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Detective

Use skills of observation and intelligence to figure out clues to a bigger picture or mystery.

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Text based

Focused on using its text, moreso than its visuals or audio, to tell the bulk of its story/plot. (Still can have great audio and visuals, though!)

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The Grown-Up Detective Agency
Solve a case with your time-travelling kid self
Brendan Patrick Hennessy
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Secrets of Sequitur ~ Case 1
Moe_Blob
Puzzle
Play in browser
Danganronpa : Restrained Nature PROLOGUE
Deadly trust and deadly betrayal
Arthur1200
Role Playing
Dead City
davisthegamelord
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Mysterious Death of Anna Gomide
Text puzzle game in which you play the detective going through a computer to solve a murder
luanmm
Puzzle
Origins
Origins, is a narrative mystery game, where you play as an old police detective, trying to solve a murder.
Thanos Makaronas
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Дело о туалетной бумаге
Небольшой детективный текстовый квест об офисных буднях.
marlia
Puzzle
Play in browser
DiaShade Engine
Unity template featuring a XML-based dialogue system and shader-based art!
MayFair
Play in browser
The Final Clue
The Final Clue is a detective/crime interactive fiction piece.
mirianbr
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Where did I leave it?
A text-based game where you search your home to find your keys
Attahh
Play in browser
Sussy Love
Take a trip down to Skeld High! You are a transfer student here, make the most of your time! Good luck!
Julian Garcia
Visual Novel
Yet Another Detective Story
It's a short premise of a detective story... a slightly odd one.
daspruthvi96
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Veritas
A visual novel game
Green Markhor
Visual Novel
Prípad zabudnutého syna
Detectívny príbeh
PetraPeterek
Play in browser
At All Costs
Explore Terminus City to investigate and solve a theft from a corporate vault.
MGPAlpha
Interactive Fiction
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Green's Guests
Made by The Big W
vapourmoon
Adventure
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Amsterdam by Night: Canals of Conspiracy
Things are afoot in Amsterdam. You're roped into investigating.
FranV86
Adventure
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Alice
Story of Alice and a cleaner and a detective.
Chros
Adventure
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Zero Sum Game
An audio puzzle story set in Max Gladstone's Craft Sequence world
The Sentient Hive
Puzzle
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Epitome Of Mysteries
Gosick Text-based Visual Novel Fangame
Hayaka Sae
Visual Novel
Ardilous
Uncover international spies in this investigative text puzzle game inspired by the classic Carmen San Diego.
Alexander Sheep
Puzzle
Trial and Error
Text based true crime
Dinara Abdullina
The Art Gallery
A thief has died while attempting to break in to an art gallery. But something is not quite as it seems....
JefftLink
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Miserable Clown
Interrogate suspects and look for clues in an attempt to find out who stole “The Miserable Clown”.
Tymmo
Interactive Fiction
The Name of the Ruse
Forbidden books in an abandoned abbey
stancarter
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Menacing Maze of Madalune Husher
Can Lady Eldelaide solve a madwoman's perilous puzzles?
stancarter
Interactive Fiction
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Alarme
Can you find the killer?
rafazcruz
Puzzle
Play in browser
Aventuriere Interimaire le Jeu
$4.99
Aventuriers Intérimaires
Interactive Fiction
L. C. Noire
Investigate crime scenes, interrogate suspects & catch the culprit
Button Cupcake
Puzzle
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Interrogation_Program.run
Click to run interrogation program
Toaster Strooder
Interactive Fiction
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Bonehead Blues: Pilot Episode
A deadpan detective story set within an absurd frontier...
oobeye
Adventure
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Acolyte
$10.99
A narrative ARG/Detective game that gives you your own digital assistant.
SUPERSTRING
Interactive Fiction
Профессия следователь
casper_nn
Interactive Fiction
Detective Holiday in the New Years Nightmare
Solve a randomly generated murder mystery!
Sleth
Strategy
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Detective Cook: An Interactive Adventure Episode 1: Chapter 1
This is a demo for an interactive text-based game about a robot detective in a modern fantasy setting.
TheRed0wl
Interactive Fiction
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Death, submission or revenge
Small interactive fiction
Marcos Alebuena
Interactive Fiction
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