- #1 Mutropolis
97% matchVery Positive89% of 206 reviews2021
Dev: Pirita StudioPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
MUTROPOLIS is a lovely sci-fi adventure set on the abandoned Planet Earth. Play as Henry Dijon (hero, nerd, detective) in search of a legendary lost city. Uncover weird ancient artifacts. And PLEASE don’t get obliterated by an ageless evil. You’ve been warned.
Why similar: Detective 38.4%, Point & Click 25.7%, Puzzle 9.5%, Hand-drawn 6.7%, Adventure 6%
- #2 Voodoo Detective
96% matchVery Positive96% of 365 reviews2022
Dev: Short Sleeve Studio, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Do you like adventure, comedy, and dime store detective novels? Then boy have we got the game for you! Join Voodoo Detective in a hand-drawn, point-and-click noir where you’ll pit your wits and hoodoo know-how against a sinister evil that’s taken root on beautiful Zo Wanga Isle.
Why similar: Noir 31.4%, Detective 23.1%, Point & Click 16.4%, Hand-drawn 7.6%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #3 Au Revoir
96% matchVery Positive96% of 106 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 29.2%, Point & Click 15.7%, Detective 12.7%, Cyberpunk 9.7%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #4 The 7th Guest VR
95% matchVery Positive93% of 560 reviews2023
Dev: Vertigo Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The iconic supernatural mystery, The 7th Guest, has been brought back to life with cutting-edge VR technology, that delivers an atmospheric story like no other. Explore the foreboding mansion, solve challenging puzzles, and uncover its dark secrets.
Why similar: VR 36.3%, Noir 21.1%, 6DOF 18.1% ★, Puzzle 8.9%, Adventure 7.1%
- #5 Neon Hearts City
94% matchVery Positive84% of 50 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 28.3%, Point & Click 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Puzzle 9.2%, Cyberpunk 8.4%
- #6 Floor Plan: Hands-On Edition
94% matchVery Positive88% of 119 reviews2017
Dev: Turbo Button
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Floor Plan is a short form puzzle adventure game that takes place entirely inside an elevator, re-imagining classic point-and-click gameplay for fully immersive VR.
Why similar: 6DOF 25.2% ★, VR 21.4%, Point & Click 17.4%, Puzzle 8.1%, Funny 5.4%
- #7 Nine Noir Lives
93% matchVery Positive88% of 151 reviews2022
Dev: Silvernode Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stretch your legs, clean your whiskers, and dive into Nine Noir Lives. Enjoy a "point-and-lick" comedy-noir adventure, full of humour, crazy characters, and intriguing locations. Solve challenging puzzles and answer the immortal question: how many things need to be licked to solve a murder in this town?
Why similar: Noir 32%, Detective 22.4%, Point & Click 16.7%, Story Rich 6.5%, Puzzle 6.1%
- #8 Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 570 reviews2023
Dev: Videlectrix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Join Dangeresque, the world's greatest private eye/crooked cop, as he puzzles his way through 3 bite-sized roomisodes in this classic-style point n' click adventure.
Why similar: Point & Click 32.8%, Noir 27.3%, Detective 27%, Adventure 10.5%, Funny 2.3%
- #9 Noir Punk
91% matchVery Positive89% of 70 reviews2021
Dev: Milpitians
Windows
2D sidescrolling adventure narrative game with puzzle solving and platforming elements.
Why similar: Detective 34.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Puzzle 10.1%, Cyberpunk 9.5%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #10 I Expect You To Die
91% matchVery Positive94% of 2,739 reviews2017
Dev: Schell Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Test your problem-solving skills in this virtual reality escape-the-room puzzle game. Play as a secret agent armed with telekinetic abilities on a mission to stop Zoraxis, an evil corporation with plans for world domination.
Why similar: VR 46.6%, Puzzle 14.8%, Retro 10.5%, Funny 8.4%, Stylized 7%
- #11 Chicken Police - Paint it RED!
90% matchVery Positive95% of 2,490 reviews2020
Dev: The Wild GentlemenPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A wild tale of love, death, chickens, and redemption! Chicken Police is a buddy-cop noir adventure with a carefully crafted world, a gritty story, and absurd humor. The game mixes classic adventure games with visual novel-style storytelling, presented in a beak-droppingly unique art style.
