- #1 NoseBound
97% matchPositive90% of 48 reviews2024
Dev: Quarantine InteractivePub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
A classic Point & Click adventure set in a stylized Noir world. What starts as a routine detective case quickly spirals into a Lovecraftian nightmare. Interrogate suspects, deduce the truth, and uncover secrets that were better left buried.
Why similar: Noir 21.3%, Lovecraftian 15.4%, Detective 13.7%, Point & Click 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.2%
- #2 Obsidian Moon
96% 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 16.9%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Lovecraftian 11.8%, Detective 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
- #3 Choose Cthulhu Files: The Call of Cthulhu
96% 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 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Point & Click 11.7%, Detective 11.6%
- #4 Lamplight City
95% matchVery Positive89% of 853 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: Alternate History 17.8%, Noir 17.4%, Detective 16.9%, Point & Click 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
- #5 Eyes of Darkness
94% 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 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Detective 13.8%, Point & Click 12.3%, Psychological Horror 10.7%
- #6 Echoes of Madness - The Hawthorne Case
94% 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 28.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Lovecraftian 15.8%, Detective 14.8%, Supernatural 4.9%
- #7 Edgar Poe: Hidden Objects
93% matchMostly Positive70% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Crisp App Studio
Windows · Mac
Uncover secrets in a mysterious mansion inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher. Play as a curious detective in a hidden-object adventure filled with puzzles, surprises, and a story full of twists!
Why similar: Noir 30%, Detective 17.1%, Lovecraftian 14.9%, Point & Click 14.9%, Puzzle 8%
- #8 Necropolis Suite
92% 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 23.1%, Noir 21.9%, Detective 21.2%, Lore-Rich 10.8%, Horror 8.7%
- #9 Getting Away With Murder
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Indie Remix Studios
Windows
1954. You killed a man. Now cover your tracks. Getting Away With Murder is a noir point-and-click mystery where every decision is about what you leave behind and whether anyone will find it.
Why similar: Noir 34.9%, Point & Click 21.3%, Detective 21.1%, Mystery 10.5%, Story Rich 5.8%
- #10 Noir Storm
91% 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 25.8%, Detective 17.9%, Alternate History 12.5%, Point & Click 11.1%, Mystery 7.4%
- #11 Arkham Mysteries: Chapter One
90% 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 20.5%, Detective 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Point & Click 13.1%, Lore-Rich 12.6%
- #12 Tokyo Stranger 东京诡事
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 吃了就睡工作室
Windows
Tokyo Stranger is an aerial genre of text horror game inspired by the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. You play as a tourist from an exotic country, looking for any possibility to escape Tokyo in a static world.
Why similar: Noir 24.5%, Point & Click 14.5%, Lovecraftian 12.2%, Detective 11.9%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #13 The Rewinder
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,328 reviews2021
Dev: MistyMountainStudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Rewinder is an adventure puzzle game based on Chinese mythology. You play as Yun, the last known Rewinder, who can communicate with spirits and explore other people's memories to alter the past.
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Point & Click 13.6%, Lore-Rich 9.6%, Mystery 9.5%, Puzzle 9%
- #14 The Darkside Detective
88% matchVery Positive94% of 5,169 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 22.2%, Point & Click 17.5%, Lovecraftian 12.3%, Supernatural 10.1%, Mystery 8.1%
- #15 The Midnight Crimes
86% matchMixed66% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: DeadlyCrow Games
Windows
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.
Why similar: Noir 25%, Detective 18.7%, Alternate History 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Point & Click 13.3%
- #16 Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 626 reviews2014
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.4%, Point & Click 19.8%, Detective 15.1%, Horror 12%, Psychological Horror 11.2%
- #17 Vivere Memento
86% 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 25.8%, Lovecraftian 20%, Detective 16.6%, Alternate History 13.2%, Horror 6.8%
- #18 Inspector Pug: The Furrious Murder Case
84% 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 29.8%, Noir 25.9%, Puzzle 10.8%, Point & Click 10.7%, Mystery 10.3%
- #19 City Legends: The Curse of the Crimson Shadow Collector's Edition
85% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
You are not afraid of ghost stories, so your pursuit of inspiration leads you to the strangest of places. But this time something truly sinister is in the air. Can you survive the encounter with a real spirit?
