October 11, 2013
Adventure, A Fairy Tale, Detective, Episodic, Fantasy, Comics, Noir, Point-and-click, Singleplayer, Urban Fantasy.
An episodic adventure game based on the popular Fables comic book series. The Wolf Among Us was developed by Telltale Games, studio that used the same mechanics as in its previous title, The Walking Dead. The protagonists are fairy creatures that were forced to look for a safe haven in the human world where they must hide their true nature. During the game the player can encounter many characters known from the comic books – including the Big Bad Wolf, Snow White or Ichabod Crane. The gameplay is focused mostly on visiting locations, conversing with NPCs, solving riddles and making hard decisions. The Wolf Among Us employs comic book-like visuals and, as usual, cel-shading.
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May 13, 2025
Action, Detective, Simulation Elements, 80s, Noir, Police, Cars, Sandbox, Singleplayer.
An action game, in which we play as a rookie cop. The Precinct tasks us with maintaining order in the city of Averno, foiling procedurally generated crimes while investigating the death of the protagonist's father. We'll get to traverse the city on foot, in a police car or a helicopter.
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May 17, 2011
Adventure, Detective, Gangster, 40s and 50s, Noir, Police, Action Adventure, Remaster/remake, Singleplayer, TPP.
A noir detective action adventure game developed by the Australian studio Team Bondi in cooperation with the veterans from Rockstar Games. The game invites you into Los Angeles of the 1940’s, a city filled with corruption and drug dealing organizations. You assume the role of Cole Phelps, an ex-soldier who becomes a police officer after the war. The game lets you experience the key moments of Cole’s career, starting from the traffic police all the way through murder and drugs department. Gameplay is mainly about examining crime scenes in search of clues and evidence, as well as interrogating witnesses and suspects. The game also offers multiple action sequences, including pursuits (either on foot or by car), fist fights, and spectacular shootouts. When it comes to graphics, the most noteworthy feature are the realistic face expressions that allow you to judge the reactions of interogatees. The game overflows with a noir atmosphere characteristic of the 1940’ and 50’ movies.
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December 2025
Action, FPP, FPS, Indie Games, Noir, Polish, Singleplayer, Shooters.
An FPS reminiscent of black-and-white cartoons from the early 20th century. Mouse has us play as John Mouston, a detective fighting criminals dwelling in a corrupt city.
September 26, 2024
Adventure, Detective, FPP, Indie Games, Noir, Action Adventure, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Stealth.
Shadows of Doubt is an FPP combination of a detective adventure game and a stealth game. It's set in a bustling city, its buildings all fully explorable and its citizens all unique, with distinctive personalities and daily schedules.
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October 26, 2011
Strategy, Internet, MMO, Noir, Browser.
The Godfather: Five Families is a free-to-play, browser-based MMO strategy in gangster climates. The action was set in New York from the second half of the 1930s, where a war takes place between five great mafia families. By joining Stracci, Cuneo, Barzini, Tattaglia and Corleone, players build a gangster empire and try to get rid of the competition. The game was developed by Kabam studio specializing in this kind of productions.
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September 12, 2012
Adventure, Detective, Noir, Point-and-click, PS Plus Premium, Singleplayer.
Red Johnson's Chronicles: One Against All is the second part of a series of adventures by the French development studio Lexis Numerique. The player gets to know further adventures of private detective Red Johnson and tries to solve dark criminal riddles. The game is distinguished by unconventional styling of the visual setting and an interesting plot with humorous elements.
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April 19, 2011
Adventure, Detective, Noir, Point-and-click, PS Plus Premium, Singleplayer.
Red Johnson's Chronicles is an adventure game in a unique style, whose main character is a detective who solves the murder case.
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October 17, 2015
Adventure, Historical, Indie Games, Noir, Action Adventure, Singleplayer, TPP.
