The Best Detective Games for Linux - Page 5

Update : Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle, Chapter IV: Sacred Feathers added at rank #41.
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Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle, Chapter IV: Sacred Feathers (2025)

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NINA AQUILA is back for her brightest, boldest, most magical adventure yet!

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  • investigation
  • crime
  • detective
  • visual-novel
  • fiction
  • anime
  • logic
  • magic
  • interactive
  • story
  • drama
  • comedy
  • funny
  • 2d
  • mystery

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Desolatium (2023)

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DESOLATIUM is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.

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  • horror
  • point-and-click
  • psychological
  • lovecraftian
  • mystery
  • narration
  • multiple-endings
  • detective
  • choices
  • investigation
  • visual-novel
  • thriller
  • adventure
  • first-person
  • exploration

43

Soulslayer (2017)

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An exciting adventure in a story of ancient Chinese setting.Visual Novel with multiple endings to explore.

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  • visual-novel
  • detective
  • casual
  • adventure

44

The Final Act (2024)

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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

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For a long time, I built plans to steal a boy at work and didn't dare to do it, but I happened to get him, so now I can do all sorts of T H I N G S with hima (2024)

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Watching my attractive colleague from work, I didn't even notice how I woke up at her house. Only the duct tape over my mouth and the heaviness in my legs bother me a little. I hope this is just a joke and she won't do A N Y T H I N G to me…

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  • romance
  • horror
  • visual-novel
  • psychological
  • comedy
  • detective
  • minimalist
  • hand-drawn
  • surreal
  • abstract
  • anime
  • psychedelic
  • multiple-endings
  • 2d
  • atmospheric

46

Paper Perjury (2024)

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It all started with a simple robbery. When that thread was pulled, a tapestry of mysteries was revealed. Solve cases and outsmart criminals in a detective story full of lies, confessions, and maybe even a murder or two.

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  • visual-novel
  • detective
  • mystery
  • point-and-click
  • crime
  • truth-telling
  • pixel
  • logic
  • attorney
  • investigation
  • anime
  • 2d
  • socio-economy
  • story
  • puzzle

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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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Dr. What & Detective Son (2024)

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Join Dr. What and Detective Son on an exhilarating journey through mind-bending puzzles and perplexing mysteries in this immersive logic game! With multiple levels to conquer, sharpen your deductive skills and unravel intricate cases.

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  • text
  • logic
  • puzzle
  • detective
  • casual
  • adventure
  • mind-bending
  • mystery
  • colourful
  • 2d

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Chains of Judgment (2024)

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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

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Detective Penguin (2025)

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Detective Penguin is the first and only physics-and-penguin-based detective game on the market. Solve cases in your own way. Interrogate suspects, find clues, or use your flippers to punch your way to the answers.

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  • assassins
  • heavy
  • dialogue
  • dark
  • detective
  • noir
  • investigation
  • humor
  • conspiracy
  • cinematic
  • emotional
  • fiction
  • cartoony
  • interactive
  • comedy

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