Why similar: Noir 21.5%, Detective 15.3%, Point & Click 13.1%, Supernatural 11%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
- #20 Let Bions Be Bygones
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 126 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 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Detective 16.5%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Point & Click 13.2%
- #21 Twin Mind: Nobody's Here Collector's Edition
83% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
Science has never been more dangerous! Death is in the air... Sounds pretty ominous, doesn't it? Help the twin detectives solve a new case!
Why similar: Noir 23.5%, Detective 15.1%, Lore-Rich 13.6%, Point & Click 12.3%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
- #22 The Blackwell Legacy
84% matchVery Positive90% of 1,636 reviews2012
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.
Why similar: Point & Click 30.6%, Noir 15.6%, Supernatural 13.8%, Detective 12.8%, Mystery 8.7%
- #23 DAEMON MASQUERADE
80% matchVery Positive95% of 484 reviews2024
Dev: Callum Page
Windows · Mac · Linux
An anime-inspired supernatural detective game. Uncover the identities and powers of your adversaries using a conspiracy board full of evidence.
Why similar: Detective 17%, Lore-Rich 14.5%, Alternate History 14.3%, Lovecraftian 13.3%, Point & Click 10.4%
- #24 The Wickie : Journey of a Lighthouse Keeper
81% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Crispian RobsonPub: Cheese Tax Productions
Windows
The Wickie is a first-person thriller set in the 1930s Outer Hebrides. Explore handcrafted islands, uncover cosmic horrors, and survive deadly dangers. With no weapons or maps, rely on wit and courage to solve mysteries. Rich in story,art, and Lovecraftian dread, Will you uncover the truth?
Why similar: Noir 20.9%, Alternate History 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Detective 15.7%, Lovecraftian 13.8%
- #25 The Island: Into The Mist
82% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
Dev: BADA Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 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 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Detective 16.9%, Point & Click 11.8%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #26 Impirical Evidence
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Match Head Studio
Windows
A comedy adventure game featuring classic inventory based puzzles. Arthur is a skeptic who dedicated his life to denying the paranormal. Murray is the electric Imp he accidentally summoned. Now Arthur must solve mysteries while bound to the very evidence of the supernatural itself.
Why similar: Noir 24.1%, Point & Click 16.5%, Detective 15.4%, Lore-Rich 9.3%, Mystery 7.5%
- #27 Mithra
79% 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 21.4%, Alternate History 16.8%, Detective 14.7%, Lore-Rich 13.6%, Point & Click 11.8%
- #28 Post Mortem
81% matchMixed57% of 441 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 29.3%, Noir 24.4%, Detective 20.5%, Mystery 9.2%, Horror 6.2%
- #29 4 days in ***
78% 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 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Detective 16.4%, Lovecraftian 11.6%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #30 A Call From Under the House
77% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Party Crasher Studios
Windows · Mac
A short point-and-click Lovecraftian adventure game where the player must investigate a house suspected of cultish activity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29%, Point & Click 20.5%, Detective 20.1%, Puzzle 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #31 Shadows of Eldemir
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Arif Games
Windows
Shadows of Eldemir is a retro-inspired, Victorian cosmic-horror, point-and-click adventure RPG, where a London schoolmaster travels to a remote Eastern European village searching for his missing fiancée, only to discover the archaeological expedition she joined may have disturbed something ancient.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.7%, Point & Click 17.6%, Lore-Rich 9.6%, Supernatural 9.6%, Horror 9.2%
- #32 Face Noir
78% matchMixed65% of 339 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 46.7%, Point & Click 27.4%, Detective 16.5%, Adventure 4.9%, Mystery 4.5%
- #33 Get In Timelessness
75% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: FANTOM INK
Windows
A psychological horror about a man who, by the will of fate — or a joke of chance — had to face the unthinkable. Sometimes a person looks into the abyss. Sometimes the abyss looks at you. And sometimes... She turns out to be Hungry.
