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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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.
Scapeghost
DOS19893.7/5 Level 9 Computing
Voyeur
Windows XP/98/95Mac OSDOS1993demoNSFW3.6/5 Philips Interactive Media
Mystery of the Mummy
DOS19883.6/5 Time Warp Software
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...
Mindshadow
DOSMac OS19853.6/5 Interplay Productions
Earthly delights
DOS19843.6/5 Datamost
Ballyhoo
DOS19863.5/5 Infocom
Igor Objective Uuklaonia
DOS19953.5/5 Péndulo Studios
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.
Legends of Murder: Volume 1 - Stonedale Castle
DOS1989protected3.5/5 Softdisk Publishing
Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy
Windows XP/98/9519983.5/5 Trecision
Sherlock Holmes: Another bow
DOS19853.5/5 Magicom Multimedia
The Orion Conspiracy
DOS19953.5/5 Divide by zero
Blackstar: Agent of Justice
DOS19953.4/5
Crime Time
DOS19903.3/5 Starbyte Software
Murder on the Zinderneuf
DOS19843.3/5 Free Fall Associates
The President is Missing
DOS1988protected3.3/5 Cosmi Corporation
Murder in the Atlantic
DOS19883.2/5 CobraSoft
Defender of Boston: The Rock Island Mystery
DOS19923.2/5
Murder by the Dozen
DOS19832.7/5 BrainBank