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  1. #1 Shadows of Doubt
    97% matchVery Positive83% of 17,129 reviews2024
    Dev: ColePowered GamesPub: Fireshine Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Take on the role of a private investigator in this immersive detective simulator. Solve murders and other crimes in a procedurally generated and persistent city where every NPC lives and breathes their own independent lives. Find the killer quickly… or they will kill again!

    Why similar: Noir 29.8%, Detective 27.3%, Sandbox 15.2%, Procedural Generation 12.6%, Open World 8.5%

  2. #2 Doki Doki AI Interrogation
    96% matchVery Positive82% of 502 reviews2024
    Dev: YAMADA
    Windows · Mac

    A short interrogation game taking full advantage of ChatGPT! You are tasked with interrogating the suspect [AI] of a murder case as an [excellent police officer]. How you choose to interrogate the suspect is up to you. How the AI reacts is rendered in real-time through ChatGPT.

    Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 24.8%, Detective 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Procedural Generation 12%, Conversation 11%

  3. #3 Acolyte
    96% matchMostly Positive77% of 62 reviews2022
    Dev: SuperstringPub: Pantaloon
    Windows

    Acolyte is a narrative ARG/Detective game that gives you your own Acolyte; a digital assistant you can talk to freely with unlimited dialogue options. Just like a real conversation.

    Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 21.3%, Detective 20%, Conversation 15.3%, Investigation 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%

  4. #4 Acolyte: Prologue
    95% matchMostly Positive77% of 83 reviews2021
    Dev: SuperstringPub: Superstring
    Windows

    Acolyte: Prologue is the first act in a dynamic narrative detective/puzzle game that gives you your own Acolyte; a digital assistant you can talk to freely without pre-defined dialogue options. Just like a real conversation.

    Why similar: Experimental 34.2%, Artificial Intelligence 19.7%, Investigation 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choices Matter 6.3%

  5. #5 The Case of the Golden Idol
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,171 reviews2022
    Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

    Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Investigation 16.3%, Crime 15.2%, Narrative 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%

  6. #6 Uncover the Smoking Gun
    93% 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 26.9%, Detective 21.5%, Investigation 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Mystery 8.3%

  7. #7 Noir Syndrome
    94% matchMixed67% of 183 reviews2014
    Dev: Glass Knuckle Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Noir Syndrome is a procedurally generated Detective Murder-Mystery with a new story every time! Featuring slick pixel art animations and a jazzy soundtrack, the player is thrown right in to a highly stylized vision of film noir.

    Why similar: Noir 53.6%, Detective 27.4%, Procedural Generation 10.6%, Mystery 8.3%

  8. #8 DOOMED Detective Game
    92% matchMixed46% of 71 reviews2025
    Dev: Azikton Studio
    Windows

    Doomed Detective Game is a game in which you will play the role of a detective who has arrived in the city of Redrock to figure out a very mysterious crime. Your task is to explore the city, find clues, talk to the residents of the city and find the killer! P.S: Every city resident is an AI...

    Why similar: Noir 31.9%, Detective 20.3%, Artificial Intelligence 20.2%, Investigation 12.7%, Exploration 7.8%

  9. #9 Mind Diver
    91% matchVery Positive97% of 307 reviews2025
    Dev: Indoor SunglassesPub: PLAYISM
    Windows

    Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.

    Why similar: Noir 21.3%, Crime 17.8%, Detective 17.3%, Investigation 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%

  10. #10 Cat Detective Albert Wilde
    90% matchVery Positive94% of 159 reviews2025
    Dev: beyondthosehills
    Windows

    Play as the Cat Detective Albert Wilde. Walk, talk, interrogate, joke, solve a mystery, and experience an old film noir setting with humanoid animal characters. A story of quantum theory and parallel universes served with a lot of humour.

    Why similar: Noir 22.6%, Crime 22.4%, Detective 18.9%, Investigation 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%

  11. #11 Bohemian Killing
    91% matchMixed63% of 206 reviews2016
    Dev: The MoonwallsPub: Libredia Entertainment
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Paris, 1894. Class differences and pervasive racism finally lead to a tragedy. A year later you find yourself on trial, accused of a brutal murder. How far will you go to exonerate yourself? Will you lie? Manipulate the evidence? Frame others? Act insane? Confess? Your imagination is the limit.

