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Wonderbook: Diggs Nightcrawler
Arcade 28 May 2013
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.
Bruce
Action canceled
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.
Postmortem: One Must Die
Adventure 14 August 2013
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.
Interference
Arcade canceled
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.
Last Life
Adventure canceled
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.
Third Eye Crime
Action 23 July 2014
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.
Framed
Puzzle 13 November 2014
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.
Calvino Noir
Arcade 25 August 2015
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.
Electroshift
Action TBA
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.
Lonewolf
Action 06 January 2016
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.
My Eyes on You
Action canceled
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.
Subsurface Circular
Adventure 17 August 2017
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.
Framed Collection
Puzzle 17 May 2018
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.
Bear With Me
Adventure 08 August 2016
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.
Backbone
Adventure 08 June 2021
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.
Night Call
Adventure 17 July 2019
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.
Blacksad: Under the Skin
Adventure 05 November 2019
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.
Framed 2
Puzzle 14 June 2017
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.