- #1 My Hotel
97% matchMixed44% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: BrainSwapperPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Step into the 1950s with My Hotel. As the new owner of a mysterious hotel, revive its glory through stylish renovations, solve hidden secrets, and master faction intrigues. A captivating blend of history and adventure awaits.
Why similar: Crime 23.7%, Noir 20.1%, Management 12.1%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.4%
- #2 This Is the Police
96% matchVery Positive82% of 11,036 reviews2016
Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse?
Why similar: Crime 32%, Management 19.4%, Noir 17.3%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Strategy 8.7%
- #3 Bharat Police
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BharatPoliceGroup
Windows
Lead a police force in noir India. Manage officers, respond to emergencies, and upgrade your team. Navigate crime, corruption, and deep-rooted social tensions. Every decision has consequences.
Why similar: Crime 30.7%, Noir 20.6%, Management 17.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Simulation 7.5%
- #4 Empire of Sin
95% matchMixed48% of 6,213 reviews2020
Dev: Romero GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Empire of Sin is a new strategy game brought to you by Romero Games and Paradox Interactive that puts you at the heart of the ruthless criminal underworld of 1920s Prohibition-era Chicago.
Why similar: Crime 37.5%, Noir 18.4%, Management 18.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.8%, Strategy 7.5%
- #5 Russian Prison Tattoo Simulator
94% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: Talentless Person Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become a tattoo artist in Russian Prison. Get introduced to tattoo iconography and special meanings of Russian Prison tattoos
Why similar: Crime 30.4%, Noir 17.2%, Conversation 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #6 Gangster Empire: Vendetta
94% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: SimProse Studios
Windows
Ever secretly wanted to run your own Mafia organization, playing the role of a ruthless mob leader? Now you can with Gangster Empire: Vendetta!
Why similar: Crime 35%, Management 21.6%, Strategy 14.1%, Resource Management 10.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.7%
- #7 Private Eye: The Young Heir
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lucky 7 Studios
Windows
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: Crime 23.4%, Noir 15.1%, Investigation 12%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
- #8 Ogasm Simulator
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: OG Interactive
Windows
From broke donor to city powerbroker earn money through unconventional private clinics, expand your influence, and shape population growth as the city shifts between love, fear, and chaos.
Why similar: Crime 35.8%, Management 21.1%, Strategy 12.2%, Simulation 11%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #9 Murder Mystery Mayhem AI
91% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: AI Media Design
Windows
Murder Mystery Mayhem AI is a single-player detective game set in a stylish 1920s world of secrets, suspicion, and social intrigue. Talk freely to a colorful cast of cunning suspects, gather clues, uncover motives, and deduce who among them is the killer.
Why similar: Crime 23.4%, Noir 17.4%, Conversation 12.8%, Investigation 12.2%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #10 The Final Print
91% 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: Crime 27%, Noir 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Investigation 8.8%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #11 Man of Nollyn
89% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: Slater Chae
Windows
A noir detective game where you can bribe or intimidate suspects for extra clues.
Why similar: Crime 30.5%, Noir 29.2%, Investigation 14.2%, Mystery 8.7%, Interactive Fiction 7.5%
- #12 Omerta - City of Gangsters
90% matchMixed67% of 2,385 reviews2013
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Omerta - City of Gangsters is a simulation game with tactical turn-based combat. Taking the role of a fresh-from-the-boat immigrant, with dreams of the big life, the player will work his way up the criminal hierarchy of 1920’s Atlantic City.
Why similar: Crime 59.4%, Management 19.6%, Strategy 11%, Simulation 6.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 2.7%
- #13 Mistmoon Falls
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: portmantoga
Windows · Mac
Mistmoon Falls is an open world murder mystery set in a farm-sim town that's now sans farmer. Question the locals, use tools to uncover clues, form hypotheses, and sift through some sinister goings-on to find the killer.
Why similar: Crime 24.6%, Noir 22.2%, Conversation 14.5%, Investigation 10.8%, Choices Matter 9%
- #14 Obsidian Moon
86% 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: Crime 26.8%, Noir 19.6%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Investigation 9.5%, Multiple Endings 6.5%
- #15 Bouncer Story
87% matchMixed47% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Helmi GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Bouncer Story, a retro-inspired film-noir featuring a protagonist working as a bouncer to pay off a gambling debt to the underground mafia controlling the city. As a bouncer you are seeing, hearing and experiencing all kinds of events in the your daily work controlling the entrance to a bar.
Why similar: Crime 33.1%, Management 18.4%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Resource Management 12.6%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #16 Detective Bass 2: The Case of the Stolen Pearls
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team Grouper
Windows · Mac · Linux
Crime never rests... but thankfully, neither does Detective Bass! Put on your detective hat and help Detective Bass get to the bottom of a robbery, in this witty, narrative-driven detective game!
