60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Interactive Fiction, Detective, 2D.
Step into the shoes of Frank Sockowski, private detective, and explore the gritty world of New Drawer, a wolly unsettling and corrupt city.
Kingdom of Piss
Join two punk-rock royal heirs, Pretty Piss Princess and Asian American, as they dodge their royal duties in favor of adventures. This hilarious visual novel, inspired by TROMA films, follows the duo as they navigate the absurdities of royal life, and embrace their rebellious spirit.
Sunset High
Your crush is missing. They texted you last night. And now you’re reliving the same day over and over. Welcome to Sunset High — where drama, dilemmas, and time loops collide in this narrative-driven, 2D adventure.
Join two punk-rock royal heirs, Pretty Piss Princess and Asian American, as they dodge their royal duties in favor of adventures. This hilarious visual novel, inspired by TROMA films, follows the duo as they navigate the absurdities of royal life, and embrace their rebellious spirit.
Why similar: Parody 30.3% ★, Dark Comedy 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Dark Humor 10.8%
Your crush is missing. They texted you last night. And now you’re reliving the same day over and over. Welcome to Sunset High — where drama, dilemmas, and time loops collide in this narrative-driven, 2D adventure.
Why similar: Noir 21.6%, Detective 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Dark Humor 10.9%, Visual Novel 8.8%
Prove that you are a smart detective. Determine the course of the story with interactive dialogues. Bring together the pieces of the case with a detective board based on multiple choices and decision-making. Solve the mystery behind the evidence you find. Interrogate people. Close the case.
Why similar: Parody 22.9% ★, Noir 22.1%, Detective 17.3%, Investigation 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
A visual novel in the "noir story" genre, where the grit of Sin City meets the humor of The Naked Gun, the madness of Archer, and a dose of Italian brainrot!
Why similar: Noir 20.7%, Detective 18.3%, Parody 17.2% ★, Dark Comedy 15.4%, Visual Novel 10.5%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Noir 28.3%, Detective 22.2%, Investigation 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Visual Novel 8.2%
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: Noir 17.7%, Detective 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Dark Humor 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.3%
Romance, seduce, and even marry your own drawings! Forget about finding true love; In Doodle Date, you create it!
Why similar: Parody 20.7% ★, Dark Comedy 18.2%, Dark Humor 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Visual Novel 8.4%
You'd think that after 20+ cases, there'd be no crime left in Twin Lakes - but that's not how crime works, rookie. Six new mind-melting mysteries await Detective McQueen and Officer Dooley - just as soon as they get the mustard out of Dooley's gun.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Detective 15.4%, Dark Humor 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%
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: Noir 22.8%, Detective 20.5%, Investigation 15.7%, Dark Comedy 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Investigation 14.7%, Text-Based 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.2%
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Why similar: Detective 21.3%, Dark Comedy 16.1%, Investigation 11.9%, Dark Humor 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
A man has fallen to his death in Metro City. Mysterious circumstances. Luckily, hardcore detective Jason Maxx is on the case. The city is dark, the suspects are weirdos, and the graphics party like it’s 1999. Explore, interrogate. Can Jason solve the mystery, even when absurdity takes over?
Why similar: Noir 23.4%, Dark Comedy 18.2%, Detective 17.7%, Investigation 13.6%, Parody 13.5% ★
Welcome to the most stressful job in politics making the President look sane online. Fix typos, fight trolls, and spin chaos into strategy. One wrong emoji could spark a crisis. A satirical management game where timing and damage control are your only lifelines.
Why similar: Parody 29.5% ★, Dark Comedy 17.2%, Dark Humor 14%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
A turn-based Clue-inspired detective game where you get to solve a murder mystery by interrogating paintings.
Why similar: Noir 25.1%, Detective 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Investigation 16.3%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
The first AI detective game that doesn't cheat. Developed by a former Meta AI Engineer. Interrogate suspects using your own words to solve the murder of Harambe. Features procedurally generated cases, consistent hard logic, and a unique stress mechanic. You have 3 hours to find the truth.
Why similar: Noir 30.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Detective 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Text-Based 8.5%
A suspenseful surreal comedy in the depths of space. Typhil and his companions set out to unravel the many mysteries of this enigmatic starship, facing aliens, killer robots, and more on a quest for the truth about their mission, and their lives.
