Games Like The Wolf Among Us 2

A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.

Why similar: Detective 14.7%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Comic Book 9.5%, Investigation 9.3%

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: Comic Book 13.1%, Crime 12.4%, Detective 12.2%, Cinematic 11.5%, Choices Matter 8.9%

The Vigilante is a gripping interactive graphic novel where your choices shape the story. Hunt a deadly drug lord and serial killer. Every decision matters—some lead to new paths, others to your demise. With branching storylines and multiple endings, choose your fate and live with it.

Why similar: Comic Book 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Adventure 15%, Casual 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%

Legend of Cozar is an interactive fantasy graphic novel. At various points in the story, you will be asked to make a choice, these choices will take you down different paths in the story. There are 3 possible story endings. Lead Cozar on a quest to return the Fire Stone to the Temple of Vulcan.

Why similar: Comic Book 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Adventure 15.6%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%

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 15.9%, Crime 15.8%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Investigation 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%

A first and third-person horror revival of Roberta Williams' Mystery House - the 1980 classic that invented the graphic adventure. A game night in an abandoned Victorian House turns deadly. Solve its puzzles, uncover a buried legacy, and escape before the house kills you.

Why similar: Crime 15.7%, Cinematic 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Detective 11.9%, Action-Adventure 9.9%

The small town of Basswood will be changed forever by ex-investigative journalist Sam Higgs in this thrilling narrative experience from award-winning studio DON'T NOD. Will you find the truth – no matter the cost?

Why similar: Cinematic 16.6%, Crime 16.2%, Detective 15.9%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%

Z Virus: Outbreak is an interactive graphic novel. At various points in the story, you will be asked to make a choice, these choices will take you down different paths in the story. Your objective is to escape the city of Redrock during a zombie outbreak. The game features 3 possible story endings.

Why similar: Comic Book 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choices Matter 11.9%

Operation Blackfox is an interactive graphic novel. At various points in the story, you will be asked to make a choice, these choices will take you down different paths in the story. Your objective is to rescue as many characters as possible. The game features 3 possible story endings.

Why similar: Comic Book 24.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Adventure 17%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Choices Matter 12.3%

Joe Kowalski Chronicles: Murder in a flat is a dark neo noir point and click adventure game where you start as a police detective Joe Kowalski and try to solve a murder that happened in Joe's neighborhood.

Why similar: Crime 17.3%, Detective 14.8%, Cinematic 12.6%, Action-Adventure 11%, Comic Book 9.8%

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: Crime 17.9%, Detective 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Narrative 10.2% ★, Choices Matter 10.2%

Wander through a haunted hotel where three Entities are trapped; solve cryptic clues about their rooms, collect artifacts belonging to them by deciphering their stories, to unravel the three chilling endings.

Why similar: Crime 22.6%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Gore 10.7%

This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Crime 15.3%, Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Casual 11.1%

In New York, private detective Ikeda Sen happens upon the enigmatic Lila shortly before his client, Walton, hands him a strange device. And in Japan, Izumozaki Neneko stumbles upon a corpse by the canal on her way to school. Two unrelated stories unfold, intersecting in bizarre and unexpected ways.

Why similar: Comic Book 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Crime 18.6%, Detective 17.5%, Investigation 9.8%

Last Journal is an interactive graphic novel where you play as John Weston, fighting to survive a deadly pandemic. Your choices shape the story, leading to branching paths, alliances, and multiple endings. Choose wisely—survive or perish.

Why similar: Comic Book 27.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Adventure 17.2%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%

Ring of Fire: Prologue is the first case in a search-based detective noir puzzler with a mature narrative set in the hyper-stylized streets of New London. Scour police records. Antagonize your suspects. Comb through a disturbing crime scene. You'll stop at nothing to expose the truth.

Why similar: Crime 14.7%, Comic Book 13.1%, Detective 12.3%, Cinematic 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%

BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!

Why similar: Comic Book 17.5%, Crime 15.8%, Detective 13.1%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Cinematic 9.8%

Black Sword is a narrative-driven light RPG set in a dark fantasy world. Play as a lone knight on pilgrimage to plague-cursed Canterbury. Features turn-based combat, dice-roll skill checks, tactical targeting, vampiric abilities, exploration, and choice-driven storytelling.

Why similar: Comic Book 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Adventure 17.2%, Casual 13.6%, Choices Matter 12.8%

Who killed your best friend?! Find out the truth before 4 suspects frame you instead! Death Becomes You is a mystery visual novel where you untangle the dark secrets and relationships between your fellow magic university students.

