Popular surreal detective games
Dream logic runs through these popular surreal detective games, and you are the one who has to make sense of it. In Disco Elysium - The Final Cut you ask around and piece together a murder through talk and choices, while Paradise Killer lets you roam an island, save clues and challenge suspects before you argue your case. Follow the meaning keeps the same search for answers in a small town full of odd talk and missing memories.
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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$15.99Demons' 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$10.99The 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$19.99The Dark Rites of Arkham
A macabre ritual murder puts Arkham PD detectives Jack Foster and Harvey Whitman to the test. As the investigation progresses, they will unveil a disturbing connection between the Salem witch trials of the 17th century and the end of humankind.
97% of 698 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99Psycho-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 662 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 235$17.99Kumitantei: 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.
89% of 332 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$14.99The Drifter
Mick Carter witnesses a murder, gets framed for it, drowns, then wakes up seconds before his death. As armchair detectives, you piece together the conspiracy behind it in this fast, dark point-and-click thriller, questioning crooked types and cobbling clues into tools that keep Mick alive a little longer.
97% of 4,866 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 55$19.99TR-49
A WWII machine hums in a church basement and asks you to find a stolen book. You type four-character codes, pull lost books and letters from its archive, and link titles, authors and dates until the hidden source surfaces. Quiet, paper-heavy deduction for armchair detectives who like reading closely and joining dots.
94% of 1,236 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 22$6.99Follow the meaning
Detective Paul Trilby is called to an island town split by a wall, where the Hospital returns patients with their memories wiped. You click through its hand-drawn streets, question odd locals, and piece together gossip and clues to expose what hides behind the gates.
93% of 1,003 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$4.99Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.
92% of 253 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99Dinocop
When dinosaurs were brought back to life, none wanted to be a cop, so humans made you: Dinocop. Investigate the guests of the Cretaceous hotel to crack a meaty case that will confront you with your most profound existential dilemma. Who brought human meat to the dinosaur rights convention ?
95% of 800 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$14.99Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
A wild tale of conspiracy, loss, friendship, and... chickens?! Two rooster detectives are about to venture into the insect underworld to uncover a worldwide conspiracy, while also battling their inherent demons in this animal noir adventure satire.
80% of 385 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$19.99
