The most popular detective, mystery games

A murder to solve! A criminal to apprehend! Detective and mistery games have the recipe for a perfect crime story. Police investigations, finding clues, mysterious killings, a noir atmosphere are all ingredients that makes a good detective / mystery game worth playing. The Police Quest series, the Tex Murphy series, games based on Sherlock Holmes are just some of the most popular detective games ever published in the last century.

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Voyeur

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSDOS1993demoNSFW3.8/5 Philips Interactive Media

Deadline

DOS19823.8/5 Infocom

In the Dead of Night

DOS19953.8/5 Trecision

Escape from delirium

DOS19953.9/5 Virtual X-Perience

Deja Vu 2: Lost in Las Vegas

DOS19904.2/5 ICOM Simulations

The Last Express

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 Smoking Car Productions

Mortville Manor

DOS19883.8/5 Lankhor

Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1996protected4/5 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...

Circuit's Edge

DOS19904.1/5 Westwood Studios

Circuit's Edge is a cyberpunk-themed role-playing game developed by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom. It was released in 1990 for various platforms including DOS, Amiga, and Commodore 64.Set in a dystopian future, Circuit's Edge takes place in the fictional city of Rhoes Island, a dark and gritty urban landscape filled with crime, corru...

Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy

Windows XP/98/9519983.8/5 Trecision

Fish!

DOS19883.8/5 Magnetic Scrolls

Clue Master Detective

DOS19894.3/5 Dalali Software

Clue Master Detective is an abandoned strategy game developed by Dalali Software and released by Leisure Genius in 1989 for DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, C64. Clue Master Detective is based on the well known board game Clue (also known as Cluedo). Clue can be played in single player, but the best gaming experience come from the multi-player mode.

Blackstar: Agent of Justice

DOS19953.4/5

Perry Mason

DOS19853.9/5 Paisano Productions

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...

The Dame Was Loaded

DOS1996protected4.2/5 Beam Software

Hugo 2: Whodunit?

DOS1991protecteddemo3.5/5 Gray Design Associates

Hugo 2: Whodunit? is an old school graphic adventure game designed by David P. Gray, developed by Gray Design Associates and released in 1991 for MS-DOS only. Hugo 2: Whodunit? is the second installment of the Hugo game series.

Mystery of the Mummy

DOS19883.6/5 Time Warp Software

James Bond 007: A View to a Kill

DOS19853.9/5 Angelsoft

The President is Missing

DOS1988protected3.3/5 Cosmi Corporation

Sleuth: A Murder Mystery

DOS1983freeware4.2/5 Norland Software

1893: A World's Fair Mystery

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS20033.6/5

The Clue!

DOS1994freeware3.9/5 neo Software Produktions

Crime City

DOS19934/5

Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels

DOS19884.1/5 Challenge

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...