
Experience a nostalgic aesthetic right out of 1970s and 1980s cultural classics, with adventure gameplay and a dark and disturbing narrative!
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Singleplayer, Atmospheric, Investigation.

Experience a nostalgic aesthetic right out of 1970s and 1980s cultural classics, with adventure gameplay and a dark and disturbing narrative!

Mythargia
You are a journalist in search of your breakthrough story. A promising lead takes you to the abandoned island of Mythargia where you have to discover its buried history connecting two different dimensions.

Man Without Organs
“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.
You are a journalist in search of your breakthrough story. A promising lead takes you to the abandoned island of Mythargia where you have to discover its buried history connecting two different dimensions.
Why similar: Noir 32.4%, Investigation 16.6%, Exploration 8.9%, Dark 8.1%, Mystery 6.5%
“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 39.3%, Dark 12.7%, Exploration 7.4%, Horror 6.9%, Adventure 6.8%
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 33.1%, Investigation 17.5%, Mystery 10.9%, Exploration 7.3%, Adventure 6.1%
A Game And Watch-like game with a cinema noire story, set in an openworld game in real time.
Why similar: Noir 36%, 1980s 25.1%, Old School 12%, Retro 7.9%, Exploration 7%
M. Webb, the I.S.C. requests your immediate presence. Our previous keeper has vanished without explanation. A replacement is needed at once for the offshore lighthouse under our care. Report to the local office of the company as soon as possible. Do not be late.
Why similar: Noir 26.8%, 1980s 15.7%, Adventure 9.6%, Exploration 8.2%, Investigation 7.5%
NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.
Why similar: Noir 27.7%, Investigation 13.6%, Mystery 9.1%, Dark 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
Investigate a series of brutal crimes in a remote Arctic town in this psychological horror experience steeped in oppressive atmosphere. Step into the shoes of Detective James Northland and face the terrifying beast threatening to shatter your sanity in this chilling tale of mystery.
Why similar: Noir 31.7%, 1980s 20.4%, Investigation 18.6%, Horror 7.1%, Exploration 6.4%
A videogame about being a real estate salesman in the 80s
Why similar: Noir 32.9%, 1980s 22.6%, Investigation 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Adventure 5%
Azurael's Circle is a horror-mystery adventure game. Navigate the manor and piece together the real reason why you're here. Combine items in your inventory to get into locked areas of the house and find other useful tools that can help you uncover the truth while meeting a few familiar faces.
Why similar: Noir 40.1%, Investigation 12%, Horror 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, 2D 6.3%
The Unsolved is a detective story-driven game where you step into the shoes of an investigator, gathering clues, interrogating suspects, and connecting evidence to solve complex murder cases. Your goal is to uncover the identity of a serial killer who has left a trail of destruction in your life.
Why similar: Noir 34.3%, 1980s 21.4%, Investigation 9.7%, Dark 9.3%, Horror 5.7%
Unravel the mystery of an abandoned mansion and a commune of lunatic clowns. Clown House: Lunacy is a horror game with focus on the uncanniness and unpredictability of clowns. Observe the clowns, solve puzzles and survive. Never forget: Every clown you kill brings you closer to becoming one.
Why similar: Noir 37.8%, Investigation 15.2%, Mystery 10.6%, Horror 10.5%, Dark 10.5%
Cameras and heads are rolling in this noir inspired RPGmaker horror game. Save the spectral starlets trapped in the deadly director's mansion, and escape without joining them in their fate.
Why similar: Noir 38.9%, Investigation 22%, Horror 13.5%, 2D 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
A PSX retro horror game made by a sixth grader. Your car runs out of gas on your way to an abandoned carnival now infested with danger at every corner.
Why similar: 1980s 36.6%, Horror 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Dark 8.8%, Adventure 7.7%
Jack Beckham is found dead, hanging in his apartment alone. Police rule it a suicide. His father, refusing to accept the conclusion, hires you to investigate. Delve into the clues left behind in his apartment to discover what really happened.
Why similar: Noir 39.1%, Investigation 18.7%, Mystery 11.9%, Exploration 7.9%, Atmospheric 6.8%
You just want to play a video game in an old game club, but time passes quickly, and strange noises draw you into a dark nightmare! A nightmare that begins with an old video game... Are you ready to experience a 2D platformer game within the heart of a 3D first person psychological horror game?
