The Best Investigation Games for Playstation 5 - Page 3

Update : Carmen Sandiego added at rank #2.
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To Hell With The Ugly (2023)

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To Hell with the Ugly is an adventure game where you play as Rock Bailey, a gorgeous yet shallow young man, who must investigate and fight his way to freedom after being kidnapped. Alternate between turn-based combats and investigation in this film noir adaptation of the novel by Boris Vian.


  • noir
  • detective
  • point-and-click
  • investigation
  • turn-based
  • fiction
  • humor
  • narration
  • combat
  • conspiracy
  • mystery
  • stylized
  • interactive
  • dark
  • comedy

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Tokyo Psychodemic (2024)

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5% of murder cases remain unsolved... it's time to open up these cases and confront the supernatural with forensic science! Solve cases by analyzing evidence and consulting with specialists. Enter a world that artfully blends 2D illustration and real-life visuals!


  • choices
  • soundtrack
  • investigation
  • text
  • detective
  • drama
  • visual-novel
  • crime
  • point-and-click
  • cartoony
  • 2d
  • realistic
  • anime
  • atmospheric
  • mystery

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DETECTIVE - Stella Porta case (2023)

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

DETECTIVE: Stella Porta Case, puts you in the shoes of a detective who investigates three strange disappearances. In all cases there is a contract signed by the disappeared, that contract is from an organization called "Stella Porta".


  • deduction
  • social
  • investigation
  • detective
  • crime
  • immersive
  • fiction
  • conspiracy
  • cinematic
  • assassin
  • drama
  • interactive
  • mystery
  • realistic
  • controller-support

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Case Files: Behind Closed Doors (2024)

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An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.


  • fmv
  • investigation
  • crime
  • detective
  • choices
  • multiple-endings
  • immersive
  • simulation
  • mystery
  • fiction
  • dynamic
  • story
  • realistic

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Edge of Reality (2020)

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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.


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

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TEMPUS (2022)

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TEMPUS is a puzzle adventure game with time travel. Each time you advance, you will see the island where you live change over thousands of years. You can only travel forward so it is a one way trip, how far will you go?


  • investigation
  • hidden-object
  • cyberpunk
  • vr
  • post-apocalyptic
  • narration
  • point-and-click
  • exploration
  • detective
  • first-person
  • story
  • sci-fi
  • controller-support
  • puzzle
  • adventure

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DYING: 1983 (2022)

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Dying 1983 is the new adventure from the Dying franchise. In this first person puzzle game, Dying 1983, you will operate the protagonist to freely explore the 3D scenes, using a variety of props collected to solve one puzzle after another, ultimately discovering the hidden truth behind the scenes.


  • investigation
  • survival-horror
  • exploration
  • horror
  • 3d
  • metrovania
  • story
  • first-person
  • realistic
  • puzzle

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Silverwood Bay: An Eleanor Grey Mystery (2024)

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Nintendo Switch j Playstation 5 PC Windows Mac OS

Eleanor Grey moves to Silverwood Bay to seek inspiration for her writing.


  • emotional
  • investigation
  • hidden-object
  • casual
  • romance
  • 2d
  • narration
  • romantic
  • puzzle
  • story

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Shanghai Summer (2024)

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Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?


  • travel
  • dating-sim
  • word
  • investigation
  • multiple-endings
  • time
  • visual-novel
  • romance
  • text
  • fiction
  • hand-drawn
  • story
  • anime
  • narration
  • drama

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Unsolved Case: Murderous Script (2023)

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

The life of a detective is unpredictable and very dangerous. You never know what awaits you around the next corner and what secrets you need to unravel. But you knew what you were getting into, there's no turning back!


  • dynamic
  • investigation
  • detective
  • thriller
  • crime
  • episodic
  • hidden-object
  • drama
  • choices
  • narration
  • visual-novel
  • point-and-click
  • mystery
  • dark
  • multiple-endings

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