- #1 Let Bions Be Bygones
97% 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 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Detective 11.2%, Point & Click 9.6%
- #2 MoriA.I.RTy
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Meat Games
Windows
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: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Noir 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Point & Click 15%, Steampunk 11.7% ★
- #3 Noir : Dead On Arrival
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AGORA:GAMEPLAY
Windows
Noir/Horror themed story rich interactive adventure indie game with party-based RPG elements. As you investigate various mysterious cases, you will learn more about the secrets of this dystopian world and maybe discover why most of mankind has turned into zombies. Each of your choices really matters
Why similar: Noir 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Dynamic Narration 14% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Detective 11%
- #4 A Case of Distrust
95% matchVery Positive82% of 601 reviews2018
Dev: An Open Ben
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 16.3%, Dynamic Narration 14.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Detective 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12%
- #5 The Island: Into The Mist
94% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
Dev: BADA Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Noir 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Detective 13.1%, Point & Click 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
- #6 The Butler Did It
94% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Battle robots, make friends, and uncover a bizarre conspiracy to avert the apocalypse in this comedy of manners and mayhem with steampunk blasters!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Character Customization 19.1%, Steampunk 17.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choices Matter 10%
- #7 Echoes
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Red Torii Studio
Windows
Immerse yourself in a first-person psychological horror experience where every choice matters. Confront the echoes of a forgotten past and uncover the truth behind your lost identity.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 20.4% ★, Noir 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
- #8 A Study in Blue
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Relate Games
Windows
Play as Kenneth, a private detective, and Blue, a runaway searching for answers. Explore the megacity of Republica in a semi-open world, solve criminal cases, make decisive moral choices, and uncover the truth behind Blue’s past.
Why similar: Noir 15.9%, Detective 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Narration 9.6%
- #9 Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Play On Words Studios
Windows
Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files – Rise of the Rat King is a narrative game set in Shadow City’s underbelly. Assume the role of the Rat King, an underworld mastermind fighting for absolute power. Shape your legend by forging alliances, crushing rivals, and leaving a trail of consequences.
Why similar: Noir 20.9%, Dynamic Narration 14.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Detective 10.8%
- #10 Dragon of Steelthorne
91% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule a mighty city, fight battles and go on adventures as the Ardent or Ardessa of the city of Lake Steelthorne. Find love, power, and a secret that could change the world.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Character Customization 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Steampunk 17.3% ★, Choices Matter 10%
- #11 Mandated Fate
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thibaut BillerotPub: Tetrarchy Studios
Windows
A dystopian future-noir social thriller. As an Imperial Inspector, navigate a towering technocratic empire where loyalty is survival. Investigate secrets, manipulate factions, and make brutal moral choices. In this alternate history, will you uphold the regime or subvert the truth?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18% ★, Noir 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Detective 11.2%
- #12 The Wickie : Journey of a Lighthouse Keeper
89% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Crispian RobsonPub: Cheese Tax Productions
Windows
The Wickie is a first-person thriller set in the 1930s Outer Hebrides. Explore handcrafted islands, uncover cosmic horrors, and survive deadly dangers. With no weapons or maps, rely on wit and courage to solve mysteries. Rich in story,art, and Lovecraftian dread, Will you uncover the truth?
Why similar: Steampunk 17.5% ★, Noir 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Detective 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
- #13 Lacuna: Prologue
89% 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 22.3%, Detective 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Crime 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%
- #14 Reflections in Amber
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frog Croaked Team
Windows · Mac
Reflections in Amber is a mystical detective visual novel. Investigate a mysterious death in a remote village alongside Detective Redbreast, who battles the weight of depression. Use an old supernatural camera to uncover hidden paths. Shape the course of the story with your choices!
Why similar: Noir 19.2%, Dynamic Narration 16% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Detective 12.1%, Crime 9%
- #15 Betrayal At Club Low
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 557 reviews2022
Dev: Cosmo D Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Tonight you're on a rescue mission, infiltrating a nightclub that was once a coffin factory. Will you succeed? Will you fail? Or will your night take an unexpected detour? Roll the Pizza Dice and find out!
