Games Like Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive

The year is 2033. Your name is Tex Murphy, Private Investigator in San Francisco.

Why similar: FMV 25.1% ★, Detective 15.5%, Noir 14.8%, Classic 13% ★, Adventure 9.2%

Enter the virtual world of Under A Killing Moon, where it is December 2042, and you, as Tex Murphy, must stop the forces of evil before they destroy mankind and rob you of your next unemployment check. This thrilling and hilarious adventure is unlike anything you've seen before.

Why similar: FMV 31% ★, Noir 17.3%, Detective 12.5%, Cult Classic 7.3% ★, Point & Click 6.7%

The year is 2033. Your name is Tex Murphy, Private Investigator in San Francisco. You've been hired by the beautiful daughter of a university professor to uncover the facts about his death. As you begin your investigation you uncover the deaths of several prominent members of the scientific community.

Why similar: Detective 26.2%, Noir 24.8%, Classic 15.3% ★, Adventure 13.4%, Cyberpunk 10.3%

Tex Murphy is the last of the hard-boiled gumshoe detectives living in dystopian post-World War III San Francisco in the 2050s. Tex is an honest and good-natured private investigator with a penchant for bourbon, cigarettes and getting himself into trouble.

Why similar: FMV 38.8% ★, Noir 19.1%, Detective 17.2%, Cyberpunk 7.8%, Adventure 5.6%

The client is drop-dead gorgeous. Her father is just plain dead—of an apparent suicide. She's certain he was murdered and is willing to do anything to prove it.

Why similar: FMV 34.4% ★, Noir 14.4%, Detective 13.6%, Classic 11.9% ★, Adventure 8.3%

Armed with your investigative skills and the tools of the Blade Runner trade, you'll be immersed in a world that lives and breathes around you with breakthrough lighting and visual effects. Your ability to survive will be put to the test in the richest game environment ever created.

Why similar: FMV 35.7% ★, Detective 14.8%, Noir 13.3%, Cyberpunk 10%, Point & Click 9.6%

Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.

Why similar: Detective 36.9%, Point & Click 18.2%, Adventure 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Sci-fi 8.1%

Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.

Why similar: Noir 30.9%, Point & Click 18.4%, Cyberpunk 13.8%, Detective 13.4%, Adventure 10.2%

A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.

Why similar: Detective 33%, Point & Click 18.6%, Cyberpunk 12.2%, Adventure 12.2%, 1990's 8.5%

Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.

Why similar: Detective 25.3%, Noir 17.5%, Point & Click 16%, Adventure 12.6%, Cyberpunk 12.2%

An eccentric FMV murder mystery with a twist: someone has poisoned Uncle Marcus. Uncover the truth in the yearly family quiz and try to save him before it is too late.

Why similar: FMV 53.4% ★, Detective 16.1%, Adventure 7.1%, Point & Click 6.3%, Multiple Endings 5%

IN THE 70 DESOLATE YEARS since the horrifying murders chronicled in The 7th Guest, the town of Harley has been ominously silent.Only when journalist Robin Morales vanishes while investigating the rotting abandoned mansion of the legendary toy maker Henry Stauf, do events resurrect a malignant past.

Why similar: FMV 52.2% ★, Classic 13.9% ★, Point & Click 13.8%, Adventure 11.7%, 1990's 5.2%

Set during a pandemic lockdown in France, The World After is a FMV adventure game experience that tells the story of a man who tries to uncover the truth behind his strange nightmares and the mystery of the village he's living in.

Why similar: FMV 57.2% ★, Point & Click 14.6%, Mystery 6.2%, Multiple Endings 5.8%, Sci-fi 5.7%

Life has ceased. Man is but a myth. And now, even the machines have begun to fail. Lead Horatio Nullbuilt and his sarcastic sidekick Crispin on a journey through the crumbling world of Primordia, facing malfunctioning robots, ancient secrets, and an implacable, power-hungry foe.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.3%, Noir 20.1%, Adventure 13.9%, Cyberpunk 11.3%, Sci-fi 9.9%

A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.