Why similar: Noir 36.7%, Detective 27.3%, Point & Click 16.9%, Story Rich 8.5%, Puzzle 6.4%
- #12 Unforeseen Incidents
89% matchVery Positive88% of 1,038 reviews2018
Dev: Backwoods EntertainmentPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world. Join Harper Pendrell and experience a challenging investigation, smart dialog and a rich cast of characters in this thrilling new adventure game.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.9%, Detective 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Comic Book 10.1%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #13 Chinatown Detective Agency
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 156 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 29.7%, Detective 24.3%, Point & Click 15.6%, Cyberpunk 9.1%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #14 Whispers of a Machine
88% matchVery Positive93% of 1,957 reviews2019
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 26.1%, Point & Click 22%, Noir 20.8%, Cyberpunk 10.2%, Adventure 6.8%
- #15 Mindcop
86% matchVery Positive95% of 408 reviews2024
Dev: Andre GareisPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Mindcop is a non-linear „whodunnit“ detective game. It mixes a story driven adventure with real-time puzzle gaming. As the infamous Mindcop, you can dive into the minds of your suspects to uncover their secrets and unravel their lies.
Why similar: Noir 27%, Detective 25%, Point & Click 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%, Hand-drawn 7.7%
- #16 Tangle Tower
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 5,973 reviews2019
Dev: SFB Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.7 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 31.3%, Noir 25.5%, Point & Click 18.9%, Puzzle 7.3%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #17 YOUR HOUSE
85% matchVery Positive86% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
Windows · Mac
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Noir 22.1%, Detective 21.1%, Point & Click 10.4%, Comic Book 8.1%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%
- #18 Face Noir
87% 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 47.2%, Point & Click 27.2%, Detective 18.6%, Adventure 7%
- #19 VirtuaVerse
84% matchVery Positive83% of 1,098 reviews2020
Dev: Theta DivisionPub: Blood Music
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
VirtuaVerse is a challenging old school cyberpunk point & click adventure set in a future not so far away narrating tales of technomancers, AVR graffiti writers, hacker groups, tribes of cryptoshamans, digital archeology, epic cyberwars and virtual reality debauchery.
Why similar: Point & Click 36%, Cyberpunk 25.3%, Story Rich 12.7%, Retro 10.9%, Puzzle 10.6%
- #20 Tails Noir: Prologue
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,115 reviews2019
Dev: EggNutPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 46.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Why similar: Noir 39.8%, Detective 26.5%, Point & Click 11.6%, Adventure 10.9%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #21 The House of Da Vinci VR
81% matchVery Positive95% of 117 reviews2024
Dev: Blue Brain Games
Windows
As Leonardo's apprentice, you will solve puzzles, uncover inventions, and search for hidden objects in 16th-century Florence. Use a unique device to glimpse the past and unravel mysteries. Encounter war machines, intricate lockboxes, and immersive room escapes inspired by Da Vinci's genius.
Why similar: Detective 27.5%, VR 24.7%, Narration 11.3%, Point & Click 10.3%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #22 The Wild Case
82% matchVery Positive86% of 248 reviews2021
Dev: Specialbit Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 31.2%, Point & Click 22.4%, Narration 10.8%, Puzzle 9.9%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #23 AR-K
84% matchMixed54% of 484 reviews2014
Dev: GATO STUDIO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Filled with mystery, humor, and suspense, and brought to life in rich 3D-animation, AR-K is a point-and-click story game with a twist
Why similar: Point & Click 33.2%, Detective 26.7%, Dynamic Narration 15.7% ★, Adventure 8.5%, Puzzle 6.2%
- #24 Phoenix Springs
78% matchVery Positive89% of 253 reviews2024
Dev: Calligram Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lose yourself in Phoenix Springs – a modern point-and-click set in a mysterious neo-noir world. It begins with an investigation: find your brother Leo. You already know where it ends.
Why similar: Noir 32.5%, Detective 24.2%, Point & Click 13.6%, Comic Book 8.7%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #25 The Room VR: A Dark Matter
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,940 reviews2020
Dev: Fireproof Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The British Institute of Archaeology, London, 1908: The disappearance of an esteemed Egyptologist prompts a Police investigation into the unknown. Explore cryptic locations, examine fantastic gadgets and uncover an otherworldly discovery which blurs the line between reality and illusion.
