- #1 Metamorphosis
97% matchVery Positive85% of 652 reviews2020
Dev: Ovid WorksPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Play as Gregor, turned into a tiny bug, and set out on an extraordinary journey to unravel the mystery of your transformation. Metamorphosis is a first person adventure set in a surrealist world where your newfound abilities are your last and only hope for redemption.
Why similar: Noir 20.9%, Detective 17.4%, Great Soundtrack 12.7%, Adventure 10.3%, Mystery 8.6%
- #2 This Bed We Made
96% matchVery Positive91% of 3,395 reviews2023
Dev: Lowbirth Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links guests together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder!
Why similar: Noir 18.6%, Crime 15.7%, Detective 14%, Investigation 13.7%, Mystery 10.4%
- #3 Dahlia View
96% matchVery Positive84% of 374 reviews2021
Dev: White Paper Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 18.5%, Detective 17.7%, Crime 14.6%, Investigation 11%, Thriller 10.8%
- #4 The Last Case of John Morley
95% matchVery Positive82% of 337 reviews2025
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive StoriesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
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 25.8%, Detective 23%, Adventure 12.2%, Mystery 9.8%, Walking Simulator 6.7%
- #5 Murder Mystery Machine
94% matchMixed55% of 179 reviews2021
Dev: Blazing GriffinPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Join the District Crime Agency in this isometric, modern noir deduction thriller. Explore crime scenes in complex dioramas, organize your evidence effectively, and blur the lines between right and wrong to present your case. Do you have what it takes to be a real detective?
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Noir 21.4%, Crime 20.5%, Adventure 12%, Indie 10.8%
- #6 The Wild Case
94% matchVery Positive86% of 257 reviews2021
Dev: Specialbit Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Wild Case is a 2D first-person point-and-click adventure. In this story-focused adventure, players meet a cast of colorful characters, experience mysterious encounters, and solve puzzles to progress through the game.
Why similar: Detective 23.6%, Noir 16.8%, Investigation 13.3%, Thriller 11.7%, Mystery 7.6%
- #7 Lamplight City
93% matchVery Positive89% of 879 reviews2018
Dev: Grundislav GamesPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 28.7%, Noir 22.7%, Adventure 13.7%, Mystery 13.5%, Indie 8.5%
- #8 The Painscreek Killings
91% matchVery Positive91% of 6,420 reviews2017
Dev: EQ Studios
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
Why similar: Detective 24.5%, Investigation 22.7%, Mystery 12.6%, Adventure 7.3%, Thriller 7.3%
- #9 Dance of Death: Du Lac & Fey
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 173 reviews2019
Dev: Salix Games Ltd
Windows
London, 1888: The people of Whitechapel live under the ghastly shadow of Jack the Ripper, tempting Arthurian legends - Du Lac & Fey - back to English shores to intervene. Will they stop Jack before more blood is spilt on the cobbled streets? Victorian London awaits you...
Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Adventure 14.4%, Mystery 12.4%, Indie 10%, Great Soundtrack 9.5%
- #10 Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
91% matchVery Positive92% of 1,557 reviews2021
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.
Why similar: Detective 29.8%, Investigation 22.7%, Mystery 13.3%, Adventure 11.8%, Female Protagonist 7.1%
- #11 The Hand of Glory
90% matchVery Positive94% of 219 reviews2020
Dev: Madit Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The challenge of a dangerous serial killer plummets detective Lazarus Bundy’s career into a chasm with no way out. In a desperate attempt at a comeback, Lazarus decides to secretly investigate the disappearance of Kathrin Mulzberg.
Why similar: Adventure 20.2%, Great Soundtrack 19.4%, Thriller 18.8%, Mystery 13.2%, Indie 8.2%
- #12 Tangle Tower
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,826 reviews2019
Dev: SFB Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?
Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Noir 17.5%, Crime 15.3%, Mystery 7.8%, Investigation 7.7%
- #13 Mind Diver
87% matchVery Positive95% of 383 reviews2025
Dev: Indoor SunglassesPub: PLAYISM
Windows
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 16.4%, Detective 15.6%, Crime 14.2%, Investigation 12.7%, Thriller 10%
- #14 Whispers of a Machine
88% matchVery Positive93% of 2,021 reviews2019
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 29.5%, Adventure 23%, Noir 20.7%, Mystery 10%, Female Protagonist 6.8%
- #15 The Occupation
89% matchMixed60% of 414 reviews2019
Dev: White Paper GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The Occupation is a fixed-time, investigative thriller set in North West England on Saturday 24th October, 1987.
Why similar: Detective 22.1%, Stealth 14.2%, Thriller 13.3%, Adventure 9.8%, Mystery 9.5%
- #16 Scene Investigators
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,038 reviews2023
Dev: EQ Studios
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A hardcore deductive reasoning game for fans of the “true crime” genre. Only by unraveling the logic and grasping at the motivations behind each case can the crimes be completely solved. Perfect as a social-style mystery fiction.
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Investigation 22.1%, Crime 21.3%, Mystery 10.6%, Adventure 5.4%
- #17 Virginia
86% matchMixed64% of 3,388 reviews2016
Dev: Variable StatePub: 505 Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Virginia is a single-player first-person thriller set in a small town with a secret. Experience a missing person investigation through the eyes of graduate FBI agent Anne Tarver.
Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Thriller 12.6%, Adventure 12.1%, Mystery 11.2%, Walking Simulator 7.8%
- #18 Noir Chronicles: City of Crime
85% matchMixed60% of 237 reviews2018
Dev: Brave Giant LTDPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Step into the shoes of Alfred Fox, a private eye with a knack for getting into trouble, and confront the danger looming over your old flame, Barbara Le Purr. Using your own intuition and wide investigation techniques you will follow the intrigue and face many, sometimes deadly, consequences.
Why similar: Noir 23.2%, Detective 19.8%, Crime 18%, Adventure 12.9%, Great Soundtrack 9%
- #19 Rainswept
84% matchVery Positive87% of 310 reviews2019
Dev: Frostwood Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Rainswept takes you on an emotional adventure in a small town shaken by a double shooting. Join Detective Stone and unravel a tangled web of love, relationships, and unresolved trauma in this character-driven murder mystery game.
Why similar: Crime 26.8%, Detective 26.3%, Thriller 14.3%, Walking Simulator 7.1%, Mystery 6.9%
- #20 Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,386 reviews2025
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
Why similar: Noir 20.5%, Detective 20%, Investigation 17.5%, Mystery 9.9%, Thriller 9.8%
- #21 Paper Perjury
81% matchVery Positive89% of 235 reviews2024
Dev: Paper Cat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
It all started with a simple robbery. When that thread was pulled, a tapestry of mysteries was revealed. Solve cases and outsmart criminals in a detective story full of lies, confessions, and maybe even a murder or two.
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Investigation 18.1%, Crime 15.2%, Adventure 10.7%, Mystery 9.5%
- #22 The Magnificent Trufflepigs
83% matchMixed56% of 174 reviews2021
Dev: ThunkdPub: AMC Games
Windows
The Magnificent Trufflepigs is a first-person, metal-detecting narrative game. It combines laid-back detecting and exploration with a dramatic story, all set in a beautiful English countryside. It’s a game about trying to find something.
Why similar: Adventure 24.4%, Mystery 20.1%, First-Person 13.2%, Story Rich 12.9%, Indie 11.8%
- #23 Tokyo Detectives
82% matchMixed69% of 59 reviews2021
Dev: Rincho Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Detective Game. Murder Investigation. Interrogate witnesses. Rebut with evidence.
Why similar: Detective 26.3%, Crime 21.3%, Investigation 20.4%, Mystery 10.5%, Adventure 9.2%
- #24 Chinatown Detective Agency
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 163 reviews2022
Dev: General Interactive Co.Pub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
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 19.9%, Detective 19%, Crime 17.2%, Investigation 15.2%, Mystery 7.8%
- #25 The Case of the Golden Night Apartment
79% matchMixed58% of 133 reviews2026
Dev: Buddy Studio
Windows
A bizarre murder breaks the peace of Jin Xiao Apartment. As the new night guard, your only tools are the surveillance cameras and the residents' passing words. Everyone here has a secret. The truth is hidden between your screens and your deduction notes.
