The Best Detective Games for Mac OS - Page 5

Update : The Rise of the Golden Idol added at rank #1.
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Another Lost Phone (2017)

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Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Explore the social life of Laura in this spiritual sequel to A Normal Lost Phone.


  • casual
  • detective
  • puzzle
  • interactive
  • short
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • story
  • narration
  • in-depth
  • puzzling
  • visual-novel
  • replay-value
  • fps

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Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases (2021)

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Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

Discover an untold crime story from the mysterious youth of the famous detective Hercule Poirot.


  • detective
  • mystery
  • investigation
  • crime
  • visual-novel
  • isometric
  • story
  • conversation

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Beat Cop (2017)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Linux Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

A retro, pixel art style adventure in New York, inspired by 80’s cop shows. You are Jack Kelly and you’ve been framed into murder. Now as a regular beat cop you have to find out, who did that. Expect thick crime story, a lot of black humour and all the other things you can find on the streets of Brooklyn.


  • detective
  • pixel
  • local
  • retro
  • crime
  • boss
  • 1980s
  • old-school
  • point-and-click
  • dash

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Night Call (2019)

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PC Windows Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Mac OS

As the game progresses, the Messenger gains new abilities such as climbing walls, gliding in the air, long-range shuriken attacks, and using a grappling hook to propel himself through obstacles and enemies. By collecting Time Shards earned by defeating enemies or hitting lamps, the player can purchase additional upgrades such as health bonuses or extra attack moves. If the player dies, however, a demon named Quarble will appear and automatically claim any Time Shards the player collects as payment for a short amount of time.


  • detective
  • mystery
  • noir
  • non-linear
  • visual-novel
  • simulation
  • second-person
  • dialogue-driven
  • platform
  • narrative
  • narration
  • hand-drawn

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Desolatium (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5

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

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The Darkside Detective Duology (2017)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Playstation 5 l

Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.

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  • detective
  • point-and-click
  • comedy
  • supernatural
  • pixel
  • humor
  • lovecraftian
  • mystery
  • story
  • funny
  • 1980s
  • dark
  • retro
  • 1990s
  • cartoony

47

Guilty Parade (2021)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

One war. Two sides of a military conflict. Which side will you choose if you take a look at the world from both sides of the conflict? Whom will you support and whom will you destroy if some are fighting for an uncertain future, while others are for a peaceful present?

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  • visual-novel
  • point-and-click
  • detective
  • choices
  • multiple-endings
  • anime
  • war
  • wartime
  • mystery
  • story
  • stylized
  • atmospheric
  • hand-drawn
  • violent
  • comedy

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Soulslayer (2017)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

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

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Greyhat - A Digital Detective Adventure (2020)

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PC Windows Mac OS

How far would you go to save your daughter? As an infamous hacker-for-hire you have the skills to steal almost any secret. But when your daughter is taken, will you be able to use these skills to uncover a dark conspiracy that goes further than you could ever imagine?

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  • thriller
  • hacking
  • immersive
  • crime
  • investigation
  • logic
  • detective
  • mystery
  • point-and-click
  • conspiracy
  • puzzle
  • emotional
  • multi-mission
  • story
  • narrative

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The Innsmouth Case (2020)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Mac OS Playstation 4 IOS iPhone Xbox One

The Innsmouth Case is a choose-your-own-adventure game inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and the very first text-based adventure to combine horror and comedy in a fit and proper way.

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  • choices
  • lovecraftian
  • detective
  • text
  • horror
  • multiple-endings
  • visual-novel
  • adventure
  • mystery
  • comedy
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • combine
  • speculative
  • novel

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