The Best Investigation Games - Page 2

Update : Enigma of Fear added at rank #10.
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Escape Machine City (2021)

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PC Windows Android IOS iPhone

- A next level escape game with stunning 3D graphics and visual effects!. Discover a strangely unique machine world that is trapped on a high cliff in a desolated wasteland.


  • puzzle
  • investigation
  • steampunk
  • hidden-object
  • point-and-click
  • mystery
  • logic
  • 3d
  • escape
  • linear
  • retro-futuristic
  • room
  • atmospheric
  • first-person
  • adventure

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Boxville (2022)

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Linux IOS iPhone (IOS iPhone) m Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone Playstation 4 Android

Boxville is an adventure puzzle game about speechless cans living in the city of boxes and drawing doodles on cardboards to tell the stories. Made in Ukraine.


  • logic
  • emotional
  • point-and-click
  • hand-drawn
  • investigation
  • family-friendly
  • puzzle
  • relaxing
  • cartoony
  • experiences
  • colourful
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • adventure
  • story

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Noch (2023)

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Android PC Windows

Go alone (or with a friend) to find the girl who destroyed the world. An ominous surreal first-person adventure full of dangerous monsters and secrets of the deceased world


  • gothic
  • hunting
  • off-road
  • investigation
  • post-apocalyptic
  • survival-horror
  • thriller
  • demons
  • dark
  • sandbox
  • atmospheric
  • 3d
  • survival
  • story
  • exploration

14

Hard Time III (2024)

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IOS iPhone Android PC Windows Nintendo Switch

The toughest prison sim in the yard is back to serve its 3rd consecutive sentence - combining classic moments from the OG with the best aspects of 2D, while putting out a few hits of its own! Tackle crime from either side of the prison fence, while a larger world beyond it makes life worth living.


  • crime
  • humor
  • wrestling
  • simulation
  • customization
  • life
  • character
  • gun
  • sentence-combining
  • investigation
  • conversation
  • dark
  • crafting
  • choices
  • open-world

15

Meridian 157: Chapter 2 (2020)

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Android IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS

Trapped deep underground on a lost and forgotten island, David’s priority shifts from finding answers about the mystery surrounding him, to surviving the crisis he now finds himself trapped in. It’s now up to you to find an escape from the 157th meridian, but be warned, as escape may not be so easy


  • puzzle
  • investigation
  • point-and-click
  • hidden-object
  • adventure
  • thriller
  • mystery
  • casual
  • realistic
  • horror
  • 2d
  • challenging
  • exploration

16

Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County (2022)

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PC Windows Mac OS

You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery in the wild west.

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  • detective
  • mystery
  • short
  • comedy
  • funny
  • sequel
  • investigation
  • colourful
  • cute
  • walking-simulator
  • point-and-click
  • amphibian
  • crime
  • soundtrack
  • relaxing

17

Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood (2021)

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Scarlet Hood must lead a hapless Munchkin troupe through the Wicked Wood. Too bad the Black Witch, LeFaba, doesn't take too kindly to strangers gallivanting in her domain. Our fledgling witch soon realizes she's reliving the same day. Can she overcome the disaster that awaits at every turn?


  • investigation
  • fiction
  • visual-novel
  • comic
  • scroller
  • adventure
  • interactive
  • puzzle
  • endings
  • cartoony
  • book
  • horror
  • stylized
  • story
  • text

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The Case of the Golden Idol - Golden Idol Mysteries: The Spider of Lanka (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

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  • conspiracy
  • investigation
  • crime
  • mystery
  • detective
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • choices
  • dark
  • puzzle
  • narrative
  • story
  • pixel
  • point-and-click
  • historical

19

House (2020)

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

Explore the HOUSE, remember it & spot the changes !


  • horror
  • building
  • investigation
  • walking-simulator
  • simulation
  • gore
  • illustration
  • design
  • single-player
  • first-person
  • dark
  • atmospheric
  • detective
  • pixel
  • relaxing

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Board Kings: Board dice games (2022)

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early access Android IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS

Collect, cook and win big!. Win the biggest prizes in the game!.


  • lovecraftian
  • investigation
  • battler
  • card
  • travel
  • immersive
  • board-game
  • rpg
  • pixel
  • strategy
  • time
  • anime
  • third-person
  • story

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