The Best Detective Games

Update : Between Horizons added at rank #1.
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Between Horizons (2024)

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Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.


  • detective
  • sci-fi
  • narration
  • futuristic
  • pixel
  • dynamic
  • point-and-click
  • investigation
  • lore
  • conversation
  • multiple-endings
  • 2.5d
  • fiction
  • conspiracy
  • scroller

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Unsolved Case: Ash and Secrets (2024)

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Follow the trail of a mysterious amulet, expose deep-rooted corruption, and confront powerful adversaries who will stop at nothing to protect their secrets!


  • detective
  • hidden-object
  • crime
  • point-and-click
  • choices
  • multiple-endings
  • thriller
  • investigation
  • logic
  • innovative
  • 2d
  • first-person
  • truck
  • inventory
  • dark

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On Your Tail (2024)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

A cozy detective adventure where you play as a vacation-bound writer who stumbles upon an idyllic town plagued by an enigmatic thief. Crack the case in this charming seaside town, build relationships, and unravel secrets in a world full of quirky characters and heartwarming stories.

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  • mystery
  • simulation
  • fishing
  • detective
  • cozy
  • life
  • cooking
  • investigation
  • crime
  • romance
  • immersive
  • story
  • narrative
  • open-world
  • adventure

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Shadows of Truth VR (2024)

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As a detective you need to find clues and plotted them in your mind and got close to the answers, but things took different turn someone is chasing you in your nightmares and it keeps coming! Back in reality someone else is also trying to reach to John. You need to escape and get to the answers!


  • horror
  • vr
  • noir
  • detective
  • hidden-object
  • investigation
  • crime
  • mystery
  • logic
  • dark
  • action-adventure
  • realistic
  • futuristic
  • first-person
  • conspiracy

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Enigma of Fear (2024)

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Become Mia, a paranormal detective searching for her missing father inside the Perimeter - a place that doesn't exist. Investigate clues like a real detective and unravel the mysteries behind the Enigma of Fear, defeating the terrible monsters who'll try to stop you.

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  • investigation
  • mystery
  • dog
  • detective
  • supernatural
  • survival-horror
  • visual-novel
  • travel
  • multiple-endings
  • open-world
  • pixel
  • music
  • time
  • isometric
  • hand-drawn

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Neon Blood (2024)

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

Viridis, year 2053. Growing inequality drives Bright City and Blind City further and further apart until idealistic detective Axel McCoin starts a revolution to change the world in this fast-paced cyberpunk adventure.


  • cyberpunk
  • japanese
  • detective
  • rpg
  • 2.5d
  • quick-time-event
  • noir
  • pixel
  • investigation
  • turn-based
  • jrpg
  • crime
  • story
  • sci-fi
  • combat

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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!


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

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Mindcop (2024)

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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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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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