- #1 Lucidus Mortem
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive Stories
Windows
In the 1930's, Samuel, a man with occult beliefs is contacted by S. Stenfield, an elderly man desperate for the suicide of Alice, his daughter. Through a voodoo ritual, Samuel enters a world that only the dead can access. There he will try to recover Alice's soul... But nothing is what it seems.
Why similar: Cinematic 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Lovecraftian 13.2%, Investigation 9.6%, Action-Adventure 8.8%
- #2 Alone in the Dark Prologue
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,643 reviews2023
Dev: Pieces InteractivePub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 36 min≥1hr: 7%
This stand-alone prologue puts you in the tiny shoes of Grace Saunders – an 11-year-old girl delivering a letter, when things go horribly wrong… Experience the unique 1920s horror atmosphere of Alone in the Dark and prepare for the terror that awaits in Derceto Manor
Why similar: Noir 22.4%, Cinematic 15.2%, Lovecraftian 13.1%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Realistic 8.4%
- #3 Alone in the Dark
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,872 reviews2024
Dev: Pieces InteractivePub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Return to Derceto Manor in this reimagination of Alone in the Dark, a love letter to the 90’s cult classic horror game.
Why similar: Noir 20.5%, Lovecraftian 16.6%, Cinematic 12.1%, Detective 10.4%, Dark 6.8%
- #4 DEAD_FARE
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NytherMood Studio
Windows
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 18.5%, Cinematic 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Detective 10.1%, Realistic 7.5%
- #5 Yokai Crossing
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jotaz Larrain
Windows
A 7-year-old boy has vanished inside his own home. Find him and uncover what happened beneath its walls, while evading the Yōkai that have claimed this place as their own.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Cinematic 14.1%, Detective 12%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, Investigation 8.8%
- #6 A Little Time
94% matchMixed54% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: Michael Thorson
Windows
A Little Time is a first-person interactive story. You play as a young but determined detective investigating a man's disappearance. You will travel to a variety of locations and pick up clues while experiencing the story, dialogue, and atmospheric visuals.
Why similar: Detective 16.8%, Cinematic 15.7%, Noir 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Investigation 12.6%
- #7 Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
93% matchVery Positive82% of 2,952 reviews2023
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience a nerve-racking Lovecraftian adventure, rebuilt from the ground up with modern graphics and gameplay. Become Sherlock Holmes, and find yourself at the heart of the terrifying Cthulhu Mythos as you investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in Europe and the US.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18%, Detective 16.3%, Investigation 9.2%, Realistic 7.2%, Action-Adventure 7.1%
- #8 Don't Turn Back
92% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Scrnshot Interactive
Windows
Don't Turn Back is a first-person, single-player psychological horror game. You play Bethany, A young woman who has just inherited her grandfather's mansion. Get immersed in the deeply emotional story of Bethany's family, and experience everything there is inside this home...good and evil.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Investigation 9.3%, Realistic 8.8%, Cinematic 7.1%
- #9 The Dame
91% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Dovlet Mammedov
Windows
A first-person psychological horror where a harmless camp ritual awakens The Dame: a presence bound to mirrors and silence. Break the mirrors before she reaches you.
Why similar: Cinematic 20%, Action-Adventure 13%, Realistic 9.4%, Exploration 8.9%, Adventure 8.5%
- #10 Victim Complex: Part 1
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: 5ive Bullet Games
Windows
Use your wits and iconic ghost hunting equipment to uncover the mystery of what happened to the residents of an abandoned apartment complex in this narrative-driven horror experience.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Detective 11.5%, Supernatural 10.3%, Investigation 9.2%, Realistic 9.2%
- #11 Necropolis Suite
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Freesphere
Windows
Necropolis Suite, is an immersive narrative-driven cosmic horror game about discovery, knowledge, and the meaning of transcendence. Can you escape the terror that lurks in the suite?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.8%, Noir 19.3%, Detective 18.1%, Investigation 8.6%, Horror 7.4%
- #12 Sanguine Thread
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pouet Games
Windows
A 3D psychological detective thriller in a radical film noir style. Explore immersive environments, examine clues from every angle, and connect your evidence on a deduction board to solve a dark conspiracy. Use your pure logic to untangle the truth.
Why similar: Noir 22.1%, Detective 15.5%, Investigation 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Thriller 6.7%
- #13 The Casting of Frank Stone™
89% matchMixed62% of 5,963 reviews2024
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.
