
A dead Santa Claus right before Christmas is never a good sign. Interrogate the North Pole suspects to solve the murder and figure out how to save the festive season in this short dark comedy visual novel whodunnit.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Dark Humor, Funny, Adventure, Comedy.

A dead Santa Claus right before Christmas is never a good sign. Interrogate the North Pole suspects to solve the murder and figure out how to save the festive season in this short dark comedy visual novel whodunnit.

Death Comes Skiing
When a retired cross-country ski team meets to celebrate their past victories, the past soon catches up to them. It's up to you to make sense of the slaughter that follows in this comedic point-and-click murder mystery.

The Call Centre
Do you have what it takes to work at a call centre?
When a retired cross-country ski team meets to celebrate their past victories, the past soon catches up to them. It's up to you to make sense of the slaughter that follows in this comedic point-and-click murder mystery.
Why similar: Satire 18.2% ★, Dark Comedy 17.2%, Detective 10.9%, Crime 10.4%, Dark Humor 8.8%
Do you have what it takes to work at a call centre?
Why similar: Satire 23.4% ★, Dark Comedy 23.2%, Dark Humor 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
One hundred detectives compete against each other in a crime-solving competition.
Why similar: Detective 14.2%, Crime 13.1%, Dark Humor 12%, Investigation 10%, Visual Novel 8%
Step inside Crowpoint Manor, where every guest harbours a dark secret. As an undercover detective, you’ll solve bizarre puzzles, navigate dangerous traps, and witness hilariously tragic accidents. Can you uncover the “truth” before you become the next victim?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 25.8%, Detective 16.7%, Dark Humor 16.2%, Crime 15.9%, Comedy 7.3%
Join Scarlet, Princess of Badass, in her crusades against the takeover of aliens, monsters, hybrids, and "Cancel Culture" as she brings toughness back to humanity. Lead desperate allies, from a Nazi to a hobo and other Special Ed students, in liberating humankind from the satire of the Far Left.
Why similar: Satire 22.6% ★, Dark Comedy 18.4%, Dark Humor 11.6%, Cartoon 8.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%
You are a real estate agent whose job is to determine which elderly woman is an ordinary seller and which one is a scammer granny.
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Satire 15.1% ★, Investigation 13.5%, Visual Novel 8%, Dark Humor 7.7%
Five Day Detective is a point and click style adventure game featuring multiple murder cases and a twisted sense of humour.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.9%, Detective 20%, Dark Humor 13.8%, Investigation 9.2%, Crime 8.1%
Kindergarten 3 is the long awaited threequel to the Kindergarten series! Explore a new school with old and new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.7%, Dark Humor 16%, Satire 15.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 8.6%, Comedy 7.7%
Prepare to enter the supermarket! Supermarket Times is a surreal comedy point-and-click shopping simulator. Complete legendary supermarket tasks: buy alcohol for the teenagers, stamp on the rat, and hit a seagull with a rock. Chat to the local hoi polloi, and buy the products of your wildest dreams!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.8%, Satire 18.9% ★, Dark Humor 12.9%, Hand-drawn 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
Methods: The Canada Files is a mystery visual novel. You play as a team of eccentric detectives in a mysterious crime-solving competition. To solve each mystery, you must use your team member’s unique detective methods, refute faulty theories with evidence, and find out the truth!
Why similar: Crime 16%, Detective 14.8%, Investigation 13.2%, Dark Humor 11.8%, Visual Novel 8.1%
The top-down adventure game where nothing ever seems to go your way. Soak in the atmosphere as you wander around the middle of nowhere, looking for one thing: a dollar-menu cheeseburger.
Why similar: Satire 20.1% ★, Dark Humor 15.8%, Conspiracy 14.4% ★, Cartoon 10.7%, Hand-drawn 9.5%
Lie, blackmail, and steal your way down The Low Road. Rookie agent Noomi Kovacs must navigate her way through the world of corporate espionage in this dark spy comedy set in the 1970s.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.2%, Detective 15.6%, Crime 15.4%, Investigation 10.8%, Hand-drawn 8%
A classic point-and-click adventure full of mystery, humor, and clumsy mobsters. Solve puzzles, talk to quirky characters, and uncover the truth in this fully remastered detective story!
Why similar: Conspiracy 17.1% ★, Detective 16.6%, Dark Humor 11.7%, Investigation 11.6%, Hand-drawn 8.5%
The algorithm operator thriller. Mental Break is a satirical choose-your-own-adventure with beautiful pixel art and a compelling choice-based narrative. Over 1500 choices to explore!
