60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Detective, Story Rich, Adventure.
Step into the shoes of Frank Sockowski, private detective, and explore the gritty world of New Drawer, a wolly unsettling and corrupt city.
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Noir 19.1%, Detective 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Crime 10.1%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Noir 22.8%, Detective 19%, Investigation 13.6%, Crime 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
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 18.8%, Detective 13.6%, Dark Humor 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
Step into the role of a federal investigator and uncover the truth behind every disaster. Recover black boxes, cross-reference evidence, expose contradictions, and name the real cause before an innocent takes the fall. Every conclusion matters in this tense investigation sim full of twists.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Noir 16.5%, Investigation 13.3%, Visual Novel 8.6%, Text-Based 8.5%
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Detective 19.6%, Noir 18%, Investigation 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
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 18.9%, Noir 14.4%, Investigation 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Visual Novel 8.3%
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 17.4%, Detective 16.2%, Parody 15.2% ★, Dark Comedy 14.1%, Crime 10.3%
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 29.4% ★, Dark Comedy 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Dark Humor 11.1%
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: Noir 21.7%, Detective 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Text-Based 9.5%
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 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Detective 11.1%, Text-Based 10.8%, Crime 9.6%
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 18.9%, Detective 17.9%, Investigation 13.1%, Dark Comedy 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
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 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Investigation 12.3%, Text-Based 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%
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 21.4% ★, Noir 19.5%, Detective 16.2%, Investigation 11%, Interactive Fiction 9%
A turn-based Clue-inspired detective game where you get to solve a murder mystery by interrogating paintings.
Why similar: Noir 20.9%, Detective 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Visual Novel 8.9%
A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Noir 17.6%, Dark Comedy 16.6%, Investigation 13%, Crime 8.9%
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 15.2%, Detective 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Dark Humor 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
Romance, seduce, and even marry your own drawings! Forget about finding true love; In Doodle Date, you create it!
Why similar: Parody 18.8% ★, Dark Comedy 17%, Dark Humor 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Text-Based 8.6%
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 19.2%, Dark Comedy 14.8%, Investigation 10.2%, Dark Humor 9.9%, Text-Based 9.5%
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 19.4% ★, Detective 15.9%, Dark Comedy 13.3%, Investigation 12.3%, Dark Humor 10.3%
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 23.8%, Detective 18.9%, Crime 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Text-Based 8.6%
Can you solve a murder with nothing but your wits, your cocktail shaker, and your silver tongue? In this bartending mystery game, your customers are the key. So long as the liquor flows, so does the conversation - but who has the answers you seek, and who has blood on their hands?
Why similar: Noir 17.2%, Detective 16.6%, Investigation 11.8%, Crime 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
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 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Detective 14.1%, Dark Humor 11.1%, Visual Novel 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 20%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Investigation 13.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
Five Day Detective is a point and click style adventure game featuring multiple murder cases and a twisted sense of humour.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Dark Comedy 17.9%, Dark Humor 12.5%, Investigation 10.5%, Noir 7.4%
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 26.7%, Detective 18%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Crime 11.7%, Text-Based 11.4%
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 24.2%, Dark Comedy 17.7%, Investigation 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
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%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Crime 13.7%, Noir 13.7%, Investigation 10.4%
Olivia Harrow was found dead in her Harborview Tower apartment. The police ruled it an accident. A slip, a fall, a tragic head injury. Case closed. But not everyone is convinced... You've been hired as a private investigator to find out the truth. Can you crack the case?
Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Investigation 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Noir 10.7%
Take the night shift as a judge in Meridian. Examine evidence, manage pressure, issue reasoned rulings, and create precedents that reshape the cases—and consequences—still to come.
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Investigation 18.7%, Noir 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Mystery 8.2%
Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!
Why similar: Detective 20.6%, Investigation 18.8%, Crime 14.1%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Text-Based 8.8%
A mystery set in Fukuoka, Japan. Former cop Kengo Kamiya and assistant Hikaru tackle a high school girl's disappearance. A "Photoreal Novel" fully utilizing actual photos and AI. Enjoy snappy banter and unexpected twists in this simple, choice-driven mystery visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Noir 13.6%, Visual Novel 12%, Text-Based 9.6%, Investigation 8.5%
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 20%, Detective 20%, Crime 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Investigation 9.7%
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 19.8%, Noir 14.3%, Investigation 13.8%, Crime 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
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 19.4%, Dark Comedy 15.8%, Dark Humor 11.1%, Text-Based 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
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: Noir 27.2%, Detective 25.8%, Investigation 16.4%, Crime 12.5%, Mystery 8.8%
A PSX Detective Mystery Horror game. You play as an investigator solving bizarre crime cases. The story unfolds through a blend of interviews, computer based investigations and unsettling psychological elements.