Why similar: Crime 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Detective 11%, Investigation 10.3%, Choices Matter 10%

Noir gamebook. A magnate vanishes from an office locked from the inside: 4 trails, 780 choices, 11 endings, and no luck to save you. 85% of runs end in death or arrest. You die; the case goes on — the dossier doesn't forget. Originally written in Brazilian Portuguese.

Why similar: Detective 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Crime 13.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Noir 10%

In our story rich game Gold Of Lotusland you play as Lead Engineer Daniel Quinn as he uncovers the dark truth about the robots he designed as well as the world he lives within. Could the machines be capable of murder? What is Lotusland? You as the player must make the choices to discover the truth.

Why similar: Crime 16.2%, Cinematic 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Detective 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.8%

Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.

Why similar: Choices Matter 21.6%, Cinematic 16.9%, Detective 14.1%, Crime 12%, Multiple Endings 7.7%

Immerse yourself in an authentic gritty experience set on the ruthless streets of London.

Why similar: Crime 35.2%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Cinematic 15.1%, Action-Adventure 15.1%, Adventure 12.8%

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: Crime 19.9%, Detective 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Noir 10.6%, Choices Matter 10%

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: Cinematic 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Detective 13.4%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Noir 9.5%

Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.

Why similar: Comic Book 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Detective 14.7%, Crime 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%

Become private detective Dennis Monroe, a relentless investigator driven to catch the infamous "Epiphany Killer," a shadowy figure who has haunted the city for over twenty years. Every clue draws you closer to the truth, but danger lurks behind every revelation.

Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Cinematic 20.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Adventure 9.2%, Casual 8.8%

Day X is an interactive graphic novel where you play as Jason Miller, a Navy SEAL fighting to survive a nuclear strike and a bioweapon outbreak. Your choices shape the story, leading to branching paths, alliances, and multiple endings. Choose wisely—survive or perish.

Why similar: Comic Book 28%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Adventure 17%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%

Step into the shoes of an experienced detective and uncover dark secrets while solving criminal cases. In this thrilling detective world, you'll face stressful decision-making moments, reconstruct crime scenes, and utilize cutting-edge technology for evidence analysis.

Why similar: Crime 22.2%, Cinematic 19.6%, Detective 15.5%, Investigation 10%, Adventure 9.3%

This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links guests together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder!

Why similar: Crime 17.7%, Cinematic 16.2%, Detective 12.7%, Investigation 10.6%, Noir 9.1%

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 20.2%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Noir 8.5%, Adventure 8.4%

Build a flawless murder plan, then savor the mistake. Plan every detail. Choose the time, place, method, alibi and frame. But no plan is perfect. Serve your murder with style, then watch a brilliant detective find the one tiny detail you missed. Every murder leaves an aftertaste.

Why similar: Crime 31.6%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Cinematic 13.4%, Casual 7.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%

A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.

Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Crime 15.3%, Investigation 11.7%, Comic Book 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%

Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Crime 11.5%, Detective 11.5%, Cinematic 11.1%

A closed-off ghost town, and the unsolved bizarre serial murders that once occurred there. A “daily life collapse” suspense × death game novel ADV that depicts the obsessive love and revenge of 11 people whose lives were irrevocably shattered by that horrific incident.

Why similar: Detective 18.5%, Crime 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Cinematic 11.2%

The Lawyer - Episode 1: The White Bag is the first part of an episodic adventure game which combines gripping crime story with classic courtroom drama. Immerse yourself into a world set in early 90’s in which you gather (or fabricate!) evidence, deduct and run fierce courtroom battles.

Why similar: Crime 17.4%, Detective 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.9%

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: Crime 20.2%, Detective 18.5%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%

A narrative game set in 1943 Belém, legends are vanishing, and the river’s secrets need a detective. Pink, if you will. As a shapeshifting river dolphin detective that turns into human (almost), uncover a noir mystery where folklore, memory, and conspiracy flow beneath the city.

Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Crime 17.6%, Investigation 13.7%, Noir 11.3%, Adventure 9.9%

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: Comic Book 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Detective 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%

Explore scary places in this first-person horror game. Interact with characters, solve puzzles and discover that bad intentions can lead to catastrophic consequences.

Why similar: Crime 17.5%, Action-Adventure 16.8%, Adventure 15.1%, Detective 12.5%, Casual 12%

Man I Just Wanna Go Home is an "MSPaint-noir" visual novel with 13 endings, a unique visual style and a killer 80s inspired soundtrack. The story revolves around a delivery person stranded in an unfamiliar part of the city under the devastating rain. All he wants is to get home. Help him!

