Games involving detective work, murder mysteries, etc.
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Jack the Ripper
DOS19953.8/5 Intergalactic Development
James Bond 007: A View to a Kill
DOS19853.9/5 Angelsoft
L.A. Crackdown
DOS19884/5 Nexa Corporation
La Abadia del Crimen
DOS19874.2/5 Opera Soft
La Abadía del Crimen (The Abbey of Crime) is an action-adventure developed in Spain by Paco Menéndez in the mid-1980s. It was initially created for the Amstrad CPC and later ported to other popular home computer systems of the time, such as the ZX Spectrum and MSX. The game was released in 1987.
Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra
DOSWindows 3.x1992protecteddemo3.8/5 Sierra On-Line
Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1992. The game is a sequel to The Colonel's Bequest and follows the adventures of the protagonist, Laura Bow, a young investigative journalist.In the game, the Dagger of Amon Ra is a valuable Egyptian artifact rumored to have mystical...
Legends of Murder: Volume 1 - Stonedale Castle
DOS1989protected3.5/5 Softdisk Publishing
Magnetic Scrolls Collection
DOS19914.1/5 Magnetic Scrolls
Magnetic Scrolls was one of the finest developer companies dedicated to Interactive Fiction. The Magnetic Scrolls Collection is a trilogy of Magnenic Scrolls adventures remade using the Wonderland engine: Fish!, Corruption, The Guild of Thieves. The new window-based interface made text-adventuring easy even for gamers not used to a text-only interf...
Martian Memorandum
DOS1991protecteddemo4/5 Access Software
Martian Memorandum is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Access Software. It was released in 1991 and is the sequel to the game Mean Streets. The game is set in a dystopian future on Mars, where players take on the role of Tex Murphy, a private investigator with a sarcastic and humorous demeanor.The story begins with Tex Mu...
Maupiti Island
DOS19914.3/5 Lankhor
Mean Streets
DOS1989protected4/5 Access Software
Mindshadow
DOSMac19853.6/5 Interplay Productions
Mortville Manor
DOS19883.8/5 Lankhor
Murder by the Dozen
DOS19832.7/5 BrainBank
Murder Club
DOSWindows XP/98/9519914.1/5 Riverhill Soft
Murder in the Atlantic
DOS19883.2/5 CobraSoft
Murder on the Zinderneuf
DOS19843.3/5 Free Fall Associates
Murders in Space
DOS1990protected4.1/5 Hitech Productions
Murders in Venice
DOS19904/5 CobraSoft
Mystery of the Mummy
DOS19883.6/5 Time Warp Software
Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy
Windows XP/98/9519983.8/5 Trecision
Perry Mason
DOS19853.9/5 Paisano Productions
Police Quest 1: In Pursuit of the Death Angel
DOS19874.3/5 Sierra On-Line
Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel is a classic adventure game designed by Jim Walls, developed and released by Sierra On-Line in 1987 for DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, Apple II. Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel is the first chapter in the Police Quest series.
Police Quest 2: The Vengeance
DOS1988protected4/5 Sierra On-Line
Police Quest 2: The Vengeance is a graphical point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1988 as the second installment in the Police Quest series, which was created by former police officer Jim Walls.In Police Quest 2, Sonny Bonds is now a sergeant with the Lytton Police Department, and the gam...
Police Quest 3: The Kindred
DOS1991protected4.1/5 Sierra On-Line
Police Quest: Open Season
DOSWindows 3.x1993protected4.2/5 Sierra On-Line
Return of the Phantom
DOS1993protecteddemo3.7/5 MicroProse Software
Return of the Phantom is adventure game set in France, designed by Raymond Benson, developed by MicroProse Software and released in 1993 for DOS only. Return of the Phantom is a third-person adventure game based on the book Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.
Sam and Max Hit the Road
DOSWindows XP/98/95LinuxMac1993protecteddemo3.8/5 LucasArts
Sam & Max Hit the Road is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. It was released in 1993 and is based on the characters Sam and Max created by comic artist Steve Purcell. The game follows the titular characters, Sam, a detective canine, and Max, a hyperkinetic rabbity thing, as they embark on a bizarre and humoro...
Scapeghost
DOS19893.7/5 Level 9 Computing
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
Windows XP/98/951991protected4.1/5 ICOM Simulations
Sherlock Holmes: Another bow
DOS19853.5/5 Magicom Multimedia