Why similar: Detective 16.6%, Investigation 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Crime 10.2%, Dark Humor 8.7%
Find the Golden Pineapple and the crimes against the Mayans. In Pineapple Legend, solve investigations with amusing and humorous situations. Explore the city of Takitani: investigate, solve puzzles, collect cards, equip accessories, fish, garden, fight in the arena, and increase your affinity!!!
Why similar: Detective 16.8%, Investigation 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Crime 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
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 17.5%, Detective 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Text-Based 10.9%
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 21.1%, Detective 17.1%, Investigation 12.4%, Crime 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
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: Noir 25.7%, Detective 25.5%, Investigation 15.9%, Crime 10.8%, Mystery 8.3%
A short interlude from the world of The Slaughter.
Why similar: Noir 24.8%, Detective 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Dark Comedy 11.8%, Crime 10.9%
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 20.5%, Detective 15%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Text-Based 10.1%, Visual Novel 9%
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 17.7%, Detective 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Dark Humor 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.2%
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 26.3% ★, Dark Comedy 18%, Dark Humor 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.7%
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 27.3% ★, Dark Comedy 16.4%, Dark Humor 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choices Matter 7.2%
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: Detective 23.6%, Noir 22.7%, Crime 12.3%, Investigation 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 7.2%
Confined to a woodland cabin in the 1906 Rockies, your only way to solve a family massacre is by letters. The one responsible is already on the move — silence and madness claim your contacts, and you may be next. He will find you, and death resets the world; only your notebook carries on.
Why similar: Detective 21%, Noir 16.7%, Investigation 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
Join rookie attorney Apollo Justice and his mentor, the legendary Phoenix Wright, in this collection of 3 games! This title features 16 episodes (including previously DLC-only episodes) and supports English, French, German, Japanese Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Why similar: Detective 24.5%, Investigation 16%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Crime 11.5%, Text-Based 7.8%
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 25.1%, Investigation 15.8%, Crime 14.4%, Noir 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
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 23%, Noir 20%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Investigation 8.1%
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 15.6%, Detective 14.4%, Investigation 12.4%, Dark Humor 11.5%, Text-Based 9.8%
A wild tale of conspiracy, loss, friendship, and... chickens?! Two rooster detectives are about to venture into the insect underworld to uncover a worldwide conspiracy, while also battling their inherent demons in this animal noir adventure satire.
Why similar: Noir 20%, Detective 15.8%, Investigation 11.5%, Crime 10.9%, Surreal 8.9%
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 26.1%, Noir 16.8%, Investigation 14%, Crime 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%
Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre and investigate the murder of a controversial country priest in this gripping historical detective thriller.
Why similar: Noir 20.1%, Detective 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Crime 10.1%
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 21.3%, Dark Comedy 18%, Detective 17%, Parody 12.9% ★, Investigation 12.5%
Detective agency management × superpowered mystery. Former operative Lin Mo rebuilds the Ash Detective Agency in Collins City. Investigate crime scenes, use “Echoes” to recover memory fragments, rebut lies with evidence, dispatch partners for intel, and uncover conspiracy behind your mentor’s death.
Why similar: Detective 27.8%, Investigation 17.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Crime 11.5%, Noir 8.6%
Biocybernetic Trap — an interactive cyberpunk detective. You are given the quantum diary of a long-dead detective, where reality fractures into parallel versions of the investigation.
Why similar: Noir 17.4%, Detective 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Text-Based 10.9%, Crime 10.2%
A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney. The man who took him was real. But his purpose was from another plane of existence. You play a journalist. You make choices. The story remembers all of them.
Why similar: Noir 18%, Detective 15.4%, Investigation 11.2%, Crime 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%
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 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Detective 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Text-Based 9.9%
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 22.3%, Detective 18%, Dark Comedy 16.8%, Dark Humor 11.6%, Crime 7.7%
