The best detective, mystery games
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Gumboots Australia
DOS19904/5 Reckon Software
L.A. Crackdown
DOS19884/5 Nexa Corporation
Sherlock Holmes: The Vatican Cameos
DOS19864/5 Magicom Multimedia
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac1996protected4/5 Access Software
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive is the sequel to Under a Killing Moon and the 4th game in the Tex Murphy series. The Pandora Directive is a first-person 3D adventure game set in a dark sci-fi version of the U.S.A., more specifically in a futuristic San Francisco. The Pandora Directive was developed by Access Software and released in 1996 for...
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac1994protected4/5 Access Software
The Witness
DOS19834/5 Infocom
Mean Streets
DOS1989protected4/5 Access Software
Daughter of Serpents
DOS19924/5 Eldritch Games
Cruise for a Corpse
DOS19914/5 Delphine software
Murders in Venice
DOS19904/5 CobraSoft
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...
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...
The Legacy: Realm of Terror
DOSLinuxMac1993protected3.9/5 Magnetic Scrolls
The Legacy: Realm of Terror is a first-person view survival horror RPG set in the modern world, in a haunted house. The Legacy was developed by Magnetic Scrolls and published by MicroProse Software in 1993.
The Clue!
DOS1994freeware3.9/5 neo Software Produktions
Perry Mason
DOS19853.9/5 Paisano Productions
Escape from delirium
DOS19953.9/5 Virtual X-Perience
James Bond 007: A View to a Kill
DOS19853.9/5 Angelsoft
Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True
DOS19873.9/5 ICOM Simulations
The Third Courier
DOS19893.9/5 Manley Associates
The Third Courier is an abandoned (atypical) adventure / role playing game set in Berlin during the cold war era and, of course, it's a spy game. The Third Courier was developed by Manley Associates and released by Accolade in 1989 for DOS, but it was also published for Amiga, Apple IIgs, Atari ST platforms.
Deadline
DOS19823.8/5 Infocom
Fascination
DOS1991NSFW3.8/5 Coktel Vision
Voyeur
Windows XP/98/95MacDOS1993demoNSFW3.8/5 Philips Interactive Media
Mortville Manor
DOS19883.8/5 Lankhor
Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy
Windows XP/98/9519983.8/5 Trecision
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...
In the Dead of Night
DOS19953.8/5 Trecision
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...
Eagle Eye Mysteries: The Original
DOS19933.8/5 Stormfront Studios
Fish!
DOS19883.8/5 Magnetic Scrolls
Jack the Ripper
DOS19953.8/5 Intergalactic Development