- #1 Inexplicable Deaths In Damipolis: Inner Thoughts
97% match8 user reviews0% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: TiesoftPub: Badland Publishing
Windows
One tragic night, the power dome of Damipolis died during dinner under strange circumstances... What were they doing there? What really happened that night? And... who is the culprit? Solve the mystery in this first-person 3D graphic adventure, inspired by classic film noir.
Why similar: Noir 21%, Detective 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Walking Simulator 12%, Narration 9.6%
- #2 Echoes of Madness - The Hawthorne Case
96% match7 user reviews100% of 7 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 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Lovecraftian 14.5%, Detective 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #3 Bohemian Killing
96% matchMixed63% of 206 reviews2016
Dev: The MoonwallsPub: Libredia Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Paris, 1894. Class differences and pervasive racism finally lead to a tragedy. A year later you find yourself on trial, accused of a brutal murder. How far will you go to exonerate yourself? Will you lie? Manipulate the evidence? Frame others? Act insane? Confess? Your imagination is the limit.
Why similar: Steampunk 19.4% ★, Alternate History 16.5%, Detective 14.8%, Walking Simulator 10.3%, Historical 7.8%
- #4 Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Play On Words Studios
Windows
Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files – Rise of the Rat King is a narrative game set in Shadow City’s underbelly. Assume the role of the Rat King, an underworld mastermind fighting for absolute power. Shape your legend by forging alliances, crushing rivals, and leaving a trail of consequences.
Why similar: Noir 19.4%, Alternate History 15.4%, Detective 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 10%
- #5 A show she never watched.
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Source Macchiato
Windows · Linux
Clara, a teenager struggling with psychological issues, is visited one night by a mysterious entity through her TV. As she falls asleep, She begins her perilous adventure in her dreams. Will she be able to discover the truth? Or will she continue to dream for eternity?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Narration 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Walking Simulator 9%
- #6 Womb of Worms
94% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Isopodomancer
Windows
A short horror game where a terrifying ancient god manifests itself through worms, maggots, etc, looking to be reborn through someone's body. You will have to find that someone, speaking to the locals, investigating, uncovering truths and decide who to kill before the world is taken over.
Why similar: Detective 28.8%, Noir 14%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #7 Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Play On Words Studios
Windows
Shadow City Mysteries is a narrative adventure game in which players take on the role of a detective investigating a Mystery. Or is it a Conspiracy? Or is it a Supernatural Thriller? Experience the story multiple times to discover a story and world bigger than they suspected existed.
Why similar: Steampunk 17.5% ★, Noir 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Detective 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
- #8 captain midnight
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tim OxtonPub: oxblud
Windows
the tide always wins
Why similar: Noir 20.2%, Detective 16.8%, Alternate History 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Walking Simulator 10.4%
- #9 Skool Days
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cocodrolo Games
Windows · Mac
A narrative social simulator set in a high school. Study, make friends, and live unforgettable moments where every decision matters.
Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Narration 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Exploration 8.2%
- #10 4 days in ***
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tobi Torba Games
Windows · Linux
4 Days in *** is a non-linear 2D horror adventure game in which the player chooses how the story unfolds. You play as a girl who has stopped at a hotel for a conference on health innovations. The hotel administrator warned her not to go up to the 4th floor, but what really happens there?
Why similar: Noir 19.7%, Detective 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Walking Simulator 13%, Lovecraftian 10.3%
- #11 The Yellow Sign
90% 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 19%, Alternate History 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Detective 14.2%, Lovecraftian 12.4%
- #12 The Final Print
89% matchPositive87% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: Dummy DetectivesPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
You're a journalist investigating a suspicious case during the Harlem riots. Take pictures of evidence, gather information by interrogating people, and put it all together in an article to show people the truth.
Why similar: Detective 18.8%, Noir 18%, Historical 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%
- #13 Cannibal Court
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loomnorth Studios
Windows
Convince the cannibals not to eat you. Collect knowledge, choose your responses carefully and dig up secrets to pit the cultists against each other. Get wiser, get manipulative and mastermind your way out of being dinner in this trial-simulator set in the snowy Canadian north.
