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P.E. Noire

Point and Click Softboiled Detective Story

Picogram

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(1,104 total ratings)

Puzzle

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Admin

After the new year, no one remembers their passwords. You play the detective to unlock the computers at your new job!

jbodah

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(605 total ratings)

Puzzle

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Shards of God

Name of the Rose meets Dune in a point and click murder mystery

Honza Vávra

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(176 total ratings)

Adventure

GIF

The Adventures of E2

red x blue detective murder mystery

Team Awesome

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(41 total ratings)

Visual Novel

The Beekeeper's Picnic

A cosy point and click Sherlock Holmes game - playable demo!

Jabbage

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(23 total ratings)

Adventure

Play in browser

GIF

Overboard!

$14.99

GET AWAY WITH MURDER.

Inkle

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(31 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Occult Crime Police

The Truth Is Pretty Out There

Eggcorn Games

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(31 total ratings)

Visual Novel

GIF

Ezrebeth (A Holiday Mindfudge)

An old, bitter recluse finds herself stuck in a mysterious time loop during the winter holidays.

Tymedust Games

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(29 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Noche en el Delirio

BL Romance/Thriller Visual Novel

Delirio Project

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(18 total ratings)

Visual Novel

GIF

Case Moonlight

Redesign Update! Esp/Eng

TheAlvaroex

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(22 total ratings)

Visual Novel

We Suspect Foul Play

A short detective game where you're tasked to solve a murder in Hollywood!

BRANE

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(35 total ratings)

Adventure

Play in browser

Rougi

Bienvenue à l'Opéra. {Created for the @interact-if nonranked game jam, using the theme "red herring".}

Lapin Lunaire Games

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(28 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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GIF

The Darkside Detective

$14.99

A paranormal comedy point and click adventure!

Akupara Games

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(39 total ratings)

Adventure

Stumbling upon meaning in an old town abandoned to its fate

An exploration of meanings

mut

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(15 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Crime or Punishment

Inspect the scene. Falsify the evidence. Shift the blame.

Jonah Perry

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(15 total ratings)

Adventure

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Echoes of the Fey Episode 1: The Fox's Trail

$7.99

A visual novel blending high fantasy and noir detective mystery

Woodsy Studio

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(27 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Shades of Deception

When a shady gambler is found dead, a sinister conspiracy begins to unravel.

Alexander Mastryukov

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(12 total ratings)

Adventure

Play in browser

The Quidditch Poisoning

Solve the mystery!

CormorantLighthouse

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(12 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Quantum Derail

A point&click adventure game set in the near future in which you are a policeman solving a physics related mystery.

Aruma Studios

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(16 total ratings)

Adventure

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No Stone Unturned

A neo-noir point&click thriller about a delivery service for illicit goods.

Emski

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

Adventure

Play in browser

Glitch Dream

𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢

gukajogu

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(8 total ratings)

Visual Novel

The Daily Murder

Daily murder mysteries. Talk to suspects, detect lies, and accuse the murderer and their motive.

phaddius

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(11 total ratings)

Puzzle

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Solve The Case

Find out all details of the kidnapping through conversations with various people

andrground

Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars

(29 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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The Silver Spoon Caper

$2.99

An evening's entertainment of puzzles and delightful character interactions.

Studio Cypher

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(11 total ratings)

Puzzle

Petty Officer

An exploded warp core and a dead crew member. Someone needs to look into this.

TheHorseCorporation

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

Puzzle

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Daily Chthonicle

$1.49

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Supernatural Detective Game

charon@ss

Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars

(43 total ratings)

Role Playing

Flash Mobs and Stolen Lunches

Figure out who stole your lunch in your fourth grade class!

hullabaloo

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Omen of Trident 2704

We live in a wireless world.

astrangefool

Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars

(10 total ratings)

Adventure

Cyber

Cyber is an investigative adventure game with graphic interaction and textual narration.

Andrea Pignataro

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(7 total ratings)

Adventure

Tracing

A game about saving human knowledge

Jungwoo Yom

Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars

(12 total ratings)

Adventure

Dementia

How deep are you willing to go?

Onyric Productions

Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars

(18 total ratings)

Survival

The Investigation

Prototype project created with Unity Game Creator framework

Catsoft Works

Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars

(19 total ratings)

Adventure

Karisvale

Explore a retro top-down world, question its citizens, and collect hidden items to uncover Karisvale's dark secret.

Brendan Tighe

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Adventure

Max Power and the Egyptian Beetle Case

A cartoonish point and click adventure

Matalla Interactive

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Adventure

House of Berluscont

A creepy, free-form murder investigation

Jacob Knispel

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Opus Unsolved

Solve a murder mystery with Detective Shapiro!

Joeriri

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

(7 total ratings)

Puzzle

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