Why similar: VR 60.2%, Puzzle 23%, Adventure 16.8%
- #26 The Last Case of John Morley
77% matchVery Positive85% of 261 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 35.8%, Detective 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Puzzle 8.2%, Story Rich 8%
- #27 2064: Read Only Memories
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,665 reviews2015
Dev: MidBoss, LLC.Pub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco. Team up with Turing, the world's first sapient machine, to unravel a conspiracy that threatens to shake an entire society
Why similar: Noir 32%, Point & Click 15.1%, Cyberpunk 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Comic Book 9.3%
- #28 The Journey Down: Chapter Two
80% 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!
Why similar: Noir 52.6%, Detective 21.6%, Point & Click 16.9%, Adventure 4.9%, Retro 4%
- #29 Noir Syndrome
82% matchMixed67% of 183 reviews2014
Dev: Glass Knuckle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Noir Syndrome is a procedurally generated Detective Murder-Mystery with a new story every time! Featuring slick pixel art animations and a jazzy soundtrack, the player is thrown right in to a highly stylized vision of film noir.
Why similar: Noir 59.7%, Detective 30.4%, Adventure 9.9%
- #30 Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders
76% matchVery Positive86% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Homo Narrans Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as a sharp-witted detective in late 19th-century Leipzig, Germany, in this retro pixel-art point & click adventure. Search for clues, question suspects, and piece together evidence on your deduction board to solve four gripping murder cases.
Why similar: Detective 37.2%, Point & Click 29.2%, Story Rich 8.4%, Narration 7.6%, Adventure 6.9%
- #31 Inspector Waffles
78% matchVery Positive95% of 289 reviews2021
Dev: Goloso Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Murder. Nothin’ nice about it. In this old school detective adventure, step into the boots of whip-smart Inspector Waffles and travel the city to track hidden clues, interrogate shady suspects, and unravel a dangerous mystery. But be warned: curiosity killed the cat...
Why similar: Noir 34.8%, Detective 20.9%, Point & Click 13.4%, Narration 9%, Story Rich 6%
- #32 The Secret of Tremendous Corporation
79% matchVery Positive82% of 356 reviews2015
Dev: Sebastian KrzyszkowiakPub: dosowisko.net
Windows · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 39.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Explore the deepest SECRETs™ of the Tremendous Corporation®. Find out what happened to indie devs and save the gaming industry!
Why similar: Point & Click 50.5%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Adventure 12.1%, Puzzle 11.5%, Funny 7.5%
- #33 Myst
77% matchVery Positive89% of 2,089 reviews2021
Dev: Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
Why similar: VR 31.6%, Puzzle 19.2%, Point & Click 14.5%, Adventure 11%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #34 The Roottrees are Dead
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,749 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Trout Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
Why similar: Detective 37.8%, Point & Click 18.7%, Puzzle 11.2%, Noir 10.4%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #35 3D Escape Room: Detective Story
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: Shenzhen Zhonglian Interactive Technology Co.,Ltd
Windows
3D Escape Room: Detective Story is an immersive 3D puzzle game that takes you to 1930s London. In the game, you play as an insightful private detective, searching for clues in realistic 3D environments, solving intricate puzzles and mini-games, and cracking bizarre cases.
Why similar: Point & Click 51.3%, Puzzle 25.1%, Adventure 12.4%, First-Person 8%, Retro 3.3%
- #36 Bear With Me: The Lost Robots
75% matchVery Positive89% of 131 reviews2019
Dev: Exordium GamesPub: Miyagi Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Bear With Me: The Lost Robots is an all new prequel chapter featuring Amber’s brother Flint and the callous detective Ted E. Bear. Take to the gritty and bustling undergrounds of Paper City, discovering new characters and rich lore leading up to the events of the first 3 episodes of Bear With Me.
Why similar: Noir 39.7%, Point & Click 20.1%, Detective 12.5%, Story Rich 8.9%, Hand-drawn 7.9%
- #37 Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin
74% matchVery Positive87% of 627 reviews2018
Dev: Double Fine Productions
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin is an all-new Virtual Reality adventure that takes players back into the mysterious and paranormal world of the Psychonauts for the first time in over ten years!
