- #1 Newbie Hacker
97% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: WateryMu
Windows
Live as a rookie hacker. Monitor digital lives, uncover secrets, and shape your story.
Why similar: Dystopian 22.5%, Detective 19.1%, Text-Based 13.3%, Point & Click 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%
- #2 Song of Farca
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,559 reviews2021
Dev: Wooden MonkeysPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Hack into crime scenes, look for evidence, analyze data, interrogate criminals, track suspects and deal with the consequences of your decisions. This is a dark and brutal detective story with a Black Mirror-esque atmosphere of digital dominance and the narrative structure of a US crime procedural.
Why similar: Dystopian 18.7%, Hacking 18.5% ★, Detective 14.8%, Cyberpunk 12.4%, Point & Click 10.7%
- #3 Cold Case: The Red Dress Murder
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nessie Games
Windows
A desktop-detective mystery where you’re tasked with investigating an unsolved murder. Scour case files and use logic and deduction to discover the truth of a thrilling story.
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Investigation 22.1%, Point & Click 12.5%, Noir 9.4%, Text-Based 8.8%
- #4 Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
95% matchVery Positive93% of 5,341 reviews2025
Dev: Aluba Van+Pub: Spiral Up Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Discover a digital realm shrouded in mystery. Sequel to an award-winning narrative driven hacking simulator puzzle game. Play as an AI assistant in a major corporation. Deploy intricate social engineering tactics and expose hidden truths in a world of ambition and high-tech deception.
Why similar: Hacking 31.3% ★, Dystopian 20.4%, Point & Click 10.7%, Detective 8.7%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #5 Project: AFTERSHOCK
94% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Tuna Dundar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Project: AFTERSHOCK is a fast-paced arcade hacking roguelite set in a dystopian future. Command a 20-year-old legacy terminal to breach enemy systems, siphon funds, and upgrade your hardware. Use your reflexes to survive the countdown and bring down the very system you created.
Why similar: Hacking 29.6% ★, Cyberpunk 15.3%, Dystopian 13.5%, Text-Based 9.8%, Point & Click 9.8%
- #6 DECRYPTO Project
94% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: slothJam
Windows
Our algorithm has chosen you for inclusion in the DECRYPTO project. Your job is simple: we send encrypted texts, you decipher them. Loyalty and diligence will be rewarded with upgrades and customization options for your system. Disobedience and sabotage will be punished.
Why similar: Hacking 20.3% ★, Dystopian 18.4%, Point & Click 15.6%, Simulation 8.8%, Text-Based 8.1%
- #7 Nocturne for Cyl-Hestia
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spore and Sorcery
Windows · Mac
Play as a memorialist and investigate a dystopian city in this 3D adventure game. Collect memories, unlock visions, hack encrypted data, and expose the truth in the face of a regime that manipulates memory.
Why similar: Dystopian 24.9%, Investigation 23.7%, Point & Click 17.6%, Detective 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%
- #8 Ghostpunk
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: James Suret
Windows · Linux
A cyberpunk paranormal detective sim played entirely through a CRT terminal. Analyze evidence, expose hoaxes, and survive faction politics before rent is due.
Why similar: Hacking 20.2% ★, Investigation 14%, Dystopian 13%, Cyberpunk 13%, Detective 11%
- #9 Justice.exe
91% 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: Dystopian 19.8%, Detective 14.6%, Cyberpunk 12.8%, Point & Click 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
- #10 Song of Farca: Prologue
91% matchVery Positive89% of 199 reviews2021
Dev: Wooden MonkeysPub: Alawar
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
You are Isabella Song – a hacker PI. Your job is to hack cameras, phones, and computers, as well as question suspects, analyze evidence and draw conclusions. But don't forget that in Farca city, even criminals can end up victims.
Why similar: Hacking 28.6% ★, Investigation 17.3%, Detective 16.9%, Cyberpunk 15%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #11 A Detective Story
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Methodox Technologies, Inc.
Windows
An 80s-style pixel art detective simulator where you interrogate suspects using natural language. Characters respond dynamically as you uncover clues and solve the crime.
Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Investigation 16.2%, Artificial Intelligence 13.7%, Text-Based 13.1%, Point & Click 10%
- #12 Desktop Explorer
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Recurring Dream
Windows · Mac
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Investigation 17.4%, Artificial Intelligence 14.9%, Detective 13.3%, Point & Click 12%, Text-Based 11%
- #13 Let Bions Be Bygones
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 117 reviews2024
Dev: Bohemian PulpPub: Microprose Software
Windows
Having lost everything, a retired, hardboiled detective, John Cooper, must take his last case to find a missing upper-class girl among the lowest parts of the dystopian city-planet Terrahive. Choose your unique path in this atmospheric narrative future-noir thriller.
Why similar: Detective 14.7%, Cyberpunk 14.4%, Noir 13.1%, Dystopian 12.4%, Point & Click 11.7%
- #14 Radiotext
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alp Arslan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Radiotext is an interactive story set in the near future, where communication without intrusion requires radio-waves. Dive into a cryptographic radio-net in this text-based rpg, where you need to think carefully before typing your answers.
Why similar: Hacking 27.8% ★, Cyberpunk 13.6%, Dystopian 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Text-Based 8.4%
- #15 The Grant Grover Anthology
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bit Storm Games
Windows
In Neo Naarm in the 22nd century, augmentation technology has run amok. Combining deduction, visual novel and point and click gameplay, play as Grant Grover, private detective, one of the only remaining citizens without augmentations, as he solves crimes across the city.
Why similar: Dystopian 16.8%, Cyberpunk 16.2%, Detective 15.5%, Noir 13.8%, Investigation 12.9%
- #16 Beyond a Steel Sky
86% matchVery Positive88% of 1,598 reviews2020
Dev: Revolution Software Ltd
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
From multi-award winning Revolution comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, a groundbreaking 3D adventure thriller, set in an AI-driven future. Subvert the world, hack the systems and solve dark conspiracies to uncover the devastating truth.
Why similar: Hacking 23.7% ★, Dystopian 19.3%, Cyberpunk 17.2%, Point & Click 14.6%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #17 Crosstalk
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Illumina Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A cyberpunk narrative adventure about protecting someone who doesn't trust you, in a city that wants her dead. Build trust, navigate hazard zones, make hard choices, and discover how deep the conspiracy goes. Every ending costs something.
Why similar: Detective 18.4%, Cyberpunk 15.3%, Noir 14.9%, Investigation 14.6%, Dystopian 13.5%
- #18 Big Ear Detective
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fabula Improviso
Windows · Mac
Ironic point & click adventure where a once brilliant detective quits his trade and lands a job in IT to make a living. But even in the seemingly mundane world of office life, there are secrets to be uncovered. Navigate through puzzles, quirky colleagues, and intrigues to crack corporate mysteries.
Why similar: Investigation 20.9%, Detective 20.7%, Point & Click 15.2%, Text-Based 13.1%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #19 Yoko Redux: Dreams of a Blue Planet
84% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2022
Dev: Missing Sentinel SoftwarePub: RedTigerPro
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Who is Yoko?" Unlock the mystery as you control Locke, Jeanne and Primus to discover the secrets of their existence in this point and click, cyberpunk noir adventure.
Why similar: Investigation 15.5%, Cyberpunk 15.3%, Detective 14.4%, Artificial Intelligence 14.2%, Noir 13.1%
- #20 TOBOR
83% matchVery Positive94% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: Cogoo
Windows · Mac
A psychological surveillance adventure. Observe 16 real-time CCTV feeds as TOBOR, a spy unit uncovering secrets in a dystopian bunker. Monitor suspects, collect evidence, and choose who survives. Multiple endings.
Why similar: Dystopian 17.4%, Investigation 15%, Detective 13.5%, Text-Based 12.5%, Psychological 8.2%
- #21 Chinatown Detective Agency
84% 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: Investigation 17%, Detective 15.6%, Dystopian 13.9%, Cyberpunk 12.6%, Noir 12%
- #22 Human or Not
82% matchPositive81% of 27 reviews2023
Dev: Haguy EisPub: Eis Interactive
Windows
Aliens are infiltrating Earth disguised as humans! It's your job to expose these imposters. Can you tell who is human and who is not? Choose your own path while you keep the Earth safe.
Why similar: Dystopian 19.5%, Investigation 16.6%, Detective 15.1%, Point & Click 12.5%, Cyberpunk 12.2%
- #23 Who Did It?
82% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: BeldrProductionsPub: BeldrProductions Games
Windows
Who Did It? Is a detective puzzle-game. Your job is to read the given case files to find out who the murderer is! Do you have what it takes to master all cases and close them all for good?