Why similar: Parody 22% ★, Detective 17.9%, Dark Comedy 14.7%, Investigation 14.6%, Dark Humor 11%
Five Day Detective is a point and click style adventure game featuring multiple murder cases and a twisted sense of humour.
Why similar: Detective 25.3%, Dark Comedy 20.2%, Dark Humor 13.7%, Investigation 12.8%, Noir 9%
To Hell with the Ugly is an adventure game where you play as Rock Bailey, a gorgeous yet shallow young man, who must investigate and fight his way to freedom after being kidnapped. Alternate between turn-based combats and investigation in this film noir adaptation of the novel by Boris Vian.
Why similar: Noir 29.3%, Detective 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Investigation 12.6%, Dark Humor 9.9%
A short interlude from the world of The Slaughter.
Why similar: Noir 29.4%, Detective 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Dark Comedy 12.9%, Dark Humor 7.9%
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 29.2%, Detective 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Investigation 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%
Negative Nancy is a choose your “no” adventure for people who have had enough. An interactive sitcom where you can only say “no” (or nothing at all). Your choices control the story.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 24.4%, Parody 22.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Dark Humor 12.9%, Visual Novel 11%
Self-proclaimed genius detective Nanko and her assistant tackle 23 cases in this comedy detective ADV. Find clues, shout "The culprit is YOU!" — and get it wrong. Every. Single. Time. The world's worst detective begins her investigation. Skill issue? No. It's a feature.
Why similar: Parody 24.2% ★, Detective 21.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Dark Humor 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Noir 21.8%, Detective 20.8%, Investigation 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Visual Novel 8.3%
The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.
Why similar: Noir 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Detective 13.4%, Text-Based 10.6%, Investigation 9.5%
A film noir style audio-visual novella. A mysterious woman... a string of murders... and a man with a hidden past.
Why similar: Noir 42.7%, Detective 32.2%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Mystery 7%, Singleplayer 1.2%
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 32.9%, Investigation 23.7%, Noir 22.7%, Visual Novel 7.4%, Mystery 6.5%
A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
Why similar: Detective 17.4%, Parody 17.1% ★, Dark Comedy 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Dark Humor 12.2%
Experience a race against time written by a former forensic investigation expert. As detective JACK, you are the last hope to rescue the US President's kidnapped daughter. With only 1% battery left on her phone, use authentic detective techniques to find her before the screen goes black.
Why similar: Noir 32.8%, Detective 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Text-Based 10.7%, Investigation 8.2%
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.5%, Detective 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!
Why similar: Noir 29.6%, Detective 27.6%, Investigation 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Mystery 4.9%
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 29.8%, Dark Comedy 20.1%, Investigation 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
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 21.1%, Detective 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Dark Humor 12.6%, Visual Novel 12%
Everyone in town has their version of what happened at Timmons Manor. None of them were there. Everyone has their theories about why a Timmons relative has not set foot on the property in 100 years. None of them are correct...
Why similar: Noir 23%, Detective 21.6%, Investigation 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Dark Comedy 13.9%
You're not a real psychologist. He's not a sane president. Welcome to the most unhinged therapy session ever held in office.
Why similar: Parody 28.5% ★, Dark Comedy 18.9%, Dark Humor 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.9%
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Detective 34.2%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Noir 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Investigation 10.6%
A surreal dark comedy visual novel about monster camp politics, childhood trauma, and a bribe-prone Bigfoot. Battle rival camp Wonderfang during what could be the last summer at Camp Apocalypse Blood!
Why similar: Parody 27.7% ★, Dark Comedy 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Visual Novel 12%, Surreal 8.3%
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Noir 24%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Investigation 9.7%
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: Noir 34.6%, Detective 28.8%, Investigation 19%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Mystery 3.7%
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 25%, Detective 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Investigation 10.1%
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: Noir 25.8%, Detective 19.8%, Investigation 15%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Visual Novel 9.5%
Step into the role of a judge and decide the fate of every case. Listen to witnesses, examine evidence, uncover contradictions, and deliver verdicts that will change lives. Every decision matters in this tense courtroom simulation full of twists.
