- #1 Lamplight City
97% matchVery Positive90% of 844 reviews2018
Dev: Grundislav GamesPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 7.4 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 20.1%, Alternate History 18.2%, Noir 16.7%, Point & Click 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%
- #2 Face Noir
96% matchMixed65% of 338 reviews2013
Dev: Mad OrangePub: Phoenix Online Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A moody tale that combines the intrigue and atmosphere of a Raymond Chandler novel or Humphrey Bogart film with classic point-and-click adventure gameplay, Face Noir follows private eye Jack Del Nero as he’s falsely accused of murdering the man who left a little girl in his protection.
Why similar: Noir 44%, Point & Click 25.5%, Detective 19.3%, Adventure 7.9%, Third Person 3.4%
- #3 The Wolf Among Us
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 39,110 reviews2013
Dev: Telltale
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Noir 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Point & Click 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #4 The Island: Into The Mist
95% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
Dev: BADA Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Noir 21.7%, Detective 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Point & Click 11.2%, Text-Based 9.9%
- #5 The Yellow Sign
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WeAreWild
Windows
Worlds brought to life by H.P. Lovecraft and R.W. Chambers combined in the form of a pixelart point&click game. As Solomon Hill, investigate the mysterious death of your twin brother and an ancient plot to bring back the lost city of Carcosa and its resident Hastur, known as the King in Yellow.
Why similar: Noir 25%, Detective 18.7%, Alternate History 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Point & Click 13.3%
- #6 Wizard Confidential
94% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sling spells and crack the case in a city full of bootleggers, corrupt cops, and vampires. Can you save your partner before a wizard dooms Seattle? A text-based interactive urban fantasy noir novel.
Why similar: Alternate History 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Detective 16.8%, Text-Based 15.4%, Noir 13.9%
- #7 Blues and Bullets
93% matchMixed62% of 1,374 reviews2015
Dev: A Crowd of Monsters
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Blues and Bullets is a dark and violent crime thriller. Set in an alternative Eliot Ness & Al Capone story, Blues and Bullets blends a stunning script with detective work to deliver an amazing interactive experience.
Why similar: Noir 29.5%, Detective 24.1%, Alternate History 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Story Rich 6%
- #8 Bear With Me - Episode One
92% matchVery Positive87% of 1,007 reviews2016
Dev: Exordium GamesPub: Miyagi Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Bear With Me is an episodic noir adventure game. Amber is trying to find her missing brother while being aided by her trusty teddy, Ted E. Bear.
Why similar: Noir 42.6%, Detective 18.2%, Point & Click 13.4%, Dark 8.4%, Atmospheric 5.3%
- #9 Freud's Bones-the game
91% matchVery Positive82% of 84 reviews2022
Dev: Katabasi StudioPub: Fortuna Imperatore AxelFox
Windows
Infiltrate, rule and rescue the mind of the father of Psychoanalysis: Sigmund Freud, in this surreal and obscure adventure. Take control of his inner voice, choose his destiny, solve clinical cases, save or condemn your patients, all whilst trying to save Freud from himself.
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Point & Click 15.8%, Noir 14.8%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #10 One Night: Burlesque
91% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Step into the smoky, seductive world of the Angels Den, a luxurious burlesque club. Get into the high heels of Holly, a talented dancer graced with a unique gift of telepathy. Help her on a desperate mission to save a friend from certain doom.
Why similar: Noir 25.8%, Detective 15.6%, Alternate History 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Point & Click 9.7%
- #11 Sanatorium - A Mental Asylum Simulator
90% matchMixed62% of 215 reviews2025
Dev: ZeitglasPub: Shoreline Games
Windows · Mac
The year is 1923—step inside Castle Woods Sanatorium, where care and cruelty blur together. Disguised as a doctor, you’ll diagnose and treat patients using a deck of symptoms, tests, and outdated therapies. But tread carefully: one wrong move could expose you as an impostor.
