60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Exploration, Noir, Story Rich.
Step into the Abyss is a detective adventure that combines an intriguing, branching storyline, forcing the player to constantly make choices, and a dystopian world ruled by dictatorship. The noir style adds charm, and the unusual approach to gameplay will provide you with a unique gaming experience.
Pyrrhic Paradise: Dissemble
Pyrrhic Paradise: Dissemble is a story focused action RPG that gives you the choice to build out the narrative, or destroy it.
Cross Country Case
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.
Pyrrhic Paradise: Dissemble is a story focused action RPG that gives you the choice to build out the narrative, or destroy it.
Why similar: Action RPG 16.5%, Platformer 11.8%, RPG 10.5%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Hand-drawn 9%
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%, Detective 18.5%, Action RPG 8.5%, Puzzle 7.6%, Atmospheric 6.6%
The world ended. Now the real nightmare begins. Deep underground, a child wakes in a infected facility. Minds are breaking. Bodies are changing. Crawl through vents, follow echoes, and escape before it’s too late. Your mother is waiting.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Dystopian 15.1%, Hand-drawn 10%, Side Scroller 8.8%, RPG 8.6%
Re:Be is a story-based action RPG 2D platformer game. In Re:Be, you become the protagonist and embark on a lengthy adventure to find the people who suddenly disappeared in an increasingly contaminated Earth.
Why similar: Action RPG 17.1%, Side Scroller 16.7%, Platformer 12.6%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Action-Adventure 10.2%
Action-adventure + Third person shooter. The year is 2042, the near future, the gloomy world of cyberpunk will offer you the role of detective Foz. Random circumstances drag the hero into a showdown between gangs and corporations, where he has to make a choice on whose side he is.
Why similar: Noir 34.6%, Dystopian 18.7%, Voxel 18.2% ★, Atmospheric 7.1%, Action-Adventure 6%
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Noir 35.2%, Detective 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Side Scroller 9.8%, Hand-drawn 9.4%
An old case closed due to lack of evidence resurfaces in 1993. Play as a dismissed detective, investigate the case, gather evidence, solve the mystery, and uncover the truth. Bringing justice to the town of Ridgemour and ending the uncertainty is in your hands.
Why similar: Noir 27.3%, Detective 21.1%, Side Scroller 16.8%, Puzzle 7%, RPG 6.6%
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Why similar: Noir 36%, RPG 17.3%, Detective 15.4%, Adventure 10.6%, Dystopian 8.4%
Street Life Hollow Earth is a 2D RPG where you're the unseen guide for a party-loving survivor in a neon-lit underworld. Direct his every move as he takes on missions, uncovers conspiracies, and faces monsters. NPCs can’t see you, but he can’t survive without you. Will you save him or let him fall?
Why similar: Noir 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Action RPG 13.3%, Side Scroller 11.7%, RPG 8.3%
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 40.8%, Side Scroller 13.1%, Platformer 10.3%, Detective 9.9%, Action 6.1%
Take on the role of a private investigator in this immersive detective simulator. Solve murders and other crimes in a procedurally generated and persistent city where every NPC lives and breathes their own independent lives. Find the killer quickly… or they will kill again!
Why similar: Noir 31%, Voxel 27.2% ★, Detective 18.2%, Action RPG 6.6%, Puzzle 4.7%
A 2D pixel-art detective adventure where you investigate a brutal murder in a city drowning in corruption, secrets, and political tension. Search locations, question suspects, collect evidence, and uncover a truth that was never meant to surface.
Why similar: Noir 30.6%, Side Scroller 19%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Detective 12.9%, Exploration 8.9%
In a world where artificial intelligence is all that remains, be a robo-detective, and investigate a mind-bending case. Explore a futuristic Japan brought to life in detailed voxel art, and uncover a philosophical lore through tons of characters. Become AI and dive into the mystery of consciousness.
Why similar: Noir 25%, Voxel 22.8% ★, Detective 12.4%, Dystopian 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
Anoxemia is a story-driven exploration game that puts you in control of the scientist Dr. Bailey and his operations drone, ATMA. Search the ocean floor as you discover and extract samples from the bowels of the underwater caves. Danger lurks in each passageway.
