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Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

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.

Similarity 68%
Price -80% 3.19€
Rating 8.8
Release 20 May 2021

No Case Should Remain Unsolved

Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.

Similarity 63%
Price 6.89€
Rating 9.4
Release 17 Jan 2024

Quarantine Circular

First, do no harm. From the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular comes another experimental short, the next mutation in text-based adventure. In the middle of a world-ending pandemic, a group of scientists discover the galaxy has been watching.

Similarity 63%
Price 5.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 22 May 2018

Star Trek: Resurgence

Authentic Star Trek adventure from former members of Telltale Games. Engage in diplomacy, pilot shuttlecraft, and use your tricorder and phaser to overcome challenging puzzles and deadly threats. Tough decisions will impact relationships, your story, and the fate of the galaxy. What will YOU do?

Similarity 61%
Price 24.50€
Rating 8.6
Release 23 May 2024

Night Book

Tricked into reading an ancient book, Loralyn summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive occult thriller movie, created in lockdown, from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker.

Similarity 61%
Price -72% 4.14€
Rating 6.6
Release 27 Jul 2021

Whispers of a Machine

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.

Similarity 61%
Price -82% 2.76€
Rating 8.9
Release 17 Apr 2019

Paradise Killer

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.

Similarity 60%
Price -39% 11.94€
Rating 8.9
Release 04 Sep 2020

Adventure Escape Mysteries

Experience the unique puzzles and critically-acclaimed stories enjoyed by tens of millions of players. Investigate cryptic clues, unravel a mystery, and solve puzzles in beautifully illustrated adventures!

Similarity 58%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 05 May 2020

2064: Read Only Memories

2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk thriller that explores the social challenges of tomorrow through classic adventure gaming. A journalist-turned-detective teams up with Turing, the world’s first sapient machine, to unmask a conspiracy that will shake the foundations of Neo-San Francisco.

Similarity 58%
Price -53% 4.20€
Rating 7.6
Release 06 Oct 2015

The Invincible

Rethink human’s dominion in The Invincible: a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem. Discover planet Regis III as scientist Yasna, use atompunk tools looking for a missing crew and face unforeseen threats. Make choices in a philosophical story that’s driven by science.

Similarity 57%
Price -91% 2.69€
Rating 8.6
Release 06 Nov 2023

Song of Farca

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.

Similarity 57%
Price -94% 1.10€
Rating 7.9
Release 21 Jul 2021

Subsurface Circular

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.

Similarity 56%
Price 5.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 17 Aug 2017

Unavowed

A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.

Similarity 56%
Price 14.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 08 Aug 2018

KRAMPEN

Immerse yourself in the winter forest and help a lost soul to find a piece of itself. What is awaiting you there.. or who?

Similarity 56%
Price 2.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 21 Dec 2023

Sense - 不祥的预感: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story

A 2.5D horror game inspired by Clock Tower and Fatal Frame, mixing cyberpunk with traditional Cantonese folklore. With careful attention to pacing, atmosphere and storytelling, Sense hopes to return the horror genre to its roots by celebrating visceral horror and the slow, fearful creep of dread.

Similarity 55%
Price 16.79€
Rating 7.5
Release 25 Aug 2020

Tales of the Neon Sea

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!

Similarity 55%
Price 16.49€
Rating 8.4
Release 29 Apr 2019

Strange Horticulture

Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

Similarity 55%
Price -66% 5.41€
Rating 9.2
Release 21 Jan 2022

The Crimson Diamond

Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond in this retro-inspired, EGA text parser mystery adventure!

Similarity 54%
Price 12.49€
Rating 9.1
Release 15 Aug 2024

Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?

An eccentric FMV murder mystery with a twist: someone has poisoned Uncle Marcus. Uncover the truth in the yearly family quiz and try to save him before it is too late.

Similarity 54%
Price -93% 1.00€
Rating 6.4
Release 18 Mar 2022

A Case of Distrust

A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.

Similarity 54%
Price -88% 1.73€
Rating 7.7
Release 08 Feb 2018

Orwell: Ignorance is Strength

Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller.

Similarity 54%
Price -90% 1.00€
Rating 7.3
Release 22 Feb 2018

Space Pilgrim Episode IV: Sol

Locked away in the most secure prison in the galaxy, with little hope of escape, Gail Pilgrim faces the most difficult ordeals of her life. Her only hope lies in trusting those who she has come to regard as her friends.

Similarity 53%
Price 1.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 04 Mar 2016

The Thaumaturge

The Thaumaturge is a character-driven RPG with a rich story, morally ambiguous choices, and turn-based combat. In a city on the brink of change, use your mystical powers to read emotions, uncover motives, and command folklore-inspired demons — while resisting the temptation of your own pride.

