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by inkle Ltd
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
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$12.9980 Days
Sep 28 · inkle Ltd, Cape Guy Ltd
Both: Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction
1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just 80 days. Travel by airship, submarine, mechanical camel, steam-train and more. Race other players and a clock that never stops in TIME Magazine's Game of 2014.
AdventureStory RichChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureStrategyIndieInteractive FictionMultiple EndingsReplay ValueSteampunk👍 1,175
$0.99《道格拉斯警督的日记》
Jan 21 · 日食网络 solar eclipse studio
Both: Detective · Interactive Fiction · Choose Your Own Adventure
This is a detective game where you play as a middle-aged inspector searching for a terrifying serial killer in an isolated village. However, as a player, if you uncover the killer’s motives, you might consider whether to cooperate with them to achieve their goal of "killing THE time."
DetectiveInteractive FictionCRPGVisual NovelStylizedChoose Your Own AdventureDungeon CrawlerWord GamePuzzleMultiple Endings
-90%$1.59Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
May 20 · DigiTales Interactive
Both: Detective · Interactive Fiction · Dialogue Heavy
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.
Pixel GraphicsDetectiveNoirInteractive FictionMultiple EndingsCyberpunkCrimeDialogue HeavyChoices MatterSci-fi👍 2,160
$14.99A Case of Distrust
Feb 8 · An Open Ben
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction · Detective
A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.
Choose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionVisual NovelDetectiveMysteryInvestigationPoint & ClickFemale ProtagonistNoirHistorical👍 306
$6.99No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Jan 17 · Somi
Both: Puzzle · Interactive Fiction · Female Protagonist
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
InvestigationPuzzleInteractive FictionVisual NovelPoint & ClickStory RichAdventurePixel GraphicsFemale ProtagonistText-Based👍 10,341
$4.99Puzzle Agent 2
Jun 30 · Telltale
Both: Interactive Fiction · Puzzle · Detective
Agent Nelson Tethers just solved his biggest case yet. So why isn't he satisfied? Venture back to eerie Scoggins, Minnesota to solve the mystery of "the Hidden People" once and for all!
Interactive FictionPuzzlePoint & Click2DDetectiveFunnySurrealStory RichDark HumorAction👍 600
$8.997Days Origins
May 2 · Buff Studio
Both: Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction
7Days Origins is a single-player story game where the storyline changes based on the player's choices. For 7 days, you will meet various characters in the world of the dead. You may become allies and embark on adventures together or become enemies and fight.
Story RichHorrorVisual NovelPoint & ClickChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionPsychologicalPsychological HorrorDark Comedy👍 313
-60%$2.79Unheard - Voices of Crime
Mar 28 · NEXT Studios
Both: Detective · Puzzle
What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?
ThrillerDetectiveMysteryCrimeShortPuzzleStory RichTop-DownIndieRPG👍 30,988
-60%$7.99Chronique des Silencieux
Jan 29 · Pierre Feuille Studio
Both: Detective · Puzzle · Interactive Fiction
Set in 1970s southern France, you play a rookie private eye tasked to dig out the secrets of a stubborn old man. Think on your feet while you follow your leads : ask questions to witnesses, detect their lies, hypothesize why and finally confront the silent ones running from their past.
DetectiveStory RichInvestigationMysteryPoint & ClickPuzzleSingleplayerExplorationInteractive FictionChoices Matter
$19.99Tangle Tower
Oct 22 · SFB Games
Both: Detective · Puzzle · Dialogue Heavy
Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?
DetectivePoint & ClickPuzzleExplorationVisual NovelStory RichFunny2DMysteryDialogue Heavy👍 6,487
Crosswalks
Mar 31 · XinPo Game
Both: Interactive Fiction · Detective · Choose Your Own Adventure
Crosswalks in a visual novel that tells different stories when you switch among perspectives. In 2018, an explainable portal appeared under the city of Sanghville, linking two parallel universe together. On one side there are dozens of unsolvable crimes, while the other side was always peaceful...
RPGText-BasedInteractive FictionDetectiveChoose Your Own Adventure2DSingleplayerIndieMystery
-90%$1.49Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders
Feb 4 · Artefacts Studio
Both: Puzzle · Female Protagonist · Detective
The ABC Murders is an adventure and investigation game adapted from the classic Agatha Christie novel. You are the famous private detective Hercule Poirot and, once again, you find yourself up against a mysterious serial killer who goes by the name of "ABC".
Hidden ObjectPuzzleVisual NovelPoint & ClickFemale ProtagonistThird PersonNoirDetectivePsychological HorrorStory Rich👍 2,038
$13.99Homicipher
Nov 1 · 八名木Games
Both: Female Protagonist · Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure
Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
OtomeHorrorVisual NovelFemale ProtagonistAtmosphericMultiple EndingsText-BasedChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureWord Game👍 7,822
$4.99Antioch: Scarlet Bay
Nov 25 · Midnight Mood Studio
Both: Detective · Dark Comedy · Interactive Fiction
Antioch: Scarlet Bay is an online cooperative narrative adventure. Play as two detectives working together to solve a murder in the shadowy city of Antioch. Wander in a city filled with characters with their own agendas and attitudes, all your decisions change the story and lead to multi endings.