Why similar: Noir 17.2%, Dynamic Narration 14.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Detective 11.4%, Point & Click 10.8%
- #16 Freud's Bones-the game
86% matchVery Positive82% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: Katabasi StudioPub: Fortuna Imperatore AxelFox
Windows
Infiltrate, rule and rescue the mind of the father of Psychoanalysis: Sigmund Freud, in this surreal and obscure adventure. Take control of his inner voice, choose his destiny, solve clinical cases, save or condemn your patients, all whilst trying to save Freud from himself.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 20.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Detective 16.1%, Point & Click 13.9%, Noir 11.7%
- #17 44 The Jail
86% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Marcial Gutierrez
Windows · Linux
They got locked up in a prison for a reason. Try to get the answers in this point and click adventure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Point & Click 15.2%, Detective 13.4%, Narration 9.9%
- #18 The Accuser and The Abyss
85% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Spectre Sun Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a detective. You have been assigned a partner to investigate a horrid case. But things are not what it seems. Navigate the paths as you attempt to unravel the truth behind your lost memories and your new disturbing detective partner.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Detective 15.9%, Crime 14.7%, Point & Click 11.8%, Female Protagonist 8.8%
- #19 Loretta
84% matchVery Positive93% of 414 reviews2023
Dev: BonereadersPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Loretta is a psychological thriller that makes the player an accessory to the heroine’s crimes, leading her through a self-crafted nightmare. Loretta’s story revolves around a woman handling betrayal, her husband’s infidelity, and reclaiming her agency during the socially tumultuous 1940s.
Why similar: Noir 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Crime 11.9%, Point & Click 10.8%
- #20 Gloomy Clues: The Broken Mirror
84% 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 20.4%, Detective 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Point & Click 11.5%, Crime 10.9%
- #21 Cannibal Court
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loomnorth Studios
Windows
Convince the cannibals not to eat you. Collect knowledge, choose your responses carefully and dig up secrets to pit the cultists against each other. Get wiser, get manipulative and mastermind your way out of being dinner in this trial-simulator set in the snowy Canadian north.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Detective 14.7%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.5%
- #22 Who's Lila?
82% matchVery Positive95% of 3,515 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Detective 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Point & Click 12.4%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
- #23 Who Killed Mr. White?
82% 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 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Detective 13.7%, Point & Click 12.5%
- #24 The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 43,453 reviews2020
Dev: Skybound Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Dynamic Narration 10% ★, Point & Click 9.6%
- #25 Project: New Light City
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Catch Light Interactive, LLC
Windows
You are Max Boston, tasked with solving a murder-suicide crisis in this third person psychological thriller. Use futuristic forensic tools, gather evidence, interrogate suspects, and solve challenging puzzles as you explore the city. Fair warning, Max has to face a few demons of his own, as well...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Detective 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Third Person 8.1%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #26 REARVIEW MIRROR
79% matchPositive85% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: CUBUS GAMES SL
Windows · Mac
Rearview Mirror is a narrative videogame in which most of the events take place inside a car. From a first-person perspective, the player interacts with the passengers through the rearview mirror.
Why similar: Noir 23.1%, Dynamic Narration 18.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Narration 8.5%
- #27 Ecosphere - Prologue
80% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Talestrike
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Pirate Princess must infiltrate a memorial to steal an orb with the power to control nature: Ecosphere. Will you manage to steal the precious loot?
Why similar: Steampunk 22.2% ★, Detective 16.4%, Point & Click 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
- #28 Tangerine Antarctic
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dark Math Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome, detective, to World’s End’s most luxurious hotel: the Tangerine Antarctic at Mt. Hope. The ultimate comfort for the powerful elites past, present and future. No desire is off-limits, privacy is absolute and nothing is certain. Except: you shouldn't be here. And the murders are very real.