Why similar: VR 80.8%, Adventure 19.2%
- #38 Soul Axiom Rebooted
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 85 reviews2020
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
The new enhanced edition of Soul Axiom - a first-person story-driven adventure puzzle game, set in the beautiful, haunting cyber-world of Elysia. Collect unique hand powers, discover multiple endings and choose your own destiny as you unravel the mystery of your digital afterlife.
Why similar: Adventure 33.8%, VR 32.5%, Cyberpunk 13.6%, Puzzle 10.3%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #39 The Darkside Detective
73% matchVery Positive94% of 5,075 reviews2017
Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
Why similar: Detective 35.9%, Point & Click 24.8%, Story Rich 10.7%, Puzzle 7.1%, Retro 6.6%
- #40 Moss
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,382 reviews2018
Dev: Polyarc
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Moss is an action-adventure puzzle game from Polyarc tailor-made for the VR platform. It combines classic components of a great game—compelling characters, gripping combat, and captivating world exploration—with the exciting opportunities of VR.
Why similar: VR 52.5%, Story Rich 17.4%, Puzzle 17%, Adventure 8.8%, First-Person 4.3%
- #41 Detective Hayseed - The Cloning Madness
70% matchVery Positive98% of 237 reviews2023
Dev: Zima software
Windows · Mac
Join the crazy police detective Francis in his search for a kidnapped cloned beauty and go through countless escapades with him in this classic point & click adventure full of comedy.
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Point & Click 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Comic Book 13.2%, Hand-drawn 9.1%
- #42 Puzzle Agent
73% matchVery Positive89% of 2,783 reviews2010
Dev: Telltale
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Created with indie comic artist Graham Annable's unique narrative and visual sensibilities, delivered with the distinctive Telltale storytelling style, Puzzle Agent is sure to challenge, thrill and engage in more ways than you can shake a cryptogram at!
Why similar: Detective 33.4%, Point & Click 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Puzzle 12.3%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #43 Emerald City Confidential™
74% 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 41%, Point & Click 29.7%, Detective 17.7%, Adventure 11.6%
- #44 Crime O'Clock
71% matchMixed69% of 493 reviews2023
Dev: Bad SeedPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Crime O'Clock is a hidden objects investigation and time exploration game with a deep storyline. Investigate cases through time and evolving maps by unveiling a multi-eras linked story. Will you be observant enough to solve the mysteries? Crime waits for no man!
Why similar: Detective 28.2%, Point & Click 17.4%, Comic Book 11.2%, Narration 9.4%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #45 Cat Detective Albert Wilde
69% matchVery Positive94% of 159 reviews2025
Dev: beyondthosehills
Windows
Play as the Cat Detective Albert Wilde. Walk, talk, interrogate, joke, solve a mystery, and experience an old film noir setting with humanoid animal characters. A story of quantum theory and parallel universes served with a lot of humour.
Why similar: Noir 31.5%, Detective 26.3%, Narration 14%, Story Rich 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
- #46 DESOLATIUM: Prologue
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 118 reviews2021
Dev: SUPERLUMEN
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 42%
DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE 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: Detective 24.7%, VR 24%, Point & Click 19.9%, Narration 8.8%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #47 The House of Da Vinci
71% matchVery Positive87% of 6,938 reviews2017
Dev: Blue Brain Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Enter The House of Da Vinci, a new must-try 3D puzzle adventure game. Solve mechanical puzzles, discover hidden objects, escape from rooms and dive into the authentic atmosphere of the Renaissance. Use all your wits to find out what's behind your master's disappearance.
Why similar: Point & Click 36.4%, Detective 24.6%, Puzzle 19.2%, Story Rich 8.8%, Adventure 7.7%
- #48 Tron: Identity
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 290 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 31.9%, Noir 29.4%, Puzzle 8.8%, Story Rich 7.8%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
- #49 Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit
66% matchVery Positive98% of 435 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: Point & Click 32.1%, Detective 29%, Story Rich 13.5%, Puzzle 9.8%, Adventure 9.1%
- #50 Not For Broadcast VR
71% matchMostly Negative40% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: NotGamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Get closer to the truth than ever in the VR edition of Not For Broadcast. Keep the cameras rolling, censor the swears and immerse yourself in the powerful, alluring and occasionally deadly world of broadcast television news.
