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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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The Orion Conspiracy

DOS1995 Divide by zero
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Mortville Manor

DOS1988 Lankhor
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Murders in Venice

DOS1990 CobraSoft
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In the Dead of Night

DOS1995 Trecision
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Perry Mason

DOS1985 Paisano Productions
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Fish!

DOS1988 Magnetic Scrolls
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The Witness

DOS1983 Infocom
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Crime Time

DOS1990 Starbyte Software
Crime Time blends point-and-click adventure with a murder mystery that’s as much about wit as it is about clues. You play an innocent man framed for murder, scrambling to gather evidence and clear your name before time runs ...
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Suspect

DOS1984 Infocom
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Earthly delights

DOS1984 Datamost
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Defender of Boston: The Rock Island Mystery

DOS1992
In this 1992 DOS RPG, you play as an agent of the Faunus Foundation, protecting the world from cosmic horrors. Set in 1921, the game combines detective work with Lovecraftian elements. It's like Sherlock Holmes meets Cthulhu&mdash...
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Legends of Murder: Volume 1 - Stonedale Castle

DOS1989protected Softdisk Publishing
If you wanted a mix of Clue, D&D, and a dash of text-parser frustration, Legends of Murder: Volume 1 – Stonedale Castle (1989) was your game. You play a detective dropped into a medieval setting, trying to solve a murder...
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Mystery of the Mummy

DOS1988 Time Warp Software
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Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned

Windows XP/98/951999protected Sierra On-Line
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L.A. Crackdown

DOS1988 Nexa Corporation
Welcome to Los Angeles, where crime runs rampant and your job is to bring the chaos down with nothing but surveillance skills and a stern attitude. L.A. Crackdown puts you in the shoes of a tactical commander who never actually le...
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Murder Club

DOSWindows XP/98/951991 Riverhill Soft
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Murder on the Zinderneuf

DOS1984 Free Fall Associates
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Felony!

DOS1984 BrainBank
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Murder in the Atlantic

DOS1988 CobraSoft
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Gumboots Australia

DOS1990 Reckon Software
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Murder by the Dozen

DOS1983 BrainBank