Newest retro detective games
These newest retro detective picks let you work cases with old-school looks and tight controls. In Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders you walk 19th-century streets, study scenes and link findings on a board, while Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer puts you behind a struggling private eye chasing a citywide killer. Expect interviewing witnesses, spotting lies and reasoning toward a named culprit across pixel scenes.
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Heart Harvest: A Detective Game
Passionate murders. Ripped out hearts. And something crawling within the walls. Find clues, gather the evidence and connect the dots in this point and click detective thriller game. Solve each murder and uncover the horror linking them all..
90% of 10 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.59Dead of the Brain
A 1992 Japanese horror adventure brought back with upscaled pixel art and FM music. You are Cole, pulled into a resurrection serum gone wrong, and you pick through scenes, question friends and follow the zombie outbreak to its source. Campy, gory and dialogue-heavy, it suits armchair detectives who like old-school mysteries.
94% of 34 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$13.19Scarlet Beret - Murder at the Orphanage
Fabienne a 17-year-old genius, has a rare gift: she detects lies! But when she discovers the body of one of her teachers, she’s left with no choice but to uncover the killer among the residents she’s lived with her entire life.
83% of 6 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1FreeHIRUGAO
A mystery psychological thriller visual novel set in 2000. Follow a serial murder case through many eyes, including the woman, the man, and the detective. With live-action backgrounds and silhouetted characters, every choice branches the story, and one wrong move means game over.
69% of 26 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$4.49Red Chat Ritual – TSUMIMI TIME
“Intervene in Tsumimi’s stream” through comments and Mega Chats, then use your deductions to change their fate in this 15-day psychological horror adventure.
57% of 364 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$17.99WhoIsHe
A surreal point-and-click escape room mystery. Henry Grudge returns after seven years of being kidnapped, covered in blood and with no memories. Solve cryptic puzzles, search for hidden items, and uncover the dark truth. Who is he?
100% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Shanwen
1990s: Windswept mining town Linshan, dependent on fading coal mines, worshipped a mountain god’s stele. After it cracked and oozed brown liquid, a strange illness spread. Lin Tianqing returned for his sick father, uneasy as the eerie town neared, having overheard whispers.
84% of 25 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Last Round at the End of the World
Dream the riddle. Question the village. Choose who drowns. A poetic folk-horror game about divine messages, guilty villagers, ritual games, and the terrible cost of keeping a place safe.
100% of 11 Steam reviews are positive$9.99The Traveller's Sight
Vincent Dumas, an investigator with supernatural powers, is sent to a small town in France with a murky history to uncover the truth behind the death of Laurène Delgado. Using his ability to communicate with the dead, he sets out to find clues that will lead him to the killer.
86% of 7 Steam reviews are positive$19.99告死天使招魂令 Death Angel Requiem
A less 5 hour horror game where investigator Igarashi, tasked by the police, enters a haunted campus after a murder case kills four students. With her partner Shimo, she sets out to uncover the truth behind the "ghost killings."
93% of 14 Steam reviews are positive$3.99Horror Scenarios: The Redwood Estate
Investigate the Redwood Estate as officers Tim Rieff and Kim Hansbury in this classic top-down survival horror game. Face terrifying creatures, manage scarce resources, and uncover the dark secrets behind the mysterious events that took place within the estate.
100% of 5 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Super Chillers: The Chat Room
Travel back to the 90s in this campy point-and-click horror comedy adventure inspired by classic YA horror books like Fear Street and Point Horror.
72% of 58 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