    Why similar: Crime 26.5%, Detective 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Mystery 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.2%

  12. #12 Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
    89% matchMostly Positive79% of 580 reviews2026
    Dev: BRANEPub: Surefire.Games
    Windows · Mac

    A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?

    Why similar: Noir 23.5%, Detective 21.7%, Investigation 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Conversation 10.4%

  13. #13 Nobody Wants to Die
    88% matchVery Positive84% of 6,506 reviews2024
    Dev: Critical Hit GamesPub: PLAION
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective James Karra who risks it all in pursuit of a serial killer targeting the city’s elite.

    Why similar: Noir 26.1%, Detective 19.7%, Conversation 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Investigation 13.1%

  14. #14 Murder Mystery Machine
    89% matchMixed54% of 172 reviews2021
    Dev: Blazing GriffinPub: Microids
    Windows

    Join the District Crime Agency in this isometric, modern noir deduction thriller. Explore crime scenes in complex dioramas, organize your evidence effectively, and blur the lines between right and wrong to present your case. Do you have what it takes to be a real detective?

    Why similar: Noir 32%, Crime 28.6%, Detective 28.3%, Mystery 10.1%, Singleplayer 1.1%

  15. #15 The Last Case of John Morley
    86% matchVery Positive85% of 261 reviews2025
    Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive StoriesPub: JanduSoft
    Windows

    Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.

    Why similar: Noir 24.6%, Narrative 22.2%, Detective 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Mystery 8.1%

  16. #16 SIMULACRA 2
    87% matchVery Positive86% of 1,648 reviews2020
    Dev: Kaigan GamesPub: Neon Doctrine
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.

    Why similar: Experimental 29.3%, Artificial Intelligence 24%, Detective 23.7%, Conversation 15.1%, Choices Matter 7.8%

  17. #17 Interrogation Simulator
    86% matchVery Positive95% of 60 reviews2022
    Dev: Otis MillerPub: Fire Cycle Games
    Windows · Linux

    Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.

    Why similar: Crime 33.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Investigation 22.5%, Conversation 21%

  18. #18 Death Trick: Double Blind
    84% 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: Detective 18.7%, Crime 18.5%, Conversation 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Investigation 12.2%

  19. #19 Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
    85% matchVery Positive94% of 253 reviews2021
    Dev: James PattonPub: Clockwork Bird
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?

    Why similar: Experimental 24.6%, Conversation 20.7%, Investigation 19.5%, Detective 18%, Choices Matter 11.2%

  20. #20 Tails Noir Preludes
    84% matchVery Positive92% of 297 reviews2023
    Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
    Windows

    Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.

    Why similar: Conversation 27.7%, Detective 20.6%, Narrative 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Exploration 7.2%

  21. #21 Whispers of a Machine
    83% matchVery Positive93% of 1,957 reviews2019
    Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.

    Why similar: Detective 38.4%, Noir 30.6%, Mystery 13.1%, Choices Matter 11%, Exploration 4.6%

  22. #22 Justice.exe
    82% matchMostly Positive71% of 102 reviews2022
    Dev: Late Game ClutchPub: Gameclaw Studio
    Windows · Mac

    Justice.exe is a dialogue-heavy dystopian legal drama in which you defend sentient AI in court. Discover key story elements in dialogue, build your case by studying arguments, and engage the opposing counsel in wits, charisma and skullduggery. Small choices might alter the fate of your clients.

    Why similar: Detective 37.4%, Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Mystery 16.5%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Singleplayer 3.4%

  23. #23 Profession investigator
    81% matchVery Positive99% of 103 reviews2022
    Dev: Indie-Geek
    Windows · Mac

    Profession Investigator is an immersive simulator with a text-based interface in which you have to deal with real criminal cases. The game uses materials from court archives and specialized literature.

    Why similar: Detective 51.3%, Interactive Fiction 30.2%, Investigation 16.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%

  24. #24 Lacuna: Prologue
    81% matchVery Positive91% of 169 reviews2021
    Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    Lacuna: Prologue tasks you – CDI agent Neil Conrad – with investigating the murder of a high-profile victim whose death could plunge the solar system into war. Solve the first in a series of cases that lead you ever deeper into the conspiracy at the core of this captivating 2D sci-fi noir adventure.