Why similar: Noir 29.6%, Side Scroller 14.1%, Platformer 9.9%, Dark 8.3%, Action-Adventure 7.4%
A noir 2.5D platformer where Satrapo explores a sealed city through a rotating 2D perspective, engaged in an obsessive hunt for the mysterious R. A paranoid tale about desire, featuring eccentric characters and complex three-dimensional labyrinths.
Why similar: Noir 33.5%, Detective 11.6%, Platformer 9%, Hand-drawn 7.5%, Dark 6.4%
When the flame dies, so does the king. Reawakened by the god’s final ember, the dead king must harvest souls and cleanse a cursed world. A stylish hack-and-slash action RPG — Flame On, Sire!
Why similar: Action RPG 18.7%, Side Scroller 15.2%, RPG 13.7%, Platformer 10.2%, Action-Adventure 9.5%
Searchbar Detective is a 2D Mystery Game set in a virtual world in which you use your searchbar to solve crimes and uncover conspiracies.
Why similar: Noir 24.5%, Dystopian 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Detective 15.4%, Puzzle 7.1%
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 38.5%, Side Scroller 14.9%, RPG 9.6%, Exploration 7.6%, Puzzle 7.3%
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 31%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Detective 13.1%, RPG 11.4%, Dystopian 9.3%
Join Burst as he sorts out the chaos in Sorrentine. With your hips to the beat of jazz and a whole lot of bad luck, you'll have to dive into this fun pixel art world with RPG elements, to solve your adventures in the purest style of the best detectives who are now legends.
Why similar: Noir 40%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Detective 9.7%, Puzzle 9.1%, Adventure 8.8%
In a world riddled with dangerous magic, a half-dead opossum has to find the source of a toxic fungus that is threatening his family. Digging into dark, forbidden houses and dodging a murderous fairy named Barker, he discovers the problem is deeper than he ever would have dreamed.
Why similar: Action RPG 16.6%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, RPG 10.3%, Nonlinear 8.2%
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 33.3%, Detective 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Puzzle 7.1%, Dark 6.8%
Play as a corrupt detective on the mob’s payroll, and cover up their crimes. Read files, collect information and obscure evidence to frame an innocent bystander, who was at the wrong place, at the wrong time. After all, crime pays.
Why similar: Noir 43.3%, Detective 16.5%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Puzzle 10.5%, Adventure 5.8%
Find the answers to the main questions and learn the whole story of the lone Bolo.
Why similar: Noir 42.2%, Side Scroller 21%, Puzzle 11.7%, Adventure 10.9%, Atmospheric 6%
Explore and discover the depths of the sewer pipes, where a civilization lives on the brink of collapse. Learn about life stories that are about to vanish in a world submerged in conflicts.
Why similar: Noir 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Side Scroller 18.1%, Platformer 13.4%, Hand-drawn 9.1%
Legion of Judgment is a Noir action-RPG Metroidvania game that offers a new and deeper player experience. Explore forgotten memories to become stronger, manage a hotel in reality to create a powerful legion and win the war against werewolf guild.
Why similar: Noir 23.9%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Action RPG 11.3%, Nonlinear 10.5%, Platformer 9.7%
Hardcode logical detective game. Only a few clues will help finding murderer. Was it just an accident or a murder? Thief broke in to steal something? Money? Or was it just a broken heart revenge? Well, you`ve got a chance to solve this case...
Why similar: Noir 29.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, RPG 10.9%, Puzzle 9.5%, Nonlinear 8.4%
Biohacker Krimson challenges Visceratum, a biological singularity brewing in the depths of the Soft City. How are the secrets of one's childhood, the rebellion of consciousness, and the plots of deranged corporations intertwined? You are here to unravel this mystery. Or forge a new one?
Why similar: Noir 30.8%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Dystopian 12.5%, Atmospheric 8%, Hand-drawn 7.4%
At the end of time, an ancient, familiar evil awakens, threatening the remaining life in the universe.
