Query Noir
A noir detective game where every clue is hidden in data. Play a night-shift technician who cracks murder cases by asking the city's databases the…
0% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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Remember how mysterious and minimalist Ghost in the SQL Data felt at its best? These games line up well for what comes next.
Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division
A detective game where the magnifying glass is SQL. No SQL experience needed: the game teaches you as it goes.
Mysterious, Minimalist, Story-driven
97% of 1,096 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21$14.99Query Noir
A noir detective game where every clue is hidden in data. Play a night-shift technician who cracks murder cases by asking the city's databases the right questions. No typing, no syntax: build every query from readable blocks, and watch the real SQL write itself.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Relaxing
0% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$4.99CaseCracker
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, Minimalist, Story-driven
89% of 3,338 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$3.99Lost Wiki: Kozlovka
A journalist in 1990s Eastern Europe gets an anonymous email: dig through a wiki-like database about the town of Kozlovka and report back. Fill in the gaps in your reports, follow links from article to article, and piece together what is wrong with this place. A short, atmospheric mystery that trusts you to connect the dots yourself.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Relaxing
96% of 1,786 Steam reviews are positive$4.99No 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.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Relaxing
96% of 10,587 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$6.99The Operator
You are the new Operator at the FDI, and the field agents call you when a case needs cracking. Dig through photos, databases and call transcripts on your console, feed agents what they need, and follow a conspiracy that starts pulling you in. A short, sharp detective story told entirely through a desktop.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven
91% of 8,699 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 23$13.99The 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.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven
97% of 9,944 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 52$17.99Mini 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, Minimalist, Story-driven
96% of 175 Steam reviews are positive$3.99The Death Game Report
A death game is over. The records are broken. At a single aging terminal, you type in names, restore the final thoughts of every student who died on the island, and work out who killed whom, with what, and why. A quiet, clever mystery you can finish in an evening.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Minimalist, Story-driven
95% of 2,417 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 95$3.99[Redacted] The Safehouse
You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. Explore an old safehouse for clues, deduce keywords and reveal redacted words as you search Ann's digital journal, and piece together your case report as this unfortunate story unfolds.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Relaxing
99% of 140 Steam reviews are positive$3.99No Results Found
A year after 227 members of the Church of the Nine-Tentacled Octopus drowned in a ritual, the case is closed. Their families disagree. As a religious studies researcher, you dig through the cult's websites, forums and records, hunting search terms nobody highlighted for you, until the truth surfaces.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven
95% of 3,452 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 72FreeThe List
A young man is interviewed by the police only to turn up dead a week later. 3 years have passed, a special agent from Santa Fe navigates the police database in order to solve the mystery.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven
82% of 101 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Cheaper than Ghost in the SQL Data
CaseCracker
Dig through case files, cross-reference every receipt and transcript, and follow the evidence through five connected mysteries.
89% of 3,338 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$3.99
Lost Wiki: Kozlovka
You play a 1990s journalist digging through a wiki-like database to uncover what is wrong with a small Eastern European town.
96% of 1,786 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 10,587 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$6.99
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$3.99
The Death Game Report
Type names into an old terminal, piece together the students' final thoughts, and deduce who killed whom and why.
95% of 2,417 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 95$3.99
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[Redacted] The Safehouse
You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend.
99% of 140 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
The List
A young man is interviewed by the police only to turn up dead a week later. 3 years have passed, a special agent from Santa Fe navigates the police…
82% of 101 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
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
Detective School Club
Welcome to the Detective Club! Led by the troublesome and shy president Alice Baskerville.
93% of 15 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Interrogation Files: Port Landsend
Search through the interrogation footage of suspects of a bizarre and horrific crime.
85% of 89 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
SIMULACRA 2
Investigate a dead influencer's phone, interrogate three lying suspects and shape an ending with every choice you make.
87% of 1,384 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$7.99
Hidden gems like Ghost in the SQL Data
Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division
Solve quirky mysteries in a dystopian city by writing database queries, learning SQL step by step as the cases unfold.
97% of 1,096 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21$14.99
Demons' Timeline
Investigate supernatural incidents by reading a fictional social network, unmasking hidden accounts and piecing together the truth.
97% of 1,400 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$10.99
Lost Wiki: Kozlovka
You play a 1990s journalist digging through a wiki-like database to uncover what is wrong with a small Eastern European town.
96% of 1,786 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
The Death Game Report
Type names into an old terminal, piece together the students' final thoughts, and deduce who killed whom and why.
95% of 2,417 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 95$3.99
[Redacted] The Safehouse
You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend.
99% of 140 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
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$3.99
No Results Found
A year after 227 members of the Church of the Nine-Tentacled Octopus drowned in a ritual, the case is closed. Their families disagree.
95% of 3,452 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 72Free
REWIND
《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues.
90% of 463 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
Paper Perjury
It all started with a simple robbery. When that thread was pulled, a tapestry of mysteries was revealed.
89% of 230 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$19.99
CaseCracker2
Officer Jia has vanished, leaving a classified message pointing to the CaseCracker 2.0 system.
90% of 766 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$7.19
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 547 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99
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 767 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99
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Homicide Desk
Read the evidence. Run the forensics. Question suspects in your own words, they lie, crack, or lawyer up.
66% of 95 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
The Death Game Report
Type names into an old terminal, piece together the students' final thoughts, and deduce who killed whom and why.
95% of 2,417 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 95$3.99
No Results Found
A year after 227 members of the Church of the Nine-Tentacled Octopus drowned in a ritual, the case is closed. Their families disagree.
95% of 3,452 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 72Free
Case Solved: The London Files
Solve logic puzzles and crack multiple cases in a cosy noir London using reason, not guesswork.
65% of 113 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99
Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division
Solve quirky mysteries in a dystopian city by writing database queries, learning SQL step by step as the cases unfold.
97% of 1,096 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21$14.99
Forensics: Crime Scene Detective
A realistic forensic simulator built with experts from a real state criminal police office.
64% of 308 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$24.99
REWIND
《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues.
90% of 463 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$3.99
Demons' Timeline
Investigate supernatural incidents by reading a fictional social network, unmasking hidden accounts and piecing together the truth.
97% of 1,400 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$10.99
[Redacted] The Safehouse
You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend.
99% of 140 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Lost Wiki: Kozlovka
You play a 1990s journalist digging through a wiki-like database to uncover what is wrong with a small Eastern European town.
96% of 1,786 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Connected Clue
Connected Clue is a quarter-view detective adventure game inspired by the atmosphere of 19th-century mystery novels.
70% of 47 Steam reviews are positive$19.99