The best 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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Gumboots Australia
DOS19904/5 Reckon Software
L.A. Crackdown
DOS19884/5 Nexa Corporation
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...
Sherlock Holmes: The Vatican Cameos
DOS19864/5 Magicom Multimedia
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...
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1994protected4/5 Access Software
The Clue!
DOS1994freeware4/5 neo Software Produktions
The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo
DOS19964/5 Mythos Software
The Witness
DOS19834/5 Infocom
Cruise for a Corpse
DOS19914/5 Delphine software
Mean Streets
DOS1989protected4/5 Access 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...
The Legacy: Realm of Terror
DOSLinuxMac OS1993protected3.9/5 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.
Eagle Eye Mysteries: The Original
DOS19933.9/5 Stormfront Studios
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
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
DOS19823.9/5 Infocom
Fascination
DOS1991NSFW3.9/5 Coktel Vision
Mortville Manor
DOS19883.8/5 Lankhor
Sam and Max Hit the Road
DOSWindows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1993protecteddemo3.8/5 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...
Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True
DOS19873.8/5 ICOM Simulations
In the Dead of Night
DOS19953.8/5 Trecision
1893: A World's Fair Mystery
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS20033.8/5
1893: A World's Fair Mystery is an interactive fiction game developed by the American studio Illuminated Lantern and released in 2002. Set during the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, the game combines historical fiction with mystery-solving gameplay.In 1893: A World's Fair Mystery, players take on the role of a detective investigating ...
Fish!
DOS19883.8/5 Magnetic Scrolls
Jack the Ripper
DOS19953.8/5 Intergalactic Development
The Scoop
DOS19893.8/5 Telarium
Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra
DOSWindows 3.x1992protecteddemo3.7/5 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...