Future Proof
Quirky, top-down puzzle adventure game. You’re trapped in a 12-minute time loop.
100% of 27 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Detective games like Chronoquartz
Want something that feels mysterious and minimalist the way Chronoquartz does? Browse these detective games for your next favorite.
TEST TEST TEST
Same fifteen minutes, same office, same tired employee: you. TEST TEST TEST is a retro pixel-art puzzle adventure about breaking a time loop by finding clues, reading between the lines, and solving cryptic puzzles that spill outside the game itself. Short, strange, and built for armchair detectives who take notes.
Mysterious, Retro, Atmospheric
91% of 1,032 Steam reviews are positiveFreeFuture Proof
Quirky, top-down puzzle adventure game. You’re trapped in a 12-minute time loop. Try to save yourself and a small town from destruction from a meteorite. Solve intuitive puzzles, interact with the people of the town, and discover the secrets of the town. Discover the 15 different endings!
Mysterious, Retro, Relaxing
100% of 27 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Orten Was The Case
Orten Was The Case - A free movement puzzle/adventure game where you play as a youngster stuck in a time loop with the simple task of saving the world from literal destruction.
Mysterious, Retro, Atmospheric
94% of 128 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Super Drift Blade
Most of your actions have been taken away. In each time loop, slide the mouse to kill monsters, crack the puzzles locked by knowledge, and explore the hidden paths! Go deeper in a limited time and discover the truth of the world.
Mysterious, Atmospheric, Cute
93% of 360 Steam reviews are positive$6.99Quern - Undying Thoughts
Trapped on the island of Quern after your portal closes, you piece together what happened here through old letters, a lingering spirit, and the machinery left behind. For armchair detectives, the draw is slow clue-chasing across a quiet, strange island, where each solved puzzle opens the next question about your presence.
Mysterious, Relaxing, Atmospheric
90% of 3,882 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 130$2.49Crushed In Time
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson lose a character from their own in-development game, and you help find them. You grab, pull and stretch the scenery across the stages of game development to solve a time-travel mystery that never takes itself seriously. A bright, funny pick for armchair detectives who want clues and puzzles without the pressure.
Mysterious, Relaxing
90% of 1,392 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$24.99The Silent Age
Joe is a janitor in 1972 who finds a time-travel device and a dead man, then finds 2012 empty of people. As detective games go, this one is quiet and lonely: you pick through both eras for clues, move small objects across time, and piece together what wiped out humanity.
Mysterious, Minimalist, Retro
93% of 5,971 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99The House of Da Vinci 2
As Giacomo, Leonardo da Vinci's apprentice, you pick apart locked boxes, instruments and vast machines across Renaissance Italy, then bend time to find what they hide. A narrated conspiracy mystery for armchair detectives who like clues you can turn over in your hands.
Mysterious, Relaxing, Atmospheric
90% of 2,071 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$19.99The Sexy Brutale
A masked ball where ten guests are murdered on repeat, and only you remember it. You watch each death play out across a 12-hour loop, learn the timing, then step in to break it. A stylish time-loop mystery for armchair detectives who like spying, schedules, and saving the day by minutes.
Mysterious, Atmospheric
91% of 2,921 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$19.99Three Minutes To Eight
Three Minutes To Eight is a mind bending pixel art adventure. A gaming experience threading the edge of consciousness, where everything is possible and yet remains elusive. Players will find themselves in ███ ██ █ ▓ ▒ ░ ¿⊕ξד¶¶¶ Error 0x80070570.
Mysterious, Retro, Atmospheric
63% of 131 Steam reviews are positive$14.99The Forgotten City
You wake by ruins, travel 2,000 years into ancient Rome, and land in a cursed city where if one person sins, everyone dies. To save it you question its residents, connect their stories, and rewind time to try again. A talk-first mystery for armchair detectives who like untangling people.
Mysterious, Atmospheric
95% of 11,311 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$24.99Terminal Lucidity
In a concrete slab beneath the earth, a lone technician is sent for routine maintenance on a network of supercomputers. Each terminal operates on its own hidden rules, and the only way to escape is to learn how to speak their language. Crack the code, unlock the truth.
Mysterious, Retro, Atmospheric
96% of 108 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
Cheaper than Chronoquartz
Super Drift Blade
Most of your actions have been taken away. In each time loop, slide the mouse to kill monsters, crack the puzzles locked by knowledge, and explore…
93% of 360 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Quern - Undying Thoughts
Trapped on the island of Quern after your portal closes, you piece together what happened here through old letters, a lingering spirit, and the…
90% of 3,882 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 130$2.49
Meridian 157: Chapter 1
While searching for the anomaly, you find yourself trapped inside a facility on a remote sub-Arctic island. What is this place? Who built it?
