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A detective wakes up beside a corpse, and with no memories. The evidence points to him. Everyone thinks he’s the killer. Unravel the truth before time runs out in this hand-drawn detective mystery adventure set in 1990s Thailand, where every memory hides a lie.

Why similar: Detective 17%, Investigation 12.4%, Crime 11.6%, Noir 11%, Point & Click 8.8%

A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.

Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Investigation 14.8%, Noir 13.9%, Choices Matter 8%, Mystery 7.5%

A noir detective game played at your desk. Read evidence photos, CCTV footage and records, compare fingerprints and voices, and fill in the suspect matrix yourself before you accuse anyone. Juggle action points, fees and deadlines across eight cases as a criminal organization closes in.

Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Investigation 16.5%, Noir 12.9%, Crime 11.1%, Mystery 9.5%

Immerse yourself in a chilling, interactive cold-case investigation. Review crime scene photos, decrypt restricted hard drives, compare evidence, and deliver your final report in Ashes of Holloway Bay, a dark, atmospheric detective experience where every detail matters.

Why similar: Detective 21.3%, Investigation 15.6%, Crime 14%, Mystery 10.1%, Noir 8.9%

Amsterdam, 1988. A dead body in the Red Light District, the Dutch capital of sex and drugs, is a washed-up detective’s one shot at redemption. Explore the seedy underbelly of Europe’s most notorious city, solve complex puzzles, and crack the case while experiencing Amsterdam at its worst.

Why similar: Detective 16.8%, Investigation 14.2%, Noir 14%, Dark Comedy 10.8%, Mystery 9.1%

A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes from the slums of Saltmire to the heights of Greyledge. Interrogate suspects and manage your clues in this 1980s cinematic remake. Play the free demo and wishlist now!

Why similar: Detective 15.2%, Noir 14.9%, Investigation 12.7%, Crime 9.9%, Point & Click 8.9%

Istanbul, after midnight. Black File is a noir detective game: investigate crime scenes, examine evidence in 3D — rotate it, zoom in, read the back — then use what you find to break a suspect's story.

Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Investigation 16.9%, Noir 14.5%, Point & Click 10.1%, Mystery 9.7%

Investigate a replayable Hollywood murder mystery where everyone has something to hide. Question guests, uncover contradictions, and identify the killer before they escape justice.

Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Investigation 16%, Crime 14.5%, Mystery 11.5%, Noir 10.1%

Hauma is a deduction visual novel set in Munich. Discover a conspiracy amongst the upper echelons of society alongside former detective Judith, while visiting real locations in a comic-inspired look.

Why similar: Detective 16.7%, Noir 14.3%, Investigation 12.8%, Crime 12.1%, Comic Book 9.3%

Can you solve a murder with only your wits, cocktail shaker, and silver tongue? Last Night Last Call is a narrative detective game where you mix cocktails, interrogate suspects, gather clues, and shape relationships to solve five murders. Every customer has something to hide.

Why similar: Detective 16.2%, Noir 13.6%, Investigation 13.4%, Crime 11.6%, Point & Click 8.1%

A narrative game set in 1943 Belém, legends are vanishing, and the river’s secrets need a detective. Pink, if you will. As a shapeshifting river dolphin detective that turns into human (almost), uncover a noir mystery where folklore, memory, and conspiracy flow beneath the city.

Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Noir 18.9%, Investigation 17.1%, Crime 11.5%, Mystery 11.1%

Can you think like a killer? In this short murder mystery find details in evidence, interpret criminal behaviors and prove your worth to the FBI as new detective Desmond.

Why similar: Detective 25%, Investigation 19.3%, Point & Click 12.3%, Crime 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%

A monster-themed deduction game focused on solving brutal murders. Investigate crime scenes by uncovering hidden evidence, analyzing fingerprints, and testing blood samples. Identify the killer, determine the creature responsible, and solve seven thrilling cases

Why similar: Detective 24.5%, Noir 20.5%, Investigation 18%, Crime 13.6%, Mystery 12%

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: Detective 20%, Noir 19.7%, Investigation 16.2%, Crime 12.2%, Point & Click 9.7%

1954. You killed a man. Now cover your tracks. Getting Away With Murder is a noir point-and-click mystery where every decision is about what you leave behind and whether anyone will find it.

Why similar: Noir 23.6%, Detective 21.2%, Point & Click 16.6%, Mystery 13.1%, Crime 11.9%

A desktop-detective mystery where you’re tasked with investigating an unsolved murder. Scour case files and use logic and deduction to discover the truth of a thrilling story.

Why similar: Detective 17.9%, Investigation 14.4%, 1990's 13.3%, Crime 11.6%, Mystery 9.8%

In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…

Why similar: Detective 16.7%, Investigation 15.2%, Noir 14.9%, Point & Click 10.2%, Mystery 9.1%

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 15.4%, Detective 14.6%, Investigation 11.5%, Crime 11.3%, Point & Click 9.1%

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 18.8%, Dark Comedy 18.3%, Investigation 15.1%, Point & Click 12%, Crime 9.4%

[DEMO available now!] Erased memories, scattered clues. What will you uncover, and what will you leave buried?As an amnesiac detective, investigate crime scenes with limited focus. You can't analyze everything. Strategically choose your leads to shape the case and reclaim your lost past.