    Why similar: Noir 27.5%, Crime 21.5%, Detective 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Investigation 9.8%

  25. #25 Murder at the Birch Tree Theater
    78% matchVery Positive100% of 58 reviews2026
    Dev: Crucible Juice Games
    Windows · Mac

    Uncover high drama in this whodunnit set in a small-town community theater. Gather clues by investigating the sets, casts and backstage crews of 10 theatrical productions, and piece together the story of each deadly crime.

    Why similar: Noir 28.4%, Crime 19.8%, Detective 19.1%, Investigation 13.2%, Mystery 10.9%

  26. #26 AIdventure
    82% matchMixed56% of 53 reviews2022
    Dev: Lyaaaaa Games
    Windows · Linux

    No rules, no censorship, the only limit is your imagination, not someone else's. AIdventure is a text adventure game with an AI as a storyteller. It is shipped with more than 25 starting scenarios. Unleash your creativity by writing and sharing your own stories with other players.

    Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 41.8%, Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Procedural Generation 18.6%, Choices Matter 12.7%

  27. #27 Mute
    78% matchVery Positive96% of 126 reviews2026
    Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
    Windows · Mac

    "Mutes" is a live-action mystery game. From a third-person perspective, you will make critical choices, engage in deductive reasoning to communicate for the protagonist, and perform quick-time reactions to survive a murder mystery.

    Why similar: Detective 50.1%, Mystery 26%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%

  28. #28 Paradise Killer
    79% matchVery Positive93% of 4,378 reviews2020
    Dev: Kaizen Game WorksPub: Fellow Traveller
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.

    Why similar: Crime 22.8%, Detective 20.4%, Investigation 16.2%, Open World 9.7%, Mystery 9.5%

  29. #29 Gamedec - Definitive Edition
    80% matchVery Positive80% of 1,687 reviews2021
    Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Anshar Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.

    Why similar: Noir 31.8%, Detective 18.2%, Investigation 16.9%, Mystery 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.5%

  30. #30 Tails Noir
    79% matchMixed67% of 3,357 reviews2021
    Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    Tails Noir is a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

    Why similar: Noir 19.8%, Narrative 18.7%, Detective 16.6%, Conversation 13.8%, Investigation 11.7%

  31. #31 Inspector Waffles
    77% matchVery Positive95% of 289 reviews2021
    Dev: Goloso Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Murder. Nothin’ nice about it. In this old school detective adventure, step into the boots of whip-smart Inspector Waffles and travel the city to track hidden clues, interrogate shady suspects, and unravel a dangerous mystery. But be warned: curiosity killed the cat...

    Why similar: Noir 33.2%, Crime 24.7%, Detective 19.9%, Investigation 12.5%, Mystery 8.1%

  32. #32 Eternal Threads
    76% matchVery Positive86% of 817 reviews2022
    Dev: Cosmonaut StudiosPub: Secret Mode
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.

    Why similar: Narrative 21%, Detective 20.2%, Investigation 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Mystery 9.3%

  33. #33 The Occult Detective
    74% matchMostly Positive72% of 323 reviews2025
    Dev: Battlecry Studio
    Windows

    A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.

    Why similar: Detective 49.2%, Mystery 19.4%, Artificial Intelligence 15.7%, Exploration 12.1%, Singleplayer 3.6%

  34. #34 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
    75% 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: Noir 22.5%, Crime 18.4%, Detective 16.8%, Conversation 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%

  35. #35 Murderous Muses
    77% matchMixed68% of 78 reviews2023
    Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Solve a sinister murder by spending three reality-shifting nights in a haunted art gallery. An infinitely re-playable murder mystery blending deduction, exploration, puzzles, collectibles and FMV.

    Why similar: Detective 31.8%, Investigation 21.8%, Procedural Generation 17.8%, Mystery 13.1%, Choices Matter 8.6%

  36. #36 Turlock Holmes
    75% matchVery Positive80% of 917 reviews2024
    Dev: Find the Lamp GamesPub: Neverland Entertainment
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    A detective narrative puzzler without pre-set options! Raise your questions at will, and an AI-host will answer only with 'yes' or 'no.' Drive the investigation with your curiosity; the path to solving the mystery lies in questions you ask. Can you dig out the truth through your questions?