Why similar: Satire 17.9% ★, Dark Comedy 17.1%, Conspiracy 14.3% ★, Detective 10.6%, Dark Humor 10.5%
Make ghost friends by steering the living into deadly hazards to release their souls. Puzzle through diorama-style levels and make as many friends as possible using comically fatal accidents. Keep up with the latest memes by getting popular on the afterlife's hottest social media app, LiveBurial.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.6%, Satire 22.1% ★, Dark Humor 18.7%, Comedy 7.5%, Funny 7.5%
A man has fallen to his death in Metro City. Mysterious circumstances. Luckily, hardcore detective Jason Maxx is on the case. The city is dark, the suspects are weirdos, and the graphics party like it’s 1999. Explore, interrogate. Can Jason solve the mystery, even when absurdity takes over?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.8%, Conspiracy 20% ★, Detective 15.3%, Investigation 10.8%, Satire 10.8% ★
Pursue diamond thieves and a trail of cryptic puzzles in this short ‘60s spy adventure. As Agent Epsilon you’ll choose your path as you chat with (or chat up!) suspicious contacts. Deduce the puzzle rules, decode cryptograms and decipher clues as you solve wordplay & logic puzzles across the globe!
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Investigation 12.4%, Comedy 8.5%, Crime 8.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
Zoe is hit by Truck-kun and respawns in a retro game, where she must face dangers in the form of clichés, meaningless choices, a plot that has more holes than Swiss cheese, and other plagues of modern gaming. Also, every notable person is trying to sing her a song! Will she endure such torment?
Why similar: Satire 24.9% ★, Dark Comedy 22.3%, Dark Humor 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%, Comedy 8.2%
Hair metal's not dead, it just smells funny! Get your denim vest, bandana and makeup, and dive into a point-and-click adventure as a middle-aged teddy bear planning a comeback with his old glam metal band – in a world where glam metal has been dead and buried for decades.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 18.9%, Satire 18.3% ★, Dark Humor 15.5%, Cartoon 10.8%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
Fantasy Murder Mystery Visual Novel filled with dark humor, countless deaths, despair, suspenseful twists, and complex relationships in an exciting story!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.3%, Detective 15.7%, Conspiracy 15.5% ★, Dark Humor 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
Find the clues to make a time bending turnabout in this off the rails visual novel about murder, mayhem, and a thicc pumpkin girl with a machete.
Why similar: Detective 13.9%, Dark Humor 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Hand-drawn 11.2%
Lock and load, there are zombies everywhere! A global pandemic has hit the Earth, but the circumstances are highly suspicious. There are some evil forces in play, and those forces look very lizard-like.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.9%, Satire 22.7% ★, Conspiracy 22.3% ★, Dark Humor 16.5%, Funny 5.1%
Death Corp is a classic 2D Point and Click Adventure game where you play as the young new intern for Death's own company.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.8%, Dark Humor 15.1%, Satire 14.3% ★, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Cartoon 10.6%
Part visual novel, part WarioWare-inspired minigame collection, Please Leave Me Alone, I Need to Poop is a modern workplace comedy that you can beat within a short session in your office bathroom stall. Multiple stories, multiple minigames, and multiple endings provide replayability.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 24.6%, Satire 20.9% ★, Dark Humor 15.4%, Visual Novel 8.7%, Comedy 8.1%
NINA AQUILA is back for her brightest, boldest, most magical adventure yet!
Why similar: Crime 20%, Detective 19.4%, Investigation 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
« Santa Closes » is a pint-sized point & click adventure in which you take on the role of an Elf whose sole mission is to save Christmas...but the poor devil will soon find how hard spreading that holiday cheer can be.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.4%, Cartoon 13.5%, Dark Humor 12.7%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Cartoony 10%
After five years in hiding, former Miami detective Lazarus “Lars” Bundy is swept up in another globe-trotting supernatural mystery whose origins trace back to a legend about the creation of Earth itself.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.3%, Conspiracy 18% ★, Detective 16.2%, Investigation 12.1%, Cartoony 8.8%
When dinosaurs were brought back to life, none wanted to be a cop, so humans made you: Dinocop. Investigate the guests of the Cretaceous hotel to crack a meaty case that will confront you with your most profound existential dilemma. Who brought human meat to the dinosaur rights convention ?
Why similar: Satire 21.8% ★, Dark Comedy 20.6%, Detective 19.8%, Funny 7.8%, Comedy 7.8%
Investigate like it's 1993. Hunt clues on VHS tapes, shortwave radio, and the early internet. Pin evidence to your board, connect the strings, and publish theories for cash and followers. Just try not to lose your mind.