Why similar: Crime 23.9%, Detective 23.4%, Investigation 18.5%, Mystery 7.7%, Adventure 7.4%
- #26 Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit
80% matchVery Positive81% of 486 reviews2022
Dev: Tag of JoyPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Legends of the past come back to life in this charming point-and-click adventure. Pack your bags and journey with Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit through modern day Europe to uncover the conspiracy behind a cursed relic and the secrets of the King who was never crowned.
Why similar: Detective 25.8%, Adventure 15.6%, Mystery 14.9%, Investigation 12.9%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%
- #27 Paradise Killer
78% matchVery Positive93% of 4,539 reviews2020
Dev: Kaizen Game WorksPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Crime 20.7%, Investigation 17.7%, Mystery 9.6%, First-Person 5.7%
- #28 Night Call
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 752 reviews2019
Dev: Monkey MoonPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Friend. Confidant. Therapist. Voyeur. As a cab driver working the Paris night shift, you are many things to different people. Your gift is getting people to talk; and in order to catch the serial killer who left you for dead, that’s exactly what you’ll need to do.
Why similar: Noir 32.8%, Indie 19.1%, Investigation 16.9%, Detective 13%, Mystery 8.5%
- #29 For Your Tranquility
78% matchMixed68% of 195 reviews2023
Dev: Gamesung Games
Windows · Mac
It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.
Why similar: Detective 26%, Crime 23.3%, Mystery 12.1%, Adventure 11.2%, Investigation 10.2%
- #30 LumineNight
75% matchVery Positive89% of 596 reviews2024
Dev: Spickasoft
Windows
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: Detective 24.1%, Noir 19.1%, Adventure 11.3%, Investigation 11%, Mystery 11%
- #31 Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders
76% matchVery Positive89% of 1,292 reviews2019
Dev: Nupixo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A thrilling point-and-click adventure game where you play as Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator, as he tracks a serial killer in the heart of the Tang Dynasty's capital city.
Why similar: Detective 23.6%, Investigation 18.3%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%, Thriller 10.4%, Adventure 10.2%
- #32 Alex Hill: Whispers at White Oak Inn
74% matchVery Positive93% of 392 reviews2025
Dev: hannahontrek
Windows · Mac
A young woman died near the White Oak Inn. Now, her spirit is roaming around, and an employee is receiving strange letters. What dark secrets wait to be found? The clock is ticking and you, as Alex Hill, must uncover the truth before it’s too late.
Why similar: Detective 24.8%, Crime 15.6%, Mystery 12.6%, Investigation 10.8%, Adventure 9.2%
- #33 TAPE: Unveil the Memories
75% matchVery Positive98% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: BlackChiliGoat StudioPub: Meridiem Games
Windows
Use a special video camera that can rewind time to explore memories of the past in TAPE: Unveil the Memories, a first-person narrative mystery adventure set in 1990s Northern Spain.
Why similar: Thriller 32.4%, Adventure 19.5%, Story Rich 12.8%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Indie 11.8%
- #34 Knee Deep
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 177 reviews2015
Dev: Prologue Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
When a washed-up actor hangs himself on location, a spotlight is cast on the backwater Florida town of Cypress Knee. Your screen becomes a stage on which you investigate this mysterious death as three distinct characters.
Why similar: Noir 21%, Crime 15.9%, Adventure 13.1%, Mystery 12.5%, Thriller 9.5%
- #35 Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit
72% matchVery Positive97% of 606 reviews2025
Dev: Default Cube Games
Windows · Mac
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 21.9%, Adventure 20.6%, Mystery 19.4%, Investigation 15.3%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #36 Tacoma
74% matchVery Positive86% of 4,823 reviews2017
Dev: Fullbright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
Why similar: Adventure 19.5%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Indie 11.7%, Mystery 11.4%, Story Rich 11%
- #37 Bohemian Killing
77% matchMixed63% of 207 reviews2016
Dev: The MoonwallsPub: Libredia Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Paris, 1894. Class differences and pervasive racism finally lead to a tragedy. A year later you find yourself on trial, accused of a brutal murder. How far will you go to exonerate yourself? Will you lie? Manipulate the evidence? Frame others? Act insane? Confess? Your imagination is the limit.