Why similar: Noir 20.1%, Dynamic Narration 17.3% ★, Detective 13.9%, Character Customization 10.1%, Female Protagonist 7.9%
- #29 Erica
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,713 reviews2021
Dev: Flavourworks
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Point & Click 12.5%, Detective 11.1%, Female Protagonist 9.6%
- #30 Private Eye: The Young Heir
78% 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: Detective 17.9%, Noir 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Crime 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%
- #31 Fatal Falls
77% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Tripolar Studio
Windows
In Fatal Falls you explore the dark secrets of "The Grand Elysium", a posh luxury hotel in the middle of nowhere. Interact with its guests, drink a cocktail at the bar, peruse the noble premises – the choice is yours! Just make sure you don't get entangled in the hotel's dark deeds...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Point & Click 12.2%, Dynamic Narration 11.8% ★, Detective 11.4%
- #32 La Dimensione Interna
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PolyTrauma Studios
Windows
La Dimensione Interna (The Dimension Within) is a third person 3D narrative adventure game in which you'll play as Giorgio, a journalist living in a small town in Tuscany, Italy, during his worst moment in life.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 23.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Point & Click 12%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #33 A Bad Christmas Story
74% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: S&J Games
Windows · Mac
Christmas lights, winter snow, and a serial killer on the loose. Follow a gifted detective through a twisted holiday night in this story-driven, interactive horror game. Your choices determine who lives, and who dies. Can you outsmart the killer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Detective 15.8%, Horror 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #34 Blood for Poppies
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the dark and tortured legacy of mad science in this psychological horror interactive novel about entrapment and the lingering echoes of trauma.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Character Customization 12.9%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Dystopian 8%
- #35 Demon: Recollect
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the shoes of an ancient mutant and get thrown into the modern, mortal world. Learn what you can about your past as you don the mask of a villain!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Character Customization 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Choices Matter 12.2%, RPG 10%
- #36 Misadventures of Laura Silver
76% matchVery Positive84% of 269 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Attic Salt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Noir 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Detective 12.7%, Point & Click 12.6%
- #37 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
75% matchVery Positive86% of 252 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Horror 10.2%
- #38 Jackie Hart: Headhunter
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Hazy
Windows · Mac · Linux
An urban fantasy 2D point & click adventure set in Taipei, where the supernatural lurks beneath reality. You play as a paranormal investigator with abilities of her own. Unravel a brutal case of human sacrifice, piece together the clues, interview witnesses and try to keep your head—literally.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Point & Click 17.1%, Detective 15.9%, Female Protagonist 12.2%
- #39 4 days in ***
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tobi Torba Games
Windows · Linux
4 Days in *** is a non-linear 2D horror adventure game in which the player chooses how the story unfolds. You play as a girl who has stopped at a hotel for a conference on health innovations. The hotel administrator warned her not to go up to the 4th floor, but what really happens there?
Why similar: Noir 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Detective 14.7%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Narration 8.7%
- #40 A Case of Missing Identity
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AwesomeTrinket
Windows
A point-and-click horror/tragedy visual novel about melding your perception of the world around you. Walk around, drive people to their death, and shape Perdita's existence. Remember: The flesh-sin is nothing. Before she can become everything, you must make her into something.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Point & Click 12.6%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Horror 8.1%
- #41 Heaven Does Not Respond
70% matchVery Positive93% of 348 reviews2026
Dev: Rise Studios
Windows
Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror game set in an alternate 2005 timeline. Play as an intelligence agent, exploring a retro computer interface to decipher secret files, watch mysterious videos, and uncover the dark secrets behind a young man's death.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 17.5% ★, Detective 14.7%, Crime 13.6%, Point & Click 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
- #42 Honor Bound
72% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Protect an exclusive boarding school and rebuild your life after scandal as a military bodyguard! How far will you go for ambition, duty, and your country?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Character Customization 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Choices Matter 12.1%, RPG 9.6%
- #43 PRAVDA(concept25)
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Floating Stone Studio
Windows
Pravda is a narrative stealth-puzzle about journalism under a totalitarian regime. You play Saga, a state-branded “Liar” working for the Resistance to bring down the Party. Your task is clear: Collect information. Craft the Truth. Change the world. But in Abil-Gudit, every truth has a cost.
Why similar: Noir 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Detective 13.9%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, RPG 8.6%
- #44 Resonant Dusk
71% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Verdite Interactive
Windows
Unravel the secrets of the Bariton mansion! Take on the mantle of detective in the role of Lucas Usher, and solve the riddles plaguing the ghosts of those left behind! Uncover their secrets and help them find salvation … or damnation.
Why similar: Steampunk 23.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Detective 17.9%, Third Person 10%, Horror 7%
- #45 Twin Mind: Nobody's Here Collector's Edition
73% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
Science has never been more dangerous! Death is in the air... Sounds pretty ominous, doesn't it? Help the twin detectives solve a new case!
