Best Noir games on PC
Games tagged Noir use dark crime-fiction themes and often center their stories on detectives, mysteries, or criminal underworlds. Gameplay ranges from investigation and dialogue choices to action, platforming, and fighting.
- Dark crime and mystery themes
- Detective or underworld stories
- Investigation, dialogue, or action gameplay
Related: Detective, Crime, Mystery, Story Rich
106 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
Choice-driven detective RPG built around dialogue and political intrigue
93% positive
131K reviews
Mafia: Definitive Edition
Third-person crime action about a cab driver's rise in the mob
87% positive
111K reviews
Arena Breakout: Infinite
Free-to-play tactical extraction shooter with detailed weapon customization
74% positive
Free
Katana ZERO
Fast-paced 2D action-platformer with instant deaths and time manipulation
98% positive
76K reviews
Max Payne 3
Cinematic third-person shooter with bullet time and noir storytelling
87% positive
64K reviews
The Wolf Among Us
Episodic noir adventure about solving a murder among fairy-tale characters
98% positive
40K reviews
Mafia II: Definitive Edition
Third-person crime action following a mobster’s rise in postwar America
74% positive
39K reviews
L.A. Noire
Third-person detective adventure about solving crimes in 1947 Los Angeles
86% positive
37K reviews
Return of the Obra Dinn
First-person detective mystery aboard an abandoned 1800s merchant ship
97% positive
35K reviews
Skullgirls 2nd Encore
Fast-paced hand-drawn 2D fighter with fourteen distinct warriors
88% positive
32K reviews
Alice: Madness Returns
Dark fantasy action-platformer through a shattered, hostile Wonderland
91% positive
31K reviews
NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE
Single-player street racing with car tuning and cash wagers
95% positive
Free
Batman - The Telltale Series
Choice-driven episodic adventure balancing Bruce Wayne and Batman
88% positive
18K reviews
Shadows of Doubt
First-person detective sandbox in a procedurally generated noir city
82% positive
18K reviews
Murdered: Soul Suspect
Supernatural detective adventure about solving your own murder as a ghost
86% positive
17K reviews
Max Payne
Noir third-person shooter with slow-motion gunfights and a framed cop
89% positive
16K reviews
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Noir third-person shooter built around slow-motion gunfights in New York
94% positive
15K reviews
Gunpoint
2D stealth puzzles about rewiring security to outwit guards
98% positive
13K reviews
Deadlight
Side-scrolling survival platformer through zombie-filled Seattle after global collapse
79% positive
13K reviews
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
Third-person squad shooter confronting aliens in Cold War America
70% positive
12K reviews
This Is the Police
Police management strategy game about dispatching officers amid city corruption
82% positive
11K reviews
The Roottrees are Dead
Detective puzzle game about reconstructing a wealthy family's bloodline
96% positive
10K reviews
INDIKA
Third-person adventure following a nun and the devil through surreal Russia
89% positive
9,571 reviews
The Precinct
Open-world police action sandbox with patrols and high-speed pursuits
88% positive
9,304 reviews