Why similar: Detective 20.5%, Noir 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Text-Based 10.4%, Investigation 10.4%
You fell asleep on the train... Now a strange town, fully voice-acted characters, and choices that reshape the mystery stand between you and home.
Why similar: Noir 22.7%, Detective 17.4%, Investigation 13.4%, Dark Humor 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%
A very special challenge: people. Deal with the darkest parts of our modern day society in a story with elements of a film noir. Don't let the humorous dialogue or the seducing smile of a stranger fool you - your choices decide the fate of Jack Hayes, his partner and every other person!
Why similar: Noir 27.4%, Detective 17.8%, Investigation 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Dark Humor 12.3%
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
Why similar: Noir 23%, Detective 21.7%, Investigation 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
Experience the meeting of the divine and mortal world as a forbidden love affair have unforseen consequences.
Why similar: Parody 32% ★, Dark Comedy 22.2%, Dark Humor 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.2%
His name is Dan. He is an ordinary guy who works as a floor washer. However, soon in his life there are events that forever change his fate and push him on the path of crime... A chilling thriller in visual novel format.
Why similar: Noir 25.9%, Dark Comedy 15.9%, Detective 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Dark Humor 11.5%
Iris has been abducted by aliens?! Finding herself on board a mysterious UFO and tasked with completing a bizarre escape game, Iris knows there's one person who she can always count on for help: Kaname Date, Psyncer!
Why similar: Noir 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Detective 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
Six hours until the hurricane hits. Six hours alone on a Florida island. Six hours to reach fame! What will your headline be?
Why similar: Parody 19.8% ★, Dark Comedy 17.9%, Investigation 16.7%, Detective 13.8%, Dark Humor 11.4%
Ironic point & click adventure where a once brilliant detective quits his trade and lands a job in IT to make a living. But even in the seemingly mundane world of office life, there are secrets to be uncovered. Navigate through puzzles, quirky colleagues, and intrigues to crack corporate mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Investigation 18.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Text-Based 9.5%
"Stella: into the Shadow" is a dark mystical story. When Stella's friend disappears, her life transforms into a detective mystery. Working at a nightclub, forging new connections, and uncovering the city's secrets will force her to reevaluate everything: from those around her to her very self.
Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Noir 20.8%, Investigation 18.2%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%
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 23.3%, Detective 19.2%, Investigation 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 10%
Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.
Why similar: Detective 31.2%, Noir 27%, Investigation 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Mystery 4.6%
The Remission of Sins is a fully-voiced, multi-ending short horror visual novel. Depending on the player’s choice, it branches to 12 different endings.
Why similar: Noir 24.4%, Dark Comedy 18.3%, Dark Humor 12.4%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Text-Based 9.1%
Take part in one of the most complex interactive adventure stories ever written! What if the sun inexplicably vanished only to return hours later? Investigate with your AI companion, Moti. Uncover conspiracies. Discover ancient religions. Travel the globe.
Why similar: Noir 28.5%, Detective 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Text-Based 11.3%
The Zodiac Trial has begun, and everybody's life is on the line! Will these 12 jurors be able to solve the mysteries and cooperate, or will they resort to betrayal, deception, and violence? Get out alive or die, die again!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.7%, Detective 16.7%, Investigation 15.1%, Dark Humor 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.3%
A luxury cruise takes an unexpected turn when a passenger is gruesomely turned into fillet - and it's up to Detective Bass to deliver some justice in this short narrative-driven detective game!
Why similar: Noir 28.1%, Detective 27.6%, Investigation 15%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, Funny 7.1%
Get big laughs while you point and click to search for clues and solve mysteries with Hollywood's most deranged private investigators, Frankie and Suede. Be immersed into a cinematic experience with slapstick characters in this film noir comedy adventure.
Why similar: Noir 27.1%, Detective 20.6%, Dark Comedy 18.8%, Dark Humor 12.6%, Investigation 8.7%
Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue is a social thriller set in a tropical island resort: you’ve been kidnapped and forced to participate in a twisted reality TV show with 10 strangers. At the end of their stay, they’ll each receive $500,000... If they survive.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Investigation 16.1%, Dark Comedy 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Dark Humor 9.7%
A short parody of everybody's favorite japanese cartoon.
Why similar: Parody 33.7% ★, Dark Comedy 17.7%, Dark Humor 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%