An action-adventure game developed by RSK Entertainment, based on authentic events from Iran’s history. The plot of Dark Years takes us to 1950s, where, as a result of a secret pact between Great Britain and USA, a democratically chosen government led by Mohammad Mosaddegh is overthrown, resulting in a serious political crisis as well as destabilization and violence among local communities. The game intertwines the fates of two people: Major Afshar, who is ordered to reveal the mystery behind a series of murders that shocked Tehran, and an Iranian journalist based in London, who falls onto a trail of a conspiracy aimed at his country. When it comes to mechanics, the title is a third-person perspective adventure game with action elements, focusing mainly on exploration and puzzle solving; however,a huge emphasis was placed on conversations with encountered characters. Aside from that, the game contains numerous arcade sections, including spectacular shootouts and car chases.
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December 2025
Adventure, A Fairy Tale, Detective, Epic Store Exclusive, Comics, Noir, Singleplayer, Urban Fantasy.
Second season of The Wolf Among Us: A Telltale Games Series. During the game we get to know the fate of fairy tale characters hiding in our world.
August 17, 2017
Adventure, Detective, Noir, Robots, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Visual Novel.
An adventure game, in which you assume the role of a detective on the track of mysterious vanishing of menial robot workers. In order to crack the case, he travels by titular Subsurface Circular – a kind of metro – and questions the passengers.
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July 17, 2024
Adventure, Detective, Dystopia, FPP, Time Manipulation, Noir, Polish, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Thriller.
A neo-noir adventure game, using an FPP camera and Unreal Engine 5. Nobody Wants to Die is set in dystopian New York in 2329. We play as detective James Karr and use futuristic gadgets to manipulate time and solve crimes. We must track the person killing the city's elite.
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September 30, 2021
Strategy, 2D, Alternative History, Detective, Economic, Adventure Elements, Indie Games, Crime, Noir, Polish, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Visual Novel.
Coffee Noir is a mix of economic strategy and noir visual novel with the action set in Neo-London, where we manage a coffee company. It is the debut of the Polish studio DOJI.
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December 5, 2019
Adventure, Detective, Strategic Elements, Indie Games, Noir, Police, Singleplayer.
Interrogation is an adventure game with elements of management in which we play the role of a detective dealing with the case of a terrorist group calling for the destruction of existing social norms. Our task is to interview its members and decide their fate.
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May 20, 2021
Adventure, 2D, Detective, Indie Games, Noir, Science Fiction, Side-scroll, Singleplayer, Thriller.
Lacuna - A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure is a futuristic noir adventure game in which we investigate a murder. The game departs from the schemes of classic adventure games, leading us through a non-linear story without unintuitive puzzles and repetitive dialogues.
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April 30, 2024
Adventure, 2D, Cyberpunk, Detective, RPG Elements, Indie Games, Noir, Science Fiction, Side-scroll, Singleplayer.
A detective adventure game with RPG elements. Let Bions Be Bygons puts the player in the role of a detective, attempting to find a missing upper-class girl. His search takes him to the very bottom of the futuristic city-planet known as Terrahive.
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November 15, 2023
Adventure, 2D, Indie Games, Noir, Singleplayer.
An adventure game about running a cafe, set in the same world as the Chicken Police series. Zipp's Cafe tasks the player with servicing customers and establishing relationships with them, learning what connects them.
February 23, 2018
Action, Cyberpunk, Indie Games, Noir, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Espionage, Tactics, Isometric View, Free-to-play.
A tech-noir tactical action game with a spy thriller setting. All Walls Must Fall is set in 2089, in an alternative reality in which the Berlin Wall never fell and the Cold War still lasts. To make things worse, the rivalry between the East and the West has resulted in a nuclear disaster. You play as a group of intelligence agents, who travel back in time and get one night to prevent the catastrophe from happening. The decisions you make during the game can have a great effect on the world's future. The gameplay in All Walls Must Fall is shown in an isometric view. The game takes place in procedurally generated locations — mostly in Berlin nightclubs, which allows you to hide in the crowd — and your main tasks are exploration and gathering important information from NPCs. The game also features a tactical combat mode with an active pause option. An important element of the game is turning back time, which helps you to avoid the consequences of your oversights. The visuals have been inspired by communist propaganda posters.