Why similar: Detective 25%, Investigation 19.9%, Crime 14.7%, Point & Click 12.4%, Mystery 11.7%

A short interlude from the world of The Slaughter.

Why similar: Noir 19%, Detective 18.1%, Crime 12.1%, Dark Comedy 12%, Point & Click 11.4%

Hauma is a deduction visual novel set in Munich. Discover a conspiracy amongst the upper echelons of society alongside former detective Judith, while visiting real locations in a comic-inspired look.

Why similar: Detective 16.1%, Noir 15.9%, Investigation 13%, Crime 11.8%, Comic Book 9%

A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.

Why similar: Detective 21%, Noir 20.1%, Investigation 17.4%, Crime 15.1%, Mystery 10%

A text-driven noir murder mystery where you literally read the room. Search for clues in the text, photograph evidence, and interrogate suspects to solve the murder of fashion icon Margot Voss.

Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Investigation 18.7%, Noir 14.5%, Point & Click 11%, Mystery 10.7%

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: Detective 18.6%, Investigation 13.9%, Noir 13.8%, Mystery 8.4%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%

Mistmoon Falls is an open world murder mystery set in a farm-sim town that's now sans farmer. Question the locals, use tools to uncover clues, form hypotheses, and sift through some sinister goings-on to find the killer.

Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Noir 15.3%, Investigation 13.2%, Crime 12.1%, Mystery 9.4%

A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.

Why similar: Detective 28.4%, Investigation 16.8%, Mystery 13.9%, Point & Click 11.8%, 1990's 8.9%

Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!

Why similar: Noir 17%, Detective 14.8%, Crime 13%, Investigation 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%

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 17.6%, Detective 16.6%, Point & Click 11%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%, Crime 8.5%

Play as a contractor for a mysterious organization in a new mystery point and click. You're tasked to review tapes and complete reports about strange situations. Find clues, connect dots, choose what you want to believe and influence the world.

Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Investigation 16.6%, Dark Comedy 13.1%, Point & Click 11.9%, Crime 8.6%

Joe Kowalski Chronicles: Murder in a flat is a dark neo noir point and click adventure game where you start as a police detective Joe Kowalski and try to solve a murder that happened in Joe's neighborhood.

Why similar: Noir 18.2%, Detective 17.5%, Crime 13.2%, Investigation 12.7%, Point & Click 11.2%

A psychological horror detective simulation set in Rainier Falls in 2005. Uncover the truth behind Adele's death by finding contradictions in the case files. Are you brilliant enough to expose the suspects' lies in a single attempt? Because you only get one chance to make an arrest.

Why similar: Detective 25%, Investigation 19.1%, Crime 16.1%, Mystery 11%, Thriller 10.2%

Private Eye is a detective game where you play as Hakeem trying to solve the murder case of Amir. The wealthy heir Amir kept strange company, is one of them his murderer? Explore, investigate, solve puzzles, and find discrepancies to unravel his mysterious death.

Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Investigation 15.8%, Crime 12.4%, Noir 11.2%, Mystery 9.9%

In this gothic point-and-click adventure, Eleanor Rosewood must confront a vampire haunting Victorian London. Gather evidence and seek help from the city’s diverse populace, each hiding their own secrets, in this atmospheric mystery.

Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Investigation 16.5%, Noir 15.1%, Point & Click 9.8%, Mystery 9.6%

Detective Sammy Jukes is the man on the job when an anti-oil activist is reported missing in a small town on the new oil pipeline route. Talk to witnesses, shovel through evidence, wrestle with the wolves and chase after chickens to find the truth in this first-person open-world adventure game.

Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Dark Comedy 14.7%, Crime 11.4%, Investigation 10.7%, Point & Click 9.9%

A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.

Why similar: Detective 18%, Investigation 14.8%, Noir 14.2%, Thriller 9.9%, 1990's 8.2%

1993, just after Czechoslovakia split in two. Play as reporter Marek and investigate the death of a company director in name only. In Prague, journalist Eva pursues a case of her own. Explore locations, read documents, and uncover where their cases meet in a classic 2D point-and-click mystery.

Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Investigation 16.9%, Point & Click 12.7%, Crime 12.5%, Mystery 10%

The greatest detective in São Paolo is dead, and you are the prime suspect in his death. Investigate the detective's past cases, unravel the web of mysteries that binds the great city, and prove your innocence. Enigmatic letters, hidden secrets, and one certainty: Every story has two sides.

Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Noir 22%, Investigation 17.7%, Mystery 7%, Point & Click 6.9%

London, 1889. Step into the shoes of a young detective in this hand-drawn, point-and-click mystery. Explore the dark halls of Seraphim House, illuminate the shadows, and interrogate suspects to solve a complex locked-room murder. Will you accuse the right person?