Why similar: Noir 31.4%, Detective 27%, Cyberpunk 14.1%, Adventure 7.3%, Multiple Endings 6.7%

Play as Tristan and solve puzzles to recover human consciousnesses in the year 2071. Investigate environments, uncover secrets, and make choices that affect the ending. Explore a neon-noir world with a low poly aesthetic inspired by the 90s.

Why similar: Noir 31.3%, Detective 15.6%, Cyberpunk 14.9%, Point & Click 14.4%, Adventure 7.7%

Join Sylvester "Sly" Boots and Stiletto Anyway as they trek across six bizarre planets investigating a galaxy-crushing mystery, searching for artefacts from an extinct alien race and unlocking the secrets of a powerful, advanced technology. It's your turn. PICK YOUR POISON.

Why similar: Classic 37.7% ★, Cyberpunk 31.6%, Sci-fi 12%, Comedy 10.7%, Adventure 5.9%

In the world of excessive biotechnologies, an epidemic is ravaging the human race, infecting people's neuronet implants and enslaving them to the mysterious Worm. Who are you: a fighter of the infection, or a hunter of new prey?

Why similar: Point & Click 27.7%, Cyberpunk 25.8%, Adventure 17.2%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Mystery 7.8%

You play the role of Red Johnson, a private detective who is trying to find his place in the corrupted city of Metropolis. Discover the city, its unique atmosphere and get to know the rules quickly if you want to survive!

Why similar: Adventure 41.1%, Detective 38%, Point & Click 20.8%

Grab your nightstick, squeal like a siren, and Hit the Road with Sam & Max, Freelance Police, as they attempt to crack their toughest case.

Why similar: Cult Classic 30% ★, Point & Click 19%, Classic 15.6% ★, Adventure 10.3%, 1990's 9.1%

Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective James Karra who risks it all in pursuit of a serial killer targeting the city’s elite.

Why similar: Noir 30.7%, Detective 26.7%, Cyberpunk 13.9%, Dystopian 11.1%, Multiple Endings 6%

When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.

Why similar: Detective 27.7%, Noir 27.1%, Cyberpunk 9.7%, Point & Click 9.6%, Adventure 6.1%

Join Dangeresque, the world's greatest private eye/crooked cop, as he puzzles his way through 3 bite-sized roomisodes in this classic-style point n' click adventure.

Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Point & Click 22.4%, Noir 21.6%, Adventure 18.2%, Comedy 7.8%

After being abducted by brutal soldiers and his kinfolk butchered, Robert Foster finds himself in Union City - a vast metropolis under the tyranny of a fascist AI. Alone, save for the circuit board of his best friend, Foster must discover the sinister truth - and why they specifically came for him.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 25.2%, Point & Click 24.1%, Dystopian 18.1%, Adventure 14.5%, Sci-fi 9.1%

Nikopol is a first-person dystopian point-and-click sci-fi adventure game. In 2023 France is ruled by an iron-fist religious dictatorship. A mysterious pyramid ship suddenly appears above Paris. Begin to unravel a conspiracy involving the government, your missing father, and Egyptian Gods.

Why similar: Detective 26.6%, Point & Click 17.8%, Cyberpunk 15%, Dystopian 14.7%, Adventure 10.4%

H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.

Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Classic 20.6% ★, Cyberpunk 17.9%, Dystopian 12.2%, Adventure 9.6%

A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.

Why similar: Noir 38.3%, Point & Click 20.2%, 1990's 10.9%, Mystery 8.7%, Adventure 8.7%

VirtuaVerse is a challenging old school cyberpunk point & click adventure set in a future not so far away narrating tales of technomancers, AVR graffiti writers, hacker groups, tribes of cryptoshamans, digital archeology, epic cyberwars and virtual reality debauchery.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 25.2%, Point & Click 21.6%, Dystopian 17.6%, 1990's 12.8%, Adventure 6.7%

Enter a world of perilous puzzles and bizarre perspectives--as a cockroach. What you discover may shock you. What you don't may kill you. Either way, you won't come out the same person. You may not even come out a person at all.