Why similar: Noir 20.6%, Detective 18.3%, Alternate History 16.2%, Card Game 11.1%, Point & Click 10.5%
- #12 Field Hospital: Dr. Taylor's Story
89% matchVery Positive90% of 106 reviews2020
Dev: Gard Interactive
Windows · Mac
Field Hospital is a text-based bureaucratic detective game about hard decisions. Decide who to treat and whom to refuse. Face consequences. Study patients’ info and read their stories. Investigate the tangled case of Dr. Taylor.
Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Alternate History 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Point & Click 12.1%, Text-Based 9.3%
- #13 Max Sterling PI: The Grady Case
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Saint Cloud Studios
Windows
In this classic Investigative Mystery game, you are hired to find the truth behind Mr. Grady's untimely death. Explore 40+ areas, compile a multitude of evidence, and interview over 30 unique characters to assist you in your search for answers. Do YOU have what it takes to crack the case?
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Noir 22.5%, Alternate History 16.9%, Point & Click 12.8%, Text-Based 11.8%
- #14 Post Mortem
89% matchMixed57% of 438 reviews2011
Dev: MC2Pub: Microids
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 43%
After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…
Why similar: Point & Click 30.2%, Detective 26.5%, Noir 25.4%, Adventure 10%, Dark 4.4%
- #15 Medieval Revenge
87% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: 99 Interactive
Windows
Playing a card game where you navigate from the revenge of an English peasant against marauding Vikings in medieval England to the attainment of kingdom power.
Why similar: Card Battler 19.6%, Alternate History 18.9%, Card Game 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Text-Based 8.7%
- #16 The Journey Down: Chapter Two
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 557 reviews2014
Dev: SkyGoblin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Chapter Two of The Journey Down, a classic point-and-click saga with an Afro-Caribbean vibe. Get ready to embark on an epic journey of brain-teasing adventure!
Why similar: Noir 43%, Detective 19.7%, Point & Click 13.9%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Adventure 4.9%
- #17 Let Bions Be Bygones
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 122 reviews2024
Dev: Bohemian PulpPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
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 27.6%, Detective 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Point & Click 13.8%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #18 L.A. Noire
85% matchVery Positive86% of 36,273 reviews2011
Dev: Team BondiPub: Rockstar Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 19.2 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 38.5%, Noir 31.1%, Open World 9.7%, Story Rich 6.6%, Third Person 5.1%
- #19 Emerald City Confidential™
86% matchVery Positive95% of 148 reviews2009
Dev: Wadjet Eye GamesPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Work with the world's most cunning detective in the shadowy underbelly of the Emerald City of Oz! As Petra, you'll be lured deep into mysteries involving new foes and familiar faces; Scarecrow, Lion, and Toto included. This is Oz as you've never seen it before!
Why similar: Noir 39.2%, Point & Click 28.6%, Detective 18.8%, Adventure 13.5%
- #20 Angelic Agency: Soul Salvation Unit
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YOKUNIKU
Windows
A mystery adventure featuring a public security duo and supernatural cases. Unravel the truth behind the otherworldly "Ghosturbance Cases"!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28%, Detective 21.8%, Point & Click 16.7%, Story Rich 10.6%, Text-Based 7.6%
- #21 Graywood: Noir Detective
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bobby & Jeni
Windows
GRAYWOOD is a 1950s crime comic-inspired graphic adventure. Investigate crime scenes, craft your own lines of questioning, and organize your findings on your corkboard all while navigating a morally-testing narrative. Respect the law, follow your conscience, or abuse your power to save your family.
Why similar: Noir 30.1%, Detective 26.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Point & Click 10.8%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #22 The Shivah
83% matchVery Positive81% of 884 reviews2013
Pub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Russell Stone is a Jewish Rabbi at a poor synagogue in New York City. He is a devout man with a problem. Membership is way down and he lacks the funds to keep his synagogue open. Things are looking very bleak, and he has grown progressively more cynical and bitter with the passage of time.
Why similar: Noir 39%, Point & Click 36.8%, Adventure 10%, Detective 7%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #23 PATIENT
82% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: NW Games
Windows
You are a patient of a psychiatric clinic. You don't remember anything about your past. A certain orderly helped you escape, because he knew that you were here by mistake. You need to find out the real reason of it.