    Why similar: Crime 37.9%, Detective 34.5%, Mystery 14.7%, Conversation 11.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%

  37. #37 Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing
    73% matchVery Positive90% of 90 reviews2025
    Dev: Active Fungus Studios
    Windows · Linux

    In this detective RPG, you untangle a thick web of intrigues, lies, and secrets that surround a mysterious death. Find the origin of eerie telegraph signals, question the villagers, decipher the strange symbols that are suddenly appearing all over town - and hide from the danger lurking in the moor.

    Why similar: Detective 30.9%, Investigation 22.5%, Mystery 14.7%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Exploration 9.6%

  38. #38 The Operator
    71% matchVery Positive92% of 8,099 reviews2024
    Dev: Bureau 81
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.

    Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Crime 20.2%, Narrative 19.7%, Investigation 18.4%, Mystery 10.1%

  39. #39 Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale
    73% matchMostly Positive78% of 398 reviews2023
    Dev: Active Fungus Studios
    Windows · Linux

    In a third-person RPG detective story, set in Bavaria in 1866, the medical student Valentin Schmidt travels to Wolpertshofen, when a sudden death causes turmoil in the village. Use your skills, find clues and question the villagers to stop the murders.

    Why similar: Crime 39.5%, Detective 25.2%, Investigation 14.9%, Mystery 12.2%, Exploration 6.1%

  40. #40 Heaven Does Not Respond
    67% matchVery Positive93% of 348 reviews2026
    Dev: Rise Studios
    Windows

    Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror game set in an alternate 2005 timeline. Play as an intelligence agent, exploring a retro computer interface to decipher secret files, watch mysterious videos, and uncover the dark secrets behind a young man's death.

    Why similar: Crime 22.5%, Detective 20.2%, Investigation 16.7%, Conversation 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%

  41. #41 Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game
    72% matchMostly Positive71% of 226 reviews2021
    Dev: Mad About PandasPub: Versus Evil
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.

    Why similar: Mystery 28.7%, Conversation 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, First-Person 17.9%, Singleplayer 4.5%

  42. #42 Tell Me Everything
    74% matchMixed61% of 71 reviews2018
    Dev: LizardFactory
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 12 minMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 34%

    A mysterious murder has shocked the inner city, and as the lead detective, it is your job to catch the real killer. Armed with words and wits, you uncover the secrets and capture the murderer, and make sure justice will be served.

    Why similar: Detective 36.8%, Investigation 31.2%, Mystery 16.6%, Noir 13.8%, Singleplayer 1.6%

  43. #43 For Your Tranquility
    71% matchMixed68% of 190 reviews2023
    Dev: Gamesung Games
    Windows · Mac

    It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.

    Why similar: Crime 30.6%, Detective 30.5%, Mystery 14.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Investigation 11.2%

  44. #44 Boodunnit
    72% matchMixed68% of 526 reviews2021
    Dev: Studio Koprol
    Windows

    Boodunnit?! is an adventure-sandbox game where you play as a ghost that has to solve the mystery of her own murder!

    Why similar: Detective 25%, Crime 23.3%, Sandbox 18.4%, Mystery 11.8%, Investigation 9.6%

  45. #45 THE EDITOR
    69% matchVery Positive90% of 67 reviews2023
    Dev: DECATREE GAMES
    Windows

    NEWSPAPER EDITING ADVENTURE. "In 1996, a congressman was murdered...The prime suspect is a congressman's aide. As the suspicious article was published the story begins" Play the role of editor-in-chief of a newspaper. You become the editor of a newspaper and write a front-page article every day.

    Why similar: Noir 47%, Conversation 26%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Mystery 12%, Singleplayer 2%

  46. #46 SIMULACRA
    70% matchVery Positive90% of 4,596 reviews2017
    Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

    Why similar: Detective 58.4%, Choices Matter 21.4%, Mystery 20.1%

  47. #47 Chinatown Detective Agency
    70% matchMostly Positive72% of 156 reviews2022
    Dev: General Interactive Co.Pub: Balor Games
    Windows · Mac

    Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.

    Why similar: Noir 24.2%, Crime 20.1%, Detective 19.8%, Investigation 14.8%, Mystery 8.3%

  48. #48 The Precinct
    65% matchVery Positive87% of 8,425 reviews2025
    Dev: Fallen Tree Games LtdPub: Kwalee
    Windows
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Averno City, 1983. Gangs rule the streets and your father lies restless in his grave. Clean up the city, uncover the truth, and embark on thrilling vehicle chases through destructible environments in this neon-noir action sandbox police game.

