The Best Detective Games for Xbox Series X - Page 4

Update : The Darkest Files added at rank #10.
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Murder Is Game Over: Streaming Death (2023)

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Embark on a thrilling pixel art adventure with Detective Guy & Cleo as they solve a mysterious murder. Explore an eerie seaside village, search for clues, interview suspects, and unravel the truth in this whodunit mystery.


  • detective
  • scroller
  • walking-simulator
  • hidden-object
  • fiction
  • dog
  • point-and-click
  • historical
  • visual-novel
  • choices
  • linear
  • interactive
  • exploration
  • horror
  • logic

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Backbone (2021)

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Backbone is a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.


  • detective
  • dystopian
  • pixel
  • adventure
  • narrative
  • mystery
  • puzzle
  • conspiracy
  • noir
  • point-and-click
  • stealth
  • post-noir

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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.


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

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Outbreak The Fedora Files: What Lydia Knows (2024)

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Something is foul in the city of Cypress Ridge. Uncover the truth in this narrative rich visual novel taking place just moments before a full blown undead epidemic.


  • dark
  • america
  • comic
  • humor
  • 1990s
  • visual-novel
  • fiction
  • detective
  • emotional
  • book
  • hand-drawn
  • cartoony
  • interactive
  • anime
  • drama

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Arsene Lupin Once a Thief (2024)

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Discover the youth of a legend - Experience the transformation of Arsene Lupin, from whimsical thief to legendary hero, in 'Arsene Lupin - Once a Thief', an adventure and investigation game freely adapted from the works of Maurice Leblanc, with its events unfolding in the early 20th century.


  • text
  • point-and-click
  • visual-novel
  • investigation
  • colourful
  • detective
  • crime
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • adventure
  • historical
  • puzzle
  • stealth
  • narration
  • mystery

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RE: CALL (2023)

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Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One

Memories are malleable and changing them will modify the present. Tackle mind-bending puzzles that rely on altering your own recollections to shape the future.


  • dynamic
  • detective
  • conversation
  • logic
  • choices
  • narration
  • thriller
  • investigation
  • emotional
  • japanese
  • pixel
  • illuminati
  • crime
  • psychological
  • jrpg

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To Hell With The Ugly (2023)

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

To Hell with the Ugly is an adventure game where you play as Rock Bailey, a gorgeous yet shallow young man, who must investigate and fight his way to freedom after being kidnapped. Alternate between turn-based combats and investigation in this film noir adaptation of the novel by Boris Vian.


  • noir
  • detective
  • point-and-click
  • investigation
  • turn-based
  • fiction
  • humor
  • narration
  • combat
  • conspiracy
  • mystery
  • stylized
  • interactive
  • dark
  • comedy

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DETECTIVE - Stella Porta case (2023)

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DETECTIVE: Stella Porta Case, puts you in the shoes of a detective who investigates three strange disappearances. In all cases there is a contract signed by the disappeared, that contract is from an organization called "Stella Porta".


  • deduction
  • social
  • investigation
  • detective
  • crime
  • immersive
  • fiction
  • conspiracy
  • cinematic
  • assassin
  • drama
  • interactive
  • mystery
  • realistic
  • controller-support

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Unsolved Case: Killer Popularity (2024)

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j Playstation 5 PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

Criminals have discovered tons of innovative ways to keep a low profile. Your move, Detective!


  • dynamic
  • detective
  • crime
  • choices
  • episodic
  • narration
  • dark
  • investigation
  • drama
  • mystery
  • hidden-object
  • 2d
  • multiple-endings
  • casual
  • point-and-click

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The Isle Tide Hotel (2023)

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Explore a mysterious hotel and infiltrate a cult in this FMV detective game, featuring a cast from GoT, The Witcher, and more. Every decision counts as you gather clues and question guests. Can you unearth the ominous secrets at The Isle Tide Hotel before it's too late to save your missing daughter?


  • choices
  • fmv
  • lore
  • detective
  • mystery
  • interactive
  • fiction
  • cult
  • point-and-click
  • nonlinear
  • immersive
  • thriller
  • visual-novel
  • narrative
  • crime

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