Why similar: Detective 27.5%, Point & Click 15.7%, Alternate History 14.5%, Incremental 9.4%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #24 Nick Bounty - The Goat in the Grey Fedora: Remastered
81% matchPositive85% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Pinhead Games
Windows
A complete modern remaster of the award winning Point & Click detective comedy adventure game.
Why similar: Noir 41.1%, Point & Click 26.6%, Story Rich 11.9%, Adventure 8.3%, Third Person 6%
- #25 One Eleven
80% matchVery Positive82% of 113 reviews2023
Dev: Kitten Purradise Studios
Windows
One eleven is a dark detective story about twelve lonely people who, by chance, find themselves in the same house with a mad maniac. Who will be the victim and who will be the killer? Be attentive and courageous, and solve the riddles of One Eleven.
Why similar: Noir 24.9%, Detective 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Point & Click 13.2%, Text-Based 10.4%
- #26 Lacuna: Prologue
81% matchVery Positive91% of 170 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
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 30.3%, Detective 25.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Text-Based 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #27 KRAMPEN
79% matchVery Positive91% of 443 reviews2023
Dev: GMD13
Windows
Immerse yourself in the winter forest and help a lost soul to find a piece of itself. What is awaiting you there.. or who?
Why similar: Noir 25.3%, Detective 22.9%, Point & Click 13.3%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #28 Molitva
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sara Eshard
Windows · Mac · Linux
3 days, 3 dreams, and 3 worlds.
Why similar: Noir 34.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Point & Click 17.9%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #29 Vivere Memento
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neo Vulgate Cycle
Windows · Mac · Linux
A city forgotten by everyone, two women trying to unravel its secrets, and a dismal silence of war. Is it possible to create without the hope of being heard? Is it possible to mourn for someone obliterated in memories? And what horrors are hidden in the shadows of forgotten town?
Why similar: Noir 28.3%, Detective 22.7%, Alternate History 15.5%, Text-Based 13.1%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
- #30 ▼スライム娘は人間と友達になりたいようだ+
76% matchVery Positive92% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: 空想の工房Pub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
“Hello, humans! Will you be my friend?” This is a point-and-click novel game about Aura, a slime girl who wants to become friends with humans. Aura is pure and innocent, and easily influenced by the emotions of the humans she meets...
Why similar: Point & Click 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Text-Based 14.8%, Adventure 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #31 GRUNND
77% matchMixed62% of 47 reviews2023
Dev: SEKTAHOUSE
Windows
You fell asleep on the train... Now a strange town, fully voice-acted characters, and choices that reshape the mystery stand between you and home.
Why similar: Noir 23.2%, Detective 19.7%, Alternate History 17.6%, Point & Click 11.9%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #32 The Slaughter: Magdalene
77% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: Alex FrancoisPub: Brainchild
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short interlude from the world of The Slaughter.
Why similar: Noir 31.2%, Detective 24.8%, Point & Click 16.1%, Third Person 7.1%, Story Rich 5.7%
- #33 The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 812 reviews
Dev: KING ArtPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
'The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief' is a thrilling crime adventure in three chapters from the creators of 'The Book of Unwritten Tales'. Full of twists and turns, it immerses you in both sides of the story, combining thrill-of-the-chase whodunit with the risk and reward of a heist story. Paris, 1960.
Why similar: Detective 32.6%, Point & Click 30.9%, Noir 15.8%, Adventure 10.3%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #34 Unavowed
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,565 reviews2018
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.7%, Detective 21%, Noir 10.5%, Story Rich 10.2%, Adventure 7.9%
- #35 Noir Storm
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Diskeletton Studios
Windows
Take on the role of a private detective who, intercepted by a MOSSAD spy on the city of Buenos Aires in 1952, is drawn into a dangerous odyssey against exiles from the Third Reich and the inminent threat of a new and unprecedented weapon of mass destruction.