    Why similar: Noir 21.3%, Crime 19.9%, Detective 17%, Investigation 12.2%, Sandbox 11.2%

  49. #49 Connected Clue
    66% matchVery Positive88% of 98 reviews2026
    Dev: Alpheratz Games Pub: CFK Co., Ltd.
    Windows · Mac

    Connected Clue is a quarter-view detective adventure game inspired by the atmosphere of 19th-century mystery novels. Gather clues, see through lies, and uncover the identity of the culprit shrouded in secrecy!

    Why similar: Crime 27.2%, Detective 23.8%, Noir 21.6%, Investigation 16.2%, Mystery 9.7%

  50. #50 FAKEBOOK
    65% matchVery Positive91% of 732 reviews2024
    Dev: banjihagames
    Windows · Mac

    Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual SNS! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.

    Why similar: Investigation 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Mystery 17%, Detective 15.5%, Choices Matter 10.9%

  51. #51 Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
    69% matchVery Positive89% of 7,723 reviews2014
    Dev: Frogwares
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.

    Why similar: Detective 39%, Crime 22.9%, Investigation 15.9%, Mystery 12%, Choices Matter 4.2%

  52. #52 Unheard - Voices of Crime
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 32,839 reviews2019
    Dev: NEXT Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?

    Why similar: Detective 64.9%, Mystery 19.3%, Investigation 8.2%, Crime 6.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%

  53. #53 FLAM EVAW
    63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,478 reviews2025
    Dev: 北京万合瑞晟文化传媒有限公司
    Windows

    In"FLAM EVAW ", you will continue to embody the community detective Maple Kurosawa, using your powerful detective and hacker skills to embark on a journey of investigation against the Rainbow Crime Organization with several female assistants of different styles.

    Why similar: Detective 54.5%, First-Person 17.7%, Mystery 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Singleplayer 2.1%

  54. #54 RE:CALL
    67% matchVery Positive87% of 77 reviews2023
    Dev: maitan69Pub: Whitethorn Games
    Windows

    Memories are malleable and changing them will modify the present. Tackle mind-bending puzzles that rely on altering your own recollections to shape the future.

    Why similar: Detective 24%, Crime 19.3%, Conversation 19.1%, Narrative 15.1%, Investigation 11.8%

  55. #55 This is the Zodiac Speaking
    70% matchMixed58% of 99 reviews2020
    Dev: Punch Punk GamesPub: Wildlands Interactive
    Windows

    Story-driven FPP mystery thriller-horror with stealth and detective modes based on facts from the world-famous story of Zodiac, a never-captured American serial killer.

    Why similar: Noir 29.3%, Experimental 22%, Detective 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Mystery 10.1%

  56. #56 Detective Grimoire
    68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,328 reviews2014
    Dev: SFB Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Detective Grimoire has been called to investigate a murder. The owner of a small tourist attraction, seemingly killed by the mythical creature his attraction is based around... Explore the area, inspect the crime scene, grill suspects, solve puzzles, hunt for clues & uncover the secret of the swamp!

    Why similar: Detective 25.6%, Crime 22%, Conversation 20.2%, Investigation 13.9%, Mystery 8.9%

  57. #57 52Hertz
    64% matchVery Positive88% of 102 reviews2026
    Dev: Moonlit Apple
    Windows

    An eternally snowbound town. An inescapable time loop. A group of travelers trapped between memory and truth…You will embody Mo Shi, the amnesiac protagonist, stepping into this enigmatic town known as the "Singularity" , partner with the protagonist to solve murder cases and expose the killer.

    Why similar: Detective 34.5%, Investigation 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Mystery 16.3%, Exploration 8.8%

  58. #58 Interrogation: You will be deceived
    68% matchMostly Positive78% of 369 reviews2019
    Dev: Critique GamingPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    As a detective tasked with bringing down a dangerous terrorist group, you fight on two fronts: interrogating suspects & managing your team and its reputation. With time running out, how far will you go to stop these criminals? Manipulation, threats or even torture? Does the end justify the means?

    Why similar: Noir 29.7%, Crime 25.2%, Detective 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Choices Matter 8.8%

Based on tag similarity + player behavior
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