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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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Acolyte
$10.99
A narrative ARG/Detective game that gives you your own digital assistant.
SUPERSTRING
Interactive Fiction
The Temporal Invasion (ARG)
$6.99
Do you want to feel like REAL Mystery Solver and Explorer?
Hybriona Labs
Adventure
Detectiveland
$5
Detective noir clickable text adventure
Robin Johnson
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair
$14.99
In bundle
A Murder Mystery Visual Novel.
GosatsuVNs
Visual Novel
burning alexandria
an exceptional day in archfield is a day when nothing happens. a twine adventure.
javid hornet
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Encounter HD (Oric)
$9.99
A young girl has been kidnapped, you have two hours to find and free her.
DefenceForce
Visual Novel
GENBA no Kizuna
$24.99
In bundle
A Murder Mystery Visual Novel.
GosatsuVNs
Visual Novel
Blank House
Regency Era Country House Party Simulator with added Romance and Murder
puddletron
Interactive Fiction
Who Are You, Mr. Cooper?
$3.99
Your own adventure in a steampunk world! Find mysterious Alexander Cooper and unravel secrets in city of Staighrem.
TheLastFairyTale
Adventure
Wardialler
A narrative hacking game. Interactive companion to the Wardialler album.
nervous_testpilot
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Misplaced
An escape room as a text adventure!
Charu Tak
Puzzle
Play in browser
Locked Room on Rails
A trip back home turns into an impromptu murder mystery.
solarProtag
Visual Novel
Projeto: ENIGMA
Become a spy and try to unravel mysteries and save the world in this story driven puzzle and detective game
StellarFox Studio
Puzzle
Aventuriere Interimaire le Jeu
$4.99
Aventuriers Intérimaires
Interactive Fiction
SCP - The Mystery Man (ARG)
$8.99
Solve SCP mysteries in this ARG with cryptic online clues, riddles, and puzzles.
Hybriona Labs
Adventure
Play in browser
The Lurking Shadow
$1.99
A mystery and terror text adventure about you, a detective, who must solve a case in a strange house.
LegosDeveloper
Interactive Fiction
LUNIUM
An escape room mystery. Can you escape your chains before the killer strikes again?
radiosity
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Friendly Facade
$5
Join a scientific study, compete in games, and avoid the manipulation of others before things take a turn for the worse.
FriendlyFacade
Visual Novel
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
Role Playing
Crimebot 2: Unsolved Cold Case
$4.99
Become a detective and investigate mystery murders in this thriller story!
RoboBot Studio
Puzzle
Ardilous
Uncover international spies in this investigative text puzzle game inspired by the classic Carmen San Diego.
Alexander Sheep
Puzzle
The Curious Case of the Missing Will
A detective game without a detective
toadheart
Visual Novel
Play in browser
P.I. - The Chartide Cases
A text-based detective game set in a fantasy setting.
decaf
Interactive Fiction
The Stroke of Midnight
$25
A full-length Detective Visual Novel with an LGBT-inclusive cast.
aceofspadesvn
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
GIF
Demonology 101
A detective game about discovering the true names of demons.
Ludipe
Puzzle
Play in browser
Stumbling upon meaning in an old town abandoned to its fate
An exploration of meanings
mut
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Clean the Streets
ScribblesHD
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Villienville. Echoes of Deception
$1.99
A text role-playing game about the fate of a mercenary. Investigate appearance of “ghosts” and help residents.
jad_labs
Adventure
Magas McFly
Find the killer in a detective, top-down, action, adventure game!
Peyman
Adventure
Eldritch Detective: The Case of the Startled Salon
A text-based mystery game based on Alexis Hall's Affair of the Mysterious Letter
Eldritch Detective: The Game
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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