92% of 380 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
After You
After You is a narrative game with puzzles, but it is not an easy game, here you will not have indicators or tutorials, nor can you save when you…
70% of 82 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Meridian 157: Chapter 3
You have ventured this far, now there is no turning back. Uncover the island’s dark history by travelling through crumbling caverns and mysterious…
96% of 461 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$5.99
Haven Moon
Haven Moon will transport you to a mysterious world where you have to explore abandoned islands and solve their secrets to find a treasure.
77% of 649 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Agent A: A puzzle in disguise
You are Agent A, sent into rival spy Ruby La Rouge's hideout to stop her plans.
95% of 5,975 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 22$19.99
Meridian 157: Chapter 2
Trapped deep underground on a lost and forgotten island, David’s priority shifts from finding answers about the mystery surrounding him, to…
95% of 258 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Gordian Rooms 1: A curious heritage
Gordian Rooms: A Curious Heritage is a Victorian escape game, where you solve various puzzles in your late uncle’s mansion in the hope of obtaining…
85% of 528 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$0.89
Riddlord: The Consequence
To complete this game, you will need to mobilize your logic, spatial thinking, memory, observation, ingenuity, and assiduity.
56% of 71 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Odysseus Kosmos and his Robot Quest (Complete Season)
What do you do if you are the only one left aboard a spaceship?
80% of 121 Steam reviews are positive$2.24
Hidden gems like Chronoquartz
Crushed In Time
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson lose a character from their own in-development game, and you help find them.
90% of 1,392 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$24.99
My Fav Chill Streamer Dies a Million Times｜ゆるゆる生配信する推しは100万回死ぬ
From SCRAP, the masterminds behind the "Real Escape Game" phenomena with over 17 million attendees, comes a time-loop mystery adventure on Steam!
93% of 131 Steam reviews are positive$34.99
Terminal Lucidity
In a concrete slab beneath the earth, a lone technician is sent for routine maintenance on a network of supercomputers.
96% of 108 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
Puzzle Spy International
Pursue diamond thieves and a trail of cryptic puzzles in this short ‘60s spy adventure.
92% of 155 Steam reviews are positive$12.50
Dimhaven - The Lost Source
You are Emily Ravenstone, searching a mist-covered island for your uncle who vanished months ago.
86% of 1,015 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$25.99
Super Drift Blade
Most of your actions have been taken away. In each time loop, slide the mouse to kill monsters, crack the puzzles locked by knowledge, and explore…
93% of 360 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Decade
Control history in Decade - a groundbreaking indie adventure. Explore an alternate past. Discover how its ideas develop, distort, and disappear.
95% of 147 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time
A deduction puzzle game set in the last hour of a lost 90s JRPG complete with original manual, director's commentary, and clips of an unreleased…
87% of 158 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$17.99
Amatsuko
A knowledge-based progression game. Explore and solve the strange misteries of the interconnected fantasy worlds trapped inside an esoteric book and…
89% of 155 Steam reviews are positive$13.99
TEST TEST TEST
Same fifteen minutes, same office, same tired employee: you.
91% of 1,032 Steam reviews are positiveFree
CLeM
CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist.
92% of 241 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
A Guidebook of Babel
A narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with the butterfly effect at its core.
91% of 888 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Newest detective games like Chronoquartz
Rivage
Trapped alone aboard the A.R.E.S. station, you wake as scientist Miranda and piece together what happened to your missing crew.
74% of 554 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$24.99
My Fav Chill Streamer Dies a Million Times｜ゆるゆる生配信する推しは100万回死ぬ
From SCRAP, the masterminds behind the "Real Escape Game" phenomena with over 17 million attendees, comes a time-loop mystery adventure on Steam!
93% of 131 Steam reviews are positive$34.99
Dimhaven - The Lost Source
You are Emily Ravenstone, searching a mist-covered island for your uncle who vanished months ago.
86% of 1,015 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$25.99
Crushed In Time
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson lose a character from their own in-development game, and you help find them.
90% of 1,392 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$24.99
The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time
A deduction puzzle game set in the last hour of a lost 90s JRPG complete with original manual, director's commentary, and clips of an unreleased…
87% of 158 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$17.99
Puzzle Spy International
Pursue diamond thieves and a trail of cryptic puzzles in this short ‘60s spy adventure.
92% of 155 Steam reviews are positive$12.50
Terminal Lucidity
In a concrete slab beneath the earth, a lone technician is sent for routine maintenance on a network of supercomputers.
96% of 108 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
Amatsuko
A knowledge-based progression game. Explore and solve the strange misteries of the interconnected fantasy worlds trapped inside an esoteric book and…
89% of 155 Steam reviews are positive$13.99
Super Drift Blade
Most of your actions have been taken away. In each time loop, slide the mouse to kill monsters, crack the puzzles locked by knowledge, and explore…
93% of 360 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Kill The Clock
Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing.
89% of 45 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Decade
Control history in Decade - a groundbreaking indie adventure. Explore an alternate past. Discover how its ideas develop, distort, and disappear.
95% of 147 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Blue Prince
You inherit Mt. Holly on one condition: find the rumored Room 46.
85% of 18,008 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 893$29.99