The Best Crime Games for Linux

Update : GENBA no Kizuna added at rank #9.
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The Sin (2021)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

The depressing pictures of a dying village and its inhabitants to the dark ambient music of the underground performers make those who are still trying to survive in places where everything has long died, to plunge even deeper into the world of mystical horror and deep despair

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  • idler
  • horror
  • crime
  • psychological
  • fiction
  • visual-novel
  • text
  • empire
  • mythology
  • narration
  • detective
  • demons
  • thriller
  • management
  • hand-drawn

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Interrogation: You Will Be Deceived (2019)

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Linux Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS

As a police detective tasked with bringing down a dangerous terrorist group, you fight on two fronts: interrogating suspects & managing your team and its reputation. With time running out, how far will you go to stop these criminals? Manipulation, threats or even torture? Does the end justify the means?


  • detective
  • political
  • noir
  • crime
  • psychological
  • story
  • visual-novel
  • choices
  • mature
  • fiction
  • book
  • comic
  • dark
  • manipulation
  • realistic

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This Is the Police (2016)

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Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone

This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse?


  • crime
  • management
  • strategy
  • political
  • simulation
  • detective

4

The Final Act (2024)

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Linux PC Windows ds

The Final Act is a mix of visual novel and puzzle game where you assist writer Rebecca Carter in overcoming her writer's block by crafting the perfect murder plot for her novel. Solve intricate puzzles, adjust crime scenes, and navigate immersive storytelling to uncover the perfect crime.

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  • dynamic
  • visual-novel
  • crime
  • emotional
  • fiction
  • detective
  • narration
  • hidden-object
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • mystery
  • first-person
  • anime
  • interactive
  • casual

5

Little Locked Rooms (2024)

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Linux PC Windows

Grab your magnifying glass and peek inside a series of tiny dioramas filled with crimes and carefully crafted mysteries! Think outside the box and solve them all in this new brand of detective game!

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  • investigation
  • detective
  • visual-novel
  • anime
  • mystery
  • text
  • logic
  • crime
  • story
  • 3d
  • relaxing
  • single-player
  • point-and-click
  • funny

6

This Is the Police 2 (2018)

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Interpret the law as you see fit! Run the sheriff’s department, manage your cops, make tough decisions – and try to keep out of prison yourself – in this story-driven mixture of adventure, strategy, and turn-based tactical combat.


  • crime
  • management
  • strategy
  • tactical
  • turn-based
  • drama
  • simulation
  • narrative
  • squad
  • detective
  • stealth
  • police
  • story
  • political

7

9 Clues 2: The Ward (2014)

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Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Xbox One Linux Mac OS PC Windows Windows Phone / Windows 10 Mobile

Solve the mystery of Mnemosyne Asylum!


  • crime
  • crime-scene
  • puzzle
  • detective
  • adventure
  • hidden-object
  • point-and-click
  • 1950s
  • horror
  • spine-tingling
  • psychological
  • difficult
  • graphic
  • casual
  • villain

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Chains of Judgment (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Homicide detective Ralph is distraught when his trusted, reliable partner goes missing around the same time strange killings begin to take place. While solving the case, Ralph is paired up with an impish rookie he can't get along with.

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  • fiction
  • crime
  • point-and-click
  • detective
  • text
  • visual-novel
  • investigation
  • interactive
  • anime
  • simulation
  • casual
  • drama
  • mystery
  • conversation
  • choices

9

GENBA no Kizuna (2024)

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A Mesozoic murder mystery, 4 suspects, 1 truth. Investigate, interrogate and present evidence as you set out to unravel the case with your team. Will you be able to accurately determine who took the victim's life? Or will your deductions lead you to arrest someone for a crime they did not commit...?

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  • investigation
  • detective
  • crime
  • dinosaurs
  • blood
  • logic
  • visual-novel
  • fiction
  • narration
  • mystery
  • interactive
  • gore
  • anime
  • story
  • multiple-endings

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The Raven (2018)

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Linux Xbox 360 Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 Mac OS PC Windows

London, 1964. An ancient ruby is stolen from the British Museum. At the crime scene: a raven feather. Is somebody trying to follow in the footsteps of The Raven, the legendary master thief who disappeared years before?


  • crime
  • detective
  • point-and-click
  • mystery
  • novel
  • noir
  • adventure
  • heist
  • must-play

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