The Case of the Golden Idol
Twelve strange deaths, fifty years apart, all connected. Examine each frozen scene, gather names and clues, then fill in the blanks to name the…
97% of 9,962 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 52$17.99
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LumineNight
Team up as veteran Detective Kelvin Foster and his code-cracking daughter Selen to solve murders unsolved for a decade in 1950s Summerset. Search neon-lit streets for clues, crack locks and ciphers, sneak past security, and talk lying suspects in circles. A slow-burn noir for puzzle fans who like their mysteries hand-drawn and dramatic.
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87% of 549 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99The Case of the Golden Idol
Twelve strange deaths, fifty years apart, all connected. Examine each frozen scene, gather names and clues, then fill in the blanks to name the killer, the motive and the weapon. A pure deduction game with a dark, twisting story about a cursed family and the idol they would kill for.
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97% of 9,962 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 52$17.99CaseCracker
A hardcore text-based detective game with no flashy visuals, just pure deduction. Search a huge case database with keywords, cross-reference receipts, transcripts and warrants, and piece together five interconnected cases. The devil is in the details, and every detail is yours to find.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven
89% of 3,345 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$3.99Murder Mystery Machine
Join the District Crime Agency in this isometric, modern noir deduction thriller. Explore crime scenes in complex dioramas, organize your evidence effectively, and blur the lines between right and wrong to present your case. Do you have what it takes to be a real detective?
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
53% of 129 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$19.99Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
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75% of 774 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99초동수사 - 증언/증거 추리게임
A time-limited investigation mystery game where you uncover the truth using only evidence and testimony.
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79% of 62 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Scene Investigators
Scene Investigators puts you through a near-future licensing test: a set of reconstructed crime scenes where you observe, take notes, and answer what happened and why. No hints, no handholding, just clues and gaps you must reason through. Built for true-crime and escape-room brains who like hard deduction.
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74% of 975 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$24.99No Case Should Remain Unsolved
A retired detective, a missing girl, and a case file that lives in her own memory. Sort 54 fragments of testimony, work out who said what and when, and accept that every witness lied. A short, sharp mystery that ends somewhere you will not expect.
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96% of 10,613 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$6.99REWIND
《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues. Players need to carefully examine and deduce the clues to find the answer to the case.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Relaxing
90% of 464 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek
Save your missing friend and reveal the corruption of the town’s citizens to stop an evil plot to bring the evil Snake God back to our world.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
89% of 698 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99Mini Murder Mysteries
Solve cozy, crafty whodunits. Puzzle your way through nine unique investigations – and use your noggin to make intelligent deductions. Explore the evidence, scrutinize statements, and connect the dots.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Relaxing
96% of 175 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Garisani Detective Agency
A two-player detective game set in 1990s Korea: one of you plays a living brother, the other his ghost sister. You investigate the same cases from different sides of the veil, then pin your clues to a shared case board and argue your way to the truth. Four cases, new characters and puzzles in each, and a sibling duo worth following.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Retro, Story-driven
80% of 995 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13Free
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CaseCracker
Dig through case files, cross-reference every receipt and transcript, and follow the evidence through five connected mysteries.
89% of 3,345 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$3.99
Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery.
75% of 774 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99
초동수사 - 증언/증거 추리게임
A time-limited investigation mystery game where you uncover the truth using only evidence and testimony.
79% of 62 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
No Case Should Remain Unsolved
A retired detective reopens a missing girl's case from memory alone, piecing together 54 fragments of testimony to find the truth.
96% of 10,613 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$6.99
9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek
Save your missing friend and reveal the corruption of the town’s citizens to stop an evil plot to bring the evil Snake God back to our world.
89% of 698 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Mini Murder Mysteries
Solve cozy, crafty whodunits. Puzzle your way through nine unique investigations – and use your noggin to make intelligent deductions.
96% of 175 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
For Your Tranquility
It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.