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November 30, 1998
Adventure, Humorous, Noir, Singleplayer, TPP.
An excellent adventure game that takes us to the posthumous world, where we play the role of an agent working for death, who solves the mystery of the problems digesting this land. The game consists mainly in conducting conversations, exploring the location and searching for objects and solving puzzles.
January 27, 2015
Adventure, Game Pass, Humorous, Noir, Remaster/remake, Singleplayer.
A remake of a legendary adventure game from Lucas Arts, known as one of the best and most original point-and-click adventure games. The new edition was developed by Double Fine Production, a studio led by Tim Schafer, the co-author of the original title. The action of the game takes place in a unique version of the afterlife, inspired by noir movies and Mexican folklore. The player assumes control of Manny, a recently deceased who takes over the honorable position of a travel agent with the Department of Death. Dissatisfied with the fact that some of the dead have to embark on a four-year journey to reach the afterlife, our hero receives a lead that turns him onto a huge bribery scandal. Manny has to follow the other souls and reach the afterlife on foot in order to uncover the mystery. Visually, the game maintains the atmosphere and the characteristic animation style seen in the original game.
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July 23, 2014
Action, Puzzle Elements, Adventure Elements, Indie Games, Noir, Singleplayer, Stealth, Top-down.
A top-down comic striped scramble, saturated with the atmosphere of black detective stories from the 1940s. In the game we play the role of a thief of works of art, who has a unique ability to telepathically predict the next moves of enemies. After the theft, it allows to mislead the guards and find the right escape route unnoticed.
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March 3, 2015
Adventure, Experimental/artistic, Indie Games, Noir, Action Adventure, Singleplayer, Survival Horror, TPP.
A third-person survival horror from the independent French studio OSome, inspired by the Alone in the Dark series. White Night takes place in 1930’s, following a hero trapped in an old family mansion that hides a dark secret of the past. Our main enemy are the dark and mysterious creatures that dwell in it, forcing us to solve many puzzles based on light and dark mechanics. Using various sources of light somewhat resembles Alan Wake, with plot and storytelling inspired by works of people like Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch and Roman Polanski. Visuals are the most outstanding part of the game, using only black and white with many symbolic elements, referring to classic works of German expressionism.
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Action, Crowdfunding, Indie Games, Internet, Multiplayer, Noir, Singleplayer, TPP.
A third-player action game maintained in a noir atmosphere. We play the title avenger, who lost his memory and his skin was partially destroyed by fire. Hoping to discover the facts of his own past, dressed in special bandages, he goes out into the streets of a corrupt city at night and becomes the terror of all criminals.
February 8, 2024
RPG, 2D, Crowdfunding, Detective, Adventure Elements, Indie Games, Classic RPG, Noir, Singleplayer, Turn-based, Isometric View.
An independent retro RPG, which combines elements of a detective game and a horror. The main protagonist of Pixel Noir is trying to solve a mystery of the tragic events from a decade ago when his partner died, leading to him quitting work as a police officer, as he unjustly was sentenced to jail. After being released, he begins to work as a private detective and tries to solve minor cases, until finally, he finds a lead that might help him get the answers that have been taunting him for years. As befits a true RPG, in Pixel Noir, the players get to explore numerous locations, interact with NPCs, find clues, collect valuable items, and fight enemies. Combat is turn-based, nonetheless, it features certain arcade elements. The main protagonist is accompanied by other characters, each one exhibiting unique skills and utilized weapons. Pixel Noir delivers neutral and grim pixel-art visuals.
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July 23, 2015
Adventure, Alternative History, Detective, Episodic, 40s and 50s, Noir, Action Adventure, Singleplayer, TPP.
