The Best Detective Games

Update : Loco Motive added at rank #1.
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Loco Motive (2024)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

On the Reuss Express a passenger has been murdered, and you’re the prime suspects. Uncover a thrilling mystery and solve satisfying point and click puzzles to prove your innocence! A slapstick adventure, packed full of deadly surprises, shocking twists and larger than life characters!


  • investigation
  • trains
  • detective
  • point-and-click
  • comedy
  • mystery
  • noir
  • crime
  • pixel
  • text
  • funny
  • adventure
  • linear
  • puzzle
  • cartoony

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Mindcop (2024)

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Playstation 5 PC Windows Nintendo Switch j

Mindcop is a non-linear „whodunnit“ detective game. It mixes a story driven adventure with real-time puzzle gaming. As the infamous Mindcop, you can dive into the minds of your suspects to uncover their secrets and unravel their lies.

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  • detective
  • match-three
  • nonlinear
  • noir
  • time-management
  • hand-drawn
  • investigation
  • psychedelic
  • point-and-click
  • mystery
  • supernatural
  • puzzle
  • fiction
  • choices
  • story

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The Rise of the Golden Idol (2024)

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Nintendo Switch j IOS iPhone Android PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X Mac OS

The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.


  • detective
  • mystery
  • crime
  • puzzle
  • conspiracy
  • point-and-click
  • investigation
  • pixel
  • narrative

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Shadows of Doubt (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5

An immersive sandbox detective stealth game set in a fully simulated sci-fi noir city of crime and corruption. Think like a private investigator and take on jobs to earn cash on your path to catching a serial killer. If you don’t catch them - they will kill again…


  • detective
  • procedural
  • sandbox
  • voxel
  • noir
  • simulation
  • stealth
  • cyberpunk
  • crime
  • immersive
  • first-person
  • open-world
  • simulated

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Nobody Wants to Die (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X/s Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 j

Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective James Karra who risks it all in pursuit of a serial killer targeting the city’s elite.

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  • detective
  • off-the-book
  • thriller
  • crime
  • cyberpunk
  • dystopian
  • transhumanism
  • noir
  • interactive
  • philosophical
  • manipulation
  • time
  • conversation
  • narrative
  • investigation

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Mystery Detective Adventure (2024)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Android Nintendo Switch

Mystical events haunt locals. Conduct your own investigation to uncover the truth. “Mystery Detective Adventure” is an adventure game in the genre of Hidden Objects, with plenty of mini-games and puzzles, unforgettable characters and complicated quests.


  • detective
  • fmv
  • point-and-click
  • hidden-object
  • casual
  • puzzle
  • adventure
  • hand-drawn
  • dark

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DETECTIVE - Minerva case (2024)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 PC Windows j

DETECTIVE Minerva Case is a crime deduction and solving game, with an adult and original story. Visit the crime scene, look for all the evidence and understand what happened.

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  • detective
  • crime
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • investigation
  • immersive
  • fiction
  • hidden-object
  • philosophical
  • simulation
  • narration
  • point-and-click
  • assassin
  • interactive
  • 3d

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Duck Detective: The Secret Salami (2024)

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Android) (IOS iPhone Xbox Series X Xbox One Mac OS Linux Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox Series X/s

Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open, in a narrative mystery adventure where nothing is quite as it seems.


  • detective
  • mystery
  • noir
  • sausage
  • investigation
  • short
  • point-and-click
  • cute
  • puzzle
  • isometric

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Spy Guy Hidden Objects (2024)

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Venture out on a colorful and hand-drawn adventure with Spy Guy! Travel between cities in search of clues and don't let the bad guys get away with the treasures! Will you manage to find them all? Explore the detective world of the bravest Treflik the detective and help him save Treflik City.

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  • detective
  • investigation
  • collectathon
  • comic
  • 2.5d
  • hidden-object
  • board-game
  • point-and-click
  • education
  • fiction
  • family-friendly
  • secret
  • linear
  • relaxing
  • cartoony

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Trust No One (2024)

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

You'll need to think outside more than just the box. In "Trust No One,” a point-and-click detective adventure, you play as a journalist who tries to unravel a web of secrets about a mysterious AI-company. Explore the nooks and alleyways of Kyiv to discover the identity of your informant.


  • detective
  • point-and-click
  • conspiracy
  • investigation
  • logic
  • philosophical
  • conversation
  • hand-drawn
  • dystopian
  • minimalist
  • adventure
  • sci-fi
  • story
  • exploration
  • cartoony

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