Lamplight City
A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight!
89% of 810 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Games like Kill The Shadow
Want something that feels mysterious and story-driven the way Kill The Shadow does? These games are a good place to start.
Dry Drowning
Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.
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81% of 399 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Lamplight City
A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can you help private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart?
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89% of 810 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Confidential 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 772 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99Kill The Clock
Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing. Customize your character, roll dice to influence story outcomes, and uncover the truth—before time resets again.
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89% of 45 Steam reviews are positive$14.99MAKOTO WAKAIDO’s Case Files TRILOGY DELUXE
A game based on a simple concept: a mystery puzzle you can complete in an hour. Can you solve the cases narrated in this beautiful pixel-art adventure?
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77% of 260 Steam reviews are positive$12.99神都不良探 Underdog Detective
A live-action detective comedy set in Luoyang at the height of Empress Wu Zetian's reign. You play a quick-witted slum antique dealer pulled into a deadly conspiracy, cracking cases through filmed scenes, clue-hunting and deduction. Charming performances, real costumes and sets, and a hero who is funny even when his life is on the line.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
73% of 2,722 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$7.99The 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 9,944 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 52$17.99Game of Fate: Chasing Through Time
Immerse yourself in the first-person perspective, cross time and space, solve bizarre cases, save innocent victims, and catch a mysterious killer! You will solve murders, uphold justice, and also gain love. Are you ready? Play the "Game of Fate" that crosses time and space, life and death!
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88% of 997 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$10.99LumineNight
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 547 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99Shadows of Doubt
A private eye in a simulated, procedurally generated 1980s cyberpunk city. Every citizen has a name, a job and a routine, and somewhere among them is a killer. Break in, hack, tail and deduce your way to the truth before they strike again.
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82% of 14,770 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 211$24.99Unheard - Voices of Crime
A detective game you play with your ears. Walk through a top-down blueprint of a crime scene, eavesdrop on every conversation as it happened, and match names to voices to work out who did what. Five cases hide a thread connecting them all, and only careful listening finds it.
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95% of 31,163 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 44$6.99AI: The Somnium Files
Detective Kaname Date hunts a serial killer through near-future Tokyo, and through other people's dreams. A murder mystery with sharp twists, a talking AI partner and dream puzzles on a six-minute clock. Dark, funny and stranger than it has any right to be.
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91% of 8,939 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 29$3.99
Cheaper than Kill The Shadow
Kill The Clock
Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing.
89% of 45 Steam reviews are positive$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 772 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99
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
神都不良探 Underdog Detective
Play a slum-dwelling antique expert turned detective in a filmed, choice-driven adventure where one wrong call can end your story.
73% of 2,722 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$7.99
Game of Fate: Chasing Through Time
Immerse yourself in the first-person perspective, cross time and space, solve bizarre cases, save innocent victims, and catch a mysterious killer!
88% of 997 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$10.99
Unheard - Voices of Crime
Walk a blueprint of each crime scene, listen in on every conversation and match voices to names to uncover what happened.
95% of 31,163 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 44$6.99
AI: The Somnium Files
Interrogate suspects by day, then step into their dreams on a six-minute clock to crack a serial killer case in Tokyo.
91% of 8,939 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 29$3.99
Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集
Play a wolf detective solving five connected murder cases in a snowbound tavern full of fuzzy suspects.
95% of 1,396 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$10.99
她杀 - The Suspected Murder
Deep night, famous suspense novelist fell from the balcony, leaving his young wife an enormous heritage. Accident, or calculated murder?
77% of 43 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Darkway: Murder of King Mere
The King Mere is dead. Once the leader of diplomacy in the Dog Empyre, now a bloodstain on snow.
98% of 80 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Misty Judgment
You wake up as Qi Yi with no memory, and the killer is hiding among the people who call you by that name.
92% of 1,167 Steam reviews are positive$6.29
Hidden gems like Kill The Shadow
Long Knives
Role-play as an ancient Chinese constable. Solving cases and bringing criminals to justice is only part of your duty.
98% of 668 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2Free
Detective Sherlock: Shadow Stalker
Every character remembers, watches, tests, and may deceive you like a living person. They have emotions, voices, expressions, and buried secrets.
88% of 466 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99
Misty Judgment
You wake up as Qi Yi with no memory, and the killer is hiding among the people who call you by that name.
92% of 1,167 Steam reviews are positive$6.29
Yet Another Killing Game
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening?
96% of 253 Steam reviews are positive$16.99
Utter a Name
Disembodied souls linger in this old estate. To each one, utter their name.
90% of 231 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Game of Fate: Chasing Through Time
Immerse yourself in the first-person perspective, cross time and space, solve bizarre cases, save innocent victims, and catch a mysterious killer!
88% of 997 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$10.99
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 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 772 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99
Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus
Investigate a rain-drenched city, then take the case into a labyrinth where the truth itself turns hostile.
80% of 2,296 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 73$14.99
Murders on the Yangtze River
A detective adventure in early 20th century China. John Shen returns home to find out who really killed his brother, and the cases along the way…
96% of 15,972 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 40$8.99
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
The Occult Detective
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements.
71% of 275 Steam reviews are positive$13.49
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Detective Sherlock: Shadow Stalker
Every character remembers, watches, tests, and may deceive you like a living person. They have emotions, voices, expressions, and buried secrets.
88% of 466 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99
The 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.
93% of 581 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$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 772 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99
Long Knives
Role-play as an ancient Chinese constable. Solving cases and bringing criminals to justice is only part of your duty.
98% of 668 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2Free
Darkway: Murder of King Mere
The King Mere is dead. Once the leader of diplomacy in the Dog Empyre, now a bloodstain on snow.
98% of 80 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
The Occult Detective
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements.
71% of 275 Steam reviews are positive$13.49
Misty Judgment
You wake up as Qi Yi with no memory, and the killer is hiding among the people who call you by that name.
92% of 1,167 Steam reviews are positive$6.29
Kill The Clock
Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing.
89% of 45 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Utter a Name
Disembodied souls linger in this old estate. To each one, utter their name.
90% of 231 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
她杀 - The Suspected Murder
Deep night, famous suspense novelist fell from the balcony, leaving his young wife an enormous heritage. Accident, or calculated murder?
77% of 43 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Yet Another Killing Game
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening?
96% of 253 Steam reviews are positive$16.99
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 547 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99