Why similar: Detective 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #14 The Company
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Crawler Games
Windows
The Company wants you productive. The Company wants you calm. The Company wants you compliant.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Exploration 9.8%
- #15 Knight, Death and the Devil
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frequency eye
Windows
Knight, Death and the Devil — This is a dark visual novel that will take you into a creepy world full of danger and unexpected twists.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Narration 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Exploration 8.3%
- #16 The Last Case of John Morley
86% 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 22%, Detective 18.5%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Exploration 7.3%
- #17 The Incident Room
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ludotronics
Windows
A 2–4 player cooperative supernatural horror investigation about intervening in recorded tragedies. The opening chapter unfolds in a fog-shrouded 1700s coastal town, where players inhabit different townsfolk and act within a relentless final hour before the outcome becomes irreversible.
Why similar: Noir 20.7%, Detective 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Lovecraftian 13.1%
- #18 Croak and Solve
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BeyondTales Interactive
Windows
Join Burst as he sorts out the chaos in Sorrentine. With your hips to the beat of jazz and a whole lot of bad luck, you'll have to dive into this fun pixel art world with RPG elements, to solve your adventures in the purest style of the best detectives who are now legends.
Why similar: Noir 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Detective 11.3%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #19 Marcel Pagnol and the Secret Spring
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playtouch
Windows
Embark on a touching and poetic adventure through the hills of Provence in “Marcel and the Secret Spring.” Inspired by the childhood stories of legendary French author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol, this narrative-driven game lets you experience a world filled with nature, mystery, and nostalgia.
Why similar: Alternate History 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Historical 13%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #20 Cthulhu: Death Escape / 克苏鲁:死亡逃脱 Prototype
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 148 reviews2022
Dev: Darktree Game Studio
Windows
Trapped in an eerie dungeon, you must solve puzzles and evade lurking horrors to find the only chance of survival. Every step could lead you to freedom...or to your demise...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.1%, Steampunk 19.4% ★, Detective 13.5%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #21 The Undying Sea
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DeviMetric LLC
Windows
The Undying Sea is a first-person exploration title about dealing with death, exploring a city in decline, and reaching out a hand to those who need it on a long-decaying oceanic city filled with once immortal beings now way too aware that they aren't immortal anymore...
Why similar: Noir 21.9%, Alternate History 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Exploration 8.2%
- #22 Choose Cthulhu Files: The Call of Cthulhu
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wildspell Games
Windows · Linux
What if the choices you make during your investigation awaken ancient beings older than existence itself. Explore the official Choose Cthulhu gamebook adaptation, every decision you take seals the fate of mankind. Will the creeping madness consume you as you uncover the darkest secrets?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.2%, Detective 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #23 What have you done, Father?
82% matchVery Positive91% of 140 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 23.9%, Detective 14.7%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Narration 9.3%
- #24 The Imagined Leviathan: Prologue
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 162 reviews2020
Dev: ChardPub: Far Few Giants
Windows · Mac
Imagined Leviathans is a narrative survival game set in a frozen British village. Explore the countryside and unite the survivors to face down your Leviathans together.
Why similar: Detective 19.2%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, First-Person 8.9%
- #25 Aeonic
80% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Erik Khachatryan
Windows
In Aeonic you experience the greatest events in different parts of the planet and beyond in the most important epochs of civilization throughout the whole history from the beginning to nowadays and to the possible futures.
Why similar: Alternate History 33.5%, Historical 26.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Adventure 7%
- #26 Twelve Floors Below.
81% matchMixed66% of 38 reviews2022
Dev: Three Buck Games
Windows
A claustrophobic horror game taking place in an elevator.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Narration 11.7%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #27 Streams Upon Memories : Dawn of the Fractured Mind
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kashi Maadsen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Awaken in a world plunged into uncertainty. You must navigate hidden truths and make crucial choices. Will you uncover the secrets of your existence? Your path will determine your fate in this journey.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Noir 10.8%
- #28 DESOLATIUM
78% 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: Detective 16.9%, Lovecraftian 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Narration 11.7%, Visual Novel 8.4%
- #29 A Study in Blue
78% 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 19.1%, Noir 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Narration 12%
- #30 The Island: Into The Mist
79% 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 19%, Detective 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
- #31 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MAD Tribe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Noir 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Narration 10.6%
- #32 Who's Lila?
