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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - An Affair of the Heart
Customisable MC romance detective game! 🖤
Doriana Gray
Interactive Fiction
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Burglary at the Ball: A Fairytale Attorney Story
Solve the mystery of a stolen magic wand, and maybe end up as more than just investigation partners…
Barbieronpa
Visual Novel
The Isle of Clawhound
You are now a part of whatever this island has hidden underneath the surface.
MrPointSix
Adventure
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Watson and their bad baker
A Watson baking minigame
Doriana Gray
Interactive Fiction
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Douchestrade
A Lestrade AU minigame — a different, douchier Lestrade...
Doriana Gray
Interactive Fiction
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Cronela's Mansion GBC - Demo
A point n' click, adventure-like, homage to LucasArts Maniac Mansion
Elvies
Adventure
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Murder on Cloud Nine
A murder mystery on a flying casino resort for the elite. Will you solve the case?
Jestr
Interactive Fiction
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The Second Temptation of Jeremiah Whitechapel
GDKO Round 1 Entry
PapaSmokehouse
Interactive Fiction
MRD-GameStart
Power / Wealth / Unity
FG_G_Sudio
Adventure
L1-5A
Short story about a futuristic detective and his newly apointed partner.
Jakub Rogowski
Interactive Fiction
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FROSTBOUND: A Supernatural Detective Game
Step aboard the SS Nimbus and use your gift for detecting lies to solve the mystery!
emilylin
Visual Novel
Contagion Case
Squeak Freak Studio
Visual Novel
Christmas Bus
wenhaoshen
Puzzle
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Third Eye P.I. [DEMO]
baitbox
Interactive Fiction
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Grim Notebook
The Grim Reaper lost his notebook
icecraig
Interactive Fiction
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Daegan Fox Manns in: Hang to Dry or Tumble on Low
yunglemon01
Interactive Fiction
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Racoon's Riddle Beta
Find out what happened with Rosie!
el.yurch
Play in browser
Manabu
A detective game made for the GDG Jam 3.0
ByteCraft
Interactive Fiction
A Bouquet of Chrysanthemums
Alby
Interactive Fiction
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Socialite
SilexPixels
Interactive Fiction
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Reapertiree: When Time Flies
Lowke
Interactive Fiction
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MicroSpy - МикроШпион
Michael Tomtruher has to complete the toughest assignment of his career in an abandoned lab in Chernobyl.
hirakill studio
Platformer
Interrogation Game (JCS Inspired)
Try to outwit a slippery suspect in this suspenseful police interrogation simulator.
Ion Klamp
Interactive Fiction
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Malden l'insaisissable
Parviendrez vous à attraper Malden le voleur insaisissable avant son méfait ? Une visual novel ANOBO
ANOBOu
Visual Novel
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Ash Hollow
Uncover the chilling mysteries of Ash Hollow as Detective Alex Morgan, where your choices will decide your fate.
ShyNoKillz
Interactive Fiction
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The Subtle Art of Pretending to Contact the Dead
Earn money and help people (maybe) by pretending to speak to the dead!
subtleart
Visual Novel
Neocrimes: The mystery of the last beam of light
JJ
Interactive Fiction
Victorimania Chapter 5: Mad as a March Hare
Chapter 5 of my oddball Victorian detective IF.
Jack of Quills
Interactive Fiction
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Victorimania Chapter 4: Black and white and Bed(room) all over
Chapter 4 of my oddball Victorian detective IF.
Jack of Quills
Interactive Fiction
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Victorimania
The first chapter of a short, strange, humorous detective story set in Victorian London
Jack of Quills
Interactive Fiction
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Victorimania Chapter 3: All things shall be well and all Manor of things shall be well
Chapter 3 of my oddball Victorian detective IF.
Jack of Quills
Interactive Fiction
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Victorimania Chapter 2: Certain Irregularities
Chapter 2 of my oddball Victorian detective IF.
Jack of Quills
Interactive Fiction
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Neronium
A narrative driven point-and-click inspired detective game.
Rosia
Interactive Fiction
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Deeper Deductions
Play as young detective Miyu Mindbottom... and get to the truth hidden deep inside a mysterious case!
ZororoWhite
Visual Novel
Who Took the Life of the Decapitated Gentleman once so Afraid of Death that He Tried to Cheat It ?
Four dead gentlemen's heads engage in endless conversations.
Thibault Rivera
Interactive Fiction
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SHELLIE'S SECRET
Psychological horror on a 1985 computer
HYPERTELEX
Interactive Fiction
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