Why similar: Detective 23%, Investigation 21%, Point & Click 15.2%, Text-Based 11.9%, Mystery 9.1%
- #24 Coldwake
80% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: MadLeap Games
Windows
Explore an abandoned facility in this narrative-driven terminal adventure. Unlock hidden files, solve text-based puzzles, and piece together a fragmented AI as you uncover the truth behind a failed salvation and a buried past in this cold, atmospheric mystery.
Why similar: Hacking 23.8% ★, Artificial Intelligence 16.2%, Investigation 15.2%, Detective 14.7%, Text-Based 10.9%
- #25 Tales of the Neon Sea
81% matchVery Positive86% of 4,825 reviews2019
Dev: YiTi GamesPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Welcome to a world of intrigue and suspicion. Where humans and robots contend with escalating tensions and mutual distrust. And where gangster felines scheme their way to the top of the food chain. Welcome to the Tales of the Neon Sea!
Why similar: Dystopian 17.8%, Investigation 17.7%, Cyberpunk 15.8%, Detective 14.2%, Point & Click 12.2%
- #26 A Study in Blue
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Relate Games
Windows
Play as Kenneth, a private detective, and Blue, a runaway searching for answers. Explore the megacity of Republica in a semi-open world, solve criminal cases, make decisive moral choices, and uncover the truth behind Blue’s past.
Why similar: Detective 17.5%, Investigation 17.2%, Dystopian 15.5%, Noir 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #27 The Roottrees are Dead
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,749 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Trout Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
Why similar: Detective 26.2%, Investigation 21.2%, Point & Click 14.7%, Mystery 10.5%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #28 Soul Tolerance: Prologue
79% matchMixed65% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Chaosmonger Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a world where artificial intelligence is all that remains, be a robo-detective, and investigate a mind-bending case. Explore a futuristic Japan brought to life in detailed voxel art, and uncover a philosophical lore through tons of characters. Become AI and dive into the mystery of consciousness.
Why similar: Investigation 17.2%, Dystopian 14.1%, Detective 13.8%, Cyberpunk 13.6%, Point & Click 11.3%
- #29 Subsurface Circular
79% matchVery Positive94% of 1,925 reviews2017
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
Why similar: Investigation 18.7%, Detective 16.5%, Text-Based 14%, Noir 11.7%, Cyberpunk 10%
- #30 Cyber Manhunt
77% matchVery Positive93% of 15,410 reviews2021
Dev: Aluba Van+
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Cyber Manhunt is a story-oriented puzzle game focusing on big data, hacking, citizen privacy, and social workers. It focuses on social issues such as cyber violence and privacy breaches.
Why similar: Hacking 41.9% ★, Simulation 12.3%, Detective 12.1%, Cyberpunk 7.9%, Mystery 7.7%
- #31 Au Revoir
76% matchVery Positive96% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: Invisible StudioPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Play as Tristan and solve puzzles to recover human consciousnesses in the year 2071. Investigate environments, uncover secrets, and make choices that affect the ending. Explore a neon-noir world with a low poly aesthetic inspired by the 90s.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 16.4%, Noir 14.5%, Point & Click 14%, Text-Based 11.9%, Investigation 11.7%
- #32 Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,506 reviews2025
Dev: Happy Broccoli Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!
Why similar: Investigation 25%, Detective 23.2%, Noir 15.8%, Point & Click 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.4%
- #33 BROK the InvestiGator
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,237 reviews2022
Dev: COWCAT
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
An innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?
Why similar: Dystopian 19.3%, Detective 17.8%, Investigation 14.9%, Point & Click 14.3%, Cyberpunk 9.4%
- #34 Neon Noir
78% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Borzon Studios
Windows
Neon Noir is a cyberpunk visual novel with interactive mechanics. It is set in the megalopolis of New Devon in the year 2169, where large private corporations have more power than the government. The player follows the crimes investigated by Colden, a Snatcher.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 17.5%, Investigation 16%, Detective 15.9%, Noir 15.5%, Dystopian 15.1%
- #35 Alone in the crowd
76% matchPositive93% of 41 reviews2024
Dev: Machine Nun
Windows · Mac
Settled on a dystopian future, Alone in the Crowd is a humorous puzzle simulation investigative thriller, where you use a weird variety of gadgets to satisfy this mysterious, self proclaimed friendly AI character.
