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

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Blending narrative storytelling with player choice, often text-based experiences where readers shape the story through their decisions. These works can range from simple branching narratives to complex simulations, offering immersive worlds and character-driven plots that unfold based on user input.

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Pawn $hop Detective
A game about talking to sus pawn customers.
loisc | thecheepcheeps
Rated 3.4 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Blood Shift
The dark detective story based on Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition
TriBar
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Victorimania Chapter 5: Mad as a March Hare
Chapter 5 of my oddball Victorian detective IF.
Jack of Quills
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
According to Cain
Using a novel alchemy system, observation, and your wits, you must discover the untold truth about Cain and Abel.
Jim Nelson
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Victorimania Chapter 4: Black and white and Bed(room) all over
Chapter 4 of my oddball Victorian detective IF.
Jack of Quills
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
My Rachel
Floyd River township was rocked by the news of Rachel's death, but it was no accident.
Carter Cook
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Adventure
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Silicon Dreams Demo
Cyberpunk interrogation
Clockwork bird
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Adventure
Decayed Corpse
Zenik
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
A Hard-Boiled Deteggtive Story: ICE-COLD KILLER
The Eponymous Hard-Boiled Deteggtive stumbles upon a cold case...
Noah S Brown
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Meurtres en eau profonde
Narkhos
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A Walk in the Silent Street
A game about walking in the streets at night.
Kirinoya Studios
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Murder on the Disorient Express
Can you navigate the train and its interpersonal web of deceit to figure out whodunnit?
shaynehayes
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Adventure
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The Vigilante: Single Shot Justice
Can you stop a crime you know will happen?
Magnesium Ninja
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Puff and the Catnip Caper
A short and silly game about cats solving crime.
sensh_ii
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Diary of Jane
Was Jane a crazy old lady? Or was something else going on? Check her diary and dig trough archives to find out!
Kapistijn
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
One Show Only
A detective game where you interrogate witnesses to a crime
Tristan DahlVerified Account
Rated 3.4 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Adventure
The Devil's Game -Demo-
Storytold Comics
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Eunae Liaro in: Fowl Play
Seamus Ly ✨
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Puzzle
Who Killed My Uncle?
"Who Killed My Uncle" is a narrative game set in WWII about censorship, loss, and family you'll never get to meet.
Devon WiersmaVerified Account
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Role Playing
O jantar de aparências
Descubra quem cometeu o crime sem ser intolerante!
rotciv
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
The Rye in the Dark City [Act1]
Nothing is as it seems...
manonamora
Rated 3.6 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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An interactive fiction 🎮 ⚙️ with Twine where ❌🔤 and 🫵🔍🔤!
Louphole
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Scoop (Act One)
A journalism game set in an alternate 80s New York. Chase leads. Get quotes. Write drafts. (Written for Introcomp 2020.)
Thomas Martin
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Abandonded Nursery
Play as a detective who investigates murder inside an abandoned nursery's building.
Cult Balm Productions
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Project Pastorate (Demo)
Cleanse your land from crime and sin
PsyRob
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Visual Novel
The Sickness
Video Game Writing Class Final Project
GuizmoPower
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Dig the socials
Use real social networks to uncover hidden connections, investigate and dig up the truth.
ArtemiiF
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
GIF
SHELLIE'S SECRET
Psychological horror on a 1985 computer
HYPERTELEX
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Alexey's Winter: Night Adventure
Hand-drawn point-and-click detective set in 1990ies Ukraine.
NezhySoft
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Private Investigations
A murder mystery text adventure with a light-hearted spin.
Birds For Two
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
The Red Clew
A detective game in an epistolary format.
OMMAcorp
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Adventure
GIF
Suspicion
A Found Phone Detective Game
Akshay Goel
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Кинопреступление
Новелла об убийстве в 4D-кинотеатре с Вашей подругой-полицейской!
danya_balakhnin
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Area51: Roswell Incident (Incidente Roswell) 128k!
A noir, sci-fi detective survival adventure for your ZX Spectrum 128k
Furillo Productions
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Velociraptors, Guns, Bananas
A murder mystery about dinosaurs. vry srs. For my games design class
JonOS
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
In Too Deep
Unravel an intriguing plot in this Film Noir inspired interactive experience.
Dihara Wijetunga
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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