The Best Mystery Games for Linux - Page 5

Update : The Devil\'s Whisper added at rank #26.
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Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs (2016)

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Umineko When They Cry is the 2nd series of Sound Novel released by 07th Expansion. The steam version features renewed character sprites which is swappable from the classic art.


  • visual-novel
  • mystery
  • psychological
  • horror
  • story
  • cult
  • detective
  • anime
  • philosophical

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Umineko When They Cry - Answer Arcs (2017)

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This is the 2nd half of the Umineko When They Cry sound novel series, featuring episodes 5 through 8. This steam version features multi-language options, swap-able renewed character sprites, as well as the original BGMs and un-cut content.


  • visual-novel
  • mystery
  • philosophical
  • horror
  • psychological
  • story
  • cult
  • anime
  • detective

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Phantom Train (2021)

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In this game you have to find a way out of an endless train, and also meet an alien world.

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  • 1990s
  • snow
  • visual-novel
  • rogue-like
  • mystery
  • trains
  • dark
  • detective
  • dungeon
  • post-apocalyptic
  • puzzle
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • exploration
  • casual

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Sarawak (2021)

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Literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo

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  • fiction
  • choices
  • text
  • stylized
  • mystery
  • interactive
  • investigation
  • visual-novel
  • conversation
  • relaxing
  • story
  • adventure
  • detective
  • novel
  • fast-moving

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Raccoon Arrival (2021)

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Raccoon Arrival is a walking simulator and meditative puzzles game. Super emotional music across the colorful environment and deep story.

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  • walking-simulator
  • mystery
  • third-person
  • short
  • atmospheric
  • dungeon-crawler
  • drama
  • hidden-object
  • exploration
  • story
  • 3d
  • stylized
  • colourful
  • dungeon
  • single-player

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Another Lost Phone (2017)

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Explore the social life of Laura in this spiritual sequel to A Normal Lost Phone.


  • casual
  • detective
  • puzzle
  • interactive
  • short
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • story
  • narration
  • in-depth
  • puzzling
  • visual-novel
  • replay-value
  • fps

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Trouble Hunter Chronicles: The Stolen Creed (2021)

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Explore mid 20th century Europe as an ex-OSS operative using quick wits, problem solving abilities and gritty charm to duck and weave his way between cultists, crazy Frenchmen and dangerous killers! Based on point & click classics, Trouble Hunter Chronicles revitalizes the genre for the modern era.

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  • investigation
  • conspiracy
  • detective
  • hand-drawn
  • point-and-click
  • world-war-2
  • mystery
  • 2d
  • historical
  • atmospheric
  • old-school
  • conversation
  • retro
  • war
  • adventure

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The Invisible Hours (2017)

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The Invisible Hours is a complex murder mystery in VR, in which players freely explore an intricate web of interwoven stories within a sprawling mansion. This is not a game. This is not a movie. This is a piece of immersive theatre with many tangled threads.


  • first-person
  • railroad
  • vr
  • casual
  • mystery
  • shooter
  • fps
  • adventure
  • discovery
  • empire
  • drama
  • detective
  • fantasy
  • narrative

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Faraway: Director's Cut (2021)

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Faraway is an adventure game, a modern tribute to Myst. In Faraway you're an adventurer exploring ruins of ancient temples full of challenges and mysterious riddles.

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  • great
  • first-person
  • puzzle
  • mystery
  • logic
  • minimalist
  • adventure
  • family-friendly
  • casual
  • building
  • exploration
  • single-player

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Alt254 (2020)

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Alt254 is a minimalistic open-world action-adventure game. Explore a map full of surprises, evade traps and hazards and fight enemies as ■, set on a journey of exploration and self-discovery, trying to understand the world around you in order to overcome its many dangers.

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  • collectathon
  • investigation
  • action-adventure
  • minimalist
  • mystery
  • pixel
  • abstract
  • hidden-object
  • retro
  • philosophical
  • platform
  • 2d
  • puzzle
  • adventure
  • colourful

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