Why similar: FMV 59.9% ★, Adventure 15.2%, Classic 13% ★, Point & Click 6.3%, 1990's 5.7%

Gabriel Knight is the last in a long line of Shadow Hunters, those fated to fight the dark forces of the supernatural.

Why similar: Classic 30.6% ★, Point & Click 19.4%, Adventure 18.5%, Detective 15.9%, 1990's 6.7%

Become the greatest detective of all time in The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, a twisting, turning investigation game set in a faithfully-reproduced London of 1898. As Sherlock Holmes, you must find clues, interrogate suspects and unveil a mystery in a story full of twists!

Why similar: Detective 53.4%, Adventure 18.7%, Point & Click 18.3%, Mystery 7.1%, Story Rich 1.5%

Having lost everything, a retired, hardboiled detective, John Cooper, must take his last case to find a missing upper-class girl among the lowest parts of the dystopian city-planet Terrahive. Choose your unique path in this atmospheric narrative future-noir thriller.

Why similar: Noir 28.2%, Detective 23%, Cyberpunk 13.1%, Point & Click 12.1%, Dystopian 6.6%

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 34.1%, Detective 29.4%, Cyberpunk 13.5%, Adventure 8.8%, Multiple Endings 7.2%

Quick, Dr. Fred's Kidnapped Sandy and he's about to start the experiment...

Why similar: Classic 48.4% ★, Point & Click 22.6%, Adventure 18%, 1990's 8.1%, Story Rich 2.8%

Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.

Why similar: Noir 27.3%, Detective 18%, Cyberpunk 14.5%, Point & Click 9.4%, Adventure 7.2%

Investigating a time-loop during the Cold War, light years away from Earth. Neoproxima is a text-based adventure game that combines exploration and simple RPG and survival mechanics. Plan your next loop carefully, and go as far as possible before time catches up with you.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.8%, Dystopian 19.8%, Mystery 13.3%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Adventure 12%

An asteroid the size of a small moon is on a crash course toward Earth. Once the wayward asteroid is nuked into a safe orbit, a trio conducts a routine examination of the rocky surface. What they uncover is anything but routine.

Why similar: Point & Click 34.9%, Classic 28.9% ★, Adventure 20.9%, 1990's 9.7%, Sci-fi 5.5%

Pick up your magnifying glass as writer-turned-detective Penelope Pendrick in this first-person point and click mystery adventure! Three people have suddenly vanished from the sleepy town of Carlisle. Follow the clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles to end this case - before it ends you.

Why similar: Detective 31.1%, Point & Click 25.7%, Adventure 18.5%, Mystery 13.5%, Story Rich 5.9%

In Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town in a modern mystery adventure game from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.

Why similar: Point & Click 26.6%, Adventure 17.3%, Classic 12.9% ★, Cult Classic 11.4% ★, Detective 10.8%

MUTROPOLIS is a lovely sci-fi adventure set on the abandoned Planet Earth. Play as Henry Dijon (hero, nerd, detective) in search of a legendary lost city. Uncover weird ancient artifacts. And PLEASE don’t get obliterated by an ageless evil. You’ve been warned.

Why similar: Detective 44.5%, Point & Click 22.2%, Adventure 13.2%, Mystery 10.1%, Classic 5.2% ★

A neo-noir point&click thriller about a delivery service for illegal goods. Play as a Courier who—after hours—has to solve the mystery of his friend's disappearance. Visit various locations, collect clues, navigate branching dialogue options, and hurry as time is not on your side.

Why similar: Noir 36.7%, Detective 29.8%, Point & Click 12%, Multiple Endings 7.6%, Mystery 6.4%

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 41.8%, Point & Click 21%, Comedy 10%, Mystery 9.2%, Adventure 8.9%

After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…

Why similar: Detective 25.3%, Point & Click 23.9%, Noir 23.4%, Adventure 16.7%, Mystery 6.3%

From multi-award winning Revolution comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, a groundbreaking 3D adventure thriller, set in an AI-driven future. Subvert the world, hack the systems and solve dark conspiracies to uncover the devastating truth.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 21.4%, Point & Click 20.6%, Dystopian 14%, Adventure 13.8%, Sci-fi 7.9%

A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can you help private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart?