Why similar: Dystopian 21.8%, Investigation 20.3%, Detective 17.6%, Point & Click 11%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
- #36 草莓味儿Strawberry Flavor Sci-Fi
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 忘机工作室
Windows
A suspense and sci-fi visual novel with fundamentalist vibes. In a near-future world that may descend at any moment, you will step into the role of an "Ocular" to gradually unravel a series of covert plots and overt schemes interwoven with technological ethics and human nature.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 17.7%, Artificial Intelligence 16.9%, Hacking 14.1% ★, Investigation 11.1%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #37 Murder Mystery Mayhem AI
74% 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: Investigation 19.8%, Detective 18.6%, Point & Click 12.6%, Noir 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
- #38 XXX_CYBERRAT_XXX
73% matchVery Positive94% of 144 reviews2023
Dev: Nocturne Studio
Windows
A paranoid cybercriminal tries to regain control over an underground marketplace stolen by his former coworkers. You must utilize your hacking and intelligence gathering skills to get rid of hitmen sent by your enemies in a race with worsening mental state and terrifying hallucinations.
Why similar: Hacking 31% ★, Cyberpunk 12.9%, Investigation 12.9%, Psychological 11.1%, Detective 10.6%
- #39 Chains of Judgment
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: ChaniMK
Windows · Mac · Linux
Homicide detective Ralph is distraught when his trusted, reliable partner goes missing around the same time strange killings begin to take place. While solving the case, Ralph is paired up with an impish rookie he can't get along with.
Why similar: Point & Click 16.3%, Text-Based 15.2%, Detective 15.1%, Investigation 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%
- #40 Marcella Moon: Secret on the Hill
74% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Ocean Games
Windows
Follow amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to Ireland to investigate the disappearance of a famous writer.
Why similar: Investigation 19.9%, Detective 19.7%, Point & Click 15.6%, Text-Based 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%
- #41 Please Insert Disc
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Night Signal Entertainment
Windows
Please Insert Disc is a horror game about navigating the underbelly of a 2000's era gaming console to restore its functionality, but awakening something in the process. From the creators of Home Safety Hotline.
Why similar: Hacking 23.1% ★, Point & Click 13.9%, Investigation 13.2%, Text-Based 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
- #42 Void Future: Hacking Protocol
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RVL InteractivePub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
In Void Future: Hacking Protocol, you play as a hacker in a cyberpunk world ruled by corporations. Hack, solve puzzles, and uncover a global conspiracy. Hunted by a system that never sleeps, you’ll need to stay hidden, outsmart surveillance, and fight to survive.
Why similar: Hacking 34.5% ★, Text-Based 12.6%, Investigation 12.4%, Cyberpunk 12.2%, Artificial Intelligence 8.5%
- #43 26 Moves: The Queen's Plot
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Danari Games
Windows
Silence is a luxury you don't have. Unravel a dark noir point-and-click mystery where justice and revenge blur. You have exactly 26 moves to reach the end. In this psychological duel, are you the master of your own fate, or just a pawn in someone else’s game?
Why similar: Investigation 17.7%, Noir 17.6%, Point & Click 16.8%, Detective 16.1%, Psychological 10.5%
- #44 Keyword: A Spider's Thread
71% matchVery Positive82% of 277 reviews2021
Dev: City From Naught Inc.
Windows
Become an investigator in Keyword, a narrative thriller where you’ll depend on skills of logical deduction, hacking, and social engineering to solve challenging puzzles as the only means of finding your missing daughter.
Why similar: Hacking 26.7% ★, Detective 20.3%, Cyberpunk 14.1%, Investigation 10.7%, Story Rich 7%
- #45 Gamedec - Definitive Edition
71% 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: Cyberpunk 15.7%, Investigation 15.3%, Noir 12.5%, Detective 11.3%, Text-Based 10.8%
- #46 On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 373 Studio
Windows
On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook is a pixel-art, dialogue-driven mystery game. You’re an AI in a taxi, teaming up with a talkative driver on late-night runs to hear bizarre passenger stories, solve cases in secret, and let him play the “great detective.”
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Investigation 24.6%, Text-Based 16%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #47 Gemini Rue
72% matchVery Positive88% of 1,873 reviews2011
Dev: Joshua NuernbergerPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.6%, Cyberpunk 20.9%, Noir 19.7%, Dystopian 14.6%, Detective 11.7%
- #48 Major's Heart
70% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Dormouse
Windows
A sci-fi detective game where you interrogate the brain scans of crime victims. Uncover the hidden truth behind the dystopian regime by any means necessary.