Why similar: Cinematic 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Lovecraftian 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Horror 7%
- #14 THE FIFTH MASK
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KafamaGore Games
Windows
A cinematic, choice-driven FMV horror. His friends left him alone in the forest as a prank — then hid among the trees in cheap masks to scare him. But not every mask out there is a friend. Every choice matters. Silence is a choice too.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Cinematic 13.4%, Realistic 8.5%, Adventure 6.9%
- #15 captain midnight
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tim OxtonPub: oxblud
Windows
the tide always wins
Why similar: Noir 22.2%, Detective 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Realistic 8.2%, Investigation 7.9%
- #16 Blair Witch VR
87% matchMixed68% of 212 reviews2021
Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: Bloober Team NA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Blair Witch: VR Edition is a story-driven psychological horror game from the creative minds behind the critically acclaimed The Medium. Experience first-hand the toll that fear can take on the mind in an original story inspired by the cinematic lore of Blair Witch, designed for Virtual Reality.
Why similar: Cinematic 16.1%, Detective 12.6%, Realistic 9.1%, Investigation 8.6%, Action-Adventure 8.6%
- #17 DESOLATIUM
86% matchMostly Negative28% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: SUPERLUMENPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Linux
DESOLATIUM is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 13.9%, Detective 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Investigation 8.1%, Realistic 7.3%
- #18 SAS: Heks
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZenVision Games
Windows
Investigate a second-hand laptop in this first-person psychological horror experience, uncovering files, messages, and anomalies that don’t match reality.
Why similar: Cinematic 12.4%, Investigation 11.1%, Realistic 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
- #19 DEAR SUSPECT
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ELEGISTS STUDIO
Windows
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 16.7%, Noir 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Investigation 11.8%
- #20 The Last Case of John Morley
82% matchVery Positive82% of 329 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 23.5%, Detective 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Realistic 8.1%, Dark 7.2%
- #21 Whispering Eclipsia
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: First Front Game Studios
Windows
"Whispering Eclipsia is a gripping first-person psychological horror detective game. Step into the shoes of Inspector Keshav to solve a series of ritualistic murders, survive reality-bending loops, and uncover the dark secrets lurking in the shadows of Woodslane."
Why similar: Noir 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Detective 8.5%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
- #22 The Lighthouse
85% matchMostly Positive71% of 48 reviews2019
Dev: Shadow Knights Studio
Windows
The Lighthouse is a uniquely crafted thriller with glimpses into psychotic, alternate dimensions. Private Investigator James Irvine finds himself lured into a haunting, neo-noir world in search of a missing young woman, named Lily Beaumont.
Why similar: Noir 19.6%, Detective 12.3%, Investigation 10.1%, Cinematic 10.1%, Thriller 8.1%
- #23 Gloomy Clues: The Broken Mirror
82% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Pixel Paradise
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 21.2%, Detective 14%, Cinematic 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Investigation 10.8%
- #24 Unforgotten: Ordinance
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: ScoreboardGames
Windows
Face your fears, uncover the secrets of the past and fulfill your own destiny. In the wild impenetrable forests of Siberia you will face those who look beyond our reality and only the right choice will allow you to reach the end. Test yourself in a new psychological ethno-horror.
Why similar: Noir 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Lovecraftian 11.1%, Horror 8%, Action-Adventure 7.7%
- #25 Casting Whispers
80% matchPositive90% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: Lantern Bay Entertainment
Windows
Sound is your only hope for survival in this first-person psychological horror game. Investigate the mysteries of an apartment block in 1960s America terrorized by a cosmic horror, as you try to save your lost mentor… and yourself.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.9%, Investigation 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Supernatural 8.8%, Dark 8.3%
- #26 ECHO OF FEAR: Vol.1 Night Visit
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DEVA
Windows
ECHO OF FEAR is a psychological horror game where you play as a detective who receives a box containing 6 mysterious videotapes. Each tape represents a separate story connected by a common plot. The plot is based on the Cthulhu myths by H.P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.7%, Detective 16.5%, Cinematic 14.1%, Realistic 7.7%, Horror 7.2%
- #27 Shadows on the Walls
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bowl of Tentacles
Windows
Shadows on the Walls is an immersive game of psychological horror, exploration and puzzles that takes place in the Crystal Palace Museum of London. Put yourself in the shoes of a security guard in charge of watching the new and mysterious exhibit of the museum known as the “Cursed Loot”.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 16.4%, Detective 15.3%, Cinematic 13.9%, Investigation 12.3%, Realistic 7.3%
- #28 System Says Normal
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KovalGames
Windows · Mac
You were hired to watch. Not to ask questions. Night shift. Corporate building. Cameras, reports, anomalies. Your predecessor left no final report. Now you're going to find out why. Please proceed.
Why similar: Noir 13.9%, Detective 10.5%, Investigation 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%
- #29 Veil of Sanity
78% matchMixed67% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Sphereka
Windows
Veil of Sanity: Echoes of the Carnival (Chapter 1) combines psychological horror with intense gameplay. Keep your sanity intact as you explore a forsaken carnival. More chapters coming soon!
