye Crime is a stealth puzzle game featuring Rothko, a smooth-talking criminal who can telepathically predict where enemies will move to attempt to thwart his heists. Players must rely on skill and their “third eye” to deftly make an escape.
Why similar: Noir 41.9%, Stealth 39.5%, Puzzle 10.1%, Adventure 7.5%, Indie 1%
- #2 Gunpoint
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 13,251 reviews2013
Dev: Suspicious Developments
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game that lets you rewire its levels to trick people. You play a freelance spy who takes jobs from his clients to break into high security buildings and steal sensitive data.
Why similar: Stealth 47.5%, Noir 22.8%, Puzzle 13%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, 2D 4%
- #3 Calvino Noir
96% matchMixed65% of 386 reviews2015
Dev: Calvino Noir
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The film noir stealth game. Calvino Noir is the exploratory, sneaking adventure through the 1930s European criminal underworld. Architecture meets Noir as you become unwillingly entangled in a revolutionist plot.
Why similar: Stealth 46.1%, Noir 44.2%, Adventure 8.7%, Indie 1%
- #4 Cave Story's Secret Santa
95% matchVery Positive84% of 825 reviews2021
Dev: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
After Balrog recovers the Christmas presents that were stolen by Chaba, the cowardly Mimiga named Santa must sneak into every house and return the missing packages. Be the Mimiga Who Saves Christmas!
Why similar: Stealth 43.5%, Puzzle 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Adventure 8.5%, Exploration 5.1%
- #5 Croak and Solve
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BeyondTales Interactive
Windows
Join Burst as he sorts out the chaos in Sorrentine. With your hips to the beat of jazz and a whole lot of bad luck, you'll have to dive into this fun pixel art world with RPG elements, to solve your adventures in the purest style of the best detectives who are now legends.
Why similar: Noir 35.4%, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Puzzle 11.7%, Adventure 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
- #6 Chronoquartz
93% matchVery Positive99% of 437 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Stairs
Windows
In Chronoquartz, every move matters! You have 10 turns per loop: explore, solve puzzles, and use your past knowledge to progress. Strategy, critical thinking, and time management will be your allies in this unique temporal adventure. Will you succeed in saving time?
Why similar: Time Travel 42.9% ★, Puzzle 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Retro 7.5%, Exploration 6.9%
- #7 Port Valley
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: WrongPixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
The (not so) classic Point & Click adventure where perspective changes everything! Witness Port Valley's Election Day from 3 points of view and find out what's really going on in this bizarre town.
Why similar: Time Travel 39.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Puzzle 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, Retro 6.4%
- #8 Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality
92% matchMixed60% of 320 reviews2021
Dev: Maze Theory Ltd
Windows
Experience an unforgettable adventure in space and time. Explore new worlds, face Daleks, Cybermen and Weeping Angels and join two Doctors on an epic quest to save the universe from an unstoppable new threat in this first-person narrative adventure.
Why similar: Time Travel 45.1% ★, Stealth 21%, Puzzle 10.8%, Story Rich 7.8%, Exploration 6.4%
- #9 Tick Tock Isle
91% matchVery Positive86% of 330 reviews2015
Dev: Squiddershins
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Strike is inadvertently transported into the past while attempting to repair a mysterious, abandoned clock tower. Endeavoring to return to the future, Strike must fix both the time machine and the island’s dysfunctional family who are responsible for much of the clock’s disrepair.
Why similar: Time Travel 78.2% ★, Pixel Graphics 9%, Adventure 8.5%, Casual 3.3%, Indie 1%
- #10 TimeOut
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: post_scriptum3
Windows
This world's time is inexorably running out, and with each day it grows more unstable. Thus, the Keeper of Time decides to take extreme measures and summon a savior from another world. However... Things didn't go entirely according to plan...
Why similar: Time Travel 43.5% ★, Puzzle 16.3%, Adventure 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Exploration 8.4%
- #11 Malvin`s Prehistoric Adventures
90% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: Basic Sloth
Windows
Visit the different eras, resist weather conditions, solve the puzzles, meet the spirits of the time, not all of whom will be happy to help. And collect all artifacts, because Danny can`t do it alone.
