Games like CaseCracker3
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CaseCracker2 and CaseCracker play most like CaseCracker3. Of the 17 closest games below, most share its puzzle and detective; 5 came out in the last year and 13 are free or under $10. The best known is Unheard - Voices of Crime, with 31,028 Steam reviews.
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CaseCracker2
May 16, 2024 · BlackRobe
Both: Detective · Mystery · Immersive Sim
Officer Jia has vanished, leaving a classified message pointing to the CaseCracker 2.0 system. Tear through suspects' alibis, look beyond the text, and extract hidden threads from seemingly unrelated intel. Will you find the ultimate truth, or a trap?
DetectiveMysteryImmersive SimWord GameStory RichLogicText-BasedTypingSingleplayerSimulation👍 760CaseCracker
Dec 19, 2022 · BlackRobe
Both: Text-Based · 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👍 3,322Scene Investigators
Oct 24, 2023 · EQ Studios
Both: Detective · Mystery · 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👍 963No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Jan 17, 2024 · Somi
Both: Puzzle · Point & Click · Text-Based
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👍 10,375The Operator
Jul 22, 2024 · Bureau 81
Both: Detective · Puzzle · Immersive Sim
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
DetectiveInvestigationConspiracyPuzzleAtmosphericImmersive SimMysteryThrillerSimulationCrime👍 8,522智探
Aug 12 · Horo_tech3
Both: Typing · Immersive Sim · Word Game
An AI-powered detective mystery where you question suspects in your own words. Investigate scenes, collect evidence, compare testimony, expose contradictions, and solve each case through your own reasoning.
TypingExplorationRPGCRPGChoose Your Own AdventureImmersive SimInteractive FictionWord GamePuzzle2DUnheard - Voices of Crime
Mar 28, 2019 · NEXT Studios
Both: Detective · Mystery · 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👍 31,028Desktop Explorer
Jul 17 · Recurring Dream
Both: Point & Click · Puzzle · Detective
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Psychological HorrorPoint & ClickPuzzleInvestigationDetective1990'sSimulationMysteryInteractive FictionAdventure👍 2,157Interrogation Simulator
Oct 31, 2022 · Otis Miller
Both: Immersive Sim · Puzzle · Word Game
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Choose Your Own AdventureImmersive SimInteractive FictionPuzzleVisual NovelWord GameCrimeInvestigationPoint & ClickRPGThe Case of the Golden Idol
Oct 13, 2022 · Color Gray Games
Both: Mystery · Detective · Puzzle
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
MysteryDetectiveInvestigationPuzzleConspiracyPoint & ClickStory Rich2DThrillerInteractive Fiction👍 9,805Her Story
Jun 24, 2015 · Sam Barlow
Both: Typing · Detective · Puzzle
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
InvestigationTypingInteractive FictionDetectiveChoose Your Own AdventurePuzzleExplorationFMVCrimeVisual Novel👍 8,377Turlock Holmes
Feb 21, 2024 · Find the Lamp Games
Both: Puzzle · Detective · Mystery
A detective narrative puzzler without pre-set options! Raise your questions at will, and an AI-host will answer only with 'yes' or 'no.' Drive the investigation with your curiosity; the path to solving the mystery lies in questions you ask. Can you dig out the truth through your questions?
PuzzleDetectiveCrimeMysteryPsychological HorrorWord GameStory RichStrategyPoint & Click2D👍 899Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
Jan 12 · BRANE, Lorenzo Boni
Both: Detective · Puzzle · Mystery
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
AdventureConspiracyDetectiveInvestigationPuzzleMysteryPoint & ClickInteractive Fiction2DLogic👍 719Crossword City Chronicles
Jan 25, 2021 · Trailblazer Games
Both: Word Game · Text-Based · Detective
Play as a 1950s reporter investigating crimes by using your word building skills to interview, interrogate, convince, deceive & debate your way to a solution! Draw letters tiles onto a rack, then place them on the board to make a word that connects with those already placed to advance the plot.
Word GameSpellingCasualText-BasedSingleplayerDetectiveInvestigationMysteryPuzzleStory RichA Case of Fraud
Nov 10, 2025 · Hesperus Games
Both: Detective · Mystery · Puzzle
A short, non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.
DetectiveInvestigationMysteryPuzzlePoint & ClickCrimeLogicNonlinearIndieAdventure👍 542System Clues
10 days ago · CipherStudios
Both: Immersive Sim · Typing
You pick up a laptop on the roadside. Boot it, log in, read emails, scroll chat logs — and NexusCore scandals surface: financial fraud, employee surveillance, an AI performance system. Will you stay a bystander, dig in, or gather evidence yourself? Every keystroke reshapes the fate of the world.
HackingImmersive SimSimulationCRPGInvestigationTypingCrimePsychological HorrorSatireMemes
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Shadows of Doubt
Sep 26, 2024 · ColePowered Games
Both: Detective · Immersive Sim
Take on the role of a private investigator in this immersive detective simulator. Solve murders and other crimes in a procedurally generated and persistent city where every NPC lives and breathes their own independent lives. Find the killer quickly… or they will kill again!
DetectiveImmersive SimSandboxNoirVoxelProcedural GenerationStealthOpen WorldFirst-PersonSingleplayer👍 14,670
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