60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Noir, Visual Novel, Story Rich, Interactive Fiction.
Blackwood knows how to keep secrets: beneath the neon, behind polite smiles, in offices with no nameplates. Stella is searching for a missing friend and realizes too late that she was let in for a reason.
Stella: into the Shadow
"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.
Dissent
A visual novel with mild choice-based progression. In this prologue story, follow an inquisitve college student into the depths of deceptive corporate lab: Moniker Innovation. Begin to unravel a mystery larger than the young journalist looking for answers and even this game itself.
"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: Noir 19.2%, Psychological 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Dark 9.2%
A visual novel with mild choice-based progression. In this prologue story, follow an inquisitve college student into the depths of deceptive corporate lab: Moniker Innovation. Begin to unravel a mystery larger than the young journalist looking for answers and even this game itself.
Why similar: Noir 37.6%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Dark 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, RPG 11.1%
Body found. Two missing. Detective Malinowski hears what others miss. Noir adventure where sound reveals clues and sketches tell the story. A short case you can finish tonight. Start now.
Why similar: Noir 30.4%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Psychological 9.2%, Dark 7.5%
Байкал зовёт. Прошлое возвращается в форме теней, и Андрей должен решить - играть по чужим правилам или переписать сценарий судьбы.
Why similar: Noir 25.4%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Dark 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Romance 9.3%
Coalescence is a visual novel that takes you deep within Moniker Labs to explore its secrets. Play as one of three characters, each with their own storyline and dialogue options. Form relationships with the companions you encounter and try to make it out alive!
Why similar: Noir 30.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 13%, RPG 11.1%, Romance 8.9%
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 36.4%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Mystery 8.5%, Text-Based 6.8%
Dive deep into the twisted HP Lovecraft universe with this oversized narrative RPG. Slip into the intertwined souls of Mark, Anna, and Victor, surrounded by cult worshippers, as Nyarlathotep, the cosmic horror, strives to enslave humanity in 1929.
Why similar: Noir 25%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Psychological 9.6%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Dark 9%
IBH is a rich role playing game at the end of time. You're a mid-level official in a dying sci-fi regime, given the impossible task of fixing a faltering machine; explore a vast world, define your mind, flex your authority, and become a sinner or a savior in countless other stories.
Why similar: Noir 26%, Interactive Fiction 19%, RPG 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Text-Based 5.2%
Step into a chilling mystery and peel back the ominous veil shrouding a peaceful southern Russian town.
Why similar: Noir 31.3%, Psychological 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Dark 11.9%, Mystery 7.9%
As a detective tasked with bringing down a dangerous terrorist group, you fight on two fronts: interrogating suspects & managing your team and its reputation. With time running out, how far will you go to stop these criminals? Manipulation, threats or even torture? Does the end justify the means?
Why similar: Noir 29.7%, Psychological 11%, Dark 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Visual Novel 8.6%
"All Songs are from the King," a haunting psychological horror experience that transcends traditional gaming boundaries.
Why similar: Noir 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Psychological 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Emotional 7.9%
Go ahead and take on this psychological point and click puzzle adventure. Uncover the truth behind Jim’s shady past, his current mental illness and his peerless journey to vanquish a madman!
Why similar: Noir 30.7%, Psychological 13.6%, Dark 10.5%, RPG 9.7%, Visual Novel 9.1%
Sometimes loneliness pushes us into strange, risky choices. A nightclub that wasn’t here yesterday. Mysterious strangers—each leaving more questions than answers. Just one short night that simply won’t end. What could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Noir 42.2%, Psychological 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Story Rich 5.8%
Pasajeros is developed through a collection of urban and surreal stories collected in a taxi in Bogotá . It’s a four-night adventure packed with micro-stories of vampires, mariachis, and thugs. In addition to the opportunity to find love or madness in the night magic of a city.
Why similar: Noir 39.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Romance 7.6%, Emotional 7.2%
A new mystery arises from the collision of narrative puzzle games and film noir. Investigate a film set full of catty cast and crew in order to deduce and connect their relationships. Debunk or prove those connections using evidence to unravel the mystery of what occurred and who is responsible!
Why similar: Noir 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Dark 9.3%, Emotional 7.3%
"The Bunker Notes" is a visual novel about a concrete trap where the past whispers through the cracks of rusted doors. In this world, survival is everything; meeting another person might be your last mistake.
Why similar: Noir 31.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Psychological 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Emotional 7.8%
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 40.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Text-Based 8.8%, Detective 8.5%, RPG 7.7%
这是一款传统的AVG的文字游戏！讲述的是……青春……校园……您的选择会影响主人公命运，引领这他走若干不同的结局……没有暴力，也没有色情。这关于……爱……友情……亲情的故事！还有……疑惑……不解……和全体通过后的一丝丝的奇怪的感觉。
Why similar: Noir 33%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Psychological 11.5%, RPG 10.5%, Visual Novel 8.9%
A former agent. A past that won't stay buried. Your choices shape Blake Turner's mood and his mood reshapes the story, the world, and even the music itself. A psychological, choice-driven adventure of betrayal, identity, and redemption.