Why similar: Noir 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Detective 14.2%, Point & Click 12.4%, Crime 10.9%
- #46 DEBT DEADLINE
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Whispering Naked Man
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psycho-thriller narrative RPG, fusing a retro-cinematic art style with mechanics from visual novels and adventure games. Escape a procedurally generated looping nightmare. Manage your sanity or your mind will turn against you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Noir 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Dynamic Narration 11.2% ★, Dystopian 8.5%
- #47 Lily's Lil Video Shop!
69% matchVery Positive94% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Lich & Lily
Windows
The old Lily Flash Games are being recompiled for modern systems! In Lily's Lil Video help Lily learn to be the best worker at the Happy Video Store! Sort through VHS tapes, stock up the shelves, and pick up after messy customers. Strive for perfection every day so Lily can be the best employee!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Detective 14.7%, Point & Click 11.7%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
- #48 Whiskey-Four
69% matchVery Positive93% of 102 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Never stop running, not with the galaxy at stake. Save it at all costs, and save yourself if you can.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Character Customization 21.4%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #49 Graywood: Noir Detective
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bobby & Jeni
Windows
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 26.1%, Detective 18.8%, Crime 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Point & Click 10.4%
- #50 Shadow of Paris
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aris Script
Windows
Paris’s life changes when she encounters a charming stranger who seems to be watching her. This choice-driven psychological visual novel delivers a tense, intimate story focused on curiosity, trust, and crossing dangerous boundaries.
Why similar: Noir 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Narration 9.6%, Female Protagonist 9%
- #51 The Slaughter: Magdalene
71% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: Alex FrancoisPub: Brainchild
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short interlude from the world of The Slaughter.
Why similar: Noir 26.2%, Detective 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Point & Click 15%, Crime 13.4%
- #52 Just A Memory!
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cryptmatics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Just a Memory is a story based choice and consequence game featuring Aaron Page, a 19 year-old college student investigating the murder of his best friend while confronting his demons.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Point & Click 15.1%, Crime 13%, Detective 12.5%
- #53 The Final Print
67% 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 21.2%, Detective 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Crime 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #54 One Night: Burlesque
68% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Step into the smoky, seductive world of the Angels Den, a luxurious burlesque club. Get into the high heels of Holly, a talented dancer graced with a unique gift of telepathy. Help her on a desperate mission to save a friend from certain doom.
Why similar: Noir 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Detective 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Point & Click 10.9%
- #55 Depersonated
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BloodWebTeam
Windows
An interactive steampunk-inspired adventure filled with a noir atmosphere. Сhoose your path as a young girl named Molly and unravel the mysteries of RainWood town.
Why similar: Noir 23.8%, Steampunk 22.1% ★, Dynamic Narration 17.8% ★, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Narration 8.1%
- #56 Murder at the Cat Show
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AppleHead Games
Windows · Mac
After a cat show competition, three contestants, Claudette, Aberdeen, and Illia, head back to their hotel rooms to decompress and unwind. The next day, Claudette's body is found floating in the hotel's pool. Did Claudette take her own life, or was she murdered by cutthroat competition?
Why similar: Noir 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Detective 14.7%, Point & Click 13%, Female Protagonist 11.3%
- #57 FMV - Full Motion Voyeur
67% 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: Noir 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Crime 13.7%, Point & Click 9.4%
- #58 Cursed Enigma - Priest and Prayers
67% matchMixed70% of 112 reviews2023
Dev: TheLaba
Windows
Father Giovanni, a devout priest, becomes entangled in mysteries and secrets while overseeing his local church. Explore the dark truths and menacing events behind the serene facade of the parish in the first episode of CURSED ENIGMA: Priest and Prayers
Why similar: Noir 21.3%, Detective 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Point & Click 13.4%, Dynamic Narration 12.5% ★
- #59 Underground22
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KappieStudios
Windows
22 people awake and find themselves trapped in a game underground. To win, they must escape the world beneath our feet.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Point & Click 15.9%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Dystopian 8.4%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
- #60 Unwound
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wirescribe Corp
Windows
Earthquakes are threatening idyllic Candy Island! Pull yourself together and get to the bottom of what’s troubling the island and its eccentric residents before your whole world breaks apart. UNWOUND is a rollicking yarn: a narrative RPG where people are objects and candy is currency.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Narration 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Point & Click 12.4%, Character Customization 11.3%