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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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Project: Eden's Garden
16 talented participants enter the game. Only 2 will walk out alive.
Project: Eden's Garden
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(336 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Insert Rich Family Name
Play as a billionaire, spend your money on frivolous things, make poor life decisions, or start planning for the future.
C.C.Hill
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(118 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Demonology 101
A detective game about discovering the true names of demons.
Ludipe
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(121 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
LUNIUM
An escape room mystery. Can you escape your chains before the killer strikes again?
radiosity
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Detectiveland
$5
Detective noir clickable text adventure
Robin Johnson
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Serial Adventures of Dick Jack BB!
Episode One - The Montebello Dance and Dump Ball
angelboydiscoman
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Visual Novel
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
Play in browser
SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair
$14.99
In bundle
A Murder Mystery Visual Novel.
GosatsuVNs
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Philip Marlowe Doesn't Understand the Mystery
(2018)
Sand Gardeners
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Who Stole My Sausages?
Interview your housemates, challenge their lies, and catch the resident sausage thief.
estif
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Wardialler
A narrative hacking game. Interactive companion to the Wardialler album.
nervous_testpilot
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
404 Missing Page Detective Agency
Webpages can run, but they cannot hide from... THE DETECTIVE!
Snozbot
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Misplaced
An escape room as a text adventure!
Charu Tak
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
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
(13 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
GENBA no Kizuna
$24.99
In bundle
A Murder Mystery Visual Novel.
GosatsuVNs
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Visual Novel
The Gilded Mansion
AI powered "Whodunit" murder mystery game
AX Logic Games
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
Профессия следователь
casper_nn
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Frank's Noir Story: A Rat's Nest
A text adventure about Frank's time infiltrating the Mafia
Extra Nice
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Сиреневый рассвет
korj_morj
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Ardilous
Uncover international spies in this investigative text puzzle game inspired by the classic Carmen San Diego.
Alexander Sheep
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Puzzle
Victorimania Chapter 2: Certain Irregularities
Chapter 2 of my oddball Victorian detective IF.
Jack of Quills
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Victorimania
The first chapter of a short, strange, humorous detective story set in Victorian London
Jack of Quills
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
It wasn't me.
What do you think happened? A short telescopic text mystery, playing with out-of-the-box storytelling mechanics.
Rosa Carbo-Mascarell
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Role Playing
Acolyte
$10.99
A narrative ARG/Detective game that gives you your own digital assistant.
SUPERSTRING
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
From Champagne To Murder
an experimental detective game, using a new form of dialog system
Vin Botthin
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Puzzle
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
Монарх
Меланхолійна історія з елементами детективу і трьома кінцівками.
ChiiAka
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Amsterdam by Night: Canals of Conspiracy
Things are afoot in Amsterdam. You're roped into investigating.
FranV86
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Aventuriere Interimaire le Jeu
$4.99
Aventuriers Intérimaires
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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
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
Line-up
Line-up is a 2D point-and-click police investigation game.
DawnWorks
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
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
Play in browser
The Devil's Game -Demo-
Storytold Comics
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Visual Novel
SoraKagi (ソラカギ) - Eden Escape 1.1.7
A beautiful illusion hides a grisly truth. It’s time to uncover it!
Fujitsuki
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
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