Why similar: Comic Book 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Noir 11.3%

A noir first-person murder mystery set in a gloomy 1947 Pacific Northwest city. Play as the renowned Detective D.W. Dagger to help solve his latest case. A violent murder, a possible suicide, and a handful of suspects. Can you deduce what happened?

Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Crime 18.5%, Comic Book 16%, Investigation 12.9%, Noir 11.7%

Federal Cadet is a single-player police simulation and investigation game. Start as a cadet in Pinewood, patrol the town, question witnesses and suspects, analyze evidence, and rise through the department ranks.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Crime 18.6%, Detective 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Investigation 8.8%

A psychological detective thriller. Everyone has already decided who did it. You don't have to. Investigate a double death, question everyone who loved them, and discover how much you can trust your own mind.

Why similar: Detective 19.6%, Crime 18.4%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Investigation 12.5%, Cinematic 12.3%

Detective Sammy Jukes is the man on the job when an anti-oil activist is reported missing in a small town on the new oil pipeline route. Talk to witnesses, shovel through evidence, wrestle with the wolves and chase after chickens to find the truth in this first-person open-world adventure game.

Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Crime 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%

Hauma is a deduction visual novel set in Munich. Discover a conspiracy amongst the upper echelons of society alongside former detective Judith, while visiting real locations in a comic-inspired look.

Why similar: Comic Book 21.1%, Crime 18.9%, Detective 16.8%, Investigation 10.5%, Noir 8.8%

Can you think like a killer? In this short murder mystery find details in evidence, interpret criminal behaviors and prove your worth to the FBI as new detective Desmond.

Why similar: Detective 25%, Comic Book 18.4%, Crime 16.3%, Investigation 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 11%

The Sleeping Sickness is an interactive short story that allows the player to guide the main character's actions. The player’s choices will lock and unlock future locations, change dialogue, and alter the story. Choices matter in The Sleeping Sickness. It is an excellent choice for horror fans.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Narrative 13.8% ★, Choices Matter 12.6%, Detective 12.3%, Cinematic 11.9%

A first person survival horror game where you become trapped in a monumentaly vast place known as the Temple of Steel. Explore and escape it as its chilling abominations attempt to devour your soul, and as you struggle with a personal story of revenge, hatred and guilt.

Why similar: Cinematic 23.3%, Action-Adventure 22.4%, Adventure 20.8%, Dark Fantasy 12.9%, Choices Matter 11%

A first-person survival horror game where investigative journalist Khalid Salem enters the quarantined Tabuk Specialist Hospital after receiving a mysterious tip. Explore, manage limited resources, uncover the truth, and escape before becoming the next victim.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Comic Book 20%, Action-Adventure 17.7%, Adventure 14.5%, Narrative 7.5% ★

An occult-mystery-adventure game set in Kyoto—detectives investigate to solve bizarre and complex cases. What did Kamotan detectives finally uncover on their way to the truth of these cryptic incidents?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Crime 20.7%, Adventure 17.7%, Detective 17.4%, Choices Matter 11.2%

What happens when a video game character is self-aware? Cadulium is a mystery science fiction adventure video game.

Why similar: Cinematic 16.1%, Detective 15.3%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Comic Book 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%

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 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Investigation 11%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%

Step into the role of a judge and decide the fate of every case. Listen to witnesses, examine evidence, uncover contradictions, and deliver verdicts that will change lives. Every decision matters in this tense courtroom simulation full of twists.

Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Investigation 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Cinematic 11.5%

A 3D psychological detective thriller in a radical film noir style. Explore immersive environments, examine clues from every angle, and connect your evidence on a deduction board to solve a dark conspiracy. Use your pure logic to untangle the truth.

Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Crime 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Investigation 12.2%, Noir 10.3%

Explore the entangled lives of two families across thirty years in an original interactive drama from INTERIOR/NIGHT. Starting in 1998 with a robbery-gone-wrong, the character's lives depend on the choices you make.

Why similar: Cinematic 18.8%, Crime 17.9%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Action-Adventure 7.7%

Assume the role of a modern detective and solve fascinating cases using lots of gadgets and your own skills. Let a sophisticated narrative help you uncover clues and secrets that might not be apparent right away and become a star detective.

Why similar: Detective 30.4%, Crime 20.5%, Investigation 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Adventure 11.4%

In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.

Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Crime 21%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Action-Adventure 11%, Investigation 10.8%

Lost & Found is a standalone, short story game taking place aboard a 1960s transatlantic ship. Play as Sophie Roy in her new job as a stewardess, and help solve a curious series of thefts in this narrative-driven mystery set after the events of This Bed We Made.

Why similar: Cinematic 17.4%, Detective 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Investigation 10.6%