Why similar: Time Travel 66% ★, Puzzle 13.8%, Adventure 13.2%, 2D 5.5%, Indie 1.6%
- #12 Broken Lands Village
89% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Kielan xDPub: NeuroCore Studios
Windows
The real world no longer exists! I was trapped in this cursed Village made of inkblots on parchment. Every day I'm stalked by an assasin and stuck in a time loop. None of the residents remember me, although I myself have memories. I need to get out of here ASAP
Why similar: Time Travel 45.7% ★, Noir 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Story Rich 6.1%, Investigation 5.6%
- #13 Gate Zero
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Templar Media
Windows
Step through Gate Zero and time travel to explore ancient Israel circa 30 AD in this story-rich action-adventure that sends players on a journey through the Biblical times like never before. Complete missions, evade capture and unravel riddles that reveal profound truths.
Why similar: Time Travel 52.6% ★, Stealth 21.1%, Story Rich 8.5%, Puzzle 7.5%, Exploration 5.6%
- #14 Hank: The Great Unraveling
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: My Next Games
Windows
Lucrom City’s notorious asylum has been overrun by a recently caught sadistic mastermind - the Unraveler. He’s willing to negotiate before he starts killing the hostages on one condition. He gets to speak to one person - Hank, his captor.
Why similar: Noir 26.3%, Time Travel 25.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Stealth 15.9%, Exploration 5.4%
- #15 Grail to the Thief
87% matchMixed60% of 43 reviews2015
Dev: For All To Play
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Hank Krang, a dirty thief from the near future, recently had a self-aware time machine called the Time Excursion Digital Interface, or TEDI, fall into his lap after a poker game. He has decided to use this technology to go throughout time, stealing priceless artifacts.
Why similar: Time Travel 60.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Adventure 8.3%, Casual 3.3%, Indie 0.9%
- #16 Cat Meoir: Feline Detective
86% matchMixed59% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: Scratch and Claw Studios
Windows
Cat Meoir: Feline Detective is an open world exploration game based in the heart of New York City during the early 1950's. The player must use their cat-like skills to solve puzzles, string together clues, and navigate the city to solve the case of their owners murder.
Why similar: Noir 31.1%, Stealth 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Puzzle 8.4%, Investigation 5.9%
- #17 Through Abandoned: The Forest
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 455 reviews2016
Dev: Igor KrutovPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
You continue your journey in worlds of Abandoned.
Why similar: Time Travel 59.7% ★, Puzzle 11.5%, Story Rich 7.2%, Adventure 4.9%, Exploration 4.9%
- #18 Paradox Factor
85% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alter your past and future in this thought-provoking and edgy time travel game. Are you willing to live with the effects that your changes may cause?
Why similar: Time Travel 74.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Adventure 3.9%, Casual 2.8%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #19 Watchmakers
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bodeville
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a small desert named Ozona, known for its magical properties and time-traveling abilities, a courier named Domino receives an assignment to deliver a watch from a mystical wanderer. Explore the world and solve puzzles to deliver the watch before it's too late.
Why similar: Time Travel 60.4% ★, Story Rich 16%, Puzzle 13.6%, Adventure 7.8%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #20 Timeways
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HannaHannaGames
Windows
Dive into 'Timeways', a riveting adventure where you control Elliot, a detective with the rare ability to warp time. Solve complex puzzles, uncover hidden secrets, and navigate through a world ripe with intrigue. Will you alter the course of history to uncover the truth?
Why similar: Time Travel 37.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Puzzle 13.5%, Adventure 9.4%, Story Rich 5%
- #21 Future Proof
84% matchVery Positive88% of 74 reviews2018
Dev: Silhouette Valley Games
Windows
Quirky, top-down puzzle adventure game. You’re trapped in a 12-minute time loop. Try to save yourself and a small town from destruction from a meteorite. Solve intuitive puzzles, interact with the people of the town, and discover the secrets of the town. Discover the 15 different endings!
Why similar: Time Travel 60.5% ★, Puzzle 10.6%, 2D 5.2%, Adventure 5.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%
- #22 The Train Arrives at 10 PM
82% 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: Time Travel 27.7% ★, Noir 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Puzzle 11.3%, Adventure 7%
- #23 Fantastic Chivalry·Interwoven fates
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 梦辰游戏
Windows
Do you like adventure in the world of Xianxia? ——I'd rather be stigmata and want to see you again, even if this is a farewell. And if the sad ending can be rewritten, would you like to start again——Go all over the world to find the "stone driving miracles" rewrite the ending of the story.