Why similar: Noir 29%, Psychological 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, RPG 8.5%, Dark 7.4%
A grim, choice-driven interactive gamebook. As the First Ranger of a fortified homestead, you must defend the last survivors from the infected, manage critical resources, and investigate a dangerous internal conspiracy. Every decision shapes the survival of the living.
Why similar: Noir 30.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, RPG 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Text-Based 6.9%
In this hand-drawn RPG, you play as Joe, a young man attending a dinner party with his new girlfriend. What he doesn't know is that every decision he makes, no matter how small, will have its consequence...
Why similar: Noir 34.5%, Interactive Fiction 13%, RPG 9.6%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Emotional 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 32.9%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Psychological 9.8%, Romance 9.6%, RPG 9.2%
A Week in Paradise is a narrative mystery where you find yourself in a bar called Paradise. Have a drink each night with its mysterious regular and discover how deeply your stories connect. Hunt down clues in your dreams to find out why you end up here every day, and what keeps you coming back.
Why similar: Noir 36.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Psychological 8.8%, Emotional 7.2%
There is a monster living in your apartment.
Why similar: Noir 31.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.2%, RPG 10.7%, Psychological 9.1%
A film noir style audio-visual novella. A mysterious woman... a string of murders... and a man with a hidden past.
Why similar: Noir 53.6%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Detective 13.5%, Mystery 10.9%, Atmospheric 1.5%
What starts as a simple, highly-paid night shoot in an abandoned marble quarry descends into a psychological nightmare. You are Stefano Caldara, a photographer caught in a web of dark rituals and dangerous secrets. Every choice shapes your morality, your sanity, and your survival...
Why similar: Noir 31%, Interactive Fiction 19%, RPG 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Text-Based 7.2%
Use your psychic powers to read minds and catch an elusive serial killer!
Why similar: Noir 33.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Detective 7.3%, Mystery 5.6%
Milan, 1963. Inherit your uncle's mysterious studio and discover a color that shouldn't exist. In this cosmic horror gamebook, you must balance your Sanity and Lucidity as you uncover the secret of the 12th canvas. Will you finish the work, or let the pigment consume your mind?
Why similar: Noir 29.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, RPG 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Text-Based 6.9%
NeoTokyo, 2099. The man who sold immortality is dead in a penthouse sealed from the inside. You are detective Kade Katano: scan the scene, read people, roll the dice and decide which truth closes the file. A noir visual novel — one complete case, three endings.
Why similar: Noir 33.9%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, RPG 11.1%, Detective 9.5%
A cinematic point-and-click experience following a girl's struggles with schizophrenia. Your choices dynamically affect not only the way others perceive her, but the way she perceives the world as well. Maintain her trauma and psychosis, or don't and suffer from progressively violent hallucinations.
Why similar: Noir 50.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Dark 10.5%, Romance 10.4%, Visual Novel 6.8%
Uncover the mystery of the Ghoul's Grove, hidden in the Australian outback and filled with strange and mutilated scare actors. To Be Altered is a multiple-ending visual novel where your choices matter, even the most minuscule decisions will decide the fates of Darcy and others.
Why similar: Noir 25%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, RPG 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Text-Based 6.3%
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
Why similar: Noir 34.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Detective 8.1%, Psychological 6.8%
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 34.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, RPG 14.7%, Detective 7.6%
As a father, you explore the empty home of your estranged daughter, Amy, after her death. Piece together the life you missed…one memory at a time. Follow the journey of regret and reconciliation as you try to comprehend the world she built without you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Romance 11.3%, Psychological 10.9%, Dark 9.1%
Drive the night shift through a cursed city where every passenger hides a secret—and some of them died long ago. Uncover the truth behind each fare, make irreversible choices, and decide who deserves to be saved before your final shift ends.
Why similar: Noir 31.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Dark 9.8%, Realistic 8.6%
In a world where the fae-touched fall prey to a sinister killer, only a Faeologist can uncover the truth. A dark academia murder mystery visual novel with supernatural cases, interactive investigation, romanceable characters, and multiple endings, set in the roaring 1920s New York.