Why similar: Alternate History 26.9%, Point & Click 12.3%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 11.4%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #34 Hillthorn
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Finnegan MotorsPub: ManaVoid Entertainment
Windows
A disappearance in a secluded mountain. A village hiding its secrets. A detective running out of time. Hillthorn's investigation system encourages you to use logic and imagination. Combine actions, clues and characters to uncover the mystery.
Why similar: Noir 21.8%, Lovecraftian 20.9%, Detective 18.6%, Point & Click 12.4%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #35 Blackwell Unbound
77% matchVery Positive94% of 780 reviews2012
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The year is 1973. The sound of a lone, ethereal saxophone drifts over the Roosevelt Island promenade, while a series of accidents plague a midtown construction site. The citizens of Manhattan take no notice of these events, let alone think they are connected.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.4%, Detective 16%, Noir 15.8%, Supernatural 13.5%, Mystery 8.2%
- #36 Death Insurance
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OttoWorld
Windows
You're a desk-jockey processing life-insurance claims. Collect and investigate 3D objects to piece together the cause of death. Case by case, the true nature of Bliss unfolds in this story-rich supernatural mystery.
Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Noir 19.4%, Lore-Rich 14.8%, Alternate History 13.2%, Supernatural 8.6%
- #37 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
72% matchVery Positive88% of 6,076 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Psychological Horror 14%, Point & Click 10.2%, Mystery 9.9%, Supernatural 9.7%
- #38 Alone in the Dark
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,739 reviews2024
Dev: Pieces InteractivePub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Return to Derceto Manor in this reimagination of Alone in the Dark, a love letter to the 90’s cult classic horror game.
Why similar: Noir 27.1%, Lovecraftian 22.6%, Detective 14.2%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 8.3%
- #39 DESOLATIUM: Prologue
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 120 reviews2021
Dev: SUPERLUMEN
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 40%
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 19.8%, Detective 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Point & Click 15.4%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
- #40 City Legends: Trapped In Mirror Collector's Edition
74% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2022
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
On your way to writing the perfect supernatural novel, be prepared to face danger. Are you ready for such desperate measures?
Why similar: Noir 24%, Detective 15.4%, Point & Click 12.9%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Supernatural 8.5%
- #41 Mouseman: Point and Click RPG Adventure - Chapter 1
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Leech Games
Windows
Noir-themed Point and Click RPG Adventure with Turn-based battles! Pickpocket innocent people, eat cheese, rumble with the C.A.T.S., uncover secrets and rise to the top of the criminal underworld to become Top G!
Why similar: Noir 32.7%, Point & Click 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Lore-Rich 13%, 2D 4.4%
- #42 DESOLATIUM
73% 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 17.4%, Lovecraftian 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Point & Click 15.6%, Psychological Horror 9.3%
- #43 The bird of the North
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Uvost
Windows
In 1921: a kidnapping, a revolution... Investigate and uncover the truth behind a dark, mysterious story.
Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Noir 16.6%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Mystery 12.4%, Puzzle 10.9%
- #44 Max Sterling PI: The Grady Case
71% 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: Noir 22.5%, Detective 18.2%, Alternate History 15.8%, Point & Click 12.9%, Mystery 8.2%
- #45 The Incident Room
70% 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 26.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Detective 15.4%, Lovecraftian 14.2%, Supernatural 6.3%
- #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 21.2%, Noir 19.6%, Lovecraftian 16.8%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #47 Nott Longa
71% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: Amhardcore
Windows · Linux
A folk horror graphic adventure about nostalgia, lost futures & decay, designed as an interactive nighttime story to enhance your dreams. Collect hidden objects, help strange inhabitants, solve arcane riddles: find your way home through a ruinous reality haunted by glitches and folkloric creatures.
Why similar: Noir 22.7%, Alternate History 21.3%, Point & Click 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Psychological Horror 9.6%
- #48 旧日重返(Mystery of the Past)
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 锁眼工作室
Windows
《Mystery of the Past》is a detective puzzle game about time loop. You will play as detective Raymond, confronting fears unknown to many. Every time the shadow of death descends upon you, you have the chance to begin anew. Death is no longer the end but a new beginning.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.4%, Detective 21%, Point & Click 20.4%, Puzzle 11.5%, Mystery 8.4%
- #49 Enoch
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Evil Pug Games
Windows
A murder investigation. Teenagers vanishing for years. On Enoch Space Station, detectives, suspects, and killers each follow their own path, only to uncover a conspiracy that has been hiding in plain sight for generations. A sci-fi noir point-and-click adventure.
