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A procedurally generated noir murder-mystery with tight time pressure and an atmospheric, jazz-infused pixel art setting.

Rainswept
A short, atmospheric 2D murder mystery adventure focused on Detective Stone's character-driven investigation of a small-town double shooting, with light puzzles and emotional storytelling.
2019-02-01
- Puzzle
- Thriller

Adventure

Indie

Side view

Mystery

Point-and-click

Drama

Romance

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Tales of the Neon Sea

A pixel-art noir mystery in a neon city of humans, robots, and gangster cats, with investigation and puzzles spanning roughly 26 hours.

2019-04-29

Science fiction
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)
Arcade
Point-and-click

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Nine Noir Lives

A single-player, roughly 10-hour comedy-noir point-and-click mystery where a cat licks objects and solves challenging puzzles in a town full of quirky characters.

2022-09-07

Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Point-and-click
Kids

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Paper Perjury

A single-player detective adventure in the Ace Attorney vein, with a well-crafted mystery and a roughly 18-hour campaign.

2024-12-09

Indie

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Lockheart Indigo

A freeware pixel-art noir detective adventure/RPG about a female private-eye deceiving a rich family to uncover a conspiracy and catch a killer; very positively received and likely short.

2020-07-31

Action
Thriller
Adventure
Horror
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Role-playing (RPG)
Mystery
Drama

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Pixel Noir

A single-player, noir-influenced pixel-art mystery RPG about gathering clues and turn-based timed-hit combat, with a mixed reception for its clunky fighting and a roughly 13-hour reviewer playtime.

2024-02-08

Action
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Mystery

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Shadows of Doubt

A single-player detective sandbox in a procedural neo-noir city where you hunt killers via clues and surveillance, though reviews note bugs and unreliable NPC behavior.

2024-09-26

Action
First person
Science fiction
Adventure
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)
Stealth
Open world
Mystery
Sandbox

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The Murder Hotel

A story-focused single-player mystery adventure about investigating murders and interrogating suspects in a foreboding hotel, with an engaging narrative that reviewers estimate lasts roughly 32 hours.

2025-09-17

Adventure
Mystery
Visual Novel

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Mythargia

A 2D side-scrolling noir adventure-RPG where a journalist explores an abandoned island to uncover a dimensional mystery in about three and a half hours.

2023-02-20

Action
Platform
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)
Arcade

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The Posthumous Investigation

A hand-drawn noir time-loop murder mystery set in 1937 Rio de Janeiro, where you spend repeated attempts interrogating suspects to solve your client's murder.

2026-03-31

Adventure
Indie
Side view
Mystery

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Feline Forensics and the Meowseum Mystery

A short, casual noir murder mystery starring a cat detective who investigates a museum heist, with hand-drawn visuals and interrogation-based gameplay.

2026-05-13

Comedy
Puzzle
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Mystery
Visual Novel

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Chicken Police - Paint it RED!

A buddy-cop noir adventure mixing classic adventure gameplay with visual novel storytelling, set in a gritty, absurd chicken world; roughly nine hours long.

2020-11-05

Action
First person
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Mystery
Point-and-click
Visual Novel