Top rated colorful detective games
Sunny offices, painted marshes and school corridors give your casework a cheerful backdrop in these top rated colorful detective games. In Duck Detective: The Secret Salami you question coworkers and fill a notebook to explain a missing lunch, while in Detective Grimoire and HoloTrials: Case Covered you explore small locations, press odd witnesses and link clues to clear a name.
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Persona 4 Golden
A small-town serial murder case pulls a transfer student and his friends into a parallel world inside TV sets. You follow rumors, chase the truth behind the fog in Inaba, and your choices shape which ending you get. Warm, funny, and story-heavy, with turn-based fights on the side.
97% of 71,933 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 865$19.99Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Become rookie defense attorney Phoenix Wright and save innocent clients by picking apart lies in court. Across 14 episodes from the first three games, you gather clues, press witnesses, and shout Objection at the right contradiction. Funny, twisty detective games for armchair detectives who love a good whodunit.
97% of 36,144 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 848$29.99Buy a Croquette!
March 2012, Nagano. High schooler Chio Aozora needs 380 yen for a croquette, and that small errand turns into a tangle of lost items, suspicious strangers, passwords, and parallel worlds. You search alleys, help residents, and piece together what really happened across 12 endings. A funny, sad little detective story where pocket change leads somewhere strange.
98% of 8,913 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 23FreeThe 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: 82$15.99of 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 2,735 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 32FreeThreefold Recital
Three beastlings, one brewing conspiracy, and a city full of odd cases. You guide a monk who cuts karma threads, a priest who transmutes substances, and an artist who steps into paintings, switching between them to untangle mysteries across Bluescales until their three storylines meet.
98% of 5,174 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Fifteen elite students are locked in Hope's Peak Academy, and a murderous bear offers freedom to anyone who kills and gets away with it. You play Makoto Naegi: search each crime scene, question your classmates, then argue the case in a loud class trial where you shoot holes in lies with the truth. Fair clues, strange motives, and verdicts that actually sting.
96% of 37,351 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 855$1.99The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic is supposedly dead on Amy's birthday train, and you, a brand-new Mirage Express staffer on your first day, have to figure out what happened. You question familiar faces, search carriages for clues, and piece together alibis in this funny, hand-drawn visual novel mystery.
96% of 25,329 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20FreeGhost Trick: Phantom Detective
You wake up dead with no memory and one night to solve your own murder. As ghost Sissel you possess objects, pull small tricks, and rewind time to stop deaths and untangle the plot. A funny, tightly plotted mystery worth playing for the ending alone.
97% of 6,597 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28$29.99Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County
You are the Frog Detective, sent to Cowboy County with Lobster Cop to sort out a sheriff-less town. You question animal locals, trade favors, follow clues, and land on a simple answer that turns sinister. Short, kind, and very funny, it is worth playing for the jokes and the warm send-off to the trilogy.
98% of 1,886 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$4.99Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
Trapped on Jabberwock Island with your classmates, you investigate each murder, gather clues and interview suspects, then argue the truth in the Class Trial. A murder-mystery visual novel with elaborate cases, sharp twists and a darkly funny streak, well worth playing for armchair detectives.
95% of 31,553 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 541$7.99Hypnospace Outlaw
You are a Hypnospace Enforcer, policing a garish 1999 internet that lives inside people's sleep. You search pages, follow links and flag copyright theft, bullying and other violations for Hypnocoins. Worth playing for armchair detectives who like reading everyone’s embarrassing homepages to find the one page that should not be there.
96% of 4,903 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 30$19.99