Why similar: Investigation 19.8%, Point & Click 19.6%, Detective 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Text-Based 8.8%
- #49 Emma Riley: Dream Detective
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Star Fort Games
Windows
Emma Riley: Dream Detective is a detective game where you must unravel an occult conspiracy spanning the real and dream worlds. Use keen observation to gather clues, carefully interrogate suspects for information, and use your logic and deduction skills to unravel the mystery!
Why similar: Investigation 26.6%, Detective 24.2%, Point & Click 13.6%, Mystery 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #50 The Last Reunion
68% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: 제이게임즈
Windows
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Detective 20%, Investigation 19%, Point & Click 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Mystery 8.9%
- #51 Nothing To Remember
70% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Guts United
Windows
Nothing To Remember is an immersive murder mystery that runs in real-time, right on your desktop. Through their personal messages, you'll uncover two characters unknowingly intertwined as they hunt a killer long thought dead. When your next choice could mean life or death, will you answer the call?
Why similar: Investigation 18.5%, Hacking 18.5% ★, Detective 17%, Text-Based 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
- #52 Signal & Echo: Iris is Missing (demo)
69% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: Kini Games
Windows
A point-and-click adventure with innovative detective mechanics. Help Ollie, a fledgling reporter on his first day at the Signal & Echo newspaper, to solve the mystery behind a schoolgirl's disappearance. Developed by an ex-journalist.
Why similar: Investigation 26.1%, Detective 23.7%, Point & Click 18.7%, Mystery 8.4%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #53 Wrongly Accused
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Elomelo GamesPub: SwopBots Ltd.
Windows
Explore historical locations, find and analyse evidence. Unmask the real perpetrator so that justice can be served and the Wrongly Accused can be found innocent. Use problem solving, deduction and critical thinking skills to uncover the truth and maybe even expose a conspiracy in your own time.
Why similar: Investigation 25.4%, Detective 25.4%, Point & Click 15.7%, Dystopian 10.5%, Mystery 7%
- #54 Vivian Wade: Danger Down The Aisle
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Michelley Studio
Windows
The night before the wedding, the altar burns down and the wedding planner is injured. The family blames a curse, but she suspects foul play. Play as a college student who goes undercover as her replacement. Can you solve the mystery before the wedding?
Why similar: Investigation 27.1%, Detective 16.8%, Mystery 11.8%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Simulation 7.8%
- #55 Nobody Wants to Die
66% 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: Dystopian 17.5%, Detective 14.2%, Investigation 13.8%, Cyberpunk 12.8%, Noir 11.9%
- #56 Cadulium
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Osgoode Media
Windows
What happens when a video game character is self-aware? Cadulium is a mystery science fiction adventure video game.
Why similar: Detective 16.4%, Investigation 15.2%, Noir 12.8%, Point & Click 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%
- #57 Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 612 reviews2022
Dev: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Armed with your investigative skills and the tools of the Blade Runner trade, you'll be immersed in a world that lives and breathes around you with breakthrough lighting and visual effects. Your ability to survive will be put to the test in the richest game environment ever created.
Why similar: Dystopian 15.4%, Cyberpunk 15.3%, Artificial Intelligence 15.1%, Detective 13.2%, Point & Click 13%
- #58 Yolo Space Hacker
67% matchVery Positive96% of 214 reviews2020
Dev: BKNLab
Windows
Welcome to our ethical hacker's organisation: we will teach you how to use actual hacker tools (terminal, proxy, reverse shells...) to scan the network, crack passwords, bypass server security and solve the mystery of the Bikini-72 space station.
Why similar: Hacking 39.3% ★, Cyberpunk 12.8%, Point & Click 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #59 Code.Breaker()
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: HokaBento StudioPub: HokaBento Studio GmbH
Windows
Code.Breaker() is a cyberpunk visual novel about technology, cybercrime, and trying to survive in a world ruled by corporations. Hack your way out of your worst day at a job you´re not supposed to have.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 18.3%, Hacking 16% ★, Point & Click 12.9%, Dystopian 12.1%, Text-Based 11.8%
- #60 Neon Hearts City
65% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Cosmic VoidPub: Dionous Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.
Why similar: Investigation 21.5%, Detective 19.7%, Point & Click 16.8%, Cyberpunk 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%