Why similar: VR 48.7%, Story Rich 13.7%, Multiple Endings 12%, Point & Click 9.3%, Adventure 7.1%
- #51 BROK the InvestiGator
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,237 reviews2022
Dev: COWCAT
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
An innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?
Why similar: Detective 38.6%, Point & Click 27.3%, Story Rich 10.8%, Cyberpunk 9.5%, Cartoony 7.3%
- #52 Red Matter
69% matchVery Positive90% of 1,161 reviews2018
Dev: Vertical Robot
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Red Matter is a story-driven VR puzzle adventure game set during a dystopian sci-fi Cold War. Take on the role of Agent Epsilon, an astronaut of the Atlantic Union dispatched to an abandoned Volgravian moon base on a faraway planet. Your mission: to investigate a shady top secret research project.
Why similar: VR 53.3%, Puzzle 16.9%, Story Rich 15.7%, Adventure 8.5%, First-Person 5.6%
- #53 Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
70% matchVery Positive87% of 1,309 reviews2014
Dev: Big Finish Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Tex Murphy is the last of the hard-boiled gumshoe detectives living in dystopian post-World War III San Francisco in the 2050s. Tex is an honest and good-natured private investigator with a penchant for bourbon, cigarettes and getting himself into trouble.
Why similar: Noir 38.1%, Detective 29.8%, Cyberpunk 10.8%, Dynamic Narration 6.7% ★, Adventure 5.1%
- #54 Intruder In Antiquonia
68% matchVery Positive90% of 112 reviews2022
Dev: Aruma Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Intruder In Antiquonia is a narrative mystery adventure that will immerse you in the Internet-hostile town of Antiquonia. Sarah does not remember who she is and how she got there. Help her solve the mysteries of her past while exploring beautiful hand-drawn environments.
Why similar: Detective 29.5%, Point & Click 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Story Rich 9.9%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #55 Elroy and the Aliens
65% matchVery Positive97% of 429 reviews2025
Dev: Motiviti
Windows · Mac · Linux
Slope City, 1993. Talking robots, ancient alien secrets, and a mysterious message from the past. Follow Elroy and Peggie through a portal to find Elroy's father, missing for 18 years. A heartfelt point & click adventure where the puzzles make sense and the story stays with you.
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Point & Click 20.7%, Puzzle 9.2%, Narration 8.8%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #56 BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 684 reviews2020
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.
Why similar: Point & Click 37.2%, Story Rich 16.3%, Multiple Endings 15%, Retro 11.7%, Puzzle 11.5%
- #57 Verne: The Shape of Fantasy
67% matchVery Positive82% of 299 reviews2023
Dev: GametopiaPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Become Jules Verne and adventure into the dangers that hide in Hemera, a fantastic parallel world built from his own imagination. Explore, solve puzzles and unlock the most coveted secret of the mighty Atlantis.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.6%, Point & Click 20.5%, Puzzle 18.3%, Story Rich 18.1%, Adventure 10.5%
- #58 Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 215 reviews2024
Dev: MidBoss, LLC.Pub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER is a story-rich adventure and the sequel to 2064: Read Only Memories. Explore the rich world with an intuitive point-and-click interface as you take on the role of a young psychic agent tasked with tracking down a mysterious antagonist hiding in people's memories.
Why similar: Noir 32%, Point & Click 15.1%, Cyberpunk 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Comic Book 9.6%
- #59 Freud's Bones-the game
68% matchVery Positive82% of 83 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 23.8%, Dynamic Narration 17.1% ★, Point & Click 16.9%, Noir 15.9%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #60 Floor Plan 2
68% matchVery Positive92% of 91 reviews2021
Dev: Turbo Button
Windows
Explore a tower of hilarious escape rooms and solve mind-bending puzzles in this absurd elevator adventure for virtual reality. Step out onto each floor, meet bizarre characters, unravel their secrets, and figure out how everything is connected to find the lost artifacts your boss is looking for.
Why similar: 6DOF 35.9% ★, Detective 20.5%, Puzzle 12.7%, Stylized 9.1%, Funny 7.8%