71% of 122 Steam reviews are positive$10.99
Detective Bloodphobia
Detective Bloodphobia is a black-and-white noir visual novel with point-and-click investigations and deduction gameplay.
99% of 69 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
MAKOTO WAKAIDO’s Case Files TRILOGY DELUXE
A game based on a simple concept: a mystery puzzle you can complete in an hour.
77% of 260 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
A divorced, bread-addicted duck detective takes on a stolen lunch case and stumbles into a sausage conspiracy.
94% of 6,170 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$9.99
Family Mysteries: Poisonous Promises
Entertaining plunge into the world of debauched elites, alluring women and corrupted cops, where power is the ultimate currency.
80% of 185 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Hidden gems like Connected Clue
Mini Murder Mysteries
Solve cozy, crafty whodunits. Puzzle your way through nine unique investigations – and use your noggin to make intelligent deductions.
96% of 175 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
REWIND
《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues.
90% of 464 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
Feline Forensics and the Meowseum Mystery
There's only one detective to unravel this murder turned museum heist... and they're the cat's meow.
92% of 107 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99
CaseCracker 3
Interrogate suspects, cross-check their stories and break them with evidence in five demanding text-based cases.
82% of 382 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$10.39
Garisani Detective Agency
A two-player detective game set in 1990s Korea: one of you plays a living brother, the other his ghost sister.
80% of 995 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13Free
Utter a Name
Disembodied souls linger in this old estate. To each one, utter their name.
89% of 235 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Paper Perjury
It all started with a simple robbery. When that thread was pulled, a tapestry of mysteries was revealed.
89% of 231 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$19.99
LumineNight
Team up as veteran Detective Kelvin Foster and his code-cracking daughter Selen to solve murders unsolved for a decade in 1950s Summerset.
87% of 549 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99
CaseCracker2
Officer Jia has vanished, leaving a classified message pointing to the CaseCracker 2.0 system.
90% of 768 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$7.19
Death at Fleming Manor
Examine bodies, weigh the evidence and question the residents of a 1959 country manor, then write your own official verdict.
82% of 489 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 246$16.19
The Rise of the Golden Idol
Study 1970s crime scenes, gather your own clues and name the culprit in a dark detective puzzle that unfolds at your pace.
92% of 3,864 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 50$19.99
Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery.
75% of 774 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99
Newest games like Connected Clue
Death at Fleming Manor
Examine bodies, weigh the evidence and question the residents of a 1959 country manor, then write your own official verdict.
82% of 489 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 246$16.19
Garisani Detective Agency
A two-player detective game set in 1990s Korea: one of you plays a living brother, the other his ghost sister.
80% of 995 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13Free
REWIND
《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues.
90% of 464 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
Mini Murder Mysteries
Solve cozy, crafty whodunits. Puzzle your way through nine unique investigations – and use your noggin to make intelligent deductions.
96% of 175 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Feline Forensics and the Meowseum Mystery
There's only one detective to unravel this murder turned museum heist... and they're the cat's meow.
92% of 107 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99
CaseCracker 3
Interrogate suspects, cross-check their stories and break them with evidence in five demanding text-based cases.
82% of 382 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$10.39
Detective Bloodphobia
Detective Bloodphobia is a black-and-white noir visual novel with point-and-click investigations and deduction gameplay.
99% of 69 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
The Ratline
A murdered priest. A secret list. Hunt Nazi fugitives across the globe in this gritty 1971 detective thriller.
81% of 351 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$14.99
Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery.
75% of 774 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99
Midnight Files: THE NOIR CUT
Truth hides in the details. Investigate crime scenes, photograph evidence, analyze case files, and search the police database.
67% of 33 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Mystery of the Malign
Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.
94% of 77 Steam reviews are positive$13.99
초동수사 - 증언/증거 추리게임
A time-limited investigation mystery game where you uncover the truth using only evidence and testimony.
79% of 62 Steam reviews are positive$4.99