Why similar: Crime 31.9%, Noir 30.3%, Conversation 13.6%, Investigation 12.5%, Mystery 9.1%
- #17 City of Gangsters
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,534 reviews2021
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
In this management tycoon game, you’ll start a criminal operation from nothing and grow it into a well-oiled money machine! Build speakeasies and illegal distilleries. Manage production chains and resource distribution. Leverage favors, chase down debtors, and bribe the police to look the other way.
Why similar: Crime 39.2%, Management 15.7%, Resource Management 15.1%, Noir 12.4%, Strategy 6.9%
- #18 Lacuna: Prologue
84% 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: Crime 27.7%, Noir 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Investigation 8%
- #19 A Week in Paradise
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EtrikiaPub: Soft Serve Games
Windows
A Week in Paradise is an interactive narrative mystery. Discover the unusual circumstances of your arrival to a bar called Paradise, and drink through the night with the bar's charismatic regular. Each night, unravel the threads holding back memories in your dreams.
Why similar: Noir 24%, Conversation 18.7%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Mystery 9.5%
- #20 Cat Meoir: Feline Detective
83% matchMixed59% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: Scratch and Claw Studios
Windows
Cat Meoir: Feline Detective is an open world exploration game based in the heart of New York City during the early 1950's. The player must use their cat-like skills to solve puzzles, string together clues, and navigate the city to solve the case of their owners murder.
Why similar: Noir 26.4%, Crime 21.6%, Investigation 11.7%, Conversation 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%
- #21 Gloomy Clues: The Broken Mirror
82% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Pixel Paradise ®
Windows · Mac · Linux
A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes, interrogate suspects, and survive in this point-and-click remake, rebuilt from the ground up. Solve the mystery before your demons consume you. Play the free demo and wishlist now!
Why similar: Noir 24.5%, Crime 22.7%, Investigation 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
- #22 Graywood: Noir Detective
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bobby & Jeni
Windows
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: Noir 29.1%, Crime 28.9%, Investigation 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.1%
- #23 Dupery
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gilded Rune Games
Windows · Mac
A terrible syndicate has infiltrated society, explore cases, listen to what the citizens have to say, and use that information to route out the good from the evil in this roguelike deduction game. Can you uncover the head of the syndicate? Or will you be duped like the rest?
Why similar: Crime 29.8%, Noir 21.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.1%, Investigation 14%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #24 Mary
79% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Pinster Games
Windows
Mary is a mystery and investigation game, in which you are a private detective who has been called to solve a case of a massacre in a bar. Collect all the clues and find an answer to all the mysteries of this case!
Why similar: Crime 31.7%, Noir 25.1%, Investigation 13.9%, Mystery 10.4%, Strategy 7.2%
- #25 Angels That Kill - The Final Cut
82% matchMixed45% of 33 reviews2015
Dev: Rising Sun Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Angels That Kill - The Final Cut is a dark, first person adventure game that tells the story of two men as they uncover the truth behind a murder that has shaken the city. Play through both sides of the story and discover the truth behind the murder.
Why similar: Noir 40.2%, Crime 37.8%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #26 Pasajeros
80% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: GameLoop
Windows
Pasajeros is developed through a collection of urban and surreal stories collected in a taxi in Bogotá . It’s a four-night adventure packed with micro-stories of vampires, mariachis, and thugs. In addition to the opportunity to find love or madness in the night magic of a city.
Why similar: Noir 32.6%, Conversation 16.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
- #27 Would you sell your soul
79% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: COMINO Inc.
Windows
Choose Your Story: Choices & Decisions game, Mystery visual novel adventure game
Why similar: Noir 31.7%, Crime 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Conversation 10.5%, Choices Matter 6.5%
- #28 DETECTIVE - The Motel
78% matchMixed44% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
DETECTIVE The Motel is a deduction game where, to advance, you must take a pencil and a piece of paper and write down everything that seems like evidence in order to answer all the questions that arise. Solving the case will depend only on you.
Why similar: Crime 38.4%, Noir 18.9%, Investigation 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Simulation 7.2%
- #29 Murder At The House
78% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Connie APub: cpa.dev
Windows · Mac
11 people trapped in an old abandoned house together. 8 Innocents. One Detective. One Murderer. You are either the murderer or detective. You must interrogate suspects and find clues in order to solve the mystery, before it is too late.
Why similar: Crime 38.2%, Strategy RPG 14.8%, Conversation 13.1%, Third Person 8%, Strategy 7%
- #30 Noir Tycoon
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Joybyte GamesPub: Empera Games
Windows
Build your criminal empire in the turbulent 1960s, manage rackets, outsmart rival gangs, and rise from the streets to the top of the underworld.