Why similar: Noir 31%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Romance 10.8%, Detective 9.1%
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Emotional 15.7%, Psychological 14.7%, Romance 9.4%
世界上的所有人都住在同一栋楼里，用数字代号作为名字，一周有八天...这是众所周知的事实，在此之前，我从来就没有产生过任何疑问。在这个视觉小说当中，扮演主人公2169，享受高中生酸酸甜甜的校园生活（暂时性地），尝试着去发现事情的真相，或者尽力把这份甜蜜的生活维护下去。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, RPG 18.9%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Romance 15.7%, Text-Based 6.8%
A dark noir visual novel following Alex, a former police officer drawn into the mafia’s world. In a city where trust can get you killed and everyone has something to hide, Alex and a mafia leader with buried secrets are pulled into revenge, power, and slow-burn romance shaped by your choices.
Why similar: Noir 30.8%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Romance 8.4%, Dark 7.2%, Story Rich 7%
You are a censor in a nameless war, blacking out the letters of two lovers who have never met. Their whole romance lives on paper — so every word you strike is struck from the love itself. Then the letters begin, impossibly, to answer your pen. A melancholy epistolary romance. Six endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Romance 14.7%, Mystery 9.3%, Text-Based 8.8%
Dreamy Golden Snow is a fantasy mystery-themed visual novel that tells a story among high school girls. The story appears in an ordinary high school. After the incident, the protagonist is also affected, and players will guide her through numerous choices to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Noir 23.3%, Visual Novel 20.5%, RPG 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Mystery 11%
This is a game where you work as a spy, looking through sexy surveillance photos to identify Red Hat agents. Get close to your boss, get her to send you lewd selfies, & uncover a sexy spy mystery.
Why similar: Noir 44%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Romance 11.6%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Text-Based 8.5%
To unlock ancient spells needed to defend the galaxy, can you navigate fantasy quests, noir cases, heroic competitions, dystopian worlds & space heists?
Why similar: Noir 41.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, RPG 19.6%, Text-Based 9%, Mystery 6.4%
What happens when a video game character is self-aware? Cadulium is a mystery science fiction adventure video game.
Why similar: Noir 31.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Psychological 10.2%, Mystery 8.5%, Detective 8.4%
A boy living as a warrant for a political marriage falls in love with a maid despite his unrequited love. You become a black rose fairy who grants wishes and discover that you were once human. Enter the bodies of the people in the mansion and trace their memories to discover their true identities.
Why similar: Noir 24.8%, Romance 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Dark 10.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%
Four blanks, two bullets, and a choice. Save yourself and sacrifice the others, or save them and risk your eternal death. Electio is a short narrative horror game that can be played only once. Choose wisely.
Why similar: Noir 28.8%, Dark 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Mystery 6.9%
Noir Syndrome is a procedurally generated Detective Murder-Mystery with a new story every time! Featuring slick pixel art animations and a jazzy soundtrack, the player is thrown right in to a highly stylized vision of film noir.
Why similar: Noir 61.5%, RPG 20.4%, Detective 10.5%, Mystery 5.7%, Indie 1.9%
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 35.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%, RPG 9.8%, Text-Based 8.5%
“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 51.8%, Dark 17.7%, Psychological 8.5%, Mystery 6.5%, Story Rich 5.3%
Investigate the mysterious death of an unidentified young woman, in this shocking psychological thriller kinetic novel.
Why similar: Noir 34.5%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Dark 15.9%, Detective 11.4%, Mystery 9.4%
Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.
Why similar: Noir 38.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Dark 11.5%, Detective 9.9%, Realistic 9.1%
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: Noir 33.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Dark 10.3%, Detective 9.2%, Emotional 8.7%
The Lost & The Found is a game about cooperation, deduction, and making the right choices. You and your colleague must reunite the people with their forgotten treasures. But be aware, all is not what it seems. Opposing forces vie for both your inventory and your loyalty.
Why similar: Noir 41.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Dark 9.8%, Mystery 6.7%
A psychological visual novel about grief, memory, and time loops shaped by player choice. Experience a story driven by atmosphere and emotion, where each decision reveals hidden truths and leads toward one of several possible endings.
Why similar: Noir 30.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Psychological 8.1%, Emotional 6.6%
Meet Nemesis; Ascendent being and terminally bored. Until the shimmer at the end of Creation, known as the Void, becomes her fixation - and her undoing. A short linear visual novel with gorgeous hand-painted illustrations; a mythic tale of curiosity and consequences.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Visual Novel 21.2%, RPG 19.2%, Linear 9.9%, Dark 9.8%
What is the biggest variable in a relationship? Is it "him"? Or is it the "him in her heart"? May this little story serve as a blade, dissecting the "possessiveness" and "desire to control" in a relationship. What exactly gives rise to them?
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Emotional 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Romance 14.4%, RPG 13.6%
An atmospheric visual novel with puzzle elements and a nonlinear storyline.
Why similar: Noir 53.5%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 7%, Story Rich 5.7%, 2D 5.6%
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: Noir 34.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Psychological 10.2%, Detective 9.4%, Mystery 8%
Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.9%, RPG 17%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Romance 10.8%, Psychological 7.1%