Why similar: Platformer 16.6%, Side Scroller 16.5%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, Adventure 12.3%, Action 10.5%
一款横版平台动作游戏，通过跳跃和攻击来达到终点，并体验形形色色“有味道”的环境和敌人们
Why similar: Noir 48.1%, Platformer 19.3%, Action-Adventure 15.3%, Action 13.2%, 2D 4.2%
Activate your detective skills in this noir-influenced police action RPG. Grab your gun and prepare to face the strangest case of John Souza's career by helping the ghost of a dead mobster get "justice". Hit the streets in search of intel, befriend the scum and beat those who will try to stop you.
Why similar: Noir 36%, Detective 19.1%, Action RPG 17.2%, RPG 14.1%, Nonlinear 6.7%
An action-adventure game set in a dieselpunk world. You are an imperial courier tasked with investigating the disappearance of a special cargo in the sealed-off city of Turov. Uncover its dark secrets and face the unknown. The fate of the city—and perhaps the entire world—rests on your shoulders!
Why similar: Side Scroller 16.7%, Dystopian 15.7%, Dark 10.5%, Puzzle 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.6%
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 55.7%, Detective 18.3%, RPG 16.2%, Adventure 9.9%
Don the trenchcoat of private eye Harrison Steel and dive deep into a futuristic crime-noir story sprawling with clues to track down. Crime and corruption run rampant in the city and above all looms the mysterious phenomenon known as "Timeshifts". Can you rise to the challenge and crack the case?
Why similar: Noir 28%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Dystopian 14.4%, Detective 12.1%, Puzzle 7%
CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.
Why similar: Noir 52%, Platformer 15.1%, Puzzle 10.7%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Adventure 6.5%
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 34.2%, Detective 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Side Scroller 9.2%, Dark 7%
A retro-style action-platformer that blends the stealth shootouts of Rolling Thunder with the raw brawling of Double Dragon. The result? A thrilling 2D spy adventure set in the 1960s — packed with fists, bullets, and classic arcade energy!!
Why similar: Noir 28.2%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Platformer 13.2%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Adventure 9.1%
M.S. Salmon is an interactive 2D story adventure. Help Ben Hearnden and Ranieri solve a murder on a luxury liner. As they gather more evidence, they uncover not only the truth about the murder but also their own dark past.
Why similar: Noir 31.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Detective 13.5%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Puzzle 8.3%
“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 46.7%, Dark 10.9%, Puzzle 10.3%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Adventure 6.9%
Investigate the world's first cult in a cryptic mystery adventure that blurs the lines between fiction and reality. We've been keeping an eye on you. Follow us further down the rabbit hole...
Why similar: Noir 26.4%, Dystopian 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Detective 13.1%, Hand-drawn 9.2%
The Fabric of the Mind is a fast, atmospheric platformer focused on fluid wall-walking movement, environmental puzzles, and an interconnected world where you uncover a dark, optional story through exploration and environment-driven gameplay.
Why similar: Noir 32.9%, Side Scroller 15.9%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Dark 8.4%
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Puzzle 11.8%, Nonlinear 9.6%, Hand-drawn 8.9%
A new-gen detective adventure combining deduction gameplay with a gripping story full of twists and turns. Gather clues, establish connections, and solve a series of increasingly challenging cases. Will you uncover the feud that began at the end of the world?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Side Scroller 16%, Dystopian 15.4%, Detective 14.3%, Adventure 9.6%
Martial Fire is a classic 2D adventure game. Explore dungeons, ancient forests and deadly wastelands; fight enemies and solve riddles!
Why similar: RPG 19.3%, Side Scroller 16%, Platformer 15.6%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Adventure 11.1%
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: Noir 31%, Detective 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Side Scroller 12.6%, RPG 7.5%
In a reality stuck in a technologically unadvanced society stricken with the negative impacts of a worldwide climate disaster, you are a uniquely powered private investigator tasked with uncovering advanced technology from another reality with the potential to save your whole world.