Why similar: Time Travel 54.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Story Rich 5.7%, Exploration 5.4%, Adventure 4.9%
- #24 Filcher
81% matchVery Positive92% of 214 reviews2021
Dev: Johan HjärpePub: MythoLogic Interactive
Windows
Filcher is a first-person 2.5D noir stealth game. As Sporey the master thief, break into guarded buildings to steal from the wealthy and corrupt, using only your senses, your wits, and a handful of tools and gadgets.
Why similar: Stealth 41.4%, Noir 36.3%, Retro 6.6%, Story Rich 6.1%, Exploration 3.7%
- #25 Cross Country Case
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Space Cat StudioPub: Microwavebread
Windows
You are a detective on a rogue manhunt through the beautiful country of Italy. Gather clues, interview witnesses and uncover dark secrets to solve the case. Follow your own path to the solution in this 1970's noir crime road-trip.
Why similar: Noir 37.1%, Puzzle 12.5%, Investigation 8.1%, Story Rich 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #26 The Great Perhaps
79% matchVery Positive81% of 838 reviews2019
Dev: Caligari GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The Great Perhaps is a time travel puzzle game about an astronaut returning to Earth destroyed by natural cataclysms. There, among the ruins he finds an unusual artifact — an old lantern, in the light of which you can see glimpses of another time and travel to the past.
Why similar: Time Travel 54.9% ★, Puzzle 9.2%, Adventure 8.2%, Story Rich 6.1%, Exploration 4.9%
- #27 Brentwood
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Time Flies Studios Inc.
Windows · Mac
Solve puzzles and uncover the secrets of Brentwood in this mysterious point-and-click adventure. The unique powers you hold will lead to moral choices that directly influence the story, the fate of the town, and which of the multiple endings you unlock. Will you follow destiny or fight against it?
Why similar: Time Travel 58% ★, Puzzle 10.1%, Story Rich 9.9%, Adventure 6.3%, Investigation 5.3%
- #28 Grim Tales: Trace in Time Collector's Edition
79% matchMixed65% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Elephant GamesPub: BFG Entertainment
Windows
Bad omens are on the horizon…
Why similar: Time Travel 38.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Puzzle 12.7%, Exploration 7.8%, Story Rich 7%
- #29 Subway Story
77% 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 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Puzzle 12.9%, Adventure 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
- #30 Stupid Stories
78% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2020
Dev: Mo
Windows
Stupid Stories - A 2D adventure. Travel through time and relive your grandfather's exciting adventures, or at least how he remembers them.
Why similar: Time Travel 62.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Adventure 4.4%, Singleplayer 2.5%, Casual 2%
- #31 Essence of Time
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Box Fire Games
Windows
Essence of Time is a story rich, hand-drawn RPG. Craft modular moves in a sphere grid as you build friendships, unravel mysteries, and explore timelines and their consequences during the final days of battle school. While students compete to be the next emperor, can you find a future without war?
Why similar: Time Travel 48% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Puzzle 8.3%, Story Rich 7.9%, Magic 5.8%
- #32 SCORCH
76% matchVery Positive85% of 157 reviews2021
Dev: Accidentally Games
Windows
SCORCH is a noir-inspired stealth, first-person shooter. Takedown thugs as you try to break away from your former life. Stalk the shadows, gather evidence, and get out of town. SCORCH is first and foremost a stealth game before it is a shooter.
Why similar: Noir 49%, Stealth 47.7%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #33 Kraken Academy!!
75% matchVery Positive90% of 1,023 reviews2021
Dev: Happy Broccoli GamesPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Make friends, free spirits and make sure that the world doesn’t end! Welcome to Kraken Academy, a technicolor fever dream that for legal reasons can only be described as "technically a school." Join forces with a magical kraken to save the world!
Why similar: Time Travel 51.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Story Rich 6.6%, Exploration 4.4%
- #34 Demand Dial Exorcist
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tvejzer Games
Windows
In Demand-Dial Exorcist, you play a demon hunter solving eerie puzzles. Investigate clues, place ritual items on the pentagram, and banish demons before they claim you as their next victim.
Why similar: Noir 53%, Puzzle 21.8%, Adventure 14.1%, Exploration 11%
- #35 Through Abandoned: The Refuge
76% matchMixed50% of 236 reviews2019
Dev: Igor KrutovPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
It’s the new game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.
