Funny detective hidden gems
Dead bodies on trains, boats and campsites give you plenty to untangle here. In Loco Motive you switch between three accused travelers working to prove innocence, while Duck Detective: The Secret Salami sends you through an animal office chasing a taken lunch that turns odd. Expect interviewing strange suspects, connecting small clues and solving gentle puzzles with jokes in every scene.
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The Mermaid Mask
A locked-room murder aboard a strange submarine: Captain Mortuga is dead beside an ancient stone cauldron, and it is up to Detective Grimoire and Sally to find out how. You question an eccentric crew, turn clues over in 3D, and solve story-themed puzzles on the way to a satisfying, well-foreshadowed answer.
99% of 3,110 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 111$15.99Methods: 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. To solve each mystery, you must use your team member’s unique detective methods, refute faulty theories with evidence, and find out the truth!
93% of 314 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Demons' Timeline
Cyber Detective L never leaves his room. You solve supernatural murders called Paradoxes entirely through Parrotter, a fake social feed, with help from your Demon partner Nyasuteria. Read timelines, unmask alt accounts, and logic your way to the culprit.
97% of 1,400 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$10.99Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
Eugene McQuacklin is back: divorced, bread-obsessed, and on the trail of a campsite ghost. Interview suspects, inspect the evidence, and fill in the blanks to name what really happened in this cozy 2-3 hour stand-alone mystery, complete with a new partner who finds him deeply annoying.
96% of 2,619 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$9.99The Posthumous Investigation
A dead man hired you to solve his own murder. You have one day. Fourteen suspects. And as many attempts as it takes. A hand-drawn noir mystery set in 1937 Rio de Janeiro, where every suspect has a life, a schedule, and something to hide.
93% of 581 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99Murder at the Birch Tree Theater
Uncover high drama in this whodunnit set in a small-town community theater. Gather clues by investigating the sets, casts and backstage crews of 10 theatrical productions, and piece together the story of each deadly crime.
94% of 134 Steam reviews are positive$14.99The Beekeeper's Picnic - A Sherlockian Adventure
Beekeeper (and former world’s greatest detective) Sherlock Holmes is arranging a surprise picnic for his friend Watson. Unfortunately pesky mysteries keep getting in the way! Explore, find clues and interrogate your neighbours in this cosy adventure.
96% of 490 Steam reviews are positive$6.99Moses & Plato - Last Train to Clawville
A murder mystery where you are the main suspect! An ambassador on a peace mission has been killed on board the Clawville Express. Time progresses as you sniff out clues, eavesdrop on conversations, and interrogate passengers. Can you solve the case before the train reaches the last station? Or else.
88% of 108 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Loco Motive
A murder on the Reuss Express leaves you as one of the suspects, so you set out to clear your name. You play three unlikely investigators across a 1930s steam train, poking through cabins, quizzing odd passengers, and solving item puzzles to untangle the killer's plan.
92% of 1,258 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$10.79The Real Face of a VTuber
A narrative courtroom adventure all about VTubers! Players will take the role of prosecutor Justin Truth and investigate a murder at a VTuber agency, doing their best to uncover the identity of both the killer and VTuber's real face.
90% of 288 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$11.99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 in a fantasy world.
96% of 125 Steam reviews are positiveFreeHoloTrials: Case Covered
A graffiti mocking the Student Council President appears on the walls, and your best friend is the prime suspect! Play as a student detective in HoloTrials: Case Covered. Investigate the high school campus, face off against your rivals, and clear her name in this legal mystery.
98% of 432 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5Free