Why similar: Crime 34.7%, Noir 21.3%, Management 16.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.4%, Strategy 7.6%
- #31 FMV - Full Motion Voyeur
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ten Thousand Hearts Ltd.
Windows
Full Motion Voyeur is a dark FMV thriller with brutal gameplay: investigate video feeds, judge sinners, and feed them to a hungry Demon. Uncover buried secrets, grapple with moral choices, and decide if obeying the Demon to protect your loved ones is worth it. How far will you go to feed the Demon?
Why similar: Crime 26.6%, Noir 18.8%, Investigation 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
- #32 Clue: Murder By Death
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Cocodrolo Games
Windows · Mac
A story-rich detective mystery set in 1930s England. Investigate a murder inside a sprawling manor, interrogate suspicious residents, and make meaningful choices to uncover the truth — before Scotland Yard arrives.
Why similar: Crime 26.6%, Conversation 14.6%, Investigation 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
- #33 PolyCity Stories - The Affair
76% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Andi Liddell
Windows
The first short story from PolyCity. A point and click adventure delving into the dark and dirty polygonated corners of the City of angles... mostly right angles. The Affair follows a soft boiled/over easy private detective as he unpicks an organised crime syndicate operating across the city.
Why similar: Noir 29.2%, Crime 20.3%, Investigation 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
- #34 Lord of Metal
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Horns Up Games
Windows
🤘Lord of Metal is a single player story-driven management simulator about organizing 🎸Rock music festivals, bringing a dystopian world back to life. 🎤 Gather your crew 🥁 book bands 🎧 sign sponsors 🔊 claim festival grounds and bring some 🔥Rock to the masses! \m/
Why similar: Management 22.2%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Resource Management 12.6%, Simulation 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #35 Row Hard
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Surreal Overflow
Windows · Mac
Paddles, splashing of water and hard racing. Build your team, coach, mentor and lead them through tough choices to Olympic gold. Learn the price of victory! Deep story with resource management and rhythm sports races. What are you willing to sacrifice to win?
Why similar: Crime 32.6%, Management 16.6%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Resource Management 11.2%, Multiple Endings 7%
- #36 The Shadows of Fallen City
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IKINAGAMES
Windows
The Shadows of Fallen City is a reality mystery drama that tracks a violent incident caused by someone's fall, as people who have fallen with different stories gathering in a city where common sense and human relationships have fallen.
Why similar: Crime 35.7%, Noir 27.7%, Conversation 9.1%, Mystery 9.1%, Investigation 8.9%
- #37 Now Hiring
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MoonMoon
Windows
Now Hiring is a top-down narrative adventure where you play a job seeker trapped in a scam syndicate. Across 21 days, your choices in dialogue battles and moral dilemmas will shape your fate, reveal human struggles, and lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Crime 23.5%, Noir 19.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.7%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
- #38 This Bed We Made
73% matchVery Positive91% of 2,983 reviews2023
Dev: Lowbirth Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 27%, Noir 25.4%, Investigation 12.2%, Mystery 10.5%, Third Person 7.6%
- #39 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
73% matchVery Positive92% of 2,791 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Why similar: Crime 25.6%, Noir 23.7%, Conversation 13%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Investigation 9.2%
- #40 Blake: The Visual Novel
73% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2021
Dev: Ori MeesPub: LegendOri Productions
Windows · Mac
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: Noir 26.8%, Crime 19.5%, Conversation 13.9%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
- #41 Dirty Land
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Naturally Intelligent
Windows · Mac · Linux
A videogame about being a real estate salesman in the 80s
Why similar: Crime 28.9%, Noir 28.4%, Investigation 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%, Conversation 8.2%
- #42 Detective Bass in Fish out of Water
71% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Team Grouper
Windows
A luxury cruise takes an unexpected turn when a passenger is gruesomely turned into fillet - and it's up to Detective Bass to deliver some justice in this short narrative-driven detective game!
Why similar: Crime 30%, Noir 27.4%, Conversation 12.3%, Investigation 12.1%, Mystery 9.2%
- #43 Meliora’s Detective Simulator
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Miraoriem
Windows
This game is a text based simulation that focuses on the life of a detective. You must read many different crime stories and find the real criminal in them. An old-school game genre is coming back with modern mechanics and clean graphics.
Why similar: Crime 23.9%, Noir 21.2%, Simulation 13.7%, Strategy 13.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #44 Pockets of Hope
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Burnt Bit Games
Windows
Pockets of Hope is a narrative management game where you struggle to survive with your sick brother in the ruthless city of Veronka. Scavenge, steal, and make grim choices in a world where no one cares — all for a single goal: to find a cure.
