The Best Mystery Games for Linux - Page 2

Update : The Devil\'s Whisper added at rank #26.
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Demon Hunter: Ascendance (2019)

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

You slump into your chair after another day of investigations. Just as you start to lose yourself in the glow of the TV screen, the telephone rings. The museum curator needs your help - a tourist has gone missing. You smirk at his warning of paranormal goings-on; that's what Demon Hunters are for.

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  • hidden-object
  • mystery
  • adventure
  • detective
  • puzzle
  • casual
  • demons
  • point-and-click
  • supernatural
  • crime
  • horror
  • mouse

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Locked (2020)

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Linux Xbox One PC Windows

LOCKED in a deadly cat-and-mouse with a relentless serial killer, you must outsmart, escape, and survive in this intense 2D horror experience. Solve chilling puzzles, and stay one step ahead of a relentless pursuer. Inspired by PS1-PS2 classics and iconic horror films.

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  • 2d
  • visual-novel
  • philosophical
  • horror
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • survival-horror
  • point-and-click
  • mystery
  • conversation
  • anime
  • atmospheric
  • platform
  • adventure
  • dark

13

The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass (2021)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

An intricate mystery visual novel. Freely search text and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events inside the enigmatic Ashiya Tower.

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  • visual-novel
  • mystery
  • text
  • anime
  • dark
  • detective
  • sci-fi
  • 2d
  • psychological

14

Desolatium (2023)

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

DESOLATIUM is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.

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  • horror
  • point-and-click
  • psychological
  • lovecraftian
  • mystery
  • narration
  • multiple-endings
  • detective
  • choices
  • investigation
  • visual-novel
  • thriller
  • adventure
  • first-person
  • exploration

15

Unforeseen Incidents (2018)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux Nintendo Switch

Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world. Join Harper Pendrell and experience a challenging investigation, smart dialog and a rich cast of characters in this thrilling new adventure game.


  • point-and-click
  • mystery
  • interactive
  • conspiracy
  • puzzle
  • comic
  • hand-drawn
  • adventure
  • fiction
  • humor
  • soundtrack
  • stylized
  • book
  • atmospheric
  • story

16

Kona II: Brume (2023)

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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.

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

17

Rainswept (2019)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Mac OS Linux PC Windows

Rainswept takes you on an emotional adventure in a small town shaken by a double shooting. Join Detective Stone and unravel entangled threads of love, relationships and unresolved trauma in this character driven murder mystery game.


  • detective
  • mystery
  • crime
  • cinematic
  • emotional
  • fiction
  • psychological
  • walking-simulator
  • narrative
  • local
  • story
  • interactive
  • atmospheric
  • drama
  • 2d

18

The Hex (2018)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...

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  • psychological
  • horror
  • survivor
  • mystery
  • funny
  • story
  • beat-em-up
  • dark
  • pixel
  • single-player
  • multiple-endings
  • 2d
  • post-apocalyptic
  • book
  • memes

19

Yuletide Legends: Who Framed Santa Claus Xbox Version (2019)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

Take on the role of an experienced detective and get carried away by a winter adventure amid frozen lands. Find hidden motives of the antagonist and save Santa Claus from a false conviction in this seasonal Hidden Objects adventure.

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  • christmas
  • hidden-object
  • point-and-click
  • mystery
  • detective
  • recipe
  • casual
  • picture
  • -
  • family-friendly
  • puzzle
  • atmospheric
  • 2d
  • fantasy
  • adventure

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Little Locked Rooms (2024)

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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!

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

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