Why similar: Action-Adventure 12%, Investigation 10.9%, Realistic 10.4%, Horror 9.4%, Exploration 9.2%
- #30 The Outer Islands
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ancient Clockwork Games
Windows
Explore a quarantined island chain and a vast automated hospital abandoned for twenty years. Uncover the secrets of the Malin Corporation while evading the machines that still believe they have patients.
Why similar: Investigation 14.8%, Lovecraftian 13%, Detective 12%, Cinematic 9.7%, Mystery 8.3%
- #31 Mind Diver
76% matchVery Positive95% of 370 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 20.9%, Detective 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Investigation 11.4%, Thriller 7%
- #32 Joe Kowalski Chronicles: Murder in a flat
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iron Noir Soft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Joe Kowalski Chronicles: Murder in a flat is a dark neo noir point and click adventure game where you start as a police detective Joe Kowalski and try to solve a murder that happened in Joe's neighborhood.
Why similar: Noir 24.1%, Detective 15%, Cinematic 12.1%, Investigation 10%, Action-Adventure 8.2%
- #33 The Sleeping Sickness
77% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Paper Scrap LLC
Windows
The Sleeping Sickness is an interactive short story that allows the player to guide the main character's actions. The player’s choices will lock and unlock future locations, change dialogue, and alter the story. Choices matter in The Sleeping Sickness. It is an excellent choice for horror fans.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Lovecraftian 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Detective 11.1%, Cinematic 10.2%
- #34 What have you done, Father?
76% matchVery Positive92% of 152 reviews2024
Dev: Darkania Works
Windows
A dark murder mistery game combined with a visual novel revolving around a disturbing plot. Embark on the frightening adventure of a young priest entangled in a forbidden affair with a beautiful lady who meets a gruesome end. Lust, wrath, murder, despair.
Why similar: Noir 26%, Detective 12.5%, Thriller 8.8%, Psychological Horror 6.9%, Mystery 6.7%
- #35 Forsaken Fleet
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zakym s. r. o.
Windows
A first-person pirate horror where a haunted fisherman is drawn into the legend of the Forsaken Fleet. Follow a mysterious compass. Sail through the fog. Explore forgotten places and survive the horrors that should have stayed buried at sea.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.7%, Cinematic 15.8%, Dark 10.7%, Horror 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #36 The Pigment
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
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: Lovecraftian 20.3%, Noir 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Investigation 6.3%
- #37 The Nightwal Legacy
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Quantum Division
Windows
A first-person supernatural thriller where you explore a manor overtaken by darkness. Wield a mysterious power to confront an ancient evil, unravel the truth, and save your brother.
Why similar: Detective 15%, Cinematic 12.3%, Investigation 9.1%, Supernatural 8.7%, Horror 8.2%
- #38 UnHuman
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Darkphobia Games
Windows
Four victims brutally murdered by an unknown killers. Using an experimental device, you enter the minds of the dead to relive the harrowing, agonizing final minutes of their lives.
Why similar: Noir 14.5%, Cinematic 12.8%, Horror 11.8%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Thriller 8.2%
- #39 Veil of Torment
73% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Dejan Milosevic
Windows
Enter the abandoned Black Water Asylum in search of a missing girl. Veil of Torment is a psychological horror game where reality twists, shadows whisper, and every step drags you deeper into madness.
Why similar: Cinematic 23.7%, Detective 15.3%, Exploration 9.7%, Dark 9.4%, Adventure 8.8%
- #40 Maledictum
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: FoxGameDev
Windows
In Maledictum (1–4 co-op), you’re not a ghost hunter you’re an Investigator of Guilt. Identify the entity, uncover the victim/culprit/cause, and decide a final ritual to free or condemn a spirit that reacts to your voice.
Why similar: Detective 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Investigation 11.7%, Supernatural 8.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%
- #41 Signal Lost: The Ping
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mousavi Tech
Windows
Signal Lost: The Ping is a first-person atmospheric horror adventure set in a pitch-black underground facility. Use sonar-like PING pulses to reveal paths for a heartbeat, but each ping raises the Threat and draws the Sentinel closer.
Why similar: Cinematic 16.1%, Investigation 10.6%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Realistic 9.2%, Dark 8.1%
- #42 AUTOPHOBIA
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Magenta Softworks
Windows · Mac
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 33.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Cinematic 11.6%, Horror 8.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%
- #43 HouseWarming
69% matchVery Positive83% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: Neskorobok GamesPub: Setone Games
Windows
Brian Lewis buys an old house, hoping for a quiet and orderly life. But on the very first night, the house begins to behave strangely... What starts as a harmless incident slowly turns into something far more terrifying... What if someone else is inside?
Why similar: Cinematic 15.4%, Detective 12.8%, Investigation 9.8%, Realistic 9.4%, Horror 9.1%
- #44 IFU
72% matchMixed68% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Setonika GamesPub: Dark Games DGG
Windows
IFU is a psychological horror about a young guy who is forcibly locked in an abandoned mansion of a dead surgeon along with his restless soul.
