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You are an analyst for a private investigation agency in Ashford. You do not go to the crime scene. Your desktop holds photographs, footage, readable evidence transcripts and databases. Your job is to turn those records into a defensible report. Interpret the evidence. Make the judgment.Open marked evidence, read source-based transcripts, compare fingerprints and voices, and check names and plate… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hired Eye.

Immerse yourself in a chilling, interactive cold-case investigation. Review crime scene photos, decrypt restricted hard drives, compare evidence, and deliver your final report in Ashes of Holloway Bay, a dark, atmospheric detective experience where every detail matters. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ashes of Holloway Bay.

GUARD THE GATE A dragon needs a combat certificate. A goblin family is fleeing something in the dark. An inspector is watching your every stamp. You are the Dungeon Gatekeeper and the line never stops moving. Inspect papers. Spot the forgery. Stamp your verdict. Live with it. Inspect Every Document Cross check passports, health records, combat certificates and council seals against a grow… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Please Proceed To The Dungeon.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

66% User Score Based on 53 reviews

Read the evidence. Run the forensics. Question suspects in your own words, they lie, crack, or lawyer up. Accuse the wrong person, and Internal Affairs comes after you. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Homicide Desk.

A NOIR GAMEBOOK WHERE MISREADING GETS YOU KILLED. Magnate Victor Ashford vanished from his own office, locked from the inside. A Swiss bank letter on the desk, a glass mark that shouldn't be there, and four people with reasons to lie. You are the detective. No dice, no luck: what closes the case is what you noticed. NOW IN ENGLISH. STILL WRITTEN IN PORTUGUESE. The game was written in Brazilian … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Suas Escolhas - O Caso do Magnata Desaparecido.

A noir detective game where every clue is hidden in data. Play a night-shift technician who cracks murder cases by asking the city's databases the right questions. No typing, no syntax: build every query from readable blocks, and watch the real SQL write itself. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Query Noir.

It's 2007. You moderate a dying internet forum. Ban trolls, enforce contradictory rules, and try not to lose your mind. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Permaban.

Not A.C.A.B. puts you in the role of a dedicated police officer tasked with maintaining order in a living city. Your duty is to set up roadside checkpoints, inspect passing vehicles, and decide who goes free and who ends up behind bars. Every interaction matters, and every choice shapes your reputation as an officer of the law. Dynamic Checkpoints Deploy checkpoints across different areas… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Not A.C.A.B..

Neon lights. Cold coffee. One case at a time. In One Way Mirror: AI, each investigation is AI generated and every suspect can talk back. Interrogate, connect the clues, break alibis, and expose the killer before the truth slips away into the night. Every question matters. Every lie has a tell. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to One Way Mirror: AI.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

89% User Score Based on 142 reviews

Critic Score 68%Based on 4 reviews

Stretch your legs, clean your whiskers, and dive into “Nine Noir Lives”. Enjoy a classic point-and-click adventure game, full of humour, crazy characters, and intriguing locations. Solve challenging puzzles and answer the immortal question: how many things need to be licked to solve a murder in this town? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nine Noir Lives.

On rainy nights, the serial murderer is on a killing spree. This scares everyone but one girl, the journalist who keeps digging for a promotion. Dauntless, she gets involved deep and wide, hoping to discover the real identify of the rainy night butcher. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rainy Butcher.

INSPECT. APPROVE. OBEY. July 2000. The city runs on PIX CORP's schedule, and whoever isn't on the corporation's lists doesn't exist at all. You are the new technical specialist: cubicle 1-B, floor minus one, a window into the corridor, a stamp and a terminal with the staff database. Three people worked here before you. One quit, one collected three strikes, and the third simply didn't show up one … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fix it, Please!.

Psychological horror at a morgue's night intake desk. Bodies arrive with paperwork that has to match the body. Weigh it, measure it, take its temperature — listen to its chest. Some still have a pulse. The rulebook gains a page every night, and some of what you sign in does not stay signed in. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PLEASE CONFIRM THE DECEASED.

