The Best Investigation Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 4

Update : The Darkest Files added at rank #20.
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Deep Beyond (2024)

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Deep Beyond Is a first-person interactive thriller about a sea explorer and the mystery behind her father’s disappearance.


  • walking-simulator
  • thriller
  • emotional
  • investigation
  • dog
  • underwater
  • stylized
  • sailing
  • mystery
  • 3d
  • story
  • puzzle
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • first-person

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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.

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

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Spy Guy Hidden Objects (2024)

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Venture out on a colorful and hand-drawn adventure with Spy Guy! Travel between cities in search of clues and don't let the bad guys get away with the treasures! Will you manage to find them all? Explore the detective world of the bravest Treflik the detective and help him save Treflik City.


  • detective
  • investigation
  • collectathon
  • comic
  • 2.5d
  • hidden-object
  • board-game
  • point-and-click
  • education
  • fiction
  • family-friendly
  • secret
  • linear
  • relaxing
  • cartoony

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Mythargia (2023)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

You are a journalist in search of your breakthrough story. A promising lead takes you to the abandoned island of Mythargia where you have to discover its buried history connecting two different dimensions.

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  • noir
  • investigation
  • mystery
  • scroller
  • pixel
  • exploration
  • dark
  • retro
  • horror
  • psychological
  • 2d
  • supernatural
  • thriller
  • adventure
  • rpg

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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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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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Criminal Expert (2022)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Criminal Expert is a detective video game that puts you under the pressure of inexorably passing time. The story contains multiple selection paths, and you ultimately decide how it ends.


  • fmv
  • detective
  • investigation
  • crime
  • thriller
  • conversation
  • point-and-click
  • visual-novel
  • casual
  • simulation
  • fiction

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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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Sophia the Traveler (2024)

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Join our lovely heroine as she roams Venice, the City of Water. Like a Where's Wally Visual Novel: Search for objects & characters in stunning and vivid hand-painted cityscapes!

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  • collectathon
  • hidden-object
  • hand-drawn
  • emotional
  • comic
  • isometric
  • immersive
  • investigation
  • point-and-click
  • relaxing
  • book
  • family-friendly
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • colourful

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Don't Forget Me (2021)

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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.

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

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