Popular competitive detective games
Rivalry gives these popular competitive detective games their charge, as you try to solve the case before anyone else does. In Clue/Cluedo and Clue/Cluedo: Classic Edition you move through a mansion, test suspects and weapons and risk a final accusation against real opponents, while Lateral Thinking Together asks you to outthink other players with strange stories and sharp deduction. Expect turn-taking, bluffing and close calls where logic beats luck.
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Clue/Cluedo
The classic murder-mystery board game in 3D: roll, move through Tudor Mansion, suggest a killer, weapon and room, and cross names off your clue sheet until only the truth is left. A tidy deduction loop for armchair detectives who like watching other suspects as closely as their own cards.
89% of 511 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 31$14.99SEVERANCE
SEVERANCE is a 1-5 player paranormal investigation game where you enter haunted locations, gather evidence with EMF meters, cameras and thermometers, and work out which of 20-plus ghost types you are dealing with. The twist for armchair detectives: the ghost can be AI or a friend hunting you.
70% of 491 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$9.99Sinister Night 2
Nine streamers enter an old Chinese mansion, and two are possessed by the spirit of a ghost-marriage bride. You gather offerings, watch how others move and use items, then argue and vote on who to exile. Worth playing for armchair detectives who like reading people more than crime scenes.
86% of 1,838 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 25$9.99Clue/Cluedo: Classic Edition
The official digital Clue board game: six suspects, six weapons and nine rooms in Tudor Mansion, with one sealed solution. Roll, move, ask and cross names off your sheet until you can name who did it, with what and where.
88% of 3,109 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 61$16.99Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition
Two JRPGs in one package where you work as a cyber detective or hacker solving digi-mysteries across the real world and the digital EDEN network. You collect over 300 Digimon, raise and Digivolve them, then take that team into classic turn-based battles. A long, colorful pick for armchair detectives who also want creature collecting.
89% of 10,955 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 512$49.99Curious Cases
For Desktop or VR! In this 3 chapter story, you play as a modern day legend, Detective Thomas Moore. He has solved more cases than one can count, where others hit dead-ends, he gets to work.
70% of 344 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$2.79Lateral Thinking Together
Crack the Mystery Together! "Lateral Thinking Together" is a cooperative and competitive online multiplayer game that challenges your knowledge and deductive reasoning to uncover the truth. Solve incomprehensible stories with creative thinking and flashes of insight!
41% of 86 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$5.99Yurukill: The Calumniation Games
Pardon or kill. Let the madness begin! Take on the nefarious attractions of Yurukill Land for a chance to prove your innocence!
75% of 64 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Jack & Detectives - A Silent Social Detection Game -
Jack the Ripper is hiding among us. Can you find him? This is a turn-based detection game, but with some twists that make it unique. No talking. No player elimination. Ten minutes per game. These rules are simple, but its nuanced mechanics will keep you entertained.
75% of 52 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Killer in the cabin
You find yourself among a group of survivors of a bus crash in the Norwegian mountains. Rescue is several days away, so to make it out alive, you and the other players have to cooperate in finding shelter, food and water. But one of you is a killer.
81% of 47 Steam reviews are positive$1.39What Is The Ghost
A 2D pixel-art ghost hunting horror game, solo or in online co-op for up to 4 players. As a hunter for a mysterious corporation, you collect and analyze cursed artifacts to identify the ghost before its anger turns into a deadly hunt.
92% of 24 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Scary Buddies
A multiplayer murder party game in VR, taking place in a mysterious mansion hiding many secrets...
71% of 21 Steam reviews are positiveFree