Similarity 52%
Price -59% 14.39€
Rating 8.1
Release 04 Mar 2024

Kathy Rain: Director's Cut

The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.

Similarity 52%
Price -60% 5.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 26 Oct 2021

Blacksad: Under the Skin

BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!

Similarity 52%
Price 19.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 14 Nov 2019

Neo Cab

A visual novel about emotional survival in an automated world. Play as Lina, the last human cab driver. It’s your first night driving the lonely streets of Los Ojos, and your best friend has just disappeared. Stay on the road. Stay on the search. Stay human.

Similarity 52%
Price 14.79€
Rating 7.8
Release 03 Oct 2019

Loretta

Loretta is a psychological thriller that makes the player an accessory to the heroine’s crimes, leading her through a self-crafted nightmare. Loretta’s story revolves around a woman handling betrayal, her husband’s infidelity, and reclaiming her agency during the socially tumultuous 1940s.

Similarity 52%
Price -57% 6.33€
Rating 8.6
Release 16 Feb 2023

Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1

The free-to-play first episode of a horror-mystery game with dark humor and hand-drawn art by Black Tabby Games. Note — we are retiring this store page. While the build here is still up-to-date, please download the DEMO from the main Scarlet Hollow store page. Thank you and have fun!

Similarity 52%
Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 25 Sep 2020

Pentiment

Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.

Similarity 52%
Price 19.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 14 Nov 2022

Silver Creek Falls: Chapter 1

Two city detectives are sent to a small idyllic town in North Carolina called ‘Silver Creek Falls” to investigate a strange series of events that the local sheriff can’t seem to get his mind around. What initially seems like an open-and-shut case unfolds into a truly terrifying mystery that will leave the detectives wondering what is...

Similarity 52%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 12 Aug 2015

The Rise of the Golden Idol

The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.

Similarity 51%
Price 19.50€
Rating 9.0
Release 12 Nov 2024

The Case of the Golden Idol

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.

Similarity 51%
Price -66% 6.05€
Rating 9.5
Release 13 Oct 2022

AI: The Somnium Files

Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.

Similarity 51%
Price 39.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 17 Sep 2019

BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION

BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.

Similarity 51%
Price -50% 6.39€
Rating 7.3
Release 26 Feb 2020

SIMULACRA

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

Similarity 51%
Price -75% 1.01€
Rating 8.7
Release 26 Oct 2017

Zero Escape: The Nonary Games

Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?

Similarity 51%
Price 24.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 24 Mar 2017

Lightracer: For Judge

In a dystopian future, as The Judge with immense power, you journey through space to find hope in a divided society. This sci-fi adventure explores hope amidst adversity.

Similarity 51%
Price 9.75€
Rating 8.6
Release 07 Jan 2025

OXENFREE II: Lost Signals

Five years after the events of OXENFREE, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio signals. What she finds is more than she bargained for.

Similarity 51%
Price 19.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 12 Jul 2023

Detroit: Become Human

Detroit: Become Human puts the destiny of both mankind and androids in your hands, taking you to a near future where machines have become more intelligent than humans. Every choice you make affects the outcome of the game, with one of the most intricately branching narratives ever created.

Similarity 51%
Price -76% 9.75€
Rating 9.5
Release 18 Jun 2020

Heavy Rain

Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.

Similarity 51%
Price -81% 3.77€
Rating 8.3
Release 18 Jun 2020

The Uncertain: Light At The End

The Uncertain is a story-driven adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Humanity disappeared from the face of the Earth and has been replaced by robots. Together with Emily, one of the survivors, you will have to witness how people try to live in a world ruled by robots.

Similarity 51%
Price -88% 1.00€
Rating 6.3
Release 08 Oct 2020

Unusual Findings

Three friends uncover mysteries in the 1980s. Follow their amazing adventures in a game where your decisions really matter. Be prepared to spin like a record on your incredible journey back to the era of synthesizers, VHS Rental stores, 8 bits games and evil alien conspiracies.

Similarity 50%
Price -60% 7.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 12 Oct 2022

UNREAL LIFE

And now, for today's story.

Similarity 50%
Price -51% 8.31€
Rating 9.1
Release 19 Nov 2020

Tokyo Dark

Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.

Similarity 50%
Price -63% 6.60€
Rating 8.1
Release 07 Sep 2017

The Silent Age

Experience a post-apocalyptic world like never before in The Silent Age, a thrilling point-and-click adventure game. Use time travel to unravel the mystery behind humanity's disappearance and save the world from extinction. Start your journey now!

Similarity 50%
Price -66% 3.33€
Rating 9.0
Release 29 May 2015

Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo

Can you trust your own mind? Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller of a new kind, playing with the limits between reality and fantasy. Freely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s universe.

Similarity 50%
Price -87% 2.57€
Rating 7.8
Release 16 Dec 2021