Why similar: Noir 36.3%, Detective 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, RPG 7.8%, Puzzle 6.1%
LumineNight is a story-driven detective adventure. Play as Detective Foster and his daughter to solve a series of murders spanning a decade. Interrogate suspects, infiltrate locations, solve puzzles, and gather evidence from crime scenes. Uncover the dark truth behind these killings.
Why similar: Noir 30.1%, Detective 20.8%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Exploration 7%
Uncover ancient magic in The Tale of Oath, a student-built action-adventure where you wield elemental spells, solve puzzles, and battle dark druids in a mystical, atmospheric world.
Why similar: Noir 27.1%, Action RPG 20.6%, RPG 12.5%, Exploration 10.6%, Action-Adventure 10.3%
Explore the world of the dieselpunk society of robot-bugs in The Energy Case. Follow Detective "Dec" in solving the murder of a scientist, who was working on cleaner energy sources, and maybe join the energy transition for a cleaner, greener future!
Why similar: Noir 39.9%, Detective 19.3%, Dystopian 12.9%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, Atmospheric 5.1%
Be sure to read the Pioneer Handbook first! Hold the blade in your hand! Whether it is all the way through, or incarnated as a trial running man, as long as you reach the [recasting capsule]! Well, you'll be officially authorized as a Pioneer!
Why similar: Noir 29.3%, Action RPG 18.8%, RPG 18.7%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Adventure 11%
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, RPG 18.1%, Action RPG 17.4%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Adventure 10.9%
A short interlude from the world of The Slaughter.
Why similar: Noir 37.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Detective 17.3%, Atmospheric 6.6%, Dark 5.8%
In Demand-Dial Exorcist, you play a demon hunter solving eerie puzzles. Investigate clues, place ritual items on the pentagram, and banish demons before they claim you as their next victim.
Why similar: Noir 55.6%, Adventure 16.1%, Puzzle 15.7%, Exploration 12.6%
The Boy woke up alone in a mysterious forest. Confused he tries to figure out where he is and how he got here.
Why similar: Noir 38.1%, Action-Adventure 13.9%, Adventure 11.7%, Puzzle 11%, Dark 7.9%
Welcome to the world of Draw, a 2D sidescroller and visual novel! Armed with nothing but a pencil, play as “Stickman” as you explore a brand-new world. Solve puzzles by drawing into the game, meet new friends while dodging scribble monsters, and make memories that’ll never be erased!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Action RPG 15.3%, Side Scroller 14%, Platformer 11.5%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
A 2–4 player cooperative supernatural horror investigation about intervening in recorded tragedies. The opening chapter unfolds in a fog-shrouded 1700s coastal town, where players inhabit different townsfolk and act within a relentless final hour before the outcome becomes irreversible.
Why similar: Noir 33.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Detective 14%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Dark 7.5%
In a world of corrupted memories, you traverse the remains of a once flourishing city. Shadows flicker around you and metallic echoes pulse through your mind. Search for your father's legacy to regain your forgotten past. But beware! Each step takes you deeper into a waking nightmare.
Why similar: Dystopian 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Dark 7.9%
Set your course and explore a variety of environments on the seas in Phantom Tides. Battle various enemies and bosses as you collect items to help you on your journey. This 2D style platformer will challenge your skills and wit.
Why similar: Action RPG 18.6%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Platformer 13.3%, RPG 11.8%, Action-Adventure 11%
Explore the distant future in Idosra, an action-adventure RPG set in a world on the verge of rediscovering electricity. Follow Marika's quest to uncover the motives of the Vallas Empire. Learn dozens of new skills, meet a wide cast of characters, and discover the secrets of the lost city Idosra.
Why similar: Action RPG 18.5%, Side Scroller 15.9%, Platformer 13.9%, Nonlinear 12.5%, Action-Adventure 10.5%
From the bygone days of 1997, Combustion is a dieselpunk Action RPG inspired by classics of the PSX-era. As rookie cop Calico, you must restore order as a mastermind serial-killer sends a wave of terror across the city.
Why similar: Noir 36.4%, Detective 17.7%, Action RPG 15.5%, Dystopian 14.4%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
