The Best Noir Games

Update : Ghost Frequency added at rank #1.
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Ghost Frequency (2025)

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Nintendo Switch j

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!


  • investigation
  • detective
  • short
  • noir
  • mystery
  • birds
  • stand-alone
  • karen
  • cute
  • point-and-click
  • casual
  • fiction
  • 2.5d
  • interactive
  • crime

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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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YOUR HOUSE (2025)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Mac OS Android

A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.


  • thriller
  • noir
  • comic
  • interactive
  • mystery
  • visual-novel
  • investigation
  • puzzle
  • book
  • 1990s
  • fiction
  • detective
  • story
  • narration
  • text-driven

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The Darkest Files (2025)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS

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?


  • simulation
  • detective
  • historical
  • political
  • immersive
  • noir
  • investigation
  • atmospheric
  • first-person
  • nonlinear
  • 3d
  • mystery
  • puzzle
  • adventure

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Midnight Murder Club (2025)

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early access PC Windows Playstation 5

Heart-pounding and hilarious multiplayer FPS fun. Trust your senses and overcome your fears as you’re armed with a flashlight and a revolver, then set against your friends in a pitch-black mansion with immersive proximity chat and surprises around every corner.

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  • party
  • noir
  • shooter
  • thriller
  • first-person
  • pvp
  • fps
  • horror
  • team
  • dark
  • cooperative

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The Shell Part III: Paradiso (2025)

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web browser PC Windows

The coiling chains of obsession that began with The Shell now threaten to strangle Detective Reiji Tokisaka in the third and final entry in the trilogy. As old friends and foes rise up for one last confrontation, can anyone break the cycle—and can Reiji's heart ever be set free?

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  • visual-novel
  • noir
  • detective
  • investigation
  • crime
  • philosophical
  • historical
  • conspiracy
  • mystery
  • logic
  • hand-drawn
  • anime
  • text
  • cinematic
  • atmospheric

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Odd Machines: Lost Artifacts (2025)

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Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

You are a legendary treasure hunter, looking for the Stone of Silence, a powerful artifact that got lost in an old temple. There, you will find a series of weird machines full of puzzles to crack to gain your freedom!


  • software
  • dark
  • grand-strategy
  • noir
  • vibe
  • clicker
  • immersive
  • gothic
  • cyberpunk
  • hidden-object
  • point-and-click
  • exploration
  • puzzle
  • detective
  • adventure

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Conscience (2024)

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PC Windows Mac OS

Jack Beckham is found dead, hanging in his apartment alone. Police rule it a suicide. His father, refusing to accept the conclusion, hires you to investigate. Delve into the clues left behind in his apartment to discover what really happened.

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  • noir
  • detective
  • choices
  • investigation
  • mystery
  • lgbtq
  • emotional
  • stylized
  • cartoony
  • lore
  • aliens
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • futuristic
  • colourful

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The Midnight Crimes (2024)

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PC Windows

Point-&-Click Adventure Game,Play as a retired private detective investigating a missing child case while battling your past demons. Explore Midnight Cove, a wicked Victorian city with semi-open world mechanics and characters relationships. Experience the story episodically, chapter by chapter.

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  • noir
  • detective
  • multiple-endings
  • choices
  • text
  • point-and-click
  • clicker
  • dark
  • historical
  • alternate
  • story
  • third-person
  • adventure
  • card
  • atmospheric

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