Be careful where you let your eyes rest. Occupancy is a first-person psychological horror series built around interviews with people who lived through experiences that don't quite add up. A detective has spent years collecting these cases. Events that don't fit. Anomalies in survivors' accounts. Gaps where memory should be. Each chapter is one of those interviews, and you play both sides of it. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Occupancy.

THEY HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT, BUT BEHIND THE GLAMOUR LIES AN ANCIENT GREED.The world sees only wealth and glamour in the penthouse suites, the VIP lounges, and the boardrooms. But the real power isn't human. It’s hiding behind the velvet ropes. The Demon Aristocracy has surfaced. Masquerading as the human elite, these entity "collectors" are liquidating humanity’s history. From the Torch of… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Niji Protocol.

To save your sick son, you take a job as a security inspector at a secretive lab, the very place rumored to be causing his illness. Inspect IDs, scan for contraband, and weed out impostors. Do your job, earn your paycheck, and save your family. Just don't let the wrong people in. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Doors Closed.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

72% User Score Based on 85 reviews

Untangle thrilling mysteries by exploring the merciless and lawless Wild Western town of Brimstone. You and your friends need to collaborate, interrogate the town's residents and piece the clues together to solve the mystery! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Whispers in the West.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability

73% User Score Based on 451 reviews

Critic Score 73%Based on 2 reviews

"Night Call is a new kind of non linear narrative and noire game taking place in Paris, France. Using the real city map (~105 km² or ~40.5 mi²) and the intimacy a taxi can offer, players will meet numerous and unique passengers to talk with. Some of them know things about the killer, others pretend to know things, and some just need to talk to someone. More than just telling a story, Night Call … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Night Call.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

100% User Score Based on 12 reviews

Two police officers take their own lives within 24 hours of each other. Is foul play involved? It's up to you to uncover the truth. Can you crack the case in this 3rd installment of the Case Files series? FEATURES Observe suspects. Sort through evidence to discern truth from lies. Find contradictions in suspect interviews. Guide your partner in the interview room. Make key decisions that will alte… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Case Files: Internal Affairs.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

74% User Score Based on 23 reviews

Critic Score 65%Based on 8 reviews

Set in 1970s southern France, you play a rookie private eye tasked to dig out the secrets of a stubborn old man. Think on your feet while you follow your leads : ask questions to witnesses, detect their lies, hypothesize why and finally confront the silent ones running from their past. A strange request You are entrusted with the peculiar case of Victor Dousvalon. This old history professor is kno… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Chronique des Silencieux.

Welcome to the CheckpointThe year is bleak, the regime is absolute, and you are the last line of defense at the border terminal. As an immigration officer in Boarding Denied, your job is simple: verify documents, interrogate passengers, and deny boarding to anyone who doesn't meet the strict criteria. But in a system this corrupt, nothing is truly simple. Do Your Job or Lose EverythingYour fami… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Boarding Denied.

Seoul, 2035. A first-person noir text adventure. Step into the shoes of Park Eunkyul, an investigator who verifies what no one else wants verified. Read the scene, question the witness, follow erased traces — and watch every certainty you started with quietly fall apart. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Direct Investigation.

A solo deduction roguelite with over 175 roles, set in a noir city run by a criminal syndicate. Investigate everyone, make arrests and protect your reputation. Take down the syndicate and don’t get duped like the rest. Everyone is a suspect, trust no one. No friends required. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dupery: A Game of Solo Deduction.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

95% User Score Based on 21 reviews

Hello there! Sorry for the rush, but could you start tomorrow? Don’t worry—think of the details as “on-the-job training.” You did study the materials I gave you in advance… right? You’re the newest security guard at Hololive office. Your task is simple but vital: protect each talent’s privacy. Counterfeit IDs, forged documents, tall tales—bring nothing but your wits, your knowledge of the talents… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hologuard.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, humor

91% User Score Based on 654 reviews

TEST TEST TEST is a retro pixel-art point-and-click puzzle adventure where you must escape a time loop as an overworked office employee. Find clues, gather information, and solve cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements. Will you able to release yourself from the clutch of time itself? Or will you be stuck in this reality forever? ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TEST TEST TEST.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability

82% User Score Based on 88 reviews

Critic Score 73%Based on 3 reviews

Hauma is an episodic noir interactive graphic novel centered around the exploits of former detective Judith, her fixation on an old murder investigation, and how this unravels conspiracies within the upper echelons of society. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hauma: A Detective Noir Story.

