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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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James Bond 007: A View to a Kill

DOS19853.9/5 Angelsoft
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La Abadia del Crimen

DOS19874.1/5 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.
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Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective

Windows XP/98/951991protected4.1/5 ICOM Simulations
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Sleuth: A Murder Mystery

DOS1983freeware4.2/5 Norland Software
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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...
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Eagle Eye Mysteries in London

DOS19944/5 Stormfront Studios
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Crime City

DOS19934/5
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Daughter of Serpents

DOS19924/5 Eldritch Games
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Murders in Space

DOS1990protected4.1/5 Hitech Productions
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Jack the Ripper

DOS19953.8/5 Intergalactic Development
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Sherlock Holmes: Another bow

DOS19853.5/5 Magicom Multimedia
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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.
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Mean Streets

DOS1989protected4/5 Access Software
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Murders in Venice

DOS19904/5 CobraSoft
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Borrowed Time

DOS19853.6/5 Interplay Productions
Borrowed Time is a graphic adventure video game developed and published by Interplay Productions. It was released in 1985 for various platforms, including the Apple Macintosh, Apple II, DOS, and Atari ST. The game is notable for its early use of digitized photos and a noir-style detective narrative.The game's story is set in the 1930s and foll...
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Perry Mason

DOS19853.9/5 Paisano Productions
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Mortville Manor

DOS19883.8/5 Lankhor
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Escape from delirium

DOS19953.9/5 Virtual X-Perience
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Deadline

DOS19823.9/5 Infocom
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221B Baker Street

DOS19864/5 Datasoft
221B Baker Street is a turn-based strategy strategy game developed by Datasoft. 221B Baker Street is base on the tabletop game of the same name "221B Baker Street" and it plays in a very similar way, with dices, etc.
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Mindshadow

DOSMac OS19853.6/5 Interplay Productions
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The Dame Was Loaded

DOS1996protected4.2/5 Beam Software
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Clue Master Detective

DOS19894.2/5 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.
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Felony!

DOS19844/5 BrainBank
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In the Dead of Night

DOS19953.8/5 Trecision
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L.A. Crackdown

DOS19884/5 Nexa Corporation
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The Orion Conspiracy

DOS19953.5/5 Divide by zero
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Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy

Windows XP/98/9519983.5/5 Trecision
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Sherlock Holmes: The Vatican Cameos

DOS19864/5 Magicom Multimedia