Why similar: Noir 29.4%, Detective 25.3%, Alternate History 15.3%, Point & Click 12.5%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #36 Gloomy Clues: The Broken Mirror
74% match1 user reviews0% of 1 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 26.6%, Detective 22.6%, Point & Click 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #37 Pact of the Black Tide
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Dunlin Productions
Windows
A narrative point-and-click adventure game blending puzzles and wit. Explore, interact with a cast of colorful characters, combine items, and manipulate reality through an integrated magic system. Humor, adventure, and discovery await to bring you into new and unexpected worlds.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30%, Point & Click 28.5%, Text-Based 17.6%, Adventure 13.6%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #38 Choices That Matter: And The Sun Went Out
75% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2020
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac
Take part in one of the most complex interactive adventure stories ever written! What if the sun inexplicably vanished only to return hours later? Investigate with your AI companion, Moti. Uncover conspiracies. Discover ancient religions. Travel the globe.
Why similar: Noir 29.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Detective 19.7%, Text-Based 16.3%, Multiple Endings 13.1%
- #39 Obsidian Moon
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lost Cabinet Games
Windows
Investigate your way in a branching noir horror detective game inspired by Lovecraftian horror and ancient Minoan myth. Analyze evidence, connect clues, and uncover dark secrets through genre-bending deduction mechanics. Face a sinister plot—and an ultimate choice.
Why similar: Noir 22.1%, Detective 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Point & Click 11.9%, Card Game 11%
- #40 Tron: Identity
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 292 reviews2023
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Detective 30.6%, Noir 25.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #41 Misadventures of Laura Silver
73% matchVery Positive84% of 269 reviews2019
Dev: Studio Attic Salt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.
Why similar: Noir 20.6%, Detective 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Point & Click 14.3%, Text-Based 8.5%
- #42 Acrônimo Tupiniquim
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cigarras & Cigarros
Windows
The greatest detective in São Paolo is dead, and you are the prime suspect in his death. Investigate the detective's past cases, unravel the web of mysteries that binds the great city, and prove your innocence. Enigmatic letters, hidden secrets, and one certainty: Every story has two sides.
Why similar: Noir 36.4%, Detective 33.7%, Story Rich 9.9%, Point & Click 9.8%, Atmospheric 6.1%
- #43 Murdered: Soul Suspect
72% matchVery Positive86% of 17,211 reviews2014
Dev: Airtight GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.
Why similar: Detective 49.7%, Noir 17.1%, Adventure 5.8%, Story Rich 5.7%, Third Person 5.5%
- #44 Inspector Pug: The Furrious Murder Case
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wardrobe Entertainment
Windows
A dark noir detective story starring a not-so-bright pug. Combine clues, build chains of deductions, and solve a murder — even if your reasoning isn’t always… impressive.
Why similar: Detective 42.1%, Noir 29.5%, Point & Click 12%, Adventure 8.3%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #45 Veils of the Past
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TangoScarMike Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological mystery where every clue reshapes reality. Unravel the link between a vanished woman and your missing sister, only to discover four entirely different truths, each revealing a new world, a new enemy, and the price of remembering.
Why similar: Noir 26.2%, Detective 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Text-Based 13.3%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #46 Frankie and Suede Private Detectives
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HurlingGames
Windows
Get big laughs while you point and click to search for clues and solve mysteries with Hollywood's most deranged private investigators, Frankie and Suede. Be immersed into a cinematic experience with slapstick characters in this film noir comedy adventure.