Why similar: Noir 24%, Detective 15.1%, Point & Click 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Lore-Rich 11.7%
- #50 The Charnel House Trilogy
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 685 reviews2015
Dev: Owl Cave
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Witness The Charnel House Trilogy, the chronicle of one fateful night aboard a train bound for Augur Peak. Three thrilling, horrifying adventure games in one, from the depths of the Sepulchre, starring Madeleine Roux, Peter Willington, Jonathan Grier, Jim Sterling, and Ben Chandler as Grub.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.9%, Noir 22.9%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 16.2%, Mystery 6.7%
- #51 captain midnight
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tim OxtonPub: oxblud
Windows
the tide always wins
Why similar: Noir 27.2%, Detective 18.3%, Alternate History 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Horror 8.5%
- #52 G-MODEアーカイブス+ 探偵・癸生川凌介事件譚 Vol.17「御堂丸邸事件」
69% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: G-MODE
Windows
Kibukawa’s debut case as a detective is finally revealed. Uncover the strange mystery surrounding the Midoumaru Manor!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.6%, Detective 30.2%, Mystery 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Retro 5.9%
- #53 Man Without Organs
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NaviPub: MWO
Windows
“Man Without organs” is a 2D detective adventure game. The player assumes control of “Man Without organs”, whose body is hollow inside, on his journey through a ruined Hong Kong.
Why similar: Noir 38%, Point & Click 15.6%, Puzzle 10.9%, Horror 7.1%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #54 Call of the Forgotten
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Artfactory Jalokivi
Windows · Mac · Linux
A hand-drawn point-and-click adventure featuring a detective noir story set in a cyberpunk world, infused with cosmic horror.
Why similar: Noir 28.9%, Detective 22.3%, Point & Click 20.7%, Lovecraftian 18.1%, Horror 3.5%
- #55 Blackwell Deception
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 646 reviews2012
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Street psychics. Their blinking neon signs are everywhere, promising love and wealth and happiness. They make a fortune preying on the gullible and milking them dry. So when these victims begin dying and leaving confused spirits behind, it can only take a genuine psychic (and her wayward spirit guide) to clean up the mess.
Why similar: Point & Click 35%, Noir 18%, Detective 14.8%, Supernatural 12.3%, Mystery 7.5%
- #56 Frankie and Suede Private Detectives
67% 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 26.3%, Alternate History 18.8%, Detective 17.9%, Point & Click 14.7%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #57 Green Button
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FANTOM INK
Windows
The story of a man trapped in circumstances with no obvious way out. A psychological horror in which danger is always near, and the only chance for salvation is to make an extraordinary decision. Will you be able to get out without losing yourself — or will the price of salvation be too high?..
Why similar: Point & Click 20.6%, Alternate History 20%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Puzzle 10.8%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #58 LumineNight
66% matchVery Positive89% of 534 reviews2024
Dev: Spickasoft
Windows
LumineNight is a story-driven detective adventure. Play as Detective Foster and his daughter to solve a series of murders spanning a decade. Interrogate suspects, infiltrate locations, solve puzzles, and gather evidence from crime scenes. Uncover the dark truth behind these killings.
Why similar: Noir 24.3%, Detective 23.6%, Point & Click 12.7%, Mystery 9.5%, Side Scroller 8.1%
- #59 Sara
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sara Eshard
Windows · Mac · Linux
3 days, 3 dreams, and 3 worlds.
Why similar: Noir 33.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Point & Click 17.8%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #60 The Pactmaker
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Alejandro Pascual
Windows
You are a professor who forged pacts with otherworldly entities to save your daughter. Dive into the memories of others, alter reality, and use your new supernatural abilities to uncover the truth in this dark point-and-click thriller.
Why similar: Detective 25.1%, Point & Click 20.2%, Supernatural 12.6%, Story Rich 7.1%, Puzzle 7.1%