42%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

59% User Score Based on 22 reviews

In The Ghosts of Hackney Mills a maintenance engineer is asked to inspect a bizarre power surge that happened at an old and abandoned research center. As he explores the campus he finds that it hides a terrible terrible secret… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Ghosts of Hackney Mills.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

84% User Score Based on 17,875 reviews

Critic Score 85%Based on 7 reviews

Amid the post-war boom of Hollywood's Golden Age, Cole Phelps is an LAPD detective thrown headfirst into a city drowning in its own success. Corruption is rampant, the drug trade is exploding, and murder rates are at an all-time high. In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, racketeering conspiracies and brutal murders, ba… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to L.A. Noire.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

92% User Score Based on 48 reviews

Critic Score 40%Based on 1 reviews

In the year 2215, orbiting humanity's newest extrasolar colony, Police Captain Vincent Cassini, becomes embroiled in an intersystem conspiracy to bury crimes that occurred during the war that devastated his planet. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Warp Frontier.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

83% User Score Based on 24 reviews

Take on the role of Detective Kobayashi, the one and only genius detective who has a reputation for solving any case, however dark or difficult...if he isn't playing games at the office or awkwardly hitting on girls, that is. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Detective Kobayashi.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

90% User Score Based on 2,586 reviews

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. Will you follow your moral compass, or will you apply the letter of the law? The great freedom of action in Crimes … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

72% User Score Based on 142 reviews

Critic Score 72%Based on 18 reviews

Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Manage your detective agency and use real world research to solve cases as you unravel a global conspiracy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Chinatown Detective Agency.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

80% User Score Based on 692 reviews

The Shapeshifting Detective is a supernatural-noir murder mystery FMV game where you play as a detective who can shapeshift into other characters, allowing you to unlock secret conversations and private encounters. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Shapeshifting Detective.

Welcome to The Unsolved Detective Agency An AI-driven detective career simulation. Step into the world of The Unsolved, crack an endless stream of unique cases generated in real time by artificial intelligence, and uncover the truth through dynamic verbal duels. Together with your assistant, build an epic of deduction that belongs only to the two of you — one that never truly ends. Every interro… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Unsolved.

A model denied four thousand people this morning. The law says a human has to explain why. Read the file, work out what the machine saw, write the reason, and decide whether to sign your name to it. Sixty cases before the deadline. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Adverse Action.

Something is wrong with this hotel. Close your eyes. When you open them, some things will vanish… others won’t. Those are the clues. Maintain your sanity, photograph the anomalies, and decide which of the 6 suspects is guilty in this psychological mystery. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Anomaly Detective.

️ Welcome, detective.  A series of ritualistic murders is shaking Obsidian City and as the bodies pile up, the dark truth remains elusive—will you uncover it before it's too late? Here is an Alpha Demo for Obsidian Moon, a text-based detective adventure-simulator that puts you in the shoes of a 1930s homicide detective. This is your chance to play early, provide feedback, and help us shape t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Obsidian Moon.

A Golden Age Whodunnit Wrapped in Noir and Neon Step into the silk shoes of sharp-witted beat reporter Birdie Malone as she goes deep undercover as glamorous Hollywood icon Clara Bow. The stage is set at Stonecliff Manor, the palatial, cliffside Californian retreat of eccentric billionaire Xavier Montague Stone and his dazzling starlet wife, Vera. Under the cover of a lavish high-society masquera… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Dragon Blossom.

