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Games Like The Midnight Crimes

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Detective, Noir, Point & Click.

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Point-&-Click Adventure with Deck-builder Cards Combat, Play as a retired detective investigating a missing child case while facing your past demons. Explore Midnight Cove, Victorian city with semi-open world mechanics and characters relationships. The story is episode-based, chapter by chapter.

Reviews: Mixed — 66% — of 29 reviews
Released: 2024-12-25
Developer: DeadlyCrow Games
Genres: Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchVery Positive90% of 828 reviews2018
    Dev: Grundislav GamesPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    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. #2 One Night: Burlesque
    96% 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%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Point & Click 9.7%

  3. #3 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 19.2%, Adventure 7.9%, Third Person 3.4%

  4. #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 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Point & Click 11.2%, Text-Based 10%

  5. #5 Bear With Me - Episode One
    94% matchVery Positive87% of 1,003 reviews2016
    Dev: Exordium GamesPub: Miyagi Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 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 8.5%, Atmospheric 5.3%

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    93% matchMixed63% of 206 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.

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    94% matchMixed62% of 1,373 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 6.1%

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    92% matchPositive86% of 21 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 19.8%, Alternate History 18.7%, Card Game 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Text-Based 8.7%

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    91% 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?

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    91% matchMixed57% of 436 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%

  11. #11 The Journey Down: Chapter Two
    90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 553 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!

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    89% 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.

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    88% 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 21.7%, Point & Click 16.6%, Story Rich 10.6%, Text-Based 7.7%

  14. #14 Emerald City Confidential™
    89% matchVery Positive95% of 147 reviews2009
    Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
    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! Solve your detective's quest and unravel a conspiracy of magic and intrigue!

    Why similar: Noir 39.2%, Point & Click 28.6%, Detective 18.8%, Adventure 13.4%

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    87% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Bobby & Jeni
    Windows

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    86% matchVery Positive82% of 83 reviews2022
    Dev: Katabasi StudioPub: Fortuna Imperatore AxelFox
    Windows

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    86% matchVery Positive81% of 876 reviews2013
    Pub: Wadjet Eye Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%

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    Windows
    Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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    84% 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 12%, Adventure 8.2%, Third Person 5.9%

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    84% matchVery Positive83% of 109 reviews2023
    Dev: Kitten Purradise Studios
    Windows

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    83% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2020
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    Windows · Mac

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    82% 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 18.9%, Alternate History 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, Point & Click 12.2%, Text-Based 9.5%

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    81% matchVery Positive90% of 437 reviews2023
    Dev: GMD13
    Windows

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  24. #24 Molitva
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Sara Eshard
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Molitva – a brutal, nonlinear visual novel about sins committed and the final chance for redemption. Are you worthy of forgiveness?

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    81% matchVery Positive92% of 97 reviews2024
    Dev: 空想の工房Pub: Waku Waku Games
    Windows

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    79% matchMixed62% of 47 reviews2023
    Dev: SEKTAHOUSE
    Windows

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    80% matchMostly Positive75% of 810 reviews
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%

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    Why similar: Detective 32.6%, Point & Click 30.9%, Noir 15.8%, Adventure 10.3%, Story Rich 7.6%

  28. #28 The Slaughter: Magdalene
    79% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2021
    Dev: Alex FrancoisPub: Brainchild
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A short interlude from the world of The Slaughter.

    Why similar: Noir 31.3%, Detective 24.8%, Point & Click 16.1%, Third Person 7.1%, Story Rich 5.7%

  29. #29 Unavowed
    78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,539 reviews2018
    Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%

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    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Diskeletton Studios
    Windows

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    77% matchMostly Positive72% of 117 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: SS GC Omnipotens
    Windows

    An original visual novel about the dark secrets of a Soviet asylum, inspired by real events. Here, you do not control the story — you watch as it slowly breaks the main character… and you along with him.

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    76% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
    Dev: Pixel Paradise ®
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Lost Cabinet Games
    Windows

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    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Neo Vulgate Cycle
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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  36. #36 The Wolf Among Us
    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 38,793 reviews2013
    Dev: Telltale
    Windows
    Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    74% matchMostly Positive79% of 290 reviews2023
    Dev: Bithell Games
    Windows · Mac

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    74% matchVery Positive84% of 269 reviews2019
    Dev: Studio Attic Salt
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%

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    73% matchVery Positive91% of 169 reviews2021
    Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%

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    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: HurlingGames
    Windows

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    73% matchVery Positive86% of 17,132 reviews2014
    Dev: Airtight GamesPub: Square Enix
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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    72% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2022
    Dev: NW Games
    Windows

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    71% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
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    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Tim OxtonPub: oxblud
    Windows

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    70% matchVery Positive96% of 106 reviews2025
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    71% matchNo user reviews
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    70% matchVery Positive80% of 116 reviews2024
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    72% matchVery Positive88% of 1,873 reviews2011
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    70% matchNo user reviews
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    68% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
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    69% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
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    69% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2021
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    69% match8 user reviews0% of 8 reviews2020
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    67% matchNo user reviews
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    Dev: Danari Games
    Windows

    Silence is a luxury you don't have. Unravel a dark noir point-and-click mystery where justice and revenge blur. You have exactly 26 moves to reach the end. In this psychological duel, are you the master of your own fate, or just a pawn in someone else’s game?

    Why similar: Noir 36%, Detective 23.2%, Point & Click 19.2%, Story Rich 8.7%, Atmospheric 4.8%

  60. #60 BUGFIXER INO
    66% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
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    Windows

    PC-98Like command-select adventure/visual novel Witness bugfixer Ino's quest with realistic FM sound

    Why similar: Noir 31.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.3%, Detective 23.4%, Adventure 11.4%, Story Rich 6.2%

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