Why similar: Investigation 18.5%, Noir 17.8%, Detective 14.5%, Point & Click 13.4%, Crime 7.5%

Beat reporter Birdie Malone goes undercover as Hollywood star Clara Bow to stop a masked culprit from stealing The Dragon Blossom in this 1930's point and click whodunnit.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 16.6%, Detective 14%, Investigation 12.4%, Crime 12%, Point & Click 9.1%

A 1998-set deduction game. Trawl a period internet for documents, photographs, and dead ends, then correct the official record: who really wrote, played, drew, or built it. An anthology of credit fraud, set straight one careful search at a time.

Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Investigation 18.5%, Crime 14.6%, Point & Click 11.6%, Mystery 11%

As an independent police consultant, you're pulled into the hunt for a serial killer leaving cryptographic ciphers. Play as a detective, analyze crime scenes, and master real decryption methods. Your choices determine if you catch the killer and how many lives are saved.

Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Investigation 15.7%, Noir 12.9%, Crime 12.7%, Thriller 8.2%

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: Detective 20.3%, Noir 19.4%, Crime 13.8%, Investigation 12.5%, Point & Click 8.2%

Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.

Why similar: Detective 17.5%, Noir 16.2%, Investigation 14.8%, Crime 12.7%, Mystery 9.5%

A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.

Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Noir 16.2%, Crime 11.7%, Investigation 11.5%, Mystery 9.2%

A point-and-click mystery game. Search for the truth in 26 days, playing as two different characters, in a town during 1907.

Why similar: Noir 21.4%, Detective 16.5%, Investigation 13.8%, Point & Click 13.1%, Crime 12.4%

Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre and investigate the murder of a controversial country priest in this gripping historical detective thriller.

Why similar: Detective 18%, Noir 15.5%, Point & Click 12.3%, Crime 11.3%, Investigation 11.1%

Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…

Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Crime 15.2%, Investigation 13%, Mystery 10.6%, Thriller 10.3%

Investigate a series of murders at an abandoned school, examine evidence, connect clues, and reconstruct each crime. In this 2D psychological mystery adventure, every answer points to the dating sim heroine you trusted most—but is she truly the killer?

Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Investigation 19.9%, Mystery 14.5%, Crime 10%, Point & Click 8%

Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.

Why similar: Detective 35.9%, Investigation 16.3%, Crime 14.9%, Mystery 12%, Point & Click 6.6%

An investigation and courtroom visual novel set in the electoral courts of a small Brazilian city. A first-case lawyer, a doctored campaign flyer, and a document with a date that does not add up. Two routes of around eight hours, six endings and a final act.

Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Investigation 18.2%, Crime 12.3%, Mystery 11.9%, Point & Click 9.3%

Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story.

Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Point & Click 17.8%, Crime 12.4%, Investigation 12%, Choices Matter 9.6%

A mystery psychological thriller visual novel set in 2000. Follow a serial murder case through the eyes of three characters: the woman, the man, and the detective. With live-action backgrounds and silhouetted characters, every choice branches the story, and one wrong move means game over.

Why similar: Detective 20.6%, Crime 16.3%, Investigation 12.5%, Noir 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

Why similar: Detective 20%, Investigation 16.9%, Mystery 10.9%, Crime 9.9%, Point & Click 9.8%

What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?

Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Crime 15.9%, Investigation 13.3%, Thriller 11.4%, Mystery 10.4%

Noir gamebook, now fully in English. A magnate vanishes from an office locked from the inside: 4 trails, 780 choices, 11 endings, and no luck to save you. 85% of runs end in death or arrest. You die; the case goes on — the dossier doesn't forget.

Why similar: Detective 19%, Noir 18.9%, Investigation 11.9%, Crime 10.2%, Mystery 9.5%

A gripping detective noir mystery that blends investigation and deduction with a rich, character-driven story. The Murder of Ava Monroe is cozy, twisty, and oozing with atmosphere.

Why similar: Detective 29.3%, Investigation 23.3%, Noir 15.2%, Mystery 12.8%, Point & Click 8.3%

A psychological detective thriller. Everyone has already decided who did it. You don't have to. Investigate a double death, question everyone who loved them, and discover how much you can trust your own mind.

Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Investigation 16.7%, Crime 13%, Mystery 10.6%, Thriller 8.6%

Tiptoe the thin line between curious and classified: A Noir Detective Adventure. 1957, the Atomic Age: Investigate strange cases, solve intricate mysteries, follow the evidence & question strange characters in the deserts of Area 7. As cases are solved, pieces of a deeper story are revealed.

Why similar: Noir 19.9%, Detective 19%, Investigation 14%, Point & Click 12.1%, Mystery 9.8%

Solve cozy, crafty whodunits. Puzzle your way through nine unique investigations – and use your noggin to make intelligent deductions. Explore the evidence, scrutinize statements, and connect the dots.

Why similar: Detective 25.8%, Investigation 20.7%, Noir 15.8%, Crime 13.8%, Point & Click 11.2%