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Games Like Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Choose Your Own Adventure, Interactive Fiction, Choices Matter, Multiple Endings.

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Shadow City Mysteries is a narrative adventure game in which players take on the role of a detective investigating a Mystery. Or is it a Conspiracy? Or is it a Supernatural Thriller? Experience the story multiple times to discover a story and world bigger than they suspected existed.

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: Coming soon
Developer: Play On Words Studios
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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    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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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%

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