Why similar: Investigation 15.6%, Dark 12.9%, Horror 10.8%, Mystery 10.7%, Old School 8.6%
Thin Ice is a point and click adventure game set in the beautiful and mysterious town of Sandy Lake Village. Meet curious characters, solve challenging puzzles and uncover what lies beneath the surface of this idyllic setting.
Why similar: Investigation 15.5%, Dark 11%, Exploration 10.7%, Old School 9.7%, Colorful 9.4%
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: Noir 28.7%, Investigation 17.1%, Mystery 9.8%, Horror 7.9%, Dark 7%
Is a psychological horror game set in the 1980s, centered around a cursed cemetery and a hidden underground bunker. A night of routine guarding turns into a descent into fear, where screams, secrets, and dark rituals blur the line between friend and enemy.
Why similar: 1980s 30.2%, Horror 14.1%, Retro 10.8%, Dark 9.3%, Adventure 9%
Tormenture is a psychological horror game where you play as a child trapped in a cursed 8-bit game with a dark secret. To survive, you must find four relics and solve reality-blurring puzzles. But beware—some creatures may escape the game and haunt you in the real world. A game within a game.
Why similar: 1980s 18.9%, Dark 11.6%, Exploration 9.2%, Horror 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
In this classic platformer from 1987, take on the role of noted small subterranean mammal criminal Monty Mole, fleeing across Europe from the forces of Intermole. Can you collect enough cash to buy an island paradise and live in luxury?
Why similar: 1980s 21.5%, Exploration 18%, Retro 13%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Old School 9.9%
Investigate the mysterious death of an unidentified young woman, in this shocking psychological thriller kinetic novel.
Why similar: Noir 30.7%, Investigation 14.2%, Dark 13.4%, 1980s 12.6%, Mystery 11.4%
Solve puzzles and find out all the secrets of the disappearance of civilization in a gloomy 2D platformer.
Why similar: Noir 37.8%, 1980s 29.2%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Adventure 6.7%, 2D 5.5%
Quickly dig graves and run for your life while solving puzzles to solve the mystery of the Wendigo
Why similar: 1980s 30%, Mystery 12.6%, Horror 12.6%, Old School 10.7%, Dark 9.7%
Lyrvane Park is a first-person meta-horror puzzle adventure. Use the "Radar of Emotions" to harvest children's emotions, power up the train, and unlock the path forward. Beyond the "Staff Only" signs, the park’s darkest secrets await.
Why similar: 1980s 19.3%, Investigation 16.1%, Dark 12.9%, Horror 11.9%, Mystery 10%
David is trapped in his grandmother's basement, help him escape! Warning: flashing images and disturbing imagery
Why similar: Action 16.7%, Exploration 15.9%, Adventure 14.8%, Dark 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%
Blank Frame is a first person surreal horror game with a look akin to early 2000's pc/ps2 games.. In the small town of Dim River, one resident, Henri, has found himself trapped inside of his own apartment, perhaps not completely by himself. The night is going to be long and peculiar.
Why similar: Noir 23.1%, 1980s 19.4%, Investigation 15.3%, Horror 8.9%, Dark 8.8%
An atmospheric visual novel with puzzle elements and a nonlinear storyline.
Why similar: Noir 48.1%, 1980s 9.1%, Adventure 7.9%, 2D 7.7%, Exploration 7.6%
The Wingless Bee is a brand new Frogger-inspired game where a bee named Bella is abruptly thrown far away from the hive she lives and works at. With her wings destroyed, she can only hop to get back home.
Why similar: 1980s 27.1%, Old School 12.7%, Colorful 11%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Action 8.6%
Survive five nights of terror in this chilling adventure game. Travel between time periods to solve puzzles, gather clues, and outrun the threat relentlessly pursuing you. Move swiftly and stay hidden, and you may just survive. But be careful—it's not just your own life that’s on the line this time.
Why similar: Horror 24%, 1980s 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 18.2%, Exploration 7.6%, Adventure 7%
Orph - The Lost Boy is a first-person horror game where you have to find out what happened with your son. Explore an old orphanage, uncover secrets long forgotten and solve puzzles.
