The Best Investigation Games for Linux - Page 2

Update : Arts & Hearts Academy added at rank #25.
11

Kona II: Brume (2023)

View Similar Games
ND
Review score
Logo of Kona II: Brume Screenshot of Kona II: Brume Screenshot of Kona II: Brume Screenshot of Kona II: Brume

Nintendo Switch Linux PC Windows Xbox One

Northern Québec, 1970. A bizarre mist —the Brume— is disconnecting a rural mining village from its quiet reality. Step into the shoes of Detective Carl Faubert as he unfolds the mysteries haunting the region while battling for his own survival.

Buy

  • surreal
  • detective
  • mystery
  • investigation
  • snow
  • narration
  • interactive
  • exploration
  • walking-simulator
  • story
  • fiction
  • first-person
  • adventure
  • action-adventure
  • 3d

12

Cat's Request (2023)

View Similar Games
ND
Review score
Logo of Cat's Request Screenshot of Cat's Request Screenshot of Cat's Request Screenshot of Cat's Request

Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows Linux

Cat's Request is a fantastic detective story about an extraterrestrial cat named Ash and his virtual assistant, living in a metropolis governed by artificial intelligence.

Buy

  • cyberpunk
  • investigation
  • point-and-click
  • multiple-endings
  • robots
  • cartoony
  • exploration
  • sci-fi
  • 2d
  • puzzle
  • adventure
  • atmospheric

13

Little Locked Rooms (2024)

View Similar Games
ND
Review score
Logo of Little Locked Rooms Screenshot of Little Locked Rooms Screenshot of Little Locked Rooms Screenshot of Little Locked Rooms

Linux PC Windows

Grab your magnifying glass and peek inside a series of tiny dioramas filled with crimes and carefully crafted mysteries! Think outside the box and solve them all in this new brand of detective game!

Buy

  • investigation
  • detective
  • visual-novel
  • anime
  • mystery
  • text
  • logic
  • crime
  • story
  • 3d
  • relaxing
  • single-player
  • point-and-click
  • funny

14

Phoenix Springs (2024)

View Similar Games
ND
Review score
Logo of Phoenix Springs Screenshot of Phoenix Springs Screenshot of Phoenix Springs Screenshot of Phoenix Springs

PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Lose yourself in the mystery of Phoenix Springs, a modern point-and-click set in a striking neo-noir world. It begins with an investigation: find your brother Leo. You already know where it ends.

Buy

  • noir
  • investigation
  • point-and-click
  • detective
  • stylized
  • mystery
  • story
  • sci-fi
  • cinematic
  • comic
  • immersive
  • book

15

Don't Forget Me (2021)

View Similar Games
67
Review score
Logo of Don't Forget Me Screenshot of Don't Forget Me Screenshot of Don't Forget Me Screenshot of Don't Forget Me

Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS Playstation 3 PC Windows

The first season aired in Japan between January 8, 2012 and March 24, 2012 while the second season started airing between July 8, 2012 and September 23, 2012 following a recap episode on July 1, 2012. Both seasons have been licensed by Viz Media in North America and Anime on Demand in the United Kingdom. A manga accompaniment began serialization in Enix's Young Gangan magazine and a light novel from Media Factory, both from September 2011.[2][3] A hybrid Blu-ray Disc containing an original video animation and a PlayStation 3 video game was released on August 23, 2012.


  • typing
  • philosophical
  • soundtrack
  • noir
  • investigation
  • word
  • detective
  • cyberpunk
  • sci-fi
  • pixel
  • atmospheric
  • point-and-click
  • violent
  • mystery
  • story

16

Jennifer Wilde: Unlikely Revolutionaries (2022)

View Similar Games
ND
Review score
Logo of Jennifer Wilde: Unlikely Revolutionaries Screenshot of Jennifer Wilde: Unlikely Revolutionaries Screenshot of Jennifer Wilde: Unlikely Revolutionaries Screenshot of Jennifer Wilde: Unlikely Revolutionaries

Linux PC Windows

In 1921, young French artist Jennifer Chevalier becomes embroiled in death, espionage and revolution, assisted by the ghost of Oscar Wilde. A hand-drawn Point & Click adventure with a unique comic book inventory design.

Buy

  • investigation
  • point-and-click
  • comic
  • emotional
  • hand-drawn
  • supernatural
  • detective
  • stylized
  • mystery
  • book
  • conversation
  • 2d
  • atmospheric
  • adventure
  • multiple-endings

17

Edge of Reality (2020)

View Similar Games
81
Review score
Logo of Edge of Reality Screenshot of Edge of Reality Screenshot of Edge of Reality Screenshot of Edge of Reality

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

It seems that there can be no more boring profession in the world than a pawnshop appraiser. But a meeting with a mysterious but pretty stranger changes Dan's idea of his job.

Buy

  • visual-novel
  • beautiful
  • investigation
  • interactive
  • fiction
  • experimental
  • education
  • noir
  • atmospheric
  • choices
  • text
  • detective
  • adventure
  • cartoony
  • hand-drawn

18

Interrogation Simulator (2022)

View Similar Games
ND
Review score
Logo of Interrogation Simulator Screenshot of Interrogation Simulator Screenshot of Interrogation Simulator Screenshot of Interrogation Simulator

Linux PC Windows

Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.

Buy

  • immersive
  • investigation
  • word
  • conversation
  • choices
  • humor
  • fiction
  • visual-novel
  • text
  • crime
  • point-and-click
  • simulation
  • psychological
  • narration
  • dark

19

The Phantom Fellows (2024)

View Similar Games
ND
Review score
Logo of The Phantom Fellows Screenshot of The Phantom Fellows Screenshot of The Phantom Fellows Screenshot of The Phantom Fellows

Linux Mac OS PC Windows j

The Phantom Fellows is about two best friends who start a paranormal investigation business together, since one of them is already dead.


  • comedy
  • dark
  • investigation
  • 1990s
  • 1980s
  • humor
  • point-and-click
  • detective
  • pixel
  • exploration
  • romance
  • funny
  • atmospheric
  • old-school
  • mystery

20

Chromatic Memories (2024)

View Similar Games
ND
Review score
Logo of Chromatic Memories Screenshot of Chromatic Memories Screenshot of Chromatic Memories Screenshot of Chromatic Memories

Linux Mac OS PC Windows

A visual novel about grief, memory and acceptance. Nayara is a painter of memories: she digs into her clients’ minds to change or even erase their memories. One day she realizes she has altered her own memory. What was so painful or unbearable that she wanted to forget it for good?

Buy

  • visual-novel
  • emotional
  • investigation
  • fiction
  • choices
  • interactive
  • hand-drawn
  • linear
  • colourful
  • narration
  • 2d

Not seeing your game?