Why similar: Conspiracy 27.8% ★, Satire 16.4% ★, Dark Humor 15.7%, Investigation 13.2%, Detective 12.9%
Solve the mystery of the disappearance of a real estate tycoon. This adventure/visual novel game will unveil the secrets hidden behind the facades of a neighborhood in Seoul, with some being frightening and others holding pleasant surprises.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.3%, Conspiracy 16.9% ★, Crime 13.6%, Visual Novel 8.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
Pancras is a neurotic cop investigating a case of mysterious kidnapping in the town of Lupany. Help him find out, who’s behind the abduction of two orderly citizens!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.6%, Dark Humor 11.7%, Detective 11.3%, Cartoon 11.1%, Hand-drawn 9.8%
A thrilling detective mystery adventure set in a historical fantasy world. As a dragon detective, use your six senses to find evidence and hunt down the culprit.
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Crime 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Hand-drawn 10.9%
A movie career simulator for the talentless actor שחקן, בדרן ומפעיל בובות אצבע מנסה להתברג לתפקיד ראשי בסרט מד"ב ישראלי עתיר תקציב
Why similar: Satire 29.5% ★, Detective 15.7%, Dark Humor 12.9%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Comedy 9%
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.8%, Detective 20%, Dark Humor 12.5%, Investigation 10.2%, Comedy 9.7%
The chart-topping itch.io and Newgrounds indie hit comes to Steam, with a slew of enhancements and new features! Step into court as Nina Aquila, rookie defense attorney in this thrilling VN/adventure game hybrid, and fight for justice in a world where all anime genres exist at once!
Why similar: Detective 21%, Crime 20.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Investigation 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
Arthur and Susan, two inseparable friends solving mysteries together. Fun and cozy indie point&click. Don't miss it!
Why similar: Detective 22.6%, Investigation 14.6%, Comedy 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Visual Novel 8.9%
You'd think that after 20+ cases, there'd be no crime left in Twin Lakes - but that's not how crime works, rookie. Six new mind-melting mysteries await Detective McQueen and Officer Dooley - just as soon as they get the mustard out of Dooley's gun.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.1%, Detective 14.7%, Dark Humor 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Visual Novel 12%
Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues. Use those clues to interrogate witnesses. Work your way to the truth... ...and uncover the mystery of Murder by Numbers!
Why similar: Detective 16.6%, Crime 15.2%, Conspiracy 13.6% ★, Investigation 13%, Visual Novel 10%
A short visual novel set in Hong Kong where you play as Barbara, a newly minted barrister. This game is quite short, you can probably play through it in about two hours. Features two legal cases, fully voice acted and also has nice music.
Why similar: Detective 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Cartoon 10.9%, Investigation 9.3%
Experience the meeting of the divine and mortal world as a forbidden love affair have unforseen consequences.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 26.4%, Satire 26.1% ★, Dark Humor 16.6%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Comedy 9.7%
"War, Crown and Bleeding Animals" is a story-driven RPG game from a female perspective. Players determine the fate of the kingdom through crucial decisions, power struggles and scene puzzles, experiencing moral dilemmas and multi-ending narratives in power struggles.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.5%, Satire 18.5% ★, Conspiracy 16.7% ★, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Detective 10.5%
Detectives Cheese and Chalk are on the case in this story-driven, puzzle noir. Pick a lock, outline a “corpse,” and shoot at flying hell-rats as the plot thickens and twists more sickeningly than gas-station nacho cheese. I’m not crazy. You’re crazy.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 24.7%, Conspiracy 17.2% ★, Dark Humor 15.9%, Crime 13.9%, Detective 11.5%
Unravel the mystery behind the disappearance of Druhyus' favorite celebrity playboy, Walker Kahmenos. Join investigative journalist Verity Lux, in this interactive fiction title and follow leads, conduct interviews, and submit your findings as you seek out the truth - before it's too late.
Why similar: Crime 20.4%, Conspiracy 16.4% ★, Dark Humor 15.4%, Detective 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.4%
In my past life, I was a broke, repressed code monkey—laid off, heartbroken, a full-on loser. My life was a running joke. In this life, I started as a dishwasher, created FakeTok, ran for president, and rose to become the Emperor of America!
Why similar: Satire 30.1% ★, Dark Humor 25.8%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Cartoon 9.6%, Comedy 6.6%
Far Away is a visual novel full of dark humor depicting immersive storylines rather than romantic drama. You will play as Krosa, a typical girl who experiences gang conflicts, crimes, conspiracies, and family grudges in the port city of Bedjan.
