Top rated hand-drawn detective games
These top rated hand-drawn detective games let you study illustrated scenes for small details, ask odd suspects awkward questions and link the answers until the case closes. Murders on the Yangtze River puts you on a riverboat trail of connected cases with trial debates, while The Mermaid Mask locks you in an illustrated submarine with a crew under suspicion and The Posthumous Investigation gives you limited hours to work through fourteen suspects in old Rio de Janeiro.
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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 71,929 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 910$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 36,138 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 950$29.99The Wolf Among Us
As Bigby Wolf, sheriff of Fabletown, you investigate a brutal murder among fairy-tale figures living in the city. You question suspects, press for answers, and every choice lands. A dark noir for armchair detectives who like their detective games with teeth.
97% of 32,656 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 117$14.99The 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 3,157 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 111$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 2,733 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$14.99The Children of Clay
A short stop-motion horror about one strange artefact and the secret inside it. You study it piece by piece, point-and-click style, while Hungarian mythology creeps in around the edges. Short, dark and hand-made, it is built for armchair detectives who like examining every detail until it stares back.
98% of 4,165 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2FreeDanganronpa: 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: 430$1.99The Case of the Golden Idol
Twelve strange deaths, fifty years, one cursed idol. As an 18th-century investigator you freeze each death scene, pick apart pockets, letters and lies, then fill in who did what and why. Fair, tricky and very satisfying for armchair detectives.
97% of 9,962 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 52$17.99Magical Girl Witch Trials
Thirteen girls wake in an island prison, told they may be witches. As Ema, you live with the other candidates, explore the prison, and hold witch trials to name the witch among you before the next execution. Come for the betrayals, contradictions, and shifting perspectives rather than clean logic puzzles.
96% of 30,907 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 204$29.99Cube Escape Collection
Nine short point-and-click mysteries in one hand-drawn world, centered on homicide detective Dale Vandermeer and the death of Laura Vanderboom. Best for armchair detectives who like crime scenes that turn strange, with clues, codes and odd suspects to work through.
97% of 7,748 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 57$4.99The 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 25,318 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 29Free