A noir mix of an action and adventure game developed by the team at A Crowd of Monsters. We play as a former detective, Patton, who wants to face the wave of crime that plagues the city of Santa Esperanza, as well as the demons from his past. He must solve the case of a series of brutal murders, either by interrogating and speaking with key characters or through scenes straight from an action movie. Interestingly, the plot changes depending on our decisions. What make Blues and Bullets stand out are its visuals, with black and white dominating, with an addition of some distinctive red. It also serves as a narrative feature, as the city changes and some objects provide crucial information.
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July 6, 2015
Adventure, Detective, Experimental/artistic, Episodic, Indie Games, Noir, Singleplayer.
An episodic noir adventure story developed by Prologue Games. The action takes place in Cypress Knee, a small town located in the swampy region of Southern Florida. The story begins with an alleged suicide of a washed-out Hollywood star whose corpse is found hanging from a tower at a local amusement park. However, some of the evidence contradicts the leading theory, while the case is investigated by three individuals: a private detective, a local journalist, and a popular blogger. The game allows the players to control each of the characters. When it comes to mechanics, Knee Deep is a typical point’n’click adventure game, but the authors have decided upon an interesting way of depicting the story – we are watching an interactive play: all events happen on one scene, while individual locations are created from mockups and scenery elements.
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August 25, 2015
Arcade, 2.5D, Noir, Platformers, Singleplayer, Stealth.
A platformer game with stealth elements, inspired by hard-boiled fiction. The action of Calvino Noir takes us to the 30s of the 20th century where we assume control of a team of thieves that commit audacious robberies. Our team involves a wide range of original characters, each having their unique skills and equipment. While playing, we take on a number of robberies that we have to carefully plan before going on the mission. Since our thieves are far from killing machines, the key to success is to compose the team well so that characters of different abilities cooperate properly. We are forced to avoid guards, evade security measures, and solve various puzzles. Should we make a mistake, even the strongest thief won’t be able to handle several armed guards.
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Action, RPG Elements, FPP, FPS, Indie Games, Noir, Singleplayer.
First-person action game with RPG elements, maintained in a retro-futuristic atmosphere, inspired by such hits as Dishonored and BioShock Infinite. The action of the game takes place in an alternative version of Paris, rebuilt after the nuclear apocalypse. However, the happiness of the inhabitants is only appearances, and in the city there is a constant struggle for wealth and power. The spreading madness has the opportunity to stop the hero named Jacob, who uses a wide arsenal of weapons and special skills.
January 6, 2016
Action, Puzzle Elements, Noir, Singleplayer, Shooters.
A free-to-play sniping-themed shooter created for mobile devices. Although the game uses microtransactions, it is also available as a Premium product for a specific price. The game stands out with an well-developed noir narrative told through the cutscenes. The player assumes the role of a young sniper entering the ranks of an elite organization of contract assassins known as The Assembly. Murders he commits take their toll on the mental condition of the protagonist, and he has not joined a criminal organization without a reason. The gameplay consists of eliminating targets at long distances using a sniper rifle. When taking a shot, both gravity and wind direction have to be taken into account. However, it is not enough to shoot at everything that moves - the player has to understand the relations between the positions of the guards in order to make a progress. Thus the levels resemble puzzle solving in that aspect. The gameplay is diversified with hand-to-hand combat sequences and dynamic shoot-outs. The game offers simple visuals resembling a comic strip.
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February 19, 2009
Adventure, 2D, Fantasy, Indie Games, Noir, Point-and-click, Singleplayer.
A classic two-dimensional point and click adventure. The action takes place on the streets of the eponymous Emerald City, a city that is a kind of reflection of the magical land of Oz from Frank Baum's novel transferred to the atmosphere of noir films from the forties of the last century.
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Action, FPP, Gangster, Internet, Multiplayer, Noir, Splitscreen, Singleplayer, Shooters, Xbox Exclusive.
Chicago Enforcer Touchdown Entertainment studio is another representative of the FPS genre. The plot takes us to Chicago in the 1930's, a period of prohibition. We play Jimmy "Machine Gun" by DeMory, a young "trigger" in the gang of the famous Al Capone.
February 28, 1998
Adventure, Detective, 40s and 50s, Noir, Singleplayer.