Why similar: Management 22.1%, Resource Management 18.1%, Strategy RPG 12.3%, Strategy 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
- #45 Devi : A light in the dark
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flying Robot Studios
Windows
An evidence-based detective game set in rural India. Investigate your friend's disappearance by searching crime scenes, interrogating suspects, and presenting proof to break through lies. Race against time to expose a conspiracy before the 9:45 PM train leaves.
Why similar: Crime 30.3%, Investigation 14.2%, Conversation 14.1%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Mystery 9.4%
- #46 Back to the Dawn
68% matchVery Positive95% of 9,819 reviews2025
Dev: Metal Head GamesPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.
Why similar: Crime 29%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Strategy RPG 13.1%, Investigation 10.9%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #47 Man I Just Wanna Go Home
69% matchVery Positive95% of 685 reviews2024
Dev: JZPS Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%
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: Noir 31.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Crime 11.6%
- #48 The Lawyer - Episode 1: The White Bag
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ManyDev Studio
Windows
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 26.6%, Conversation 13.7%, Investigation 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
- #49 Dead Meat
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Meaning Machine
Windows · Mac
A murder mystery interrogation game - where you can ask the suspects literally ANYTHING! Dive into a macabre conspiracy of burgers and billionaires, getting up-close and personal with an eccentric cast of cold-blooded killers - using voice or keyboard.
Why similar: Crime 29.1%, Noir 26%, Conversation 14%, Investigation 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
- #50 DETECTIVE TYCOON
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CO5MONAUT
Windows
Travel 70 years back in time to the days of noir detectives and lead your own 1-bit detective agency! Solve the most difficult cases. Hire new detectives. Expand your office.
Why similar: Noir 32.2%, Management 17.7%, Investigation 15%, Resource Management 12.3%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #51 Uncover the Smoking Gun
68% matchVery Positive95% of 430 reviews2024
Dev: ReLU Games, Inc.
Windows
A Battle of Wits with AI: Solve the case by conversing with a suspect robot using GPT to gather evidence. What single truth emerges from countless dialogues and pieces of information?
Why similar: Crime 32.3%, Investigation 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Resource Management 8.7%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
- #52 Drug Dealer Manager
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Exiles StudioPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows
Build your drug empire in an isometric crime tycoon game. Hire dealers and create supply chains. Avoid or bribe the officials. Spy and fight your competition to take over city districts. Command in real-time with active pause. Be the cartel king!
Why similar: Crime 52.6%, Resource Management 18%, Strategy 12.5%, Management 11%, Stylized 4.1%
- #53 Love Shore
68% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Perfect Garbage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Sam or Farah as they attempt to navigate the neon thrills of their cyberpunk city Love Shore, solve murders, fight gods and maybe fall in love.
Why similar: Noir 31.8%, Crime 19.7%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
- #54 Death Trick: Double Blind
67% matchVery Positive88% of 269 reviews2024
Dev: Misty Mountain StudioPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Why similar: Crime 25.9%, Conversation 14.7%, Choices Matter 11%, Investigation 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
- #55 Echoes of Ash
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ash Studio
Windows
Detective agency management × superpowered mystery. Former operative Lin Mo rebuilds the Ash Detective Agency in Collins City. Investigate crime scenes, use “Echoes” to recover memory fragments, rebut lies with evidence, dispatch partners for intel, and uncover conspiracy behind your mentor’s death.
Why similar: Crime 28.2%, Investigation 17.2%, Management 12.3%, Noir 10.5%, Mystery 9.7%
- #56 PataNoir
70% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: Simon ChristiansenPub: SiChris Productions
Windows
The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.
Why similar: Noir 27.6%, Crime 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Investigation 8.2%, Mystery 8%
- #57 The Unclosed Case: Pike
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CazimG
Windows
A narrative-driven detective thriller. Reed and partner Grant investigate a murder case that resets through a time loop. Gather clues, interrogate witnesses, build timelines in the mind palace, and uncover the truth through deduction and multiple endings.
Why similar: Crime 38.7%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Investigation 12.5%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Mystery 7.5%
- #58 REARVIEW MIRROR
66% matchPositive85% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: CUBUS GAMES SL
Windows · Mac
Rearview Mirror is a narrative videogame in which most of the events take place inside a car. From a first-person perspective, the player interacts with the passengers through the rearview mirror.
Why similar: Noir 29%, Crime 15.8%, Conversation 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #59 Drug Dealer Simulator
65% matchVery Positive86% of 20,822 reviews2020
Dev: ByterunnersPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Have you ever considered creating your own crime empire, without the legal and moral consequences? SIMULATE IT! Crawl into the dark alleys of the street business in this OG drug-dealing game, and make a fortune! A co-op sequel – DDS2 – is out NOW
Why similar: Crime 50.4%, Simulation 16.8%, Management 11.8%, Resource Management 11.8%, First-Person 4.7%