Why similar: Detective 33%, Noir 26.4%, Point & Click 17.5%, Adventure 10%, Mystery 7.6%

A missing person case straight out of 1995. Search the early internet, dig through emails and dusty floppy discs, and uncover the secrets behind the disappearance of Victoria Mason.

Why similar: Detective 37.8%, Point & Click 18.6%, 1990's 9.9%, Adventure 9.8%, Mystery 9.2%

FORECLOSED is a narrative-driven action-adventure set in a Cyberpunk world filled with action, suspense, and experimental augmentations. Follow the story of Evan Kapnos in this sleek comic book styled game as he unravels the conspiracy behind his identity foreclosure. Who is responsible and why?

Why similar: Noir 49.7%, Dystopian 14.8%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Adventure 11.6%, Story Rich 6.8%

Play as both Gabriel and Grace as they are dispatched to Munich to solve a series of mutilation murders thought to be the work of werewolves.

Why similar: FMV 46.2% ★, Classic 14.8% ★, Adventure 9.9%, Point & Click 9.5%, Detective 8.8%

Walter Jones, a billionaire had planned on opening up a resort for the rich and famous, but was killed before his dream could be achieved. It's up to Detective Jack Norm to crack the case by interviewing the people on Sinking Island to get valuable clues. A game from Benoit Sokal.

Why similar: Detective 32.6%, Adventure 31.3%, Point & Click 27.7%, Mystery 8.3%

Play as a sharp-witted detective in late 19th-century Leipzig, Germany, in this retro pixel-art point & click adventure. Search for clues, question suspects, and piece together evidence on your deduction board to solve four gripping murder cases.

Why similar: Detective 41.4%, Point & Click 24.3%, Adventure 14.6%, Choices Matter 6.8%, Multiple Endings 4.6%

Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.

Why similar: Mystery 29.3%, Detective 21.5%, Adventure 14.6%, Story Rich 14.3%, Exploration 12.4%

Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.

Why similar: Noir 24.6%, Detective 23.2%, Point & Click 11.1%, Cyberpunk 10.8%, Dystopian 7%

1936: Soldiers of the Third Reich roam the world seeking occult weapons for their insane plans of conquest. When Fenton Paddock, a former British soldier and hapless smuggler, is asked to look for his friend Richard, who went missing in Tibet, he has no idea that this search will lead him across three continents to a secret that could...

Why similar: Point & Click 48.9%, Adventure 35.6%, 1990's 11.1%, Story Rich 4.4%

The Secret of Retropolis is a VR narrative game of a new kind, a blend of classic point-and-click adventure with immersive cinematography. Embody the witty protagonist of a film noir plot. Meet unforgettable characters. Solve puzzles. Lose yourself in the retro-futuristic atmosphere.

Why similar: Noir 32.6%, Detective 28.3%, Point & Click 14.6%, Adventure 8%, Cyberpunk 6.7%

Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.

Why similar: Detective 40.8%, Point & Click 21%, Adventure 11.3%, Comedy 8.3%, Mystery 8.3%

Metaphobia is an investigative mystery game in the style of classic 1990’s point-and-click adventures. Take control of Richard Elmstat in his journey to solve his father's murder.

Why similar: Noir 34.9%, Point & Click 31.3%, Adventure 21.9%, Mystery 12%

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 47.7%, Cyberpunk 18.7%, Dystopian 16%, Adventure 9.5%, Story Rich 5.6%

A dying reality, a universe that’s fading away. A merciless world thatgets sick and vanishes. No past, no present, no future; only the impending moment of “dead synchronicity” ahead. Will you be able to stop it?Because, otherwise... what will you do when Time dissolves itself?

Why similar: Point & Click 47.9%, Adventure 42.7%, Mystery 5.3%, Story Rich 4.1%

BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.

Why similar: FMV 46.3% ★, Point & Click 16.7%, Adventure 9.4%, Multiple Endings 7.6%, Sci-fi 6.1%