Why similar: Noir 40%, Dark 16%, Horror 13.1%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Mystery 8.4%
Experience this terrifying journey back in time at Skart's FunZone. The game combines the charm of Rubber Hose's animation, inspired by classic 1930s cartoons, with the immersive horror experience of being inside those films.
Why similar: Noir 42.4%, Horror 13.8%, Mystery 13.3%, Exploration 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.2%
Bear With Me is an episodic noir adventure game. Amber is trying to find her missing brother while being aided by her trusty teddy, Ted E. Bear.
Why similar: Noir 54.8%, Dark 14.2%, Horror 7.5%, Atmospheric 6.7%, Mystery 6.7%
In 1921, in another world. Explore and solve a dark and mysterious story.
Why similar: Noir 20.8%, Mystery 16.3%, Investigation 15.5%, Exploration 12.2%, Horror 8.4%
Joyville is a horror-puzzle adventure game set in an abandoned children's camp. Brace yourself for a gripping journey through the shadows, solving puzzles, and trying to survive amidst the hidden horrors that await you.
Why similar: 1980s 28%, Investigation 17%, Horror 10.9%, Mystery 9.3%, Exploration 6.9%
Detective vintage game. Ask questions, search for clues, and items. Objects can tell stories too. In your notebook, you will mark who is lying and who is telling the truth.
Why similar: 1980s 27.4%, Old School 16.7%, Noir 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Retro 7.8%
What made the MZ-700, which couldn't even display graphics, a national computer? Only the MZ-700 knows the answer...
Why similar: 1980s 34.4%, Retro 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Old School 13.1%, Adventure 9.9%
Welcome to a world of dangerous rectangles where quick reflexes and maneuvering will help you keep breathing... Well, for at least a few more seconds! Two buttons. Life or death. How long can you survive? Okay, so you died. Try Again. Die. One more time. Die. Just one more. Die. One more!
Why similar: 1980s 35.4%, Action 16.8%, Old School 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, 2D 9.7%
Last Christmas" is a short, dark point-and-click adventure. Join Frankie at a remote mountain cabin as he prepares the perfect Christmas for his girlfriend, Betty. But beware, things are not as they seem, and the festive cheer hides something far more sinister...
Why similar: 1980s 25.2%, Dark 12.5%, Horror 10.5%, Mystery 10.2%, Exploration 8.6%
It's 3am in your childhood home. Everyone's asleep, but you. Sneak out of your room to do what you always do - "T.W.I.R.L." - whatever that means.
Why similar: Noir 26.6%, Dark 9.9%, Horror 8.9%, Old School 8.7%, Exploration 8.6%
The Slaughter is a noir point-and-click adventure set in Victorian London, laced with adult themes and dark humour. Follow the trail of a killer through atmospheric London locations and surreal dream worlds, meeting a cast of interesting, insane and eccentrically British characters along the way.
Why similar: Noir 45.6%, Mystery 13.5%, Dark 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.6%
Step into a pixelated nightmare where each episode unveils a new terror. Inspired by "The Twilight Zone" and "The Outer Limits," "The Dark Door" delivers spine-chilling horror through unique stories and mechanics.
Why similar: Noir 34.8%, Investigation 12.1%, 1980s 11.4%, Exploration 10.2%, Horror 8.4%
Save the sleepy mining town from a cosmic threat in this late 80s-style adventure with RPG elements. Retro to the core!
Why similar: Noir 25.5%, Investigation 13.1%, Exploration 10.9%, Mystery 10.7%, Horror 9.2%
Hue Quest is a 3D/2D point and click adventure game where you uncover a lost story by hacking into a heavily guarded underground agency. You continue to do so all while doing everything in your power to keep your operation hidden to avoid being shut down, using the tools provided at your disposal.
Why similar: 1980s 23.7%, Investigation 14.5%, Exploration 12.9%, Adventure 11.6%, Old School 8.2%
「June」 is a horror adventure game in which you explore a haunted apartment and solve puzzles and try to escape. Use your companions' special actions at key points,and let's return to our world alive.
Why similar: Exploration 19.6%, Dark 19.5%, Adventure 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Horror 12.2%
Investigate a disappearance in a quiet American suburb in 1997. Spend the night exploring the early internet and following a digital trail in this first-person mystery-horror experience.
