- #1 My Hotel
97% matchMixed44% of 96 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 20.2%, Management 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.5%
- #2 This Is the Police
96% matchVery Positive82% of 11,149 reviews2016
Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 12.4 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 31.9%, Management 19.2%, Noir 17.5%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Strategy 8.7%
- #3 When Wolf Fades
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HoolignomesPub: Watt Studio
Windows
A noir crime management strategy where you play as the Wolf in Granny’s clothing. Hold your criminal empire together, unravel the city’s mystery, balance resources, recruit a gang through character cards, and survive 30 days without being exposed — or killed.
Why similar: Crime 27.4%, Noir 17.7%, Management 17.5%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Resource Management 9.3%
- #4 Your Murder Is Served
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Christian Hubel
Windows
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 39.2%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Mystery 9%, Multiple Endings 7.4%, Noir 7.1%
- #5 Bharat Police
94% 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 30.8%, Noir 20.8%, Management 17.1%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Simulation 7.6%
- #6 Empire of Sin
94% matchMixed48% of 6,261 reviews2020
Dev: Romero GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.7 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 37.8%, Noir 18.4%, Management 17.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.8%, Strategy 7.5%
- #7 Russian Prison Tattoo Simulator
93% 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 30.2%, Noir 17.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Choices Matter 9%
- #8 Gangster Empire: Vendetta
92% 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 35.2%, Management 21.4%, Strategy 14.2%, Resource Management 10.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.8%
- #9 Dahlia View
91% matchVery Positive84% of 367 reviews2021
Dev: White Paper Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.
Why similar: Crime 20.9%, Noir 20.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Investigation 8.3%
- #10 Ogasm Simulator
91% 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 35.9%, Management 20.8%, Strategy 12.3%, Simulation 11%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #11 Private Eye: The Young Heir
90% 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 15.2%, Investigation 12%, Choices Matter 10%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
- #12 The Final Print
89% matchPositive88% of 42 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 22%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Investigation 8.8%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #13 Lacuna: Prologue
89% matchVery Positive91% of 172 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
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 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Investigation 8%
- #14 Cat Meoir: Feline Detective
88% matchMixed57% 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 25.7%, Crime 20.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%, Investigation 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
- #15 The Wolf Among Us Remastered
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Telltale
Windows
A dark detective thriller where folklore is real, violence is chilling, and every choice has consequences.
Why similar: Noir 22%, Crime 15.8%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Investigation 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
- #16 Man of Nollyn
86% matchPositive100% of 19 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 29.3%, Investigation 14.2%, Mystery 8.7%, Interactive Fiction 7.5%
- #17 Mistmoon Falls
86% 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 24.4%, Noir 22.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15.1%, Investigation 10.7%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #18 Murder Mystery Mayhem AI
84% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
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 23.3%, Noir 17.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Investigation 12.1%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #19 The Cloudvale Protocol
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Antidawn Studio
Windows · Mac
A story-rich, tabletop-inspired game about hope for a better future, the power to shape it, and the hard choices that follow. Save a wounded utopia built to benefit all, while trying to keep a stranded boy alive. As the stakes rise, your choices will decide the fate of more than one world.
Why similar: Management 14%, Resource Management 13.9%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
- #20 Omerta - City of Gangsters
85% matchMixed67% of 2,390 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 59.5%, Management 19.3%, Strategy 11%, Simulation 6.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 2.7%
- #21 Last Night Last Call
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rogueside
Windows · Mac
Can you solve a murder with nothing but your wits, your cocktail shaker, and your silver tongue? In this bartending mystery game, your customers are the key. So long as the liquor flows, so does the conversation - but who has the answers you seek, and who has blood on their hands?
Why similar: Crime 23.5%, Noir 18.2%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Investigation 9.7%
- #22 Noir Tycoon
82% 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 33.8%, Noir 22.1%, Management 16.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.2%, Strategy 7.5%
- #23 Last Guest at Sunset
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Blackglass Interactive
Windows
Investigate a replayable Hollywood murder mystery where everyone has something to hide. Question guests, uncover contradictions, and identify the killer before they escape justice.
Why similar: Crime 31%, Noir 15.5%, Investigation 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Mystery 10.6%
- #24 Grégoire Lefèbvre Investigations : The Vow of Hate
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: TcherryPub: Viridis Cosmos Games
Windows
Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre and investigate the murder of a controversial country priest in this gripping historical detective thriller.
Why similar: Crime 23.5%, Noir 23.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
- #25 City of Gangsters
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,551 reviews2021
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.6 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 39.6%, Management 15.6%, Resource Management 14.5%, Noir 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 7%
- #26 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
79% matchVery Positive92% of 2,886 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 25.2%, Noir 23.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Investigation 9%
- #27 Bouncer Story
81% 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 33.3%, Management 18.2%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Resource Management 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #28 Data Trader
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kinetic Sparks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sort, analyze and sell dangerous data in a cyberpunk city. Every file you trade affects factions, the economy — and your fate.
Why similar: Crime 34.9%, Management 19.5%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Strategy 11.9%, Story Rich 6%
- #29 Marked
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Fun Waffle Game Studios
Windows
Dust, blood, and lies. Salvation’s Edge, 1899 — a dying town where you’re a killer, a thief, and a fraud — handed a dead man’s badge and told to solve a murder. Do they deserve redemption? Do you? Or will everyone forever be MARKED?
