CaseCracker
CaseCracker is a hardcore text-based detective game where you solve cases by searching a huge database yourself.
89% of 3,345 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$3.99
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CaseCracker
CaseCracker is a hardcore text-based detective game where you solve cases by searching a huge database yourself. You type keywords, cross-reference receipts, reports and transcripts, and sort fragments until the sequence clicks. No hand-holding, just close reading and logic for armchair detectives who like doing the reasoning.
Mysterious, Minimalist, Story-driven
89% of 3,345 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$3.99Lost Wiki: Kozlovka
You are a 1990s journalist digging through a wiki for a small Eastern European town, linking articles until a dark local mystery lays itself bare. Short, text-led detective work built on reading closely and connecting the dots, with a retro desktop frame around it.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Relaxing
96% of 1,795 Steam reviews are positive$4.99The Operator
You are the FDI's newest Operator, stuck at a desk while field agents call in murders, missing people and cyber attacks. You dig through databases, photos and terminals to hand them answers, and the case files keep pointing somewhere darker. Short, slick and conspiratorial.
Mysterious, Story-driven
91% of 8,716 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 23$13.99No 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, Relaxing
96% of 10,612 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$6.99The List
A young man is interviewed by the police only to turn up dead a week later. 3 years have passed, a special agent from Santa Fe navigates the police database in order to solve the mystery.
Mysterious, Story-driven
82% of 101 Steam reviews are positive$5.99Mini 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, Minimalist, Story-driven
96% of 175 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Midnight Files: THE NOIR CUT
Truth hides in the details. Investigate crime scenes, photograph evidence, analyze case files, and search the police database. Connect clues on the detective board, return to locations when something does not add up, and identify the culprit in each standalone case.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Relaxing
67% of 33 Steam reviews are positive$7.99Night Call
Friend. Confidant. Therapist. Voyeur. As a cab driver working the Paris night shift, you are many things to different people. Your gift is getting people to talk; and in order to catch the serial killer who left you for dead, that’s exactly what you’ll need to do.
Mysterious, Story-driven
76% of 409 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Scene 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
74% of 975 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$24.99The Death Game Report
You are the clerk after the killing is over. From an aging terminal you reopen each victim's last record, match it against the student roster and island map, and file the cause, weapon, and culprit for every death. Short, plain, and built for armchair detectives who like reading closely and closing cases.
Mysterious, Minimalist, Story-driven
96% of 2,477 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 95$3.99Connected Clue
Connected Clue is a quarter-view detective adventure game inspired by the atmosphere of 19th-century mystery novels. Gather clues, see through lies, and uncover the identity of the culprit shrouded in secrecy!
Mysterious, Story-driven, Relaxing
70% of 47 Steam reviews are positive$19.99French Crime Detective Game
The French government entrusts citizens to solve criminal cases over the internet. French Crime is a realistic and immersive criminal investigation game.
Mysterious, Story-driven
93% of 40 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Cheaper than Ghost in the SQL Data
Lost Wiki: Kozlovka
You are a 1990s journalist digging through a wiki for a small Eastern European town, linking articles until a dark local mystery lays itself bare.
96% of 1,795 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
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
The List
A young man is interviewed by the police only to turn up dead a week later. 3 years have passed, a special agent from Santa Fe navigates the police…
82% of 101 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
The Death Game Report
You are the clerk after the killing is over. From an aging terminal you reopen each victim's last record, match it against the student roster and…
96% of 2,477 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 95$3.99
Midnight Files: THE NOIR CUT
Truth hides in the details. Investigate crime scenes, photograph evidence, analyze case files, and search the police database.
67% of 33 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
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[Redacted] The Safehouse
You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend.
99% of 140 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Detective School Club
Welcome to the Detective Club! Led by the troublesome and shy president Alice Baskerville.
93% of 15 Steam reviews are positive$1.49
Interrogation Files: Port Landsend
Search through the interrogation footage of suspects of a bizarre and horrific crime.
85% of 89 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
초동수사 - 증언/증거 추리게임
A time-limited investigation mystery game where you uncover the truth using only evidence and testimony.
79% of 62 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
SIMULACRA 2
A young influencer is dead and the case is already closed, but Detective Murilo hands you her phone anyway.
87% of 1,385 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$7.99
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Demons' Timeline
Cyber Detective L never leaves his room. You solve supernatural murders called Paradoxes entirely through Parrotter, a fake social feed, with help…
97% of 1,407 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$10.99
The Death Game Report
You are the clerk after the killing is over. From an aging terminal you reopen each victim's last record, match it against the student roster and…
96% of 2,477 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 95$3.99
Lost Wiki: Kozlovka
You are a 1990s journalist digging through a wiki for a small Eastern European town, linking articles until a dark local mystery lays itself bare.
96% of 1,795 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
[Redacted] The Safehouse
You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend.
99% of 140 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
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 Results Found
You are a religious-studies researcher reopening a closed case: 227 members of the Church of the Nine-Tentacled Octopus drowned during a ritual.
95% of 3,494 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 72Free
REWIND
《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues.
90% of 464 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
ステータス確認探偵
Check the suspect's status and solve the mystery! A status-checking mystery ADV in which a rookie detective takes on difficult cases that take place…
96% of 127 Steam reviews are positiveFree
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
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 549 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99
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
Death at Fleming Manor
Examine bodies, weigh the evidence and question the residents of a 1959 country manor, then write your own official verdict.
82% of 468 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 246$16.19
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Death at Fleming Manor
Examine bodies, weigh the evidence and question the residents of a 1959 country manor, then write your own official verdict.
82% of 468 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 246$16.19
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
The Death Game Report
You are the clerk after the killing is over. From an aging terminal you reopen each victim's last record, match it against the student roster and…
96% of 2,477 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 95$3.99
No Results Found
You are a religious-studies researcher reopening a closed case: 227 members of the Church of the Nine-Tentacled Octopus drowned during a ritual.
95% of 3,494 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 72Free
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
Forensics: Crime Scene Detective
A realistic forensic simulator built with experts from a real state criminal police office.
64% of 309 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$24.99
REWIND
《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues.
90% of 464 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
Demons' Timeline
Cyber Detective L never leaves his room. You solve supernatural murders called Paradoxes entirely through Parrotter, a fake social feed, with help…
97% of 1,407 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$10.99
[Redacted] The Safehouse
You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend.
99% of 140 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Lost Wiki: Kozlovka
You are a 1990s journalist digging through a wiki for a small Eastern European town, linking articles until a dark local mystery lays itself bare.
96% of 1,795 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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