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
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.
Blackstar: Agent of Justice
DOS19953.4/5
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
Windows XP/98/951991protected4.1/5 ICOM Simulations
Sleuth: A Murder Mystery
DOS1983freeware4.2/5 Norland Software
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...
Eagle Eye Mysteries in London
DOS19944/5 Stormfront Studios
Crime City
DOS19934/5
Daughter of Serpents
DOS19924/5 Eldritch Games
Murders in Space
DOS1990protected4.1/5 Hitech Productions
Jack the Ripper
DOS19953.8/5 Intergalactic Development
Sherlock Holmes: Another bow
DOS19853.5/5 Magicom Multimedia
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.
Mean Streets
DOS1989protected4/5 Access Software
Murders in Venice
DOS19904/5 CobraSoft
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...
Perry Mason
DOS19853.9/5 Paisano Productions
Mortville Manor
DOS19883.8/5 Lankhor
Escape from delirium
DOS19953.9/5 Virtual X-Perience
Deadline
DOS19823.9/5 Infocom
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.
Mindshadow
DOSMac OS19853.6/5 Interplay Productions
The Dame Was Loaded
DOS1996protected4.2/5 Beam Software
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.
Felony!
DOS19844/5 BrainBank
In the Dead of Night
DOS19953.8/5 Trecision
L.A. Crackdown
DOS19884/5 Nexa Corporation
The Orion Conspiracy
DOS19953.5/5 Divide by zero
Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy
Windows XP/98/9519983.5/5 Trecision
Sherlock Holmes: The Vatican Cameos
DOS19864/5 Magicom Multimedia