Black Dahlia is a detective adventure game, maintained in the noir convention. The player takes on the role of an agent of the governmental COI organisation, who encounters the trail of the dangerous organisation "Brotherhood of Thule". The plot of the game produced by Take 2 Interactive is a blend of fictional and authentic events from the 1940s.
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April 23, 1992
Adventure, 2D, Detective, Noir, Singleplayer.
One of the most eminent private detectives, Henry White, is accused of murdering his friend and imprisoned. His son, Steven, who has so far wasted time and energy in writing second-class detective films, decides to start his own investigation into the case.
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July 31, 1996
Adventure, Detective, Full Motion Video, Noir, Science Fiction, Singleplayer.
The fourth installment of the popular series of detective adventures in which the main role is played by Tex Murphy. This time we are looking for a scientist lost in mysterious circumstances and discover the secrets of the government conspiracy connected with the catastrophe of the flying saucer in Roswell.
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June 14, 2017
Puzzle, Experimental/artistic, Comics, Noir, Singleplayer.
A prequel to the first Framed, an indie puccle game developed by Australian studio Loveshack Entertainment. The game once again relies on the setting of hardboiled novels, only this time set in Asia, where the protagonist has been framed for a crime he did not commit. He has no choice, but to clear his name before he gets caught by real criminals or the police. Framed 2 employs comics panel-based narrative, constructed in a way that will allow the protagonist to get out of trouble. Finding the correct solution might often be a true challenge – before we get it, we will see a few other versions of the story, each ending tragically for our hero. All of this is presented with interesting, comic book-like visuals inspired by the noir convention.
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Action, Adventure Elements, Indie Games, Crime, Noir, Action Adventure, Singleplayer, TPP.
A noir action adventure game. My Eyes on You is a title developed by independent Ukrainian studio Storymind Entertainment, members of which previously worked on games like Metro: Last Light, The Witcher 3 and the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. In the game the player assumes the role of an FBI detective Jordan Adalien who attempts to catch a murderer known as the Man in the Red Mask. The killer is acting in Chicago during a carnival. The story is non-linear and the player’s decisions can impact not only in which direction the plot will go, but how it will end as well. When it comes to mechanics, My Eyes on You is a third-person perspective action game in which the player is exploring mysterious streets and suburbs of a neo-noir Chicago. The game features stealth elements – Jordan must hide from enemies and sneak past them. What’s interesting, the protagonist has various illnesses – in stressful situations his mind can create hallucinations.
May 28, 2013
Arcade, Detective, Adventure Elements, Noir, PlayStation Move, Augmented Reality, Singleplayer, PlayStation Exclusive.
An interactive story about the detective Diggs Nightcrawler - a book pier, who has to solve the mystery of the murder of his friend, Humpy's egg. This is a parody of noir movies for children, created by Moontbot using the PlayStation Eye camera and the PlayStation Move controller.
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Action, 2D, Cyberpunk, Indie Games, Noir, Platformers, Polish, Singleplayer.
BRUCE: The Game is a cyberpunk/noir platform game and the debut of the Polish studio Tabasco Interactive. BRUCE: The Game rather clearly refers to the classics like Ridley Scott's cult movie Blade Runner or Frank Miller's comic book series Sin City. The game takes place in a rainy, futuristic world, where Bruce, our protagonist, does many various quests and faces enemies. We observe the action from the classic side-scrolling perspective. Bruce uses all kinds of weapons and special abilities during our adventures, including bullet time, known from the Max Payne series. Gameplay focuses on dynamic and spectacular action and, at the same time, presents a mature, entertaining story with interesting NPCs. The game has hand drawn, noir-inspired visuals.
August 14, 2013
Adventure, RPG Elements, Indie Games, Noir, Singleplayer.
A narrative adventure game by Jakub Kasztalski. We play the role of the Death agent, and our task is to take the life of one of the people who, on the basis of information gathered during the game, may have the greatest impact on the fate of the conflict-torn land called Galicia.
