CaseCracker
CaseCracker is a hardcore text-based detective game where you solve cases by searching a huge database yourself.
89% of 3,344 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$3.99
Detective games like CaseCracker 3
Chasing that mysterious and story-driven feeling you got from CaseCracker 3? Give these detective games a try when the craving hits.
CaseCracker2
Officer Jia has vanished, leaving a classified message pointing to the CaseCracker 2.0 system. Tear through suspects' alibis, look beyond the text, and extract hidden threads from seemingly unrelated intel. Will you find the ultimate truth, or a trap?
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
90% of 768 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$7.19The Case of the Golden Idol
Twelve strange deaths, fifty years, one cursed idol. As an 18th-century investigator you freeze each death scene, pick apart pockets, letters and lies, then fill in who did what and why. Fair, tricky and very satisfying for armchair detectives.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
97% of 9,962 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 52$17.99Scene Investigators
Set in the near future, you play a trainee investigator working through reconstructed cases to earn a license. You walk each scene, read files and messages, spot small details, and answer who did what and why. It is strict, quiet, and built for armchair detectives who want to reason it out themselves.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
74% of 975 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$24.99The Occult Detective
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
71% of 276 Steam reviews are positive$13.49Unheard - Voices of Crime
Put on headphones and travel back to crime scenes you can only hear. In this detective game for armchair detectives, you move through a floor plan, catch conversations near you, match names to voices, and answer what really happened across connected cases.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
95% of 31,178 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 44$6.99Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
75% of 773 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99Mini Murder Mysteries
Solve cozy, crafty whodunits. Puzzle your way through nine unique investigations – and use your noggin to make intelligent deductions. Explore the evidence, scrutinize statements, and connect the dots.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Minimalist
96% of 175 Steam reviews are positive$4.99The Rise of the Golden Idol
A standalone sequel set in the 1970s, 200 years after the Cloudsley family. You act as an observer across 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity, from prisons to labs to cult meetings. You explore each scene, collect clues, name the faces and piece together who did what and why, until the threads join into one conspiracy.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
92% of 3,863 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 50$19.99LumineNight
Play father-and-daughter detectives Kelvin and Selen Foster in 1950s Summerset, working a chain of unsolved murders stretching over a decade. You comb neon-lit streets for clues, crack codes and puzzles, sneak past security, and corner liars in interrogation. A slow-burn conspiracy for armchair detectives who like their reasoning with puzzles on the side.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
87% of 548 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Twelve years after a girl vanished from a playground, retired inspector Jeon Gyeong reopens the file. You sort her scattered memories, match 54 conversations to their speakers, and catch every lie. A short, sad, clever detective game for armchair detectives who love paperwork.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
96% of 10,612 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$6.99Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
You are Sherlock Holmes with six cases to close: murders, missing persons, thefts, and stranger turns. Search scenes, question suspects, link clues into a theory, then name the culprit and decide whether to condemn or absolve them.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
89% of 7,189 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$29.99The Painscreek Killings
As journalist Janet, you walk into abandoned Painscreek to find why its people died, starting with Vivian Roberts. No markers, no hints, just letters, diaries, keys, codes, and your own notebook. For armchair detectives who like piecing it together themselves.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
90% of 5,925 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 38$19.99
Cheaper than CaseCracker 3
CaseCracker2
Officer Jia has vanished, leaving a classified message pointing to the CaseCracker 2.0 system.
90% of 768 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$7.19
Unheard - Voices of Crime
Put on headphones and travel back to crime scenes you can only hear.
95% of 31,178 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 44$6.99
Mini Murder Mysteries
Solve cozy, crafty whodunits. Puzzle your way through nine unique investigations – and use your noggin to make intelligent deductions.
96% of 175 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Twelve years after a girl vanished from a playground, retired inspector Jeon Gyeong reopens the file.
96% of 10,612 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$6.99
Misty Judgment
You are Qi Yi, a mystery writer who cannot remember his own name, caught in a loop of murders across a campus, a mental hospital, a villa, and an…
92% of 1,167 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Case Files: Behind Closed Doors
An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.
