The Best Investigation Games - Page 4

Update : Loco Motive added at rank #36.
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Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery (2019)

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Mac OS PC Windows Android

- Hints for bonus chapter. - Fixed lots of small bugs. - Hinted at some of the problems in the previous chapter.


  • investigation
  • logic
  • detective
  • point-and-click
  • mystery
  • hidden-object
  • modern
  • narration
  • mystery-puzzle
  • stylized
  • isometric
  • puzzle
  • linear
  • exploration
  • mech

32

Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders (2019)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch Mac OS PC Windows

A thrilling point-and-click adventure game where you play as Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator, as he tracks a serial killer in the heart of the Tang Dynasty's capital city.


  • detective
  • point-and-click
  • conversation
  • historical
  • investigation
  • pixel
  • fiction
  • interactive
  • minimalist
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • linear
  • narrative
  • story
  • crime

33

Eville (2022)

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Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows

Betray your friends- and lie your way to victory. Inspired by popular multiplayer social-deduction party games such as Werewolves and Among Us, this is a new take on the concept with realtime gameplay and interaction.


  • deduction
  • social
  • werewolves
  • investigation
  • diplomacy
  • conversation
  • cooperative
  • pvp
  • party
  • assassin
  • cartoony
  • colourful

34

Meridian 157: Chapter 3 (2021)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS

You have ventured this far, now there is no turning back. Uncover the island’s dark history by travelling through crumbling caverns and mysterious laboratories, but be warned, some may not be too welcoming of your presence…

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  • exploration
  • cinematic
  • point-and-click
  • puzzle
  • lovecraftian
  • hidden-object
  • investigation
  • adventure
  • atmospheric
  • casual
  • detective
  • realistic
  • survival-horror
  • challenging
  • sci-fi

35

This is a Ghost (2024)

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PC Windows

This is a Ghost is a supernatural investigation game. You are a member of a secret society that hunts or sets free scary entities from our world. Gather evidence, identify the entity and send it back to the afterlife. Playable in Solo and co-op : 1 to 4 players.

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  • investigation
  • horror
  • cooperative
  • supernatural
  • lovecraftian
  • psychological
  • thriller
  • demons
  • detective
  • dark
  • 3d
  • mystery
  • realistic
  • tactical
  • first-person

36

Loco Motive (2024)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

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
  • pixel
  • crime
  • funny
  • text
  • puzzle
  • adventure
  • linear
  • cartoony

37

Bridge to Another World: Secrets of the Nutcracker (2020)

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PC Windows Mac OS

Big Fish Editor's Choice! This title was selected for its exceptional quality and overwhelmingly positive reviews from our Game Club beta testers.Friendly Fox Studios brings you an enchanting new installment in the Bridge to Another World series! When Marie visits Drosselmeyer’s toy workshop for the first Christmas since she was a little girl, she finds her childhood friend, Fritz, missing. Soon, the clues lead her to Spielland, the toy castle they imagined playing in together as children. But Spielland was just pretend… or was it? Can you help Marie make her way through a fantasy world of angry mice and living toys to rescue her best friend Fritz, her godfather Drosselmeyer, and learn the secret of the Nutcracker? Crack open this magical new Hidden-Object Puzzle Adventure and find out! This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won’t find in the standard version. As a bonus, Collector's Edition purchases count toward three stamps on your Monthly Game Club Punch Card! The Collector’s Edition includes:

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  • hidden-object
  • light-hearted
  • investigation
  • chess
  • character
  • horizontal
  • vertical
  • christmas
  • interactive
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • point-and-click
  • story
  • magic
  • drama

38

Demonologist (2023)

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PC Windows Android

Demonologist is a Co-Op horror game that can be played with at least 1 and up to 4 players. Your goal is to identify the type of evil spirit in cursed places and exorcise it using your equipment, either alone or with your team.


  • horror
  • cooperative
  • investigation
  • lovecraftian
  • cinematic
  • multiplayer
  • thriller
  • psychological
  • surreal
  • demons
  • dark
  • detective
  • mmo
  • tactical
  • mystery

39

Scott Whiskers in: The Search for Mr. Fumbleclaw (2024)

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

“Scott Whiskers in: the Search for Mr. Fumbleclaw” is a modern, funny and family-friendly point & click adventure game about cats, pop culture and life itself. Created in the spirit of the classics of the genre.


  • 2.5d
  • investigation
  • family-friendly
  • cats
  • point-and-click
  • old-school
  • hand-drawn
  • cartoony
  • logic
  • relaxing
  • exploration
  • comedy
  • funny
  • puzzle
  • adventure

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Machinika: Atlas (2024)

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IOS iPhone Android PC Windows

Machinika: Atlas is an indie puzzle game and is the direct sequel to Machinika: Museum, you play as a museum researcher who just land on Atlas. Will you unravel the mysteries of the alien vessel? Solve cryptic puzzles to find out what happened!


  • point-and-click
  • hidden-object
  • sci-fi
  • space
  • investigation
  • mystery
  • dystopian
  • aliens
  • puzzle
  • science
  • logic
  • 3d
  • first-person
  • casual
  • atmospheric

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