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- time-management
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Labyrinth of Zangetsu (2022)
View Similar GamesStep into the eerie world of Ido and face off against terrifying creatures steeped in Japanese folklore in Labyrinth of Zangetsu. With a distinctive art style inspired by Japanese sumi-e ink painting, this challenging dungeon crawler seamlessly blends traditional elements with modern design. Explore the black and white labyrinths as you customize your hero's abilities and structure your team to survive. Uncover the harrowing lore that lurks in the depths of the game as you fight to emerge victorious.
- Polished and user-friendly dungeon crawler
- Unique 'front & back mechanic'
- Artistic direction, music, and atmosphere are well done
- Smooth and modern implementation of a classic genre
- Designer and primary developer are active in the community
- Stat downgrades when leveling up and lack of class-specific item drops can be frustrating
- Game does not provide information on class-specific prerequisites
- Masochistic gameplay mechanics can lead to hours of lost progress
- UI sounds can be overly loud
- dungeon-crawler
- turn-based
- noir
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- lore
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Nine Noir Lives (2022)
View Similar GamesStretch your legs, clean your whiskers, and dive into Nine Noir Lives. Enjoy a "point-and-lick" comedy-noir adventure, 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?
- point-and-click
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Antioch: Scarlet Bay (2022)
View Similar GamesAntioch: Scarlet Bay is an online cooperative narrative adventure. Play as two detectives working together to solve a murder in the shadowy city of Antioch. Wander in a city filled with characters with their own agendas and attitudes, all your decisions change the story and lead to multi endings.
- choices
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looK INside (2024)
View Similar GamesInvestigate the mysterious death of an unidentified young woman, in this shocking psychological thriller kinetic novel.
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Chinatown Detective Agency (2022)
View Similar GamesChinatown 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.
- detective
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Shadows of Doubt (2023)
View Similar GamesAn immersive sandbox detective stealth game set in a fully simulated sci-fi noir city of crime and corruption. Think like a private investigator and take on jobs to earn cash on your path to catching a serial killer. If you don’t catch them - they will kill again…
- noir
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The Longest Road on Earth (2021)
View Similar GamesA thoughtful and deeply personal title with stripped-down mechanics. The lack of dialogue or text allows you to create your own narrative through your time with four characters. Each short story will allow players to be swept away by the haunting lyrics of over twenty original, nostalgic songs.
- narrative
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- walking-simulator
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- life
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- noir
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Freud's Bones - The Game (2022)
View Similar GamesFreud's Bones is an adventure that wants to pay homage to the birth of psychoanalysis and its founder Sigmund Freud. Dig deep into Freud's bones to solve the mystery behind disturbing Egyptian artifacts, philosophical puzzles, and perverse sexual disorders in this unprecedented indie adventure game.
- emotional
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