96% of 24 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Detective Agency: Murder at the Manor
The owner of the Golden Rose Manor died mysteriously in the secret room. Everyone in the manor has an alibi, but their speech is full of loopholes...
50% of 20 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
执念刑警之消失的证人
Lu Yan has 9 days to bring five missing witnesses back alive. Scrutinize raw surveillance, dashcam, and interrogation footage as actual evidence.
87% of 231 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Murders on the Yangtze River
An Ace Attorney-style detective story set along the Yangtze River in early 20th-century China.
96% of 15,990 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 40$8.99
A Case of Fraud
A short, non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight.
96% of 616 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$7.19
FLAM EVAW
Collect clue cards, build skills, question four very different assistants, and reason your way to one of 12 endings.
95% of 1,376 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Hidden gems like CaseCracker 3
Mini Murder Mysteries
Solve cozy, crafty whodunits. Puzzle your way through nine unique investigations – and use your noggin to make intelligent deductions.
96% of 175 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
REWIND
《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues.
90% of 463 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
Methods: The Canada Files
Methods: The Canada Files is a mystery visual novel. You play as a team of eccentric detectives in a mysterious crime-solving competition.
93% of 314 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Detective Sherlock: Shadow Stalker
Every character remembers, watches, tests, and may deceive you like a living person. They have emotions, voices, expressions, and buried secrets.
88% of 466 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99
Mind Diver
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations.
95% of 324 Steam reviews are positive$17.99
Misty Judgment
You are Qi Yi, a mystery writer who cannot remember his own name, caught in a loop of murders across a campus, a mental hospital, a villa, and an…
92% of 1,167 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
执念刑警之消失的证人
Lu Yan has 9 days to bring five missing witnesses back alive. Scrutinize raw surveillance, dashcam, and interrogation footage as actual evidence.
87% of 231 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
The Ratline
A murdered priest. A secret list. Hunt Nazi fugitives across the globe in this gritty 1971 detective thriller.
81% of 351 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$14.99
Paper Perjury
It all started with a simple robbery. When that thread was pulled, a tapestry of mysteries was revealed.
89% of 231 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$19.99
CaseCracker2
Officer Jia has vanished, leaving a classified message pointing to the CaseCracker 2.0 system.
90% of 768 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$7.19
LumineNight
Play father-and-daughter detectives Kelvin and Selen Foster in 1950s Summerset, working a chain of unsolved murders stretching over a decade.
87% of 548 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99
The Rise of the Golden Idol
A standalone sequel set in the 1970s, 200 years after the Cloudsley family.
92% of 3,863 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 50$19.99
Newest detective games like CaseCracker 3
Homicide Desk
Read the evidence. Run the forensics. Question suspects in your own words, they lie, crack, or lawyer up.
66% of 95 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Detective Sherlock: Shadow Stalker
Every character remembers, watches, tests, and may deceive you like a living person. They have emotions, voices, expressions, and buried secrets.
88% of 466 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99
Case Solved: The London Files
Solve logic puzzles and crack multiple cases in a cosy noir London using reason, not guesswork.
65% of 114 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99
REWIND
《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues.
90% of 463 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
Mini Murder Mysteries
Solve cozy, crafty whodunits. Puzzle your way through nine unique investigations – and use your noggin to make intelligent deductions.
96% of 175 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
执念刑警之消失的证人
Lu Yan has 9 days to bring five missing witnesses back alive. Scrutinize raw surveillance, dashcam, and interrogation footage as actual evidence.
87% of 231 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Case Files: Internal Affairs
The 3rd installment in the Case Files series. An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.
90% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$10.99
How Many Secrets Under Ceiling
The first light novel-style immersive detective game's here!
70% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
The Ratline
A murdered priest. A secret list. Hunt Nazi fugitives across the globe in this gritty 1971 detective thriller.
81% of 351 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$14.99
Connected Clue
Connected Clue is a quarter-view detective adventure game inspired by the atmosphere of 19th-century mystery novels.
70% of 47 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Methods: The Canada Files
Methods: The Canada Files is a mystery visual novel. You play as a team of eccentric detectives in a mysterious crime-solving competition.
93% of 314 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery.
75% of 773 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99