The Best Noir Games

Update : Burial of Shortcake added at rank #1.
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Burial of Shortcake (2025)

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"The Burial of Shortcake" is an unpredictable story. It is a new visual novel with characters which are created/designed by voice actor Nozomi Sasaki, whose "expressiveness" shines throughout her career as a performer.

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  • cinematic
  • noir
  • visual-novel
  • drama
  • adventure
  • mystery
  • choices
  • text
  • realistic
  • story

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Whispers of Kelsden (2025)

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Solve five carefully crafted detective cases as Andrew Bell, a private investigator haunted by loss. In the fictional city of Kelsden, every decision matters in this linear, puzzle driven mystery game where time is important.

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  • hidden-object
  • noir
  • top-down
  • pixel
  • detective
  • 2d
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • multiple-endings
  • choices
  • time-management

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Mycopsychosys: Remastered (2025)

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🚨 Emergency Alert 🚨 New security protocols have been activated. Remain indoors. Do not open your doors under any circumstance. Isolation is safety. Isolation is truth. Or is it?

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  • noir
  • psychedelic
  • text
  • 1990s
  • visual-novel
  • 1980s
  • emotional
  • fiction
  • survival-horror
  • choices
  • cartoony
  • drama
  • anime
  • interactive
  • horror

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Pick Your Poison (2025)

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A roulette-like turn-based strategy where you play against an ominous bartender with high stakes, but even greater reward. Take turns risking fatal poisoning in this dark, noir setting to take back control over your life, and maybe even achieve something more...

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  • noir
  • turn-based
  • point-and-click
  • strategy
  • drama
  • demons
  • dark
  • pixel
  • horror
  • multiple-endings
  • 2d

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No Sleep For Kaname Date - From AI: The Somnium Files (2025)

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Iris has been abducted by aliens?! Finding herself on board a mysterious UFO and tasked with completing a bizarre escape game, Iris knows there's one person who she can always count on for help: Kaname Date, Psyncer!

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  • mystery
  • illuminati
  • visual-novel
  • noir
  • psychedelic
  • fiction
  • detective
  • puzzle
  • philosophical
  • anime
  • conspiracy
  • choices
  • adventure
  • sci-fi
  • crime

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Cursed Castle (2025)

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This is a psychological horror game steeped in oppressive atmosphere. Players must control Daniel as he races against time to protect his companions, gather clues and items, while evading Victor's relentless pursuit and the curse of the colossal face-shaped boulder.


  • psychological
  • rpg
  • horror
  • noir
  • hidden
  • third-person
  • 3d
  • endings
  • thriller
  • exploration
  • retro
  • turn-based
  • conversation
  • battle

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Ghost Frequency (2025)

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In Ghost Frequency, you are a ghost hunter from PIT - Paranormal Investigation Team. Your mission is to locate a sinister spirit using the EMF Ghost Detector to track paranormal activity, the IR Thermal Camera to reveal hidden entities, and the EVP Digital Recorder to capture eerie voices.

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  • horror
  • investigation
  • noir
  • psychological
  • thriller
  • dark
  • surreal
  • detective
  • hidden-object
  • minimalist
  • 3d
  • first-person
  • stealth
  • realistic

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Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping (2025)

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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!


  • detective
  • mystery
  • noir
  • investigation
  • short
  • cute
  • birds
  • puzzle
  • stand-alone
  • karen
  • funny
  • point-and-click
  • casual
  • fiction
  • light-hearted

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The Precinct (2025)

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Android

Averno City, 1983. Gangs rule the streets and your father lies restless in his grave. Clean up the city, uncover the truth, and embark on thrilling vehicle chases through destructible environments in this neon-noir action sandbox police game.

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  • noir
  • heist
  • sandbox
  • nonlinear
  • simulation
  • investigation
  • 1980s
  • procedural
  • immersive
  • detective
  • crime
  • neon-noir
  • top-down
  • driving
  • open-world

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in Death we Love (2025)

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Jump into a 10 minute black & white side scrolling adventure as Death. Guide your skeletal steed through hand drawn landscapes and a haunting soundtrack, in this vivid tale of endings and hopeful new beginnings..

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  • comic
  • walking-simulator
  • scroller
  • cinematic
  • noir
  • abstract
  • gothic
  • psychedelic
  • book
  • hand-drawn
  • minimalist
  • 3d
  • stylized
  • exploration
  • 2d

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