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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Murder in the Atlantic

DOS19883.2/5 CobraSoft

Defender of Boston: The Rock Island Mystery

DOS19923.2/5

Mortville Manor

DOS19883.8/5 Lankhor

Sherlock Holmes: The Vatican Cameos

DOS19864/5 Magicom Multimedia

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...