Immerse yourself in a dark point & click adventure with an anime aesthetic. Solve murders, uncover secrets, and confront the demons of your past as a detective tormented by guilt. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gloomy Clues.

You have already had one whole career. Now you go into politics.Twenty years in courtrooms, or a newsroom, or a ministry. At forty-two, or fifty-two, you put that down and walk in with no organization, no donors and no seat. Nine or more backgrounds in every country, each starting at a different age with different money and a different first line in the file. You move three months at a time, and… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Political Life.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

96% User Score Based on 80 reviews

The King Mere is dead. His brother stands accused.Step into Murder of King Mere, a captivating painterly-pixelated murder mystery set in the secluded City of Ink. King Mere, once a beacon of diplomacy for the Dog Empyre, now lies a bloodstain on the snow. His brother, August, has been swiftly convicted. As the Master Detective's Apprentice, you arrive four days too late to the crime scene. Is th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Darkway: Murder of King Mere.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

85% User Score Based on 73 reviews

Featured globally on Google Play, the game ranked No. 4 worldwide and No. 1 in China on the “Popular Upcoming” chart during Steam Detective Fest in January 2026. The Early Access version includes 90% of the full game's content. Only the ending is still in development and will be completed and added during Early Access. The game features full voice acting and subtitles, seven locations, and ten cin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Detective Sherlock: Shadow Stalker.

31%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

50% User Score Based on 12 reviews

You wake up from a nightmare and find that your memory has become ambiguous, and you can't even confirm your name. You can only rely on the name "Qi Yi" called by people around you to find your own survival, but the bizarre events that followed have made your identity more and more confusing. Is the truth hidden behind the fog really what you expected? After a burst of inexplicable di… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Misty Judgment.

47%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

67% User Score Based on 21 reviews

Who said being a doctor was an easy job? In Prescribe and Pray, you're the Doctor! Check the patient's identity, diagnose their (often bizarre) illness, and issue their prescription. All without making a mistake! So, are you up to the challenge? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Prescribe and Pray.

Interrogate, investigate, and judge in an authoritarian regime. In Civil Purgatory, real-time AI-generated role-playing dialogue adds depth and dynamism to this narrative simulation full of moral dilemmas, where you decide who walks free… and who doesn’t. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Civil Purgatory.

Would you like to play a game of deduction?Before you are the testimonies from the 3 suspects of a murder case.Among them is a lying murderer...X: Obviously, the culprit is Y.Y: I'm not the culprit.Z: X and I are not the culprit.Could you quickly tell who the murderer was?The job of a detective reaper is simple: get testimonies from the suspects, deduce the culprit, and execute them with your own … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Detective Reaper Invites.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

84% User Score Based on 265 reviews

Set in the glitzy world of Hollywood in the late '70s, Confidential Killings have you investigate a series of gruesome murders that seem connected. There are rumours about a mysterious cult behind them...  Explore the crime scenes, use your detective skills to deduce what's going on! Wishlist on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2797960/Confidential_Killings On some browsers you may ex… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Confidential Killings.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

95% User Score Based on 466 reviews

Critic Score 85%Based on 1 reviews

Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Darkest Files.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

92% User Score Based on 235 reviews

Critic Score 90%Based on 2 reviews

The quiet hamlet of Merrylin Crater Camp is shaken by a murder! Uncover the truth in this non-linear „whodunnit“ detective game. As the Mindcop you have 5 days to catch the true killer among Merrilyn Crater Camp’s inhabitants. Key features WHODUNNIT DETECTIVE GAME Use your Mindcop capabilities to uncover secrets and unravel people’s lies to find the true suspect of this town’s murder. MINDSUR… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mindcop.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story

97% User Score Based on 414 reviews

"Doll Impostor" is an innovative horror and mystery game that immerses you in the eerie task of being a guardian of possessed dolls. Set in a creepy environment and wrapped in a suffocating atmosphere, the game centers on a unique premise: among your collection of dolls, which at first glance seem to be under control, hides an imposter with sinister intentions.  As a player, you find yourself in a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Doll Impostor.