Why similar: Time Travel 47.6% ★, Puzzle 14.2%, Exploration 7%, Adventure 6.3%, 2D 6.1%
- #36 At Eternity's Hatch
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jardus Games
Windows
Stranded at sea in an alternate timeline, you must master a complex time travel system to solve puzzles and piece together the mystery of an obsessed captain and his quest that lead him to the Greenland Sea in search of a supernatural anomaly.
Why similar: Time Travel 56.7% ★, Puzzle 14.4%, Story Rich 8.7%, Investigation 5.6%, Adventure 5%
- #37 Kelvin and the Infamous Machine
74% matchVery Positive91% of 983 reviews2016
Dev: Blyts
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Kelvin and the Infamous Machine is a hilarious point-and-click adventure in which you stumble irresponsibly through history to help legendary geniuses complete their masterworks!
Why similar: Time Travel 58.8% ★, Puzzle 11.7%, Retro 8.5%, Story Rich 7.3%, Adventure 5.2%
- #38 I Saw a Flying Saucer
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Midnight Peppermint
Windows · Mac
An interactive fiction about a man who lost his wife and goes in search of a UFO that shouldn't exist.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.7%, Pixel Graphics 19.3%, Retro 13.3%, Atmospheric 8.6%, America 7.6% ★
- #39 Hank: Drowning On Dry Land
71% matchVery Positive96% of 122 reviews2026
Dev: My Next Games
Windows
Think BATMAN, but always DRUNK and he can TIME-TRAVEL. Sink into Hank's comic book world and escape The Unraveler's trap. Play a dangerous time-bending co-op with your past self.
Why similar: Noir 26.2%, Time Travel 25.7% ★, Stealth 23%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Story Rich 5.1%
- #40 Time Turned
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: AutomagickalPub: Flying General Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Time Turned is a time-bending puzzle game where you use time clones to solve puzzles that would otherwise be impossible to complete alone.
Why similar: Time Travel 59.5% ★, Puzzle 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Retro 6.7%, 2D 4.5%
- #41 Bunny Mazes
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: DillyFrame
Windows
Bunny Mazes is a 2D maze game where you need to make your way through 50 levels, consisting of 500 mazes, within time limit. Collect time bonuses, avoid dangers and decide what path to go to complete all the mazes.
Why similar: Noir 52.3%, Puzzle 23.7%, 2D 8.9%, Adventure 6.5%, Casual 4.6%
- #42 Point In Time
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Onionrin
Windows
Use time travel to cooperate with your past self and conquer seemingly impossible puzzles. Can you craft the perfect timeline without altering history? Design your own escape.
Why similar: Time Travel 57.5% ★, Stealth 27%, Puzzle 11.2%, Singleplayer 2.4%, Stylized 1.5%
- #43 RewindGirl
69% matchVery Positive92% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: べすとまん
Windows
Run, jump, rewind, and avoid a time paradox? A time-traveling gal changes the past where she drank tapioca to prevent the extinction of humanity in this time-loop action puzzle game!
Why similar: Time Travel 82.1% ★, Puzzle 12.8%, Singleplayer 3.1%, Adventure 1.5%, Indie 0.6%
- #44 Wanderer
70% matchVery Positive84% of 1,059 reviews2022
Dev: Mighty Eyes
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Built from the ground up for VR, Wanderer has a unique blend of escape room style puzzles, tactile hands on interactions and action arcade sequences to bring you the ultimate time travel adventure. Are you ready to walk in the footsteps of those who have gone before you?
Why similar: Time Travel 72.8% ★, Puzzle 14.4%, Adventure 7%, Exploration 4.6%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #45 Induction
72% matchVery Positive90% of 187 reviews2017
Dev: Bryan Gale
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Induction is an abstract puzzle game about time travel and paradoxes. As you master its logic, Induction will rewire how you think about cause and effect.
Why similar: Time Travel 76.1% ★, Puzzle 22.6%, Indie 1.4%
- #46 Meine Oma(88)
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ROTxBLAU
Windows
Explore fading memories, travel through time and uncover what was left unspoken - by following traces, opening old doors and rewriting history. Discover your family's dark history and find out why it still haunts you today.
Why similar: Time Travel 36.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Puzzle 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 7%, Exploration 5.9%
- #47 Old Skies
68% matchVery Positive94% of 960 reviews2025
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A time travel adventure spanning two hundred years! Dive into the past with time agent Fia Quinn as she embarks on seven trips through time. History is up for grabs, from the speakeasies of Prohibition to the vicious gangs of the Gilded Age to the World Trade Center on September 10, 2001.