Why similar: Noir 36.1%, Investigation 16%, Mystery 10.8%, Horror 9.2%, Exploration 7.1%
Dive through bullets in a VR noir thriller. A story about memory, violence, and truth. A narrative action game where perspective is everything.
Why similar: Noir 41.9%, Old School 13%, Dark 12.9%, Mystery 11.9%, Adventure 6.4%
You wake up on a red chair in the waiting room of a closed psychiatric hospital. You know this place. Clothes that aren't yours. A file with your name you don't remember reading. Your heartbeat rises. The memories come back. Not all of them want to be remembered. St. Mary's, 1985.
Why similar: Investigation 22%, 1980s 20.8%, Mystery 10.6%, Exploration 9.2%, Dark 9.2%
A 2D noir action game of 'Reaper' seeking revenge for his partner 'Robellia'. Fight through mafia threats with a modified gun, record in a journal, and interrogate suspects to uncover the truth in the mist and punish the true culprit who murdered 'Robellia'.
Why similar: Noir 45.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Action 8.5%, Multiple Endings 7.6%, 2D 7.2%
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: Noir 29%, Investigation 15.7%, 1980s 14.9%, Mystery 8.5%, Exploration 8%
The Phantom Fellows is about two best friends who start a paranormal investigation business together, since one of them is already dead.
Why similar: 1980s 22.4%, Investigation 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Old School 8.6%, Exploration 7.8%
Kill monsters using your camera and solve puzzles as you try to survive Dracula himself in his castle in this retro-style survival horror game.
Why similar: 1980s 29.8%, Old School 14.8%, Horror 12%, Retro 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 9%
A story-driven first person adventure where you should fight through with your loyal revolver, gather knowledge from the enviroment and solve puzzles to unveil the secrets of a cult and how it fits with you.
Why similar: Noir 48.1%, Investigation 11.9%, Horror 10.9%, Action 7.6%, Mystery 6.4%
When lost in the Depths, the only way to go is up. You will Escape- one way or another.
Why similar: Noir 38.6%, Mystery 12.7%, Horror 11%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Exploration 8.4%
Raw April Day is a hand-drawn Mystery Point-And-Click game where you solve enigmatic puzzles, engage in soul-searching branching dialogue with colorful characters and piece together the clues for why your husband went missing in a surreal and mystifying Victorian complex.
Why similar: Noir 25.3%, Investigation 14.2%, Mystery 10%, Dark 8.1%, Exploration 7.6%
After his wife draws her last breath, Dragomir is devastated. As a poor man with a drinking habit, he must not only manage to hold a decent funeral, but also stand for himself in a small town that doesn't see him with good eyes.
Why similar: Noir 26.9%, Investigation 16%, Mystery 11.3%, Dark 10.4%, Exploration 9.7%
A murdered priest. A secret list. Hunt Nazi fugitives across the globe in this gritty 1971 detective thriller. Analyze evidence, follow leads, and make sharp deductions before the trail goes cold. From the creators of Family, Rivals, Conspiracy, Echo Beach and Riley & Rochelle.
Why similar: Noir 27.7%, Investigation 25.9%, Mystery 13%, Adventure 9.1%, Dark 8.2%
A folk noir detective horror game. An old time detective trying to find out the truth behind a missing girl in a mysterious place.
Why similar: Noir 36.7%, Investigation 16.9%, Dark 10.4%, Mystery 10.2%, Horror 9.4%
Subversive Memories is a story driven survival horror set in Brazil during the last military dictatorship. Explore the backrooms of an oppressive regime, escape ominous presences and scavenge every corner of this land in search of your ██████.
Why similar: Noir 28.3%, Old School 11.4%, Dark 10.3%, Mystery 8.5%, Horror 7.5%
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 36.5%, Mystery 10.9%, Old School 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Exploration 7.7%
Uncover high drama in this whodunnit set in a small-town community theater. Gather clues by investigating the sets, casts and backstage crews of 10 theatrical productions, and piece together the story of each deadly crime.
Why similar: Noir 32.5%, 1980s 13.8%, Investigation 13.1%, Exploration 10.8%, Mystery 10.2%