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Arcade, 2D, Cyberpunk, Puzzle Elements, Indie Games, Noir, Platformers, Singleplayer, Stealth.
Cyberpunk and technoir style independent platformer with elements of sneaky and logical game. We move to the totalitarian city of the future, Arachnopolis, where we are involuntarily entangled in the activities of a cyberterrorist organization that wants to acquire a mysterious device called Glitcher.
November 13, 2014
Puzzle, 2D, Experimental/artistic, Indie Games, Comics, Noir, Singleplayer.
An independent puzzle game maintained in an eye-catching comic setting. The player's task is to adjust the individual elements of the interactive comic book in a way that will allow the wall hero to escape safely.
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Adventure, Crowdfunding, Indie Games, Noir, Point-and-click, Science Fiction, Singleplayer.
A noir-style adventure game about the unusual case of detective Jacek Parker, who has to find his murderer. The title draws inspiration from popular productions of this type (The Walking Dead from Telltale Games studio and Kentucky Route Zero) and focuses primarily on telling an intriguing story.
August 8, 2016
Adventure, 2D, Detective, Episodic, Indie Games, Noir, Point-and-click, Singleplayer.
A point-and-click adventure game in which players play Amber - a girl looking for her missing brother. However, the protagonist is not alone, as she is accompanied by the grumpy Ted E. Bear, a plush teddy bear that is a retired detective. Characteristic feature of Bear With Me is monochromatic graphics maintained in cartoon style.
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May 30, 2018
Adventure, 2D, Humorous, Indie Games, Crime, Noir, Point-and-click, Singleplayer.
A point-and-click adventure game, in which we assume control of the eponymous Detective Gallo – an anthropomorphic bird that attempts to solve the mystery behind the murder of five exotic plants. During the game, we often solve puzzles and conduct conversations with neutral characters in order to shed new light on the case. When it comes to visuals, we are dealing with hand-drawn 2D graphics.
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May 17, 2018
Puzzle, Experimental/artistic, Arcade Elements, Indie Games, Comics, Noir, Singleplayer.
A set of two logic games previously released for mobile devices. The player is tasked with placing the individual stills of an interactive comic in a way that enables the hero to safely escape the area.
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October 11, 2017
Puzzle, 2D, Gangster, Noir, Combine Three Elements, Singleplayer, Visual Novel.
Combining the visual novel adventure with a "combine three elements" logic game. The hero of the game is Jon Lockhart, who immediately after leaving prison starts looking for people responsible for framing him into murder and arrest. The production draws inspiration from comics and noir crime films.
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June 8, 2021
Adventure, 2D, Detective, Dystopia, Arcade Elements, Indie Games, Crime, Noir, Side-scroll, Singleplayer.
Adventure with elements of a sneaky and action game, in which we get to the retrofuturistic version of Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. While playing in Backbone we play Howard Lotor's shed, which is a private detective who undertakes various tasks.
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July 17, 2019
Adventure, Detective, Indie Games, Crime, Noir, Singleplayer.
An adventure game in which we play the role of a Parisian taxi driver. The hero has to make ends meet and at the same time help the police in the investigation of serial murders. During the game, our task is to get as much information as possible from our clients, which is useful for law enforcement officers, as well as to take care of the wallet's condition.
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November 5, 2019
Adventure, Detective, Comics, Crime, Noir, Point-and-click, Singleplayer.
An adventure point-and-click game by the award-winning Pendulo Studios. The hero of Blacksad: Under the Skin is an anthropomorphic black cat who is a detective by profession. The character originally debuted in the comic book Blacksad by the French publisher Dargaud.
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May 24, 2019
Adventure, FPP, Horror, Indie Games, Internet, Multiplayer, Noir, Action Adventure, Singleplayer, Survival Horror.
First person survival horror inspired by noir films. During the game, we follow the fate of Maria, a detective trying to regain lost memories. However, her footsteps are followed by an unspeakable horror, from which the heroine can only flee. We have at our disposal more than 40 unique abilities and the ability to look through the eyes of the torturer.
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