DetectiveMultiple EndingsNoirOnline Co-OpCo-opAsynchronous Multiplayer1990'sThrillerDark ComedyInteractive Fiction👍 220
-60%$15.99The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Jul 26 · CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Both: Detective · Choose Your Own Adventure
Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming and witty world of evidence-gathering, deduction and courtroom battles with this double-pack of the adventures of rookie lawyer Ryunosuke.
Visual NovelAdventureDetectiveAnimeMysteryText-Based3DStory RichChoose Your Own AdventureSteampunk👍 5,116
$7.99True Game
May 24 · 橙光游戏
Both: Interactive Fiction · Puzzle · Detective
"True Game" is a work of suspense reasoning. The work tells the story that people in trouble are taken to a closed space and ask to get chips from others through different competitions. This work has a high degree of brain burning, exquisite picture and strong sense of substitution.
Interactive FictionVisual NovelPuzzleLogicDetectiveMysteryCasualStory RichAdventureStrategy
$4.99DELETE AFTER READING
Mar 14 · PATRONES & ESCONDITES, TLR Games
Both: Puzzle · Interactive Fiction · Detective
Turn on your ghost detector and join your new pals in a funny, thrilling, and lovingly-presented interactive text adventure. Brain-teasing puzzles, a cartoon visual style, and engaging audio design - Delete After Reading weaves a delightful interactive tale.
MysteryPuzzleInteractive FictionCutePoint & ClickDetectiveAdventureChoose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelText-Based
-30%$2.09死亡编码-Death Code
Dec 8 · 橙光游戏
Both: Interactive Fiction · Detective · Puzzle
Death Code is a battle royale genre. It tells the story of Lin Mohuai, a female protagonist with amnesia, who wakes up to find herself involved in an eight-person battle royale game. Everyone is given a code, and the way to win is to kill the player whose number is plus one.
RPGInteractive FictionVisual NovelMysteryDetectiveCasualStory RichMultiple EndingsStrategyPuzzle
$14.99The Divine Deception
Dec 3 · Themisian
Both: Interactive Fiction · Choose Your Own Adventure · Female Protagonist
The Divine Deception awaits you in Panthea. Will you be able to find the truth? Deduce, brainstorm, fight, and hack your ways through obstacles. But remember: Panthea's story is a game to be bet on. Nothing more.
Visual NovelGamblingInteractive FictionInvestigationChoose Your Own AdventureFemale ProtagonistStrategyNoirStory RichDetective
$5.99Rainy Butcher
Oct 31 · Genunie Studio, 傅真
Both: Interactive Fiction · Puzzle · Hand-drawn
On rainy nights, the serial murderer is on a killing spree. This scares everyone but one girl, the journalist who keeps digging for a promotion. Dauntless, she gets involved deep and wide, hoping to discover the real identify of the rainy night butcher.
AdventureRPGInteractive FictionVisual NovelPuzzle2D Platformer2.5DHand-drawnCinematicMystery
FreeEmily is Away
Nov 20 · Kyle Seeley
Both: Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction · Choose Your Own Adventure
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
Free to PlayStory RichChoices MatterSingleplayerIndieInteractive FictionSimulationRetroCasualChoose Your Own Adventure👍 365
$14.99Mindcop
Nov 14 · Andre Gareis
Both: Detective · Hand-drawn · Puzzle
Mindcop is a non-linear „whodunnit“ detective game. It mixes a story driven adventure with real-time puzzle gaming. As the infamous Mindcop, you can dive into the minds of your suspects to uncover their secrets and unravel their lies.
AdventureDetectiveHand-drawnMysteryTime ManagementPuzzleNonlinearNoirMatch 3Story Rich👍 413
$9.99你与月光同罪-As Guilty As the Moon
Jul 26 · 橙光游戏
Both: Interactive Fiction · Detective · Puzzle
This is a realistic + survival oriented work. The murder of a girl in a ride-hailing service two years ago, brought your 12 fates back together. You wake up in a strange room, and things are getting weird around you. In the fog, not everything you see is the truth. Is everything real or unreal?
RPGInteractive FictionVisual NovelAdventureStrategyMysteryDetectivePuzzleStory RichMultiple Endings
-25%$2.24Miss Peach
Oct 4 · 哐哐Team
Both: Puzzle · Detective · Choices Matter
《Miss Peach》is a simple pixel puzzle game,There's not even a key or password here,I believe it will not be difficult for you.