Why similar: Time Travel 36.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Exploration 6.6%, Investigation 6.1%
- #48 Time Travel Trainer
73% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Time Travel Trainer
Windows
It’s time for time travel! Master the complexities of fourth dimensional thinking to succeed in this indie 2d puzzle game.
Why similar: Time Travel 77.9% ★, Puzzle 16.3%, Singleplayer 4%, Indie 1.8%
- #49 Intelligence
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zero Trick Pony games
Windows · Mac
A retro-sci-fi themed mystery investigation puzzle game. Search for clues across the solar system, gather intelligence using your cutting-edge investigation tools, and figure out what happened. When you find all 15 ships, you win!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.8%, Puzzle 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Retro 9.5%, 2D 7.7%
- #50 A Perfect Day
69% matchVery Positive85% of 1,802 reviews2022
Dev: Perfect Day Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Revisit and repeat the final moments of China's turn of the century in this narrative puzzle adventure. Play a 6th-grade student and greet classmates, explore secrets, play mini-4WD, or just wander around town. Make your choices to create a perfect day for everyone!
Why similar: Time Travel 39.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Puzzle 9.1%, Story Rich 6.3%, Atmospheric 5.9%
- #51 The Mensional
70% matchVery Positive92% of 62 reviews2022
Dev: Delil Timurtaş
Windows · Mac
Adventures of different characters with their unique atmosphere and puzzles.
Why similar: Time Travel 53.1% ★, Puzzle 16%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Exploration 6.9%, 2D 6.3%
- #52 Radiolight
67% matchVery Positive92% of 368 reviews2025
Dev: Krystof KneslPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Ashwood Creek, 1985. A child disappears without a trace. A local policeman is drawn into a national park, seeking the truth. Mysterious radio signals beckon him further and further. Investigate, survive and face the unknown in Radiolight— an '80s thriller by solo dev Krystof Knesl.
Why similar: Time Travel 33.4% ★, Noir 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Story Rich 6.1%, Investigation 6.1%
- #53 Crimson Tale
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thruster GamesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Crimson Tale is a short first-person narrative puzzle game where Elizabeth uses blood magic and vampire powers to defy the oppressive nobility. Avoid sunlight, travel through time, and hunt the Golden Guard to end their reign.
Why similar: Time Travel 43.1% ★, Stealth 24.6%, Puzzle 10%, Story Rich 6.4%, Exploration 5.6%
- #54 Just in Crime
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gomet Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Just in Crime is a detective video game in which you play a detective dog and a wizard cat. With a twist; you are able to travel back in time and examine the crime scene a few seconds before it happened.
Why similar: Time Travel 51.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Magic 8.2%, Investigation 7.5%, Story Rich 5.7%
- #55 Evoland 2
68% matchVery Positive87% of 3,879 reviews2015
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Evoland 2 is an unique RPG, with its graphic style and gameplay changing as you progress through a deep storyline based on time travel.
Why similar: Time Travel 44% ★, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Retro 11%, Adventure 8.7%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #56 Guardians of Infinity: To Save Kennedy
67% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Paragon SoftwarePub: Ziggurat
Windows
The year is 2087 and mankind has no time to lose. The time continuum is inexplicably unraveling by the hour, threatening to destroy the planet Earth. Travel back in time in this text-based adventure to prevent the assassination of President Kennedy and prevent the destruction of Earth.
Why similar: Time Travel 56.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Adventure 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 6%, Retro 4.6%
- #57 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 34.7%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Puzzle 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #58 Noir Storm
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Diskeletton Studios
Windows
Take on the role of a private detective who, intercepted by a MOSSAD spy on the city of Buenos Aires in 1952, is drawn into a dangerous odyssey against exiles from the Third Reich and the inminent threat of a new and unprecedented weapon of mass destruction.
Why similar: Noir 34.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Puzzle 7.2%, Story Rich 7%
- #59 Man Without Organs
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NaviPub: MWO
Windows
“Man Without organs” is a 2D detective adventure game. The player assumes control of “Man Without organs”, whose body is hollow inside, on his journey through a ruined Hong Kong.
Why similar: Noir 47.3%, Puzzle 15.2%, Story Rich 9.2%, 2D 6.4%, Adventure 6.4%