Why similar: Conspiracy 17% ★, Dark Humor 14%, Crime 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Investigation 10.8%
An overworked office lady discovers a sludge girl abandoned in a box in an alleyway and takes her home. A poisonous and fluffy romance begins. Experience the most toxic love story the world has ever seen.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 25.6%, Dark Humor 12.7%, Satire 11.7% ★, Visual Novel 10.3%, Female Protagonist 8.2%
In this short point 'n' click adventure, you are Star Seeker - a WIZARD solving a WIZARD crime to not get put in WIZARD jail by the WIZ- I mean, PLAIN OLD cops. With a useless detective, countless red herrings, and unique dialogue for every evidence combination... will this case ever be cracked?
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Crime 18.7%, Investigation 16%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Comedy 9.4%
Secret agent Franklin Benjamin will stop at nothing to save the world. In this single-player interactive novel, you play as his greatest adversaries - can the criminal enterprise known as V.I.C.T.O.R. defeat the only man standing between them and world domination? To the V.I.C.T.O.R. go the spoils!
Why similar: Satire 27.9% ★, Crime 21%, Dark Humor 11%, Dark Comedy 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
Who froze the city of NEW ICE YORK? Who did this? That's up to you to find out, Detective...
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.6%, Crime 18.6%, Conspiracy 18.2% ★, Satire 16.4% ★, Detective 13.1%
Wander around a nonsensical world just beyond the LAND OF THE LIVING! A world of waffles, death, and choices that just might bring everyone HOME...
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Comedy 9.9%
A story about growing up online and dealing with IRL updates. A look back at the past 2 decades of gaming that will make you think about the good, the bad, and the ones left behind.
Why similar: Satire 24.3% ★, Dark Comedy 21.1%, Dark Humor 17.4%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Hand-drawn 9.3%
You follow a troubled girl whose only friend is her talking tapeworm inside her belly. This one will help and advise her in order for her to get closer to the person she loves.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.3%, Crime 16.1%, Dark Humor 12.5%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
DynastyDetective is a visual Novel-style mystery story game set in the fictional Joseon Dynasty where monsters appear.
Why similar: Conspiracy 22% ★, Detective 18.9%, Crime 12.4%, Investigation 12%, Visual Novel 10.4%
Detective Penguin is the first and only physics-and-penguin-based detective game on the market. Solve cases in your own way. Interrogate suspects, find clues, or use your flippers to punch your way to the answers.
Why similar: Conspiracy 19.3% ★, Detective 16.9%, Dark Humor 14.2%, Investigation 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
CUCKOLD SIMULATOR, the exciting new game where you play as Cuckold (that is his name) in his day-to-day life. Work hard, give all your money to the bull, and be verbally abused by your fat wife.
Why similar: Satire 25% ★, Dark Comedy 21.8%, Conspiracy 16.6% ★, Dark Humor 13.9%, Comedy 7.3%
A grounded detective mystery set in the most dangerous place in America: a 1997 public high school.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 17.7%, Detective 17%, Satire 15.5% ★, Dark Humor 15.3%, Visual Novel 10.7%
Amsterdam, 1988. A dead body in the Red Light District, the Dutch capital of sex and drugs, is a washed-up detective’s one shot at redemption. Explore the seedy underbelly of Europe’s most notorious city, solve complex puzzles, and crack the case while experiencing Amsterdam at its worst.
Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Conspiracy 20.4% ★, Dark Comedy 16.7%, Crime 15%, Investigation 14.3%
Everyone in town has their version of what happened at Timmons Manor. None of them were there. Everyone has their theories about why a Timmons relative has not set foot on the property in 100 years. None of them are correct...
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Dark Comedy 17.5%, Investigation 14%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Cartoon 10.2%
It’s the 1920s and the world’s foremost detective is about to embark on his most challenging case yet. Thankfully, in this world that’s not quite like our own, there’s nobody better to crack the case than the great detective and gentleman giraffe, Lord Winklebottom.
Why similar: Crime 20.8%, Detective 20.7%, Dark Comedy 15.5%, Investigation 12.8%, Dark Humor 9.6%
The first light novel-style immersive detective game's here! A dentist dead in a double-locked room seems like a suicide, but unexplained contradictions connect different truths. Each investigation and puzzles are up to you. But wait, what's wrong with this suspicious "assistant" following?!
Why similar: Crime 19.3%, Detective 18.6%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Comedy 9.3%