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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In the Dead of Night

DOS19953.8/5 Trecision

Igor Objective Uuklaonia

DOS19953.5/5 Péndulo Studios

Mindshadow

DOSMac19853.6/5 Interplay Productions

Murder Club

DOSWindows XP/98/9519914.1/5 Riverhill Soft

Defender of Boston: The Rock Island Mystery

DOS19923.2/5

L.A. Crackdown

DOS19884/5 Nexa Corporation

The Witness

DOS19834/5 Infocom

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.