A Hand With Many Fingers
Unravel a real conspiracy from deep within the CIA’s archives.
83% of 521 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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Remember how mysterious and story-driven The Archive felt at its best? These games keep things close enough to feel familiar.
A Hand With Many Fingers
Unravel a real conspiracy from deep within the CIA’s archives. Search classified documents and follow new leads in this non-linear investigative thriller.
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83% of 521 Steam reviews are positive$4.99The Dark Layer
You are an investigator granted access to the "Paranormal Event Archive Management System." Browse century-old case files. Search for clues. But be careful—the archives are watching you now. >_ Files that watch back. Disappearances unexplained. Messages never sent.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
0% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$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.
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96% of 1,795 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$4.99The Case of Andrew D.
A forensic challenge - help private eye solve cases for their clients using OSINT and digital forensics techniques.
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85% of 26 Steam reviews are positive$14.99CaseCracker
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.
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89% of 3,345 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$3.99Things Too Ugly
Clock in at TEREBRO INC. for the night shift in 1986. Protect the company's legacy as Risk Assessment Data Processor. Equipped with era-specific technology, navigate through obscured narratives to shape the company's future.
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89% of 47 Steam reviews are positive$7.99SS.Archives
This is a text adventure game with elements of horror, suspense, and puzzle-solving. Players take on the role of a detective, encountering various mysterious cases. These cases may be bizarre, eerie, or seemingly calm on the surface, but with turbulent undercurrents beneath.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
88% of 8 Steam reviews are positive$2.99The 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.
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91% of 8,716 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 23$13.99[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, Atmospheric
99% of 140 Steam reviews are positive$3.99Mystery of the Malign
Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.
Also in Detective · Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
94% of 77 Steam reviews are positive$13.99Profession investigator
Profession Investigator is an immersive simulator with a text-based interface in which you have to deal with real criminal cases. The game uses materials from court archives and specialized literature.
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99% of 105 Steam reviews are positive$12.99The 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$17.99
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The Dark Layer
You are an investigator granted access to the "Paranormal Event Archive Management System." Browse century-old case files. Search for clues.
0% of 1 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 1,795 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$4.99
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
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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
SS.Archives
This is a text adventure game with elements of horror, suspense, and puzzle-solving.
88% of 8 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
TR-49
Search a secret WWII archive, connect the clues and deduce your way to a stolen book before it rewrites reality.
94% of 1,239 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$6.99
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.
98% of 40 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
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
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
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
ARCHIVE NINE: Release the Files
Manipulate the secrets of a shadowy government archive. Every file you release or destroy shapes public view of the government.
100% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
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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 1,795 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$4.99
[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
TR-49
Search a secret WWII archive, connect the clues and deduce your way to a stolen book before it rewrites reality.
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Search a renovated New England home for clues, question the dead and piece together what really happened there.
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Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations.
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The Incident at Galley House
Decades later, a strange machine lets you listen to echoes of the past.
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CaseCracker 3
Interrogate suspects, cross-check their stories and break them with evidence in five demanding text-based cases.
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Utter a Name
Disembodied souls linger in this old estate. To each one, utter their name.
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Paper Perjury
It all started with a simple robbery. When that thread was pulled, a tapestry of mysteries was revealed.
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CaseCracker2
Officer Jia has vanished, leaving a classified message pointing to the CaseCracker 2.0 system.
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Profession investigator
Profession Investigator is an immersive simulator with a text-based interface in which you have to deal with real criminal cases.
99% of 105 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
The Operator
Search files, calls and photos on a console, guide field agents through their cases, and watch a conspiracy close in on you.
91% of 8,716 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 23$13.99
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Read the evidence. Run the forensics. Question suspects in your own words, they lie, crack, or lawyer up.
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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 Case of Arcadia Springs
A short, story-driven, detective-mystery game where you are tasked with solving a deceptively simple break-in case.
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