Death off the Cuff
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions.
88% of 8 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
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Death off the Cuff
No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a description of your brilliant deductions. There is just one small problem. One tiny detail that makes it different this time. A mere trifle, really. This time you have no idea who did it.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Minimalist
88% of 8 Steam reviews are positive$2.99UNMEMORY
Unravel a mystery: A game you can read, a book you can play.
Also in Detective and Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Minimalist
84% of 79 Steam reviews are positive$6.99Metaphobia
Metaphobia is an investigative mystery game in the style of classic 1990’s point-and-click adventures. Take control of Richard Elmstat in his journey to solve his father's murder.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Surreal
84% of 512 Steam reviews are positiveFreeFeline Forensics and the Meowseum Mystery
There's only one detective to unravel this murder turned museum heist... and they're the cat's meow. Interrogate a "colorful" cast of suspects until they cough up hairballs... and the truth. Will you wrap up the case in time for an afternoon nap, and make injustice knead its last biscuit?
Also in Detective and Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
92% of 107 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!
Also in Detective and Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Retro
93% of 448 Steam reviews are positive$13.99Noir Chronicles: City of Crime
Step into the shoes of Alfred Fox, a private eye with a knack for getting into trouble, and confront the danger looming over your old flame, Barbara Le Purr. Using your own intuition and wide investigation techniques you will follow the intrigue and face many, sometimes deadly, consequences.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
62% of 122 Steam reviews are positive$14.99YOUR HOUSE
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Also in Detective and Visual novel · Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
79% of 48 Steam reviews are positive$6.99Desert of Vice
Solve your own murder in this horror text adventure with choice dependent endings. Explore an isolated desert town to figure out who murdered you - and why.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Minimalist
79% of 19 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Mystery of the Malign
Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Retro
94% of 77 Steam reviews are positive$13.99Cat Detective Albert Wilde
Play as the Cat Detective Albert Wilde. Walk, talk, interrogate, joke, solve a mystery, and experience an old film noir setting with humanoid animal characters. A story of quantum theory and parallel universes served with a lot of humour.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Surreal
93% of 123 Steam reviews are positive$11.99Face Noir
A moody tale that combines the intrigue and atmosphere of a Raymond Chandler novel or Humphrey Bogart film with classic point-and-click adventure gameplay, Face Noir follows private eye Jack Del Nero as he’s falsely accused of murdering the man who left a little girl in his protection.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Retro
68% of 99 Steam reviews are positive$9.99The Crimson Diamond
Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond in this retro-inspired, EGA text parser mystery adventure!
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Retro
96% of 670 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99
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UNMEMORY
Unravel a mystery: A game you can read, a book you can play.
84% of 79 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
YOUR HOUSE
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
79% of 48 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Desert of Vice
Solve your own murder in this horror text adventure with choice dependent endings.
79% of 19 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
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
The Filmmaker - A Text Adventure
Explore an abandoned movie theater and step inside five black-and-white films in this mystery text adventure that pays tribute to classic Hollywood…
90% of 21 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Lifestream - A Haunting Text Adventure
Find your missing father and uncover the dark conspiracy surrounding a sacred artifact and an enigmatic brotherhood in this haunting text adventure…
100% of 25 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Subsurface Circular
Play a robot detective riding an underground train, questioning passengers to solve a string of disappearances.
94% of 1,497 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Oniria Crimes
Oniria Crimes is an interactive noir novel with point & click mechanics.
76% of 42 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Detective Grimoire
Question a colorful cast of suspects, gather clues around a hand-painted marsh, and argue your way to the culprit of one very strange murder.
96% of 2,279 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$6.99
Detective Hunt - Crownston City PD
You are Damien Hunt, a junior detective of the Crownston City Police Department.
63% of 24 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
Investigate a haunted forest house as a small mute mystic who can only ask questions, one conjured card at a time.
96% of 2,962 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Hidden gems like PataNoir
Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch?
93% of 448 Steam reviews are positive$13.99
CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
Investigate a haunted forest house as a small mute mystic who can only ask questions, one conjured card at a time.
96% of 2,962 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
The Crimson Diamond
Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond…
96% of 670 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99
Loco Motive
Question a trainload of suspects, combine ridiculous items and crack a 1930s whodunit as three unlikely detectives, all in a joke-filled…
92% of 1,260 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 31$10.79
Cat Detective Albert Wilde
Play as the Cat Detective Albert Wilde. Walk, talk, interrogate, joke, solve a mystery, and experience an old film noir setting with humanoid animal…
93% of 123 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
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
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
A woman arrives at an empty hotel in central Europe, summoned by an eccentric filmmaker, and finds a maze of illusions instead of a job.
93% of 3,215 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 51$24.99
Phoenix Springs
Lose yourself in Phoenix Springs – a modern point-and-click set in a mysterious neo-noir world.
85% of 233 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Nine Noir Lives
Stretch your legs, clean your whiskers, and dive into Nine Noir Lives.
88% of 118 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Inspector Waffles
Murder. Nothin’ nice about it. In this old school detective adventure, step into the boots of whip-smart Inspector Waffles and travel the city to…
95% of 227 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Chicken Police - Paint it RED!
Two washed-up rooster detectives reunite for one last, very strange case in the city of Clawville.
94% of 1,636 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$19.99
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Incredulity
Descend into mind of detective Zara Moreland in this dark, moody, short, story emphasized adventure game with fixed camera angles.
100% of 3 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Dean Archer Stories: The Missing Detective
A detective vanished. An office locked from the inside. You were his last appointment. Investigate every corner and uncover what Dean Archer hid.
97% of 39 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
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
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
Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch?
93% of 448 Steam reviews are positive$13.99
CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
Investigate a haunted forest house as a small mute mystic who can only ask questions, one conjured card at a time.
96% of 2,962 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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
The Darkest Dusk
Classic Point-and-Click Adventure Game to experience the feeling from the 80's and 90's | Tech-Noir | Pixel Art and Retro Style | Interactive visual…
96% of 25 Steam reviews are positiveFree
YOUR HOUSE
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
79% of 48 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
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
Cat Detective Albert Wilde
Play as the Cat Detective Albert Wilde. Walk, talk, interrogate, joke, solve a mystery, and experience an old film noir setting with humanoid animal…
93% of 123 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Encounter: A 8-Bit Noir Adventure...
Race against time to save a kidnapped teen in 2 hours! Play as a cunning PI, diving into a thrilling mystery.
100% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$2.99