Popular colorful detective games
Bright cases link these popular detective picks, all dressed in colorful art while you hunt clues and press suspects. In Duck Detective: The Secret Salami you question office staff over a missing meal, while Loco Motive has you guiding three accused travelers through puzzles aboard a train, and Moses & Plato - Last Train to Clawville lets you quiz riders before the final stop.
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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 3,165 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 111$15.99Duck 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 2,623 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$9.99Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
You play prosecutor Miles Edgeworth, out of the courtroom and walking crime scenes himself. Search for clues, question persons of interest, and link evidence through logic to close tough cases. Both Investigations games in one HD collection, funny and story-driven, with the second game as the standout reason to keep going.
96% of 3,515 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 247$39.99Agatha Christie - Death on the Nile
Play Hercule Poirot and private detective Jane Royce in a 1970s take on the classic case. Two investigations run from London discos to a Nile cruise, meet at Abu Simbel, and it is on you to question suspects, connect clues and catch the liar.
77% of 230 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$39.99Loco 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 1,260 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$10.79Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
You are a down-on-his-luck duck detective hired to find a stolen lunch, which somehow leads to a sinister salami conspiracy. Interview suspects, stare them down, and fill in your notebook to crack the case in this short, fully voice-acted cozy mystery.
94% of 6,170 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$9.99Paper Perjury
It all started with a simple robbery. When that thread was pulled, a tapestry of mysteries was revealed. Solve cases and outsmart criminals in a detective story full of lies, confessions, and maybe even a murder or two.
89% of 231 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$19.99Staffer Retro : A Supernatural Mystery Quest
Verita runs a second-hand shop, owes a pile of debt, and stumbles into old incidents shaped by Mana, the source of supernatural powers. You question people, search an island town, and combine documents to reason out what really happened, then flip some endings to find a darker truth. Warm, anime-styled detective work across 6 episodes and 11 endings.
89% of 1,051 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$24.99Kumitantei: Old-School Slaughter
Kill each other...for science! The class of '89 is trapped in an elite school killing game. Investigate, solve, and expose your classmates in Kumitantei™: Old-School Slaughter, an episodic murder-mystery ADV card-battler inspired by retro anime.
88% of 343 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99HoloTrials: 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 441 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6Freeof the Devil
You are Morgan, a public defender in 2086 taking murder cases almost no lawyer can win. You walk 3D crime scenes, question suspects, and use a killer insight to spot what others miss, then risk it all in court.
99% of 2,732 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 32FreeLittle Problems: A Cozy Detective Game
Little Problems is a Cozy Detective game about solving minor inconveniences, everyday misunderstandings, and of course, little problems. This game is not about saving the world; it's about enriching it, one case at a time.
91% of 471 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$9.99