PuzzleDetectiveStealthPixel GraphicsChoices MatterTime ManagementChoose Your Own AdventureSide ScrollerFemale ProtagonistStrategy
$4.99Arcane Investigations
Apr 18 · What's All That Racket
Both: Detective · Puzzle · Hand-drawn
It's after midnight on the Quartzway Express, and there's been a MAGICAL CRIME! Investigate the crime scene, question suspects, and defend the accused through unique cross-examination puzzles in this "Phoenix Wright" inspired mystery comedy.
Visual NovelDetectivePuzzlePoint & ClickFunnyHand-drawn2DStory RichCuteFantasy
-40%$8.99Murders on the Yangtze River
Jan 30 · OMEGAMES STUDIO
Both: Detective · Puzzle
"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.
DetectivePuzzleAdventureStory RichIndieMysteryExplorationPuzzle PlatformerInvestigationLogic👍 15,841
$7.99GRUNND
Jan 26 · SEKTAHOUSE
Both: Interactive Fiction · Puzzle · Detective
You fell asleep on the train... Now a strange town, fully voice-acted characters, and choices that reshape the mystery stand between you and home.
MysteryInteractive FictionPuzzleDetectivePoint & ClickInvestigationVisual Novel2.5DNoirStory Rich
$7.99Twin Mind: Nobody's Here Collector's Edition
Nov 28 · Do Games Limited
Both: Puzzle · Interactive Fiction · Female Protagonist
Science has never been more dangerous! Death is in the air... Sounds pretty ominous, doesn't it? Help the twin detectives solve a new case!
Hidden ObjectPuzzleInteractive FictionPoint & ClickFemale Protagonist2DNoirDetectivePsychological HorrorHorror
$4.99Art of Murder - FBI Confidential
Jul 13 · City Interactive S.A.
Both: Detective · Female Protagonist
Become Nicole Bonnet: a young female FBI agent and accept the challenge! Who is the murderer? A psychopath or maybe a meticulous and intelligent man? To solve the mystery you have to start thinking like the felon.
AdventurePoint & ClickDetectiveFemale ProtagonistMystery👍 201
-67%$9.89Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Jun 29 · CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Both: Puzzle · Detective
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, the classic puzzle-solving mystery adventure directed by Ace Attorney creator Shu Takumi, is back! This long-awaited HD remaster features upgraded visuals and sound and new gallery content.
PuzzleAdventureMysteryStory RichDetectiveActionSingleplayerVisual NovelAction-AdventureAnime👍 6,434
-60%$3.99Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™
Aug 3 · Psyop
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter
Welcome to Murderer’s Island. Your companions: four dead-sexy Killers who, underneath their murderous exteriors, just want a little romance. Flirt your way into their hearts, uncovering dark twists along the way. Will you find true love, forge friendships… or get hacked to death?
Dating SimPsychological HorrorVisual NovelChoose Your Own AdventureRomance2DText-BasedAnimeChoices MatterComedy👍 6,039
-60%$3.99CaseCracker
Dec 19 · BlackRobe
Both: Detective · Puzzle
No flashy visuals, just pure mental gymnastics. Actively search, cross-reference, and unravel the truth from a complex database. In this hardcore text-based deduction game, the devil is always in the details. Detective, are you ready?
Text-BasedDetectivePuzzlePsychological HorrorHackingRPGWord GameStory Rich2DSimulation👍 3,314
$11.99STAY
May 16 · Appnormals Team
Both: Choices Matter · Puzzle · Choose Your Own Adventure
Award-winning, innovative puzzle-adventure. By communicating through your PC, you must help a kidnapped man escape captivity - in real-time. While you sleep, he is alone. When you return to your PC he has hope. Your encouragement and advice will be the difference between his salvation or despair.
IndieAdventureChoices MatterStory RichPuzzlePixel GraphicsThrillerHorrorChoose Your Own AdventureDark👍 468
$9.99Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
May 22 · Happy Broccoli Games
Both: Detective
You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!
CasualDetectiveAdventureInvestigationShortCuteIndieNoirMysterySingleplayer👍 2,574
$14.99Murder On Space Station 52
Sep 25 · Made From Strings
Both: Detective · Puzzle · Hand-drawn
Trapped on a space station with the Keychain Killer you must unravel this mystery, or it will be your last. Collect evidence, interrogate suspects and solve puzzles to stand a chance.
ExplorationNoirDetectivePuzzleSci-fiPoint & ClickCyberpunkHand-drawnAdventureStory Rich
$24.99Scene Investigators
Oct 24 · EQ Studios
Both: Detective · Puzzle
A hardcore deductive reasoning game for fans of the “true crime” genre. Only by unraveling the logic and grasping at the motivations behind each case can the crimes be completely solved. Perfect as a social-style mystery fiction.
InvestigationDetectiveMysteryPuzzleLogicCrimeRealisticExplorationImmersive SimAtmospheric👍 961