Why similar: Noir 26.6%, Crime 17.2%, Investigation 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #30 Obsidian Moon
78% 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 19.7%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Investigation 9.5%, Multiple Endings 6.5%
- #31 This Bed We Made
77% matchVery Positive91% of 3,132 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 25.8%, Noir 24.2%, Investigation 11.6%, Mystery 10.1%, Third Person 7.3%
- #32 Detective Bass 2: The Case of the Stolen Pearls
77% 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 31.6%, Noir 30.1%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Investigation 12.4%, Mystery 9%
- #33 Gloomy Clues: The Broken Mirror
76% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Pixel Paradise ®
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Noir 24.6%, Crime 22.6%, Investigation 11.8%, Choices Matter 10%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
- #34 Pasajeros
76% 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 32.5%, Dialogue Heavy 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
- #35 Murder At The House
75% 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 37.8%, Strategy RPG 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Third Person 8%, Strategy 6.9%
- #36 Mary
73% 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 31.6%, Noir 25.2%, Investigation 13.9%, Mystery 10.4%, Strategy 7.2%
- #37 PolyCity Stories - The Affair
74% 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 29.3%, Crime 20.2%, Investigation 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%
- #38 Would you sell your soul
74% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: COMINO Inc.
Windows
Choose Your Story: Choices & Decisions game, Mystery visual novel adventure game
Why similar: Noir 31.6%, Crime 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11%, Choices Matter 6.4%
- #39 Graywood: Noir Detective
73% 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 29.2%, Crime 28.9%, Investigation 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.1%
- #40 DETECTIVE - The Motel
73% matchMixed47% of 17 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 38.3%, Noir 19%, Investigation 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Simulation 7.2%
- #41 Angels That Kill - The Final Cut
75% 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 40.4%, Crime 37.8%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #42 Now Hiring
72% 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 23.3%, Noir 19.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.7%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
- #43 Lord of Metal
71% 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%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Resource Management 12.3%, Simulation 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #44 FMV - Full Motion Voyeur
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ten Thousand Hearts Ltd.
Windows
Full Motion Voyeur is a dark FMV thriller where you're trapped in a nightmare of surveillance, obedience, and sacrifice. Guided by the mysterious ADMIN, Claire is ordered to investigate targets, uncover their secrets, and feed them to a Demon or her lover Mona pays the price.
Why similar: Crime 26.6%, Noir 18.9%, Investigation 11.8%, Choices Matter 10%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
- #45 Back to the Dawn
68% matchVery Positive94% of 10,201 reviews2025
Dev: Metal Head GamesPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 22.4 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%, Strategy RPG 13.2%, Investigation 10.8%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #46 Crowley Hotel. The JH Chronicles
70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Bern.C
Windows
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 37%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Investigation 8.3%
- #47 Row Hard
70% 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 32.8%, Management 16.5%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Resource Management 10.9%, Multiple Endings 7%
- #48 Blake: The Visual Novel
71% matchVery Positive90% of 63 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 26.7%, Crime 19.2%, Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
- #49 Clue: Murder By Death
69% matchMixed67% of 20 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 26.3%, Dialogue Heavy 15.2%, Investigation 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
- #50 Dirty Land
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Naturally Intelligent
Windows · Mac · Linux
A videogame about being a real estate salesman in the 80s
Why similar: Crime 28.7%, Noir 28.4%, Investigation 11.2%, Dialogue Heavy 8.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%
- #51 The Posthumous Investigation
67% matchVery Positive95% of 608 reviews2026
Dev: Mother Gaia StudioPub: CriticalLeap
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A dead man hired you to solve his own murder. You have one day. Fourteen suspects. And as many attempts as it takes. A hand-drawn noir mystery set in 1937 Rio de Janeiro, where every suspect has a life, a schedule, and something to hide.
Why similar: Crime 24.4%, Noir 23.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Investigation 10.1%
- #52 The Wolf Is Dead
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fat Toad Games
Windows · Linux
The Wolf is Dead is a murder mystery game. When the Big Bad Wolf is found murdered at a party for his biopic, you're called in. Interrogate suspects, investigate the scene of the crime and use this to travel back in time and reconstruct the events of the evening. Who killed Alexander Wolff?
Why similar: Crime 36.8%, Dialogue Heavy 20.5%, Mystery 11.2%, Investigation 10.4%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #53 Detective Bass in Fish out of Water
67% matchPositive100% of 14 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 29.7%, Noir 27.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12.8%, Investigation 12%, Mystery 9.1%
- #54 Dark Money
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Polyvale Studios
Windows
Try to survive as you build your network from petty crime to global empire in this money laundering automation game. Dark Money is based on real reporting with journalist-inspired investigation mechanics. Will you struggle for justice in the shadows, or embrace corruption and face the consequences?
Why similar: Crime 35.6%, Investigation 14%, Management 12.2%, Multiple Endings 8%, Strategy 7.6%
- #55 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 31.9%, Crime 19.6%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
- #56 🧠 OUT OF THE BOX
69% matchVery Positive84% of 292 reviews2018
Dev: Nuclear TalesPub: 🚀 Raiser Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Dive into a wild story of gangsters and criminals where you decide the fate of the peculiar customers of a luxurious nightclub in a never-ending race against the clock.
Why similar: Crime 28.9%, Management 13%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Resource Management 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
- #57 Devi : A light in the dark
67% 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 30.1%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Investigation 14.1%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Mystery 9.3%
- #58 JACK: 1 % BATTERY - A Detective Thriller
66% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: JD Detective Thrillers Studio
Windows
Experience a race against time written by a former forensic investigation expert. As detective JACK, you are the last hope to rescue the US President's kidnapped daughter. With only 1% battery left on her phone, use authentic detective techniques to find her before the screen goes black.
Why similar: Noir 33.7%, Crime 29.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Mystery 7.8%, Investigation 6.9%
- #59 The Lawyer - Episode 1: The White Bag
67% 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 26.4%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Investigation 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%