Why similar: Cinematic 15.3%, Detective 12.5%, Investigation 9.6%, Dark 9.1%, Thriller 8.4%
- #45 Angst
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Forgeworks Studio
Windows
Escape the cube.
Why similar: Cinematic 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Investigation 10%, Realistic 8.5%
- #46 BANNED TAPES
70% matchPositive93% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: NickNickolas
Windows
VHS found footage horror experience. You have purchased a box of VHS tapes and now you have to select those tapes on which horrifying, violent, shocking events take place.
Why similar: Noir 18.2%, Cinematic 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Detective 10.1%, Horror 7.8%
- #47 Dahlia View
72% matchVery Positive84% of 373 reviews2021
Dev: White Paper Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 21.4%, Detective 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Cinematic 9.7%, Investigation 9%
- #48 The Wolf Among Us Remastered
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Telltale
Windows
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Noir 21.2%, Detective 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Investigation 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
- #49 Incident Reports: Millers Residence
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Faint Signal Games
Windows
A late-night call sends you to the Millers Residence. What begins as a routine investigation turns into a descent through buried records, missing evidence, and a house arranged to hide something far worse.
Why similar: Detective 14.3%, Investigation 14.3%, Horror 9.2%, Supernatural 8.4%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
- #50 Orph - The Lost Boy
71% matchMixed68% of 38 reviews2022
Dev: Marius Popa
Windows · Linux
Orph - The Lost Boy is a first-person horror game where you have to find out what happened with your son. Explore an old orphanage, uncover secrets long forgotten and solve puzzles.
Why similar: Noir 28.1%, Cinematic 14.3%, Dark 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Horror 9.4%
- #51 Secrets Of Suburbia
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: coolmysterydev
Windows · Linux
Investigate a disappearance in a quiet American suburb in 1997. Spend the night exploring the early internet and following a digital trail in this first-person mystery-horror experience.
Why similar: Noir 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Investigation 11.2%, Detective 10.8%, Realistic 7.9%
- #52 This Bed We Made
68% matchVery Positive91% of 3,323 reviews2023
Dev: Lowbirth Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 21.9%, Cinematic 14.7%, Detective 12.2%, Investigation 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
- #53 Look Inside
70% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Bitwise Games
Windows
Investigate the mysterious death of an unidentified young woman, in this shocking psychological thriller kinetic novel.
Why similar: Noir 22.1%, Detective 19%, Dark 10.5%, Investigation 10.3%, Thriller 8.8%
- #54 M.S. Salmon
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SoybloQ
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 22%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Cinematic 15.4%, Detective 12.7%, Action-Adventure 10.7%
- #55 The Occultist
65% matchMostly Positive76% of 357 reviews2026
Dev: DALOARPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
The Occultist is a first-person narrative thriller. You play as Alan Rebels, a paranormal investigator who travels to an abandoned British island after his father's disappearance. Explore Godstone island, face supernatural entities, and uncover long-buried occult rituals.
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Investigation 15.8%, Lovecraftian 12.4%, Action-Adventure 7.2%, Supernatural 7.2%
- #56 DREADCORE : Locked Unit
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vladislav LukyantsevPub: MonkeyFactory Media
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game focused on exploration, puzzle-solving, and environmental storytelling. Discover the tragic story of Unit 199, where a fragmented consciousness still haunts the place.
Why similar: Noir 21.5%, Lovecraftian 16%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Cinematic 12.5%, Psychological Horror 6.7%
- #57 Neighbors
68% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Max BarsanaPub: Oddlybeast
Windows · Mac
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 24.7%, Detective 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Investigation 11.5%, Dark 7.6%
- #58 The 7th Guest Remake
64% matchVery Positive86% of 271 reviews2026
Dev: Vertigo Games
Windows
The iconic game The 7th Guest has been brought back to life with modern technology, delivering an atmospheric story like no other. Explore a foreboding mansion, solve mind-bending puzzles, and uncover its dark secrets. The 7th Guest is the ultimate mystery adventure, reimagined for modern platforms.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Noir 16%, Mystery 9.5%, Supernatural 9.4%, Exploration 8.5%
- #59 GHOST at DAWN
67% matchVery Positive82% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Blue and Red Games
Windows
In 1947, hard-boiled private eye Ben O'Hara is searching for a missing girl in an abandoned hotel. Investigate room by room, piece together clues, and give the living dead lead poisoning in this noir horror. Can you push through your fear and discover what became of her?
Why similar: Noir 24.5%, Detective 14.3%, Cinematic 10.9%, Investigation 7.5%, Action-Adventure 7.3%
- #60 The Lost & The Found
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ironic Despair
Windows
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 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Lovecraftian 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Investigation 8.2%