77% matchVery Positive95% of 3,515 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Visual Novel 8.7%
- #33 MoriA.I.RTy
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Meat Games
Windows
In the not-so-distant future, a robot witnesses a shocking event and stores the last image it sees in an encrypted memory bank. The player assigned to this robot must scroll through its memories to piece together a visual story and solve the mystery of what happened.
Why similar: Noir 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Steampunk 15.2% ★, Detective 13.5%
- #34 Necropolis Suite
76% 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 23.9%, Detective 23.2%, Noir 19.4%, Exploration 7.5%, First-Person 6.9%
- #35 Nightmare Getaway
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Legend Knight Games
Windows · Mac
Nightmare Getaway is a first-person psychological horror where Ethan is trapped in a twisted house. Alone, he must survive, uncover dark secrets, and face nightmares that blur with reality. Will he escape or be consumed forever?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Narration 12.2%, Exploration 10.3%
- #36 Brinkmanship
74% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: Jimi StinePub: USC Games
Windows
Brinkmanship is a first person sci-fi mystery about greed, manipulation, and trust. As a spaceborne colonist 20 years into your voyage you’ve just discovered that your ship has secretly altered its heading. Your parents give you a gun. The ship goes into lockdown. What do you do? Who will you trust?
Why similar: Detective 22%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Walking Simulator 20.1%, First-Person 10.1%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #37 Echoes
73% matchPositive94% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Echoes is a 2D narrative game where you play as Ricky Fox, a detective haunted by the death of his best friend, Arthur. Step into Greenhearth, a small town full of secrets, and make choices that will shape your investigation. Will you crack the case with your sanity intact?
Why similar: Noir 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Detective 13.9%, Lovecraftian 12.9%
- #38 Dr. Emmerson's Nocturnes
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bit Golem
Windows
Dive into the worlds of the best classic weird fiction and cosmic horror writers. Try out our original approach to bringing literature into the interactive medium. Relax and let Dr. Emmerson guide you through all the colors of dread.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Narration 12.2%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.5%
- #39 Detective Hank and the Golden Sneeze
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2016
Dev: Obsessive Science Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
When the Golden Sneeze is stolen from the Museum of Ancient History, it’s up to you, Detective Hank, to catch the thief. That will not be easy, as the culprit changes every new game. Puzzle your way through this steampunk themed, interactive whodunnit visual novel and bring the thief to justice!
Why similar: Steampunk 34.2% ★, Detective 18.8%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #40 Chesnakisnak
74% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2020
Dev: Schirwindt
Windows
A first-person choose-your-own adventure set in an anachronistic city.
Why similar: Alternate History 21%, Noir 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
- #41 Tron: Identity
72% 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 23.5%, Noir 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #42 Entity Unknown
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ArkattiaPub: Arkattia
Windows
Explore the erased cold war era Soviet town of Novokirsk, where fear became alive. Uncover the truth behind Project Zvezda and the entity Nyog’vran in this atmospheric, narrative-driven psychological horror with no combat, only sound, light, and your sanity.
Why similar: Noir 18.5%, Alternate History 18%, Narration 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
- #43 The Mystery of William Moore
72% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Atlantean Games
Windows
Put on your detective hat, and get ready for the mystery of a lifetime. Embark on a plot-driven, walking simulator-puzzle video game with an amazing plot and surprise ending.
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Narration 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Visual Novel 7.7%
- #44 80 Days
73% matchVery Positive90% of 2,020 reviews2015
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just 80 days. Travel by airship, submarine, mechanical camel, steam-train and more. Race other players and a clock that never stops in TIME Magazine's Game of 2014.
Why similar: Steampunk 27.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #45 The Funnel
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bronzeman Studio
Windows
Assemble gear boxes, meet your crew, escape the factory. The Funnel is a short and replayable narrative puzzle game where you may help or betray any of the people you meet. But be careful, the Funnel is watching...
Why similar: Steampunk 27.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Exploration 8.9%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #46 The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker 2
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac
An FMV game where YOU are a psychiatrist trying to solve a double murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Ask questions and link answers to determine their fates, and your own!
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Lovecraftian 16.4%, Noir 16.3%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #47 DESOLATIUM: Prologue
71% 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: Lovecraftian 19%, Detective 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Narration 10.4%, Exploration 8.5%
- #48 How Deep Is the Dark Water?
69% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Rhett TsaiPub: Allfather Productions
Windows
"How Deep Is the Dark Water?" is a literary computer game. The player, guided by a fleeing man, slowly wanders through memories and visions constructed by the context of the war and individual experiences.
Why similar: Alternate History 26.7%, Noir 21.5%, Walking Simulator 19.8%, Exploration 9.9%, Historical 8.5%
- #49 One Night: Burlesque
70% 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 24.6%, Alternate History 17.4%, Detective 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
- #50 Dreams of Telmahre
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lantern Tower Games
Windows
A 3D narrative puzzle adventure exploring the dreams of five characters in two time periods. Make your way through each unique dream connecting memories, dispersing rats, interacting with troubled characters, and confronting echoes of the past.
Why similar: Alternate History 21.5%, Narration 16.3%, Exploration 13.1%, Historical 13%, Adventure 10.3%
- #51 它说山雨欲来
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 无敌的呱
Windows · Mac
25+结局!主文游视觉小说+少量解谜+微量2d小游戏! 古风纯架空世界观!主要元素为武侠/权谋/伪克苏鲁——具体哪个元素多看你怎么选择! 剧本欢乐剧情阴间,结局更是阴到没边! 你被卷入一场巨大的阴谋,三大势力向你抛出橄榄枝,是追随疯美的革命者,依附蛊惑人心的神棍,还是效忠唯利是图的富商?你的选择将解锁完全不同的剧情和人物。切记,你看到的未必是真相;小心,别让自己成了棋子。 但相信能“开挂”的你,预知、夺舍、知识碾压都会变成你的武器。你必须用你的方式打破规则,对他们造成降维打击,书写属于你自己的传奇!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Alternate History 19.5%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #52 Brageskålen
69% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Tidvis Games
Windows · Mac
Travel to Veøya in the Viking Age and solve a dangerous mystery with cunning and song!
Why similar: Historical 22%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #53 A Case of Distrust
70% matchVery Positive82% of 601 reviews2018
Dev: An Open Ben
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.
Why similar: Noir 18.8%, Detective 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Historical 11.8%
- #54 Fatal Falls
67% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Tripolar Studio
Windows
In Fatal Falls you explore the dark secrets of "The Grand Elysium", a posh luxury hotel in the middle of nowhere. Interact with its guests, drink a cocktail at the bar, peruse the noble premises – the choice is yours! Just make sure you don't get entangled in the hotel's dark deeds...
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Detective 13.7%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #55 Nexus PI
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Lion Sized Studios
Windows
In a reality stuck in a technologically unadvanced society stricken with the negative impacts of a worldwide climate disaster, you are a uniquely powered private investigator tasked with uncovering advanced technology from another reality with the potential to save your whole world.
Why similar: Noir 24.4%, Detective 20.5%, Alternate History 14%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Exploration 5.9%
- #56 Central Killing Agency
68% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Moonlight Productions
Windows · Linux
In this 2d pixel art game, it's 1953 and you're playing as an agent hired by the Central Killing Agency to kill Fred Olsen. Experience multiple endings in this short, narrative-driven adventure.
Why similar: Noir 19.1%, Alternate History 18.1%, Detective 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Historical 11.3%
- #57 Vivere Memento
67% 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 22.6%, Lovecraftian 20.6%, Detective 18%, Alternate History 15%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #58 Lacuna: Prologue
67% matchVery Positive91% of 169 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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 23.8%, Detective 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Narration 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%
- #59 Arkham Mysteries: Chapter One
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Squidbit Works
Windows
Uncover the secrets of Arkham in a dark cosmic horror adventure. Solve puzzles, cross hidden dimensions, and use the Eye of Kadath to reveal the impossible. Knowledge comes at a price... are you willing to pay it?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.8%, Detective 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Narration 10.3%, Visual Novel 8.1%
- #60 All We Need
65% matchMostly Positive73% of 41 reviews2024
Dev: ThunderForge
Windows
All We Need is a first-person horror exploration. Uncover supernatural mysteries, face chilling encounters, and navigate haunting landscapes. Unravel the consequences of Jack's fateful decision. Survive the psychological challenges that await. Can you escape the horrors?
Why similar: Noir 23.3%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Exploration 8.3%