The Best Simulation detective Games for Nintendo Switch

Update : Murder Is Game Over: Deal Killer added at rank #4.
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Hypnospace Outlaw (2019)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Hypnospace Outlaw is a unique game that takes you to the world of the early internet circa 1999. As an assigned moderator of the Hypnospace community, you have to investigate unapproved commerce, strike down images and links with copyright infringement and page through personal blogs and projects. You will explore a web browser as well as a customizable desktop with programs and documents, while having to scan for references and redirects.

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What we like:
  • Unique game setting in the early internet
  • Investigative detective work
  • Engaging storyline
  • Eye-searing kitsch comedy
  • Built with consistent world elements
What could be improved:
  • Limited color palette
  • Grainy pixelated artwork

  • detective
  • alternate
  • conspiracy
  • simulation
  • parody
  • funny
  • online
  • puzzle
  • 1990s

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SIMULACRA (2017)

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An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

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  • horror
  • thriller
  • psychological
  • fmv
  • choices
  • detective
  • immersive
  • multiple-endings
  • simulation
  • narrative
  • point-and-click
  • visual-novel
  • mystery
  • malaysian
  • puzzle

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Night Call (2019)

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As the game progresses, the Messenger gains new abilities such as climbing walls, gliding in the air, long-range shuriken attacks, and using a grappling hook to propel himself through obstacles and enemies. By collecting Time Shards earned by defeating enemies or hitting lamps, the player can purchase additional upgrades such as health bonuses or extra attack moves. If the player dies, however, a demon named Quarble will appear and automatically claim any Time Shards the player collects as payment for a short amount of time.

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  • detective
  • mystery
  • noir
  • non-linear
  • visual-novel
  • simulation
  • second-person
  • dialogue-driven
  • platform
  • narrative
  • narration
  • hand-drawn

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Murder Is Game Over: Deal Killer (2024)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Murder Is Game Over: Deal Killer takes you on an immersive journey through the Italian Alps. Unravel the murder mystery amidst an alpine backdrop, exploring opulent settings and unmasking the killer in this thrilling detective game.


  • choices
  • detective
  • snow
  • immersive
  • life
  • mystery
  • scroller
  • point-and-click
  • walking-simulator
  • pixel
  • fiction
  • simulation
  • hidden-object
  • visual-novel
  • story

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Accident (2020)

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Become a journalist who researches old car accident cases. Help victims and perform first aid, obtain evidence and reconstruct the events to discover what really happened.


  • medical
  • simulation
  • education
  • blood
  • investigation
  • travel
  • emotional
  • time-management
  • hidden-object
  • time
  • realistic
  • replay-value
  • quick-time-event
  • detective
  • first-person

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Murder Diaries 3 - Santa's Trail of Blood (2021)

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In this game you abstractly follow the narration of a joung man who slowly but surely becomes insane. This leads you straight into the middle of an exciting murder case and a murder mystery unfolds while you listen to the testimonies of witness, friends and relatives.

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  • thriller
  • horror
  • detective
  • flight
  • free-floating
  • walking-simulator
  • third-person
  • drama
  • psychological
  • dark
  • story
  • emotional
  • mystery
  • exploration
  • simulation

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Save Koch (2019)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Mac OS Linux Xbox One Playstation 4

You are local mafia kingpin, Jeffrey Koch. Your empire in New Kandinski is in total chaos because an unknown Mastermind has decided to take your place. And they’ve planted a sleeper Mole inside your operation. It’s time to act, but you need to act smart.

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  • detective
  • simulation
  • strategy
  • crime
  • choices
  • political
  • replay-value
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • empire
  • violent
  • boss
  • 2d
  • conspiracy
  • difficult

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Occultism Interrogation: The ritual of little nightmares (2021)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Can you prove your INNOCENCE? Overcomes the Devil's interrogation. A terror game where you experience the stress of making decisions. An esoteric game full of mysteries, intrigue and horror. Will you escape from the sinister and evil sect?

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  • immersive
  • fiction
  • simulation
  • visual-novel
  • hidden-object
  • gothic
  • minimalist
  • horror
  • interactive
  • detective
  • drama
  • survival-horror
  • dystopian
  • 2d
  • psychological

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Nothing To Remember (2021)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

The year is 1994 and it is the future.NO THING is a minimalistic surreal action game set in a totalitarian regime of future.Tells the story of an office clerk who is sent with an important message to the Queen of Ice.NO THING Features:• radical gameplay• migraine inducing• weird storyline• retro surrealistic full 3D graphic• full voiceover and speech synthesis• chiptune sounds• original cold wave music• simple controls• easy to play, very hard to master

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  • choices
  • investigation
  • immersive
  • thriller
  • horror
  • text
  • conversation
  • fiction
  • hacking
  • detective
  • interactive
  • multiple-endings
  • simulation
  • psychological
  • logic

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This Is the Police 2 (2018)

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Interpret the law as you see fit! Run the sheriff’s department, manage your cops, make tough decisions – and try to keep out of prison yourself – in this story-driven mixture of adventure, strategy, and turn-based tactical combat.


  • crime
  • management
  • strategy
  • tactical
  • turn-based
  • drama
  • simulation
  • narrative
  • squad
  • detective
  • stealth
  • police
  • story
  • political

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