Newest story-driven detective games
Murder inquiries with a strong plot thread link these newest story-driven detective games, and you follow each case by talking through contradictions until the motive makes sense. No Murders in Grimwick has you pressing festival townsfolk for answers, while Train of Thought - Murder on the Silver Line ACADEMIC VERSION keeps you moving between carriages to compare statements, and The Traveller's Sight adds messages from victims to guide your reasoning.
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Hillthorn
A child has vanished in a secluded mountain community, and you have until the clock runs out to find out what happened. Hillthorn is a dark investigation game that tells its whole story through clue cards, no dialogue at all, just your logic and intuition. A short, tense mystery with multiple endings worth chasing.
87% of 67 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 163Funeral for the Sun
A town of 724 people burns down and only one survivor is left. The official story is false. Travel through 400 years of memories in the ashes of Cerro Milagroso, name the people you meet, and draw the connections between them in a hand-drawn detective story where supernatural secrets run under generations of history.
100% of 88 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 221$17.99Amnea28: Two Eternities
A week of psychology lectures in an old hotel turns into something far stranger. Read, question, and watch your stress meter while five routes and 38 endings branch around four students with secrets. The walls of Amnea don't let everyone leave.
96% of 26 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 24$8.49HOMEPAGE
A horror anomaly finder where you are contracted to observe websites and report errors and changes. But there is more to your clients than meets the eye.
60% of 5 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$7.19Lost Media Agency
A found footage horror game where you need to piece together a timeline in chronological order of a Kaiju incident that occurred.
80% of 5 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$4.24Manus Sors
A mystical horror-puzzle game. A cozy grandmother's apartment hides dark family secrets. Explore rooms, solve riddles, and pay close attention - every detail matters!
100% of 9 Steam reviews are positive$4.49Crimson Solstice
A cozy horror adventure. Uncover the mysteries of the Crimson Solstice and decide Moonvale’s fate. Build relationships and manage resources as time is of the essence. Spend your days wisely and help the townsfolk of Moonvale survive.
83% of 6 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$12.99Psycho-Sleuth
A murder mystery where the rules of murder are broken. Thirteen suspects with rare cognitive disorders twist every crime scene: faces blur, evidence vanishes, lies become truth. Judge statements in fast debate battles, untangle the warped logic and expose the killer hiding among them.
92% of 716 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 235$17.99Death at Fleming Manor
England, 1959. A series of unexplained deaths at a country manor, and your job is to write the death certificate. Examine bodies, study evidence, question the residents and fill out the official paperwork in a hand-drawn forensic mystery where every conclusion is yours to defend.
83% of 444 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 246$16.19The Clock the Queen and the Door on the Beach
A first person adventure about helping an inventor start a very unusual and untested reactor, to save a distant civilization. You explore the island, find clues in the environment, and make progress by solving simple, but interconnected and layered puzzles ( see main description ). Absolutely no AI.
84% of 19 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$14.99Heart 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..
86% of 14 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$11.99Witnesses
Witnesses is a detective visual novel in a grim noir style. You are a private detective assigned two strange cases.
92% of 13 Steam reviews are positive$1.59
