The Best Noir Games for Xbox Series X

Update : Outbreak: Shades of Horror Chromatic Split added at rank #12.
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This Bed We Made (2023)

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This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links guests together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder!


  • mystery
  • noir
  • detective
  • cinematic
  • lgbtq
  • third-person
  • walking-simulator
  • investigation
  • 1950s
  • crime
  • fiction
  • choices
  • historical
  • story
  • romance

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Duck Detective: The Secret Salami (2024)

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Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open, in a narrative mystery adventure where nothing is quite as it seems.


  • detective
  • mystery
  • noir
  • sausage
  • investigation
  • short
  • point-and-click
  • cute
  • puzzle
  • isometric

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Immortality (2022)

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Delve into the enigmatic world of IMMORTALITY, where you piece together Marissa Marcel's vanished career through lost film footage. Discover the secrets behind her unreleased movies and uncover a narrative woven with Hollywood's allure and darkness. Your curiosity unlocks a story buried in time, promising a thrilling journey through cinema history.


What we like:
  • Innovative narrative structure that immerses you in detective work
  • Stellar acting enhances the story's authenticity
  • Unique match cut mechanic offers a novel way to navigate the plot
  • Impressive production quality recreates distinct filmmaking eras
  • Rich historical setting amplifies the narrative depth
What could be improved:
  • Free-form structure may confuse new players
  • Vast amount of footage can overwhelm

  • fmv
  • interactive
  • noir
  • lgbtq
  • hidden-object
  • choices
  • emotional
  • immersive
  • detective
  • point-and-click
  • film
  • horror
  • fiction
  • story
  • drama

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Read Only Memories: Neurodiver (2024)

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Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER is a story-rich adventure and the sequel to 2064: Read Only Memories. Explore the rich world with an intuitive point-and-click interface as you take on the role of a young psychic agent tasked with tracking down a mysterious antagonist hiding in people's memories.


  • cyberpunk
  • visual-novel
  • noir
  • sci-fi
  • conversation
  • point-and-click
  • fiction
  • comic
  • emotional
  • anime
  • futuristic
  • multiple-endings
  • choices
  • stylized
  • interactive

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Lacuna (2021)

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A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.


  • noir
  • conversation
  • cyberpunk
  • investigation
  • thriller
  • narration
  • multiple-endings
  • text
  • sci-fi
  • linear
  • detective
  • choices
  • fiction
  • crime
  • drama

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Rough Justice: '84 (2023)

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Do what it takes to make your fledgling security agency thrive in this 80s noir crime bustin', dirty crossing, vengeance-seeking board game inspired strategy game with dice and cards.


  • board-game
  • investigation
  • america
  • noir
  • time-management
  • 1980s
  • dice
  • stylized
  • narration
  • isometric
  • detective
  • fiction
  • visual-novel
  • management
  • card

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The Longest Road on Earth (2021)

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A thoughtful and deeply personal title with stripped-down mechanics. The lack of dialogue or text allows you to create your own narrative through your time with four characters. Each short story will allow players to be swept away by the haunting lyrics of over twenty original, nostalgic songs.


  • narrative
  • meditative
  • walking-simulator
  • interactive
  • pixel
  • noir
  • life
  • music
  • scroller
  • fiction
  • cozy
  • point-and-click
  • emotional
  • historical
  • 2d

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The Kindeman Remedy (2023)

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The most blasphemous, diabolical and insane management game ever created. Aided by a lascivious nun in a grim prison, rig executions, conduct horrid experiments and do the unspeakable to cook up your cure-all: The Kindeman Remedy. Do not be afraid. This time, you're the monster.


  • medical
  • clicker
  • protagonist
  • time-management
  • noir
  • humor
  • 2.5d
  • villain
  • crime
  • simulation
  • point-and-click
  • management
  • multiple-endings
  • choices
  • dark

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The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales (2023)

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The Bookwalker is a narrative adventure in which you play as Etienne Quist, a writer-turned-thief with the ability to dive into books. Use your powers to journey between reality and book worlds, and steal legendary items like Thor's Hammer and Excalibur to restore your ability to write.


  • turn-based
  • isometric
  • surreal
  • noir
  • lore
  • dystopian
  • partner-in-crime
  • fiction
  • story
  • book
  • exploration
  • adventure
  • thriller
  • puzzle
  • dark

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The Library of Babel (2023)

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Join Ludovik in a 2D Stealth Platformer and Graphic Adventure, as he explores the jungles of a futuristic Babylon to discover the secret behind the Library of Babel’s sudden lockdown and the mysteries behind their mythical creators.


  • transhumanism
  • platform
  • noir
  • dynamic
  • hand-drawn
  • robots
  • stealth
  • post-apocalyptic
  • surreal
  • narration
  • sci-fi
  • 2d
  • detective
  • choices
  • atmospheric

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