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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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Games which have short playtimes and can usually be completed in one sitting.

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A girl and her cat solve a Jazz-Age murder mystery by doing everyone's math homework for them.
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(5 total ratings)
Puzzle
What is a detective who doesn't detect?
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(5 total ratings)
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Battler and Beatrice play pretend lawyer.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
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Play as a vigilante impersonating a priest.
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
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A short visual novel where you solve the case of a man who was found dead in his apartment.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
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The first chapter of a short, strange, humorous detective story set in Victorian London
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(4 total ratings)
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Chapter 3 of my oddball Victorian detective IF.
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(4 total ratings)
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Chapter 2 of my oddball Victorian detective IF.
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(4 total ratings)
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A twist on classic point and click adventures where YOU are the detective and the game is not. Can you crack the case?
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Adventure
Nothing gets past Frank Froguerton
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(4 total ratings)
Adventure
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Uncover the truth behind the wrecked cruise ship...
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
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Silly little game where you play as an unstable murderer! Balance your sanity against the detective's suspicions
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
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The dark detective story based on Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
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Chapter 5 of my oddball Victorian detective IF.
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(3 total ratings)
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Меланхолійна історія з елементами детективу і трьома кінцівками.
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(3 total ratings)
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Chapter 4 of my oddball Victorian detective IF.
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Deliver mail and solve a murder mystery
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Puzzle
made for Thinky Puzzle Game Jam 4
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(3 total ratings)
Puzzle
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How is your geometry, Detective?
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(3 total ratings)
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A detective puzzle game
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Puzzle
Detect your way through a high stakes game of Rock, Paper, Scissors
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
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A short and silly game about cats solving crime.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
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A short, narrative driven noir mystery.
Rated 3.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Adventure
A detective game where you interrogate witnesses to a crime
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Rated 3.4 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Adventure
"Who Killed My Uncle" is a narrative game set in WWII about censorship, loss, and family you'll never get to meet.
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Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Role Playing
Apartment Russian Detective
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(2 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Find the missing art pieces and restore the gallery!
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(2 total ratings)
Puzzle
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Draw your own connections. Read like a detective.​
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Un bebé desaparecido, un misterio por resolver en el sur del mundo con brujas y criaturas sobrenaturales en el siglo XX
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(2 total ratings)
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Solve ciphers to uncover the identity of the Quiller
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(2 total ratings)
Puzzle
A classic hardboiled detective stars in this magical girl mystery thriller. A dark fantasy visual novel.
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(2 total ratings)
Visual Novel
A lighthearted game about finding raccoons disguised as people.
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A journalism game set in an alternate 80s New York. Chase leads. Get quotes. Write drafts. (Written for Introcomp 2020.)
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(2 total ratings)
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