Why similar: Noir 28%, Detective 23.7%, Alternate History 21.4%, Point & Click 15.5%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #47 Again!? Yakuza: Reclaim Power, Interrogate Bodies, Subjugate
69% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Myriad
Windows · Mac · Linux
A point-and-click detective visual novel with a noir atmosphere, where everyone has their own interests! 5 girls, over 120 images, and complete freedom of action! Every playthrough is unique! The clan Boss was kicked out of his usual place? Well, it's just reason to remind everyone why he's the Boss
Why similar: Detective 32.7%, Noir 31.6%, Point & Click 17.4%, Multiple Endings 4.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 4.8%
- #48 PRSI
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Matej HlozanekPub: HERDEK
Windows · Mac
A short detective-card-adventure set in a dirty Czech pub. Play cards, get wasted and embark on a journey of self-reflection.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Card Battler 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Card Game 14.4%, Point & Click 11.7%
- #49 A Study in Blue
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Relate Games
Windows
Play as Kenneth, a private detective, and Blue, a runaway searching for answers. Explore the megacity of Republica in a semi-open world, solve criminal cases, make decisive moral choices, and uncover the truth behind Blue’s past.
Why similar: Detective 26.3%, Noir 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Point & Click 9.2%
- #50 Au Revoir
68% matchVery Positive95% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: Invisible StudioPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
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 30.1%, Point & Click 16.3%, Detective 14.5%, Text-Based 12.5%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #51 captain midnight
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tim OxtonPub: oxblud
Windows
the tide always wins
Why similar: Noir 29.3%, Detective 24.5%, Alternate History 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Atmospheric 6.1%
- #52 Gemini Rue
70% matchVery Positive88% of 1,875 reviews2011
Dev: Joshua NuernbergerPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 39.2%, Point & Click 27.4%, Detective 16.4%, Adventure 7.1%, Story Rich 5.8%
- #53 The Da Vinci Cryptex 4
67% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: XSGames
Windows · Mac
Unravel 50 codes, unlock the Cryptex, and escape the room!
Why similar: Noir 22.5%, Alternate History 18%, Detective 17.4%, Point & Click 12.7%, Incremental 10.7%
- #54 Mithra
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Seventh Disorder
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 24.2%, Detective 20.7%, Alternate History 20.3%, Point & Click 13.5%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #55 The Allure Of Wanton Cove
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 119 reviews2024
Dev: Ktulhu Solutions
Windows · Mac · Linux
An adult tale of lust and horror in the vein of HP Lovecraft. Take on the part of a former detective who could never let go of the last terrible case he worked. One day his old partner comes knocking, begging for help.
Why similar: Noir 23.6%, Detective 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Text-Based 13.5%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #56 Cliffhanger: Challenger of Tomorrow
69% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Punch out Fascists and unravel conspiracies in this pulp adventure set in a retro-futuristic 1930s world of airships, fast cars, and two-fisted action!
Why similar: Alternate History 23.7%, Detective 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Text-Based 15.5%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #57 Echoes of Madness - The Hawthorne Case
67% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Mr.Bane Games
Windows
Detective Norman faces one of the longest nights of his career. Alone, he searches for the missing girl, Felicia, only to discover that this case runs far deeper than he ever imagined.
Why similar: Noir 35%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Detective 22.2%, Adventure 9.6%, Text-Based 9%
- #58 CurrentDay
66% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: HB Studio
Windows
Someone knocks at your door every day. You decide who to help, who to turn away—and what it costs. A slow, atmospheric narrative game set in 1934, full of choices, guilt, and quiet desperation. Every choice changes the game.
Why similar: Noir 19.5%, Point & Click 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Text-Based 13.8%, Incremental 12.2%
- #59 Eyes of Darkness
68% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Videogame Collective
Windows
Psychological horror, featuring early 90's graphics and music, vast player's freedom and multiple endings! Leonard White, a professional inspector, is looking for his ex-girlfriend, Kimberly Frances, gone missing in Goodsprings, a small town near Nevada holding the darkest secrets...
Why similar: Noir 27.7%, Detective 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Point & Click 14.8%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #60 Private Eye: The Young Heir
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lucky 7 Studios
Windows
Private Eye is a detective game where you play as Hakeem trying to solve the murder case of Amir. The wealthy heir Amir kept strange company, is one of them his murderer? Explore, investigate, solve puzzles, and find discrepancies to unravel his mysterious death.
Why similar: Detective 27.8%, Noir 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Multiple Endings 8.7%, Story Rich 8.3%