Detective games like Utter a Name

Looking for that same mysterious and dark spark as Utter a Name? Start with these detective games when you are ready.

Mystery of the Malign
Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.
Mysterious, Dark, Atmospheric
94% of 77 Steam reviews are positive$13.99
The 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, Dark, Atmospheric
97% of 9,962 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 60$17.99
Detective From The Crypt
Jane wakes up in a crypt as a ghost. You are investigating the death of her family together. Seeking and researching evidences. Building an accusation based on them. You have a laboratory to research evidences. Play and get the feeling of being a true Victorian detective.
Mysterious, Dark, Atmospheric
94% of 140 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Detective Grimoire
Detective Grimoire is called to a marsh where a tourist-trap owner has turned up dead, apparently killed by the swamp creature his own attraction is built around. You search the grounds, inspect the crime scene, grill an odd little cast of suspects, and piece Grimoire's thoughts together until the swamp gives up its secret. Short, funny, and light on hard logic.
Mysterious, Atmospheric, Retro
96% of 2,279 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$6.99
Tangle Tower
A murder at the top of a strange tower, and the only suspect is a painting holding a knife. As two detectives, you search the mansion and gardens, question its odd residents, and piece together clues in this hand-drawn detective game with full voice acting and a dry sense of humour.
Mysterious, Atmospheric, Story-driven
94% of 6,696 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28$19.99
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. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
Mysterious, Dark, Atmospheric
75% of 774 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99
The 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, Dark, Atmospheric
90% of 5,925 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 32$19.99
Alex Hill: Whispers at White Oak Inn
A young woman died near the White Oak Inn. Now, her spirit is roaming around, and an employee is receiving strange letters. What dark secrets wait to be found? The clock is ticking and you, as Alex Hill, must uncover the truth before it’s too late.
Mysterious, Dark, Atmospheric
93% of 378 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
The Incident at Galley House
In 1936, locals walked into Galley House and found something bloody and unexplained. Years later, with a strange machine that replays echoes of the past, you piece together what happened that night. A slow, clue-led detective game for armchair detectives who like timelines, transcripts, and working it out themselves.
Mysterious, Dark, Atmospheric
93% of 4,961 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 155$19.99
Tiny 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, Atmospheric, Story-driven
86% of 825 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
[Redacted] The Safehouse
You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. Explore an old safehouse for clues, deduce keywords and reveal redacted words as you search Ann's digital journal, and piece together your case report as this unfortunate story unfolds.
Mysterious, Dark, Atmospheric
99% of 140 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Jenny LeClue - Detectivu
Jenny LeClue is a hand-drawn detective adventure where a sharp young sleuth tries to clear her mother of murder in the sleepy town of Arthurton. You question suspects, spot hidden clues mid-conversation, and solve light puzzles, while the nervous author writing her story argues with you about how it should go.
Mysterious, Atmospheric, Story-driven
86% of 1,254 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$19.99

Cheaper than Utter a Name

[Redacted] The Safehouse

You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend.

$3.99

Murder Is Game Over: Streaming Death

Embark on a thrilling pixel art adventure with Detective Guy & Cleo as they solve a mysterious murder.

$4.99

Mini Murder Mysteries

Solve cozy, crafty whodunits. Puzzle your way through nine unique investigations – and use your noggin to make intelligent deductions.

$4.99

CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs

You are the Carimara, small, mute and sorcerous, wandering a grief-stitched house where every object holds a memory.

$4.99

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…

$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.

$4.99

Murder Is Game Over

Join the investigation in Murder Is Game Over, a pixel art point-and-click game where you and Cleo try to solve the murder of a famous game designer.

$4.99

Harts

Welcome to the house full of secrets and mysteries, the house in which for several years people disappear.

$2.99

Dark Room

Dark Room is an atmospheric point-and-click adventure game. You awaken in a mysterious, locked environment with no memory of who you are.

$2.99

Good Bones

Your new house has old secrets in this haunting point-and-click mystery, where you'll search for clues about a mysterious death, solve narrative…

$6.74

CaseCracker

CaseCracker is a hardcore text-based detective game where you solve cases by searching a huge database yourself.

$3.99

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…

$0.89

Hidden gems like Utter a Name

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…

$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.

$4.99

[Redacted] The Safehouse

You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend.

$3.99

Mini Murder Mysteries

Solve cozy, crafty whodunits. Puzzle your way through nine unique investigations – and use your noggin to make intelligent deductions.

$4.99

Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit

Pick up your magnifying glass as writer-turned-detective Penelope Pendrick in this first-person point and click mystery adventure!

$24.99

REWIND

《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues.

Free

Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved

A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch?

$13.99

Mind Diver

Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations.

$17.99

CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs

You are the Carimara, small, mute and sorcerous, wandering a grief-stitched house where every object holds a memory.

$4.99

The Incident at Galley House

In 1936, locals walked into Galley House and found something bloody and unexplained.

$19.99

The Séance of Blake Manor

Ireland, 1897: guest Evelyn Deane is missing from remote Blake Manor, and private investigator Declan Ward has until All Hallow's Eve to find her.

$19.99

Alex Hill: Whispers at White Oak Inn

A young woman died near the White Oak Inn. Now, her spirit is roaming around, and an employee is receiving strange letters.

$19.99

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