Unboxing the Cryptic Killer
Two detectives, one cryptic box, and a killer who planned it that way.
89% of 2,408 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$5.99
Detective games like Parallel Experiment
Still thinking about Parallel Experiment and its mysterious and hand-drawn tone? These detective games could fill that gap nicely.
Unboxing the Cryptic Killer
Two detectives, one cryptic box, and a killer who planned it that way. You and a partner each see half of every puzzle, so you crack codes by talking it through as Ally and Old Dog. A short, hand-drawn co-op case built for armchair detectives who like reasoning out loud.
Also in Co-op and Duo · Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
89% of 2,408 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$5.99First Class Escape 2: Head in the Clouds
"First Class Escape 2: Head in the Clouds" is a co-operative atmospheric escape-room-style puzzle game, set in a beautiful luxury airship. Do you think you have what it takes to overcome the challenges that await you on the airship?
Also in Co-op · Mysterious, Story-driven, Relaxing
81% of 264 Steam reviews are positive$7.99DUAL PROTOCOL: The Case of Eva & Miles
Play as Agent Eva to follow the trail, or as Analyst Miles to manage the operation. Dual Protocol is an asymmetric noir puzzle game where two players progress only through conversation. Without seeing each other’s screens, combine the data you have and uncover the truth behind the Castellari murder.
Also in Co-op and Duo · Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
52% of 286 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$8.99Garisani Detective Agency
A two-player deduction game set in 1990s Korea, where you and a partner play a living brother and his ghost sister solving cases together. You see different clues and must talk it out to name the culprit, across four linked cases of pagers, payphones, and unfinished business.
Also in Co-op and Duo · Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
80% of 987 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13FreeAdventure Escape Mysteries
A big bundle of point-and-click mysteries where you play investigator, from Detective Kate Gray murder cases to an NCIS ship explosion. Search scenes for clues, question suspects, and crack escape-room puzzles across 500+ hand-drawn scenes. Generous, cozy-detective fun for armchair detectives.
Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
86% of 1,197 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 104FreeFinch & Archie
An episodic co-op noir murder mystery. Play as one half of a crime-fighting duo: the detective Jack Finch and his police dog, Archie. Use your deduction skills and sense of smell to find evidence, interrogate suspects, and catch the culprit in a gritty story set in the Great Depression.
Also in Co-op and Duo · Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
92% of 26 Steam reviews are positive$11.99Mark & Lara: Partners In Justice
Call your partner and become the best detective duo in this CO-OP adventure! Gather evidence, question the suspects and point out their contradictions. Cooperation is key as neither of you have the full picture of the case! Play on two devices, local or remotely, all you need is a voice connection.
Also in Co-op and Duo · Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
85% of 53 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Puzzle Spy International
Pursue diamond thieves and a trail of cryptic puzzles in this short ‘60s spy adventure. As Agent Epsilon you’ll choose your path as you chat with (or chat up!) suspicious contacts. Deduce the puzzle rules, decode cryptograms and decipher clues as you solve wordplay & logic puzzles across the globe!
Mysterious, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
92% of 155 Steam reviews are positive$12.50Crushed 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, Story-driven, Funny
90% of 1,385 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$24.99TEST 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, Story-driven, Atmospheric
91% of 1,031 Steam reviews are positiveFreeTiny Room Stories: Town Mystery
Everybody are missing in a town. Find the answers of town mystery in a point and click adventure game with escape the room mechanics
Mysterious, Story-driven, Relaxing
86% of 825 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Agent A: A puzzle in disguise
You are Agent A, sent into rival spy Ruby La Rouge's hideout to stop her plans. Expect 35 retro-styled rooms packed with hidden gadgets and 100 inventory puzzles that reward close looking, memory and logical links. A light, funny case for armchair detectives who like observation over interrogation.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Funny
95% of 5,972 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$1.99
Cheaper than Parallel Experiment
First Class Escape 2: Head in the Clouds
"First Class Escape 2: Head in the Clouds" is a co-operative atmospheric escape-room-style puzzle game, set in a beautiful luxury airship.
81% of 264 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
DUAL PROTOCOL: The Case of Eva & Miles
Play as Agent Eva to follow the trail, or as Analyst Miles to manage the operation.
52% of 286 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$8.99
Mark & Lara: Partners In Justice
Call your partner and become the best detective duo in this CO-OP adventure!
85% of 53 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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 5,972 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$1.99
Puzzle Agent 2
Agent Nelson Tethers just solved his biggest case yet. So why isn't he satisfied?
87% of 605 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$4.99
Puzzle Agent
Nelson Tethers of the U.S. Department of Puzzle Research is sent to Scoggins, Minnesota, after the eraser factory stops answering the White House…
89% of 1,627 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Curious Cases
For Desktop or VR! In this 3 chapter story, you play as a modern day legend, Detective Thomas Moore.
70% of 344 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$2.79
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
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: 5$5.99
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
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
Hidden gems like Parallel Experiment
Desktop Explorer
You click through its abandoned profiles, chat logs, and broken apps, piecing together who used it before you and what happened to them.
95% of 2,602 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 61$17.99
Crushed In Time
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson lose a character from their own in-development game, and you help find them.
90% of 1,385 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$24.99
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
Garisani Detective Agency
A two-player deduction game set in 1990s Korea, where you and a partner play a living brother and his ghost sister solving cases together.
80% of 987 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13Free
Utter a Name
Disembodied souls linger in this old estate. To each one, utter their name.
90% of 233 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
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 548 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99
TEST TEST TEST
Same fifteen minutes, same office, same tired employee: you.
91% of 1,031 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
Secrets of Blackrock Manor - Escape Room
Find the hidden fortune of Blackrock Manor. Discover the truth about the family deaths.
80% of 229 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Little Locked Rooms
Grab your magnifying glass and peek inside a series of tiny dioramas filled with crimes and carefully crafted mysteries!
86% of 150 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Unboxing the Cryptic Killer
Two detectives, one cryptic box, and a killer who planned it that way.
89% of 2,408 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$5.99
The Operator
You are the FDI's newest Operator, stuck at a desk while field agents call in murders, missing people and cyber attacks.
91% of 8,715 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 23$13.99
Newest detective games like Parallel Experiment
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 552 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 32$24.99
Desktop Explorer
You click through its abandoned profiles, chat logs, and broken apps, piecing together who used it before you and what happened to them.
95% of 2,602 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 61$17.99
Garisani Detective Agency
A two-player deduction game set in 1990s Korea, where you and a partner play a living brother and his ghost sister solving cases together.
80% of 987 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13Free
Crushed In Time
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson lose a character from their own in-development game, and you help find them.
90% of 1,385 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$24.99
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
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
Finch & Archie
An episodic co-op noir murder mystery. Play as one half of a crime-fighting duo: the detective Jack Finch and his police dog, Archie.
92% of 26 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Mystery of the Malign
Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.
94% of 77 Steam reviews are positive$13.99
Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game
Little Problems is a Cozy Detective game about solving minor inconveniences, everyday misunderstandings, and of course, little problems.
91% of 470 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$9.99
Secrets of Blackrock Manor - Escape Room
Find the hidden fortune of Blackrock Manor. Discover the truth about the family deaths.
80% of 229 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
YOUR HOUSE
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
79% of 48 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Utter a Name
Disembodied souls linger in this old estate. To each one, utter their name.
90% of 233 Steam reviews are positive$6.99