Why similar: Detective 16.9%, Crime 16.2%, Adventure 13.1%, Thriller 10.5%, Indie 9.4%
- #38 Nancy Drew®: The Phantom of Venice
76% matchVery Positive90% of 210 reviews2009
Dev: HeR Interactive
Windows
Infiltrate a Carnevale of Criminals in Italy!
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Crime 17.4%, Investigation 13.2%, Mystery 12.1%, Adventure 6.9%
- #39 L.A. Noire
73% matchVery Positive86% of 36,979 reviews2011
Dev: Team BondiPub: Rockstar Games
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.
Why similar: Detective 27.1%, Noir 21%, Crime 19.7%, Investigation 9.7%, Adventure 7.3%
- #40 Murder at the Birch Tree Theater
70% matchVery Positive95% of 133 reviews2026
Dev: Crucible Juice Games
Windows · Mac
Uncover high drama in this whodunnit set in a small-town community theater. Gather clues by investigating the sets, casts and backstage crews of 10 theatrical productions, and piece together the story of each deadly crime.
Why similar: Noir 23.6%, Detective 18.9%, Crime 17%, Investigation 14.1%, Mystery 10.7%
- #41 Call of the Sea
71% matchVery Positive88% of 6,422 reviews2020
Dev: Out of the Blue GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Join Norah, a woman plagued by a mysterious illness, in her search for her missing husband in this adventure puzzle game set on a lush island paradise. Immerse yourself in stunning visuals and unlock forbidden secrets in a moving tale of mystery and love.
Why similar: Adventure 18.6%, Investigation 17.3%, Mystery 12.5%, First-Person 9.3%, Indie 9.1%
- #42 The Case of the Golden Idol
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 11,013 reviews2022
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Investigation 19.4%, Crime 14.9%, Thriller 12.4%, Mystery 11.8%
- #43 Perception
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 635 reviews2017
Dev: The Deep End Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
An award-winning narrative thriller about a blind woman’s journey to uncover the truth about the mansion from her nightmares, or else become one of its victims.
Why similar: Adventure 28.4%, Indie 22.4%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #44 Hauma - A Detective Noir Story
71% matchMixed68% of 136 reviews2023
Dev: SenAm GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Hauma is a deduction visual novel set in Munich. Discover a conspiracy amongst the upper echelons of society alongside former detective Judith, while visiting real locations in a comic-inspired look.
Why similar: Noir 19.5%, Detective 17.3%, Crime 15.9%, Investigation 13.5%, Mystery 7.9%
- #45 Nobody Wants to Die
68% matchVery Positive83% of 7,520 reviews2024
Dev: Critical Hit GamesPub: PLAION
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 24.6%, Detective 21.6%, Investigation 15.3%, Thriller 14.1%, Walking Simulator 5.8%
- #46 Memento Mori 2
73% matchMixed69% of 143 reviews2014
Dev: Centauri ProductionPub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 52%
An award winning adventure crime thriller with a deeply plotted storyline which takes you to atmospheric settings all around the globe, including among other locations, South Africa, Finland and the USA.
Why similar: Adventure 57%, Indie 32.7%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
- #47 Ghost Files: The Face of Guilt
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 337 reviews2017
Dev: Brave Giant LTDPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Lead the Police investigation in the afterlife!
Why similar: Adventure 42.6%, Great Soundtrack 17.2%, Mystery 13.4%, Indie 8.1%, Female Protagonist 6.7%
- #48 Dimhaven - The Lost Source
66% matchVery Positive88% of 1,018 reviews2026
Dev: Zadbox EntertainmentPub: Blue Brain Games
Windows · Mac
Are you ready for an adventure? Challenges, exploration and puzzles in a narrative driven experience, pick up your camera and test your wits in this first-person mystery by the team behind Quern!
Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Investigation 14.8%, Adventure 11.5%, Mystery 11.1%, Thriller 9.4%
- #49 Contrast
70% matchVery Positive91% of 5,710 reviews2013
Dev: Compulsion Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 35%, Adventure 14.1%, Great Soundtrack 13.7%, Indie 10.7%, Female Protagonist 7.7%
- #50 Oniria Crimes
71% matchVery Positive82% of 61 reviews2020
Dev: cKolmos narrative.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Oniria Crimes is an interactive noir novel with point & click mechanics. Explore crime scenes in a dreamlike world where objects are the only witnesses. Six cases, a hidden conspiracy. Only you can uncover the truth behind the crimes of Oniria.
Why similar: Noir 51.3%, Mystery 21%, Story Rich 11.2%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Exploration 6%
- #51 Mutazione
69% matchVery Positive95% of 1,415 reviews2019
Dev: Die Gute FabrikPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A mutant soap opera where small-town gossip meets the supernatural. Explore the Mutazione community as Kai as she cares for her ailing grandfather. Discover magical gardens, new friends & old secrets. They can survive an apocalyptic meteor strike, but can they survive their small-town drama?
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 21.8%, Mystery 17.1%, Adventure 16%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Story Rich 10.6%
- #52 Botany Manor
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,586 reviews2024
Dev: Balloon StudiosPub: Whitethorn Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Welcome to Botany Manor, a stately home in 19th century England. You play as inhabitant Arabella Greene, a retired botanist. Explore your house and gardens, filled with research, to figure out the ideal habitat of forgotten flora. Grow each plant to discover the mysterious qualities they hold…
Why similar: Investigation 27.4%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Adventure 14.6%, First-Person 12.9%, Female Protagonist 11.4%
- #53 Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders
70% matchVery Positive81% of 3,092 reviews2016
Dev: Artefacts StudioPub: Microids
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The ABC Murders is an adventure and investigation game adapted from the classic Agatha Christie novel. You are the famous private detective Hercule Poirot and, once again, you find yourself up against a mysterious serial killer who goes by the name of "ABC".
Why similar: Noir 23.4%, Detective 19.6%, Crime 16%, Investigation 11.9%, Mystery 7.6%
- #54 Her Story
67% matchVery Positive89% of 10,424 reviews2015
Dev: Sam Barlow
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
Why similar: Detective 28.7%, Crime 28.3%, Investigation 26.3%, Story Rich 6.2%, Female Protagonist 6%
- #55 Rosewater
65% matchVery Positive92% of 416 reviews2025
Dev: Grundislav GamesPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
A thrilling Western adventure in the alternate 19th century world of Lamplight City! Embark on a harrowing journey across the frontier with Harley Leger and her ragtag posse, encountering bandits, rebels, visionaries, eccentrics, and many more friends and foes on your quest for fame and riches.
Why similar: Adventure 25.5%, Mystery 24.8%, Indie 15.2%, Story Rich 12.5%, Female Protagonist 11%
- #56 Telling Lies
69% matchMixed63% of 1,325 reviews2019
Dev: Sam BarlowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Crime 17.9%, Investigation 14.7%, Thriller 13.7%, Mystery 9.6%
- #57 Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 14,521 reviews2016
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Crime 18.6%, Thriller 12.5%, Investigation 12.2%, Adventure 11.1%
- #58 Neon Hearts City
66% matchVery Positive84% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Cosmic VoidPub: Dionous Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 26.1%, Investigation 21%, Crime 19.8%, Adventure 15.2%, Mystery 7.5%
- #59 Through The Fragmentation
66% matchVery Positive97% of 238 reviews2021
Dev: Máté PribelszkyPub: Crow Bar
Windows
Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.
Why similar: Adventure 21%, Investigation 19.4%, Mystery 17.4%, First-Person 11.3%, Atmospheric 8.5%