Games like The Night Owl Murder

"MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate" is a visual novel adventure game where players, as the widowed Miss Fortune, must solve a murder that took place in a secluded manor. With over 1700 voiced lines, unique characters, and an immersive story, players must gather clues and build a case to find the true killer or risk taking the blame. The game features multiple endings, ensuring replayability and different outcomes.

Yesterday is a single-player mystery role-playing game with an awesome story, beautiful game mechanics, good visuals, and a delightful soundtrack. The game takes place in New York 2011, where homeless people are disappearing, and a Y-shaped scar appears on unrelated people. Players uncover the mystery as Henry White, Cooper, and the enigmatic John Yesterday, who has no memory of his past. The game is very atmospheric with plenty of humor and a unique, dark style.

"This Is The Zodiac Speaking" is a single-player adventure thriller set in the 1970s California, based on the story of the infamous Zodiac serial killer. As a journalist, Robert Hartnell, you receive a chilling call from the killer, putting you in the center of the investigation. The game combines stealth and detective modes in a stylized world, offering a dark and fact-based experience.

In "The Shapeshifting Detective," you play as a supernatural detective who can shapeshift into other characters to unlock secrets and private encounters. You must solve the murder of Dorota Shaw by investigating three tarot readers with the ability to predict or commit murder. With over 1600 video responses and a randomly chosen murderer at the start of the game, you must shapeshift to investigate and manipulate relationships to solve the murder.

Disco Elysium is a single-player mystery turn-based strategy game with an awesome story. Its wonderfully unique game mechanics, full voice acting, and unprecedented freedom of choice provide countless role-playing opportunities, with beautiful visuals, atmospheric music, and poetic replayability, despite some bugs and heavy advertising. The game also offers new political vision quests and numerous customization options, demonstrating a faithful representation of desktop role-playing.

"Overboard! is a single-player mystery point-and-click game with a wonderfully hilarious story and great visuals and music. As the player who committed a murder on a cruise ship, your goal is to avoid detection by blackmailing, lying, stealing, and more. With a dynamic narrative clockwork, the game offers a highly replayable detective experience as you navigate a simulated story-world with time always ticking."

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut is a critically acclaimed role-playing game that combines elements of detective work and urban exploration. As a hard-boiled cop with a twisted sense of justice, you must solve a grisly murder while navigating the seedy underbelly of a city on the brink of revolution. With its rich, immersive world and innovative gameplay mechanics, Disco Elysium offers a truly unique RPG experience.

"The Detail is a crime noir adventure game focused on a detective's brutal gangland murder investigation and a reformed criminal's efforts to protect his family. With branching narratives, interactive comics, and professional audio, players face tough choices and deal with the consequences in this mature, emotional experience. Multiple playable characters and a branching storyline based on player choices are featured in the first episode, 'Where the Dead Lie'."

In "Culpa Innata," players assume the role of Phoenix Wallis, a Senior Peace and Security officer, tasked with solving a high-profile murder case in a seemingly utopian society called the World Union. As she delves deeper, she uncovers enigmatic clues and disturbing secrets challenging her faith in the world she has sworn to protect. This game boasts a 3D engine, dynamic cameras, and impressive facial animation technology for an immersive and cinematic experience.

"Pentiment" is a narrative-driven game immersed in history, with a story inspired by illuminated manuscripts and printed woodcuts. As you navigate through a 16th century German town, your choices and investigations in this murder mystery will shape the outcome of the tale. Uncovering the truth proves challenging, as social classes and religious differences impact your journey.