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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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In the Dead of Night

DOS1995 Trecision
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The Third Courier

DOS1989 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 198...
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Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1996protected Access Software
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive is the sequel to Under a Killing Moon and the 4th game in the Tex Murphy series. The Pandora Directive is a first-person 3D adventure game set in a dark sci-fi version of the U.S.A., more spe...
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Corruption

DOS1988 Magnetic Scrolls
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Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra

DOSWindows 3.x1992protecteddemo Sierra On-Line
Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1992. The game is a sequel to The Colonel's Bequest and follows the adventures of the protagonist, Laura Bow, a yo...
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Mean Streets

DOS1989protected Access Software
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Scapeghost

DOS1989 Level 9 Computing
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Police Quest: Open Season

DOSWindows 3.x1993protected Sierra On-Line
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Murders in Venice

DOS1990 CobraSoft
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Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True

DOS1987 ICOM Simulations
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Deja Vu 2: Lost in Las Vegas

DOS1990 ICOM Simulations
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Blade Runner

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1997protected Westwood Studios
One of the best licensed games of the '90s, Blade Runner (1997) puts you in the rain-soaked shoes of Ray McCoy, a detective tracking down replicants in a world where it's always night and nobody smiles. It’s not just point-a...
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Borrowed Time

DOS1985 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 ...
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Clue Master Detective

DOS1989 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 (als...
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Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1994protected Access Software
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Eagle Eye Mysteries: The Original

DOS1993 Stormfront Studios
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Voyeur

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSDOS1993demoNSFW Philips Interactive Media
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Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy

Windows XP/98/951998 Trecision
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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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221B Baker Street

DOS1986 Datasoft
You are Sherlock Holmes, and someone has committed a crime, possibly because they couldn’t handle the game’s UI. 221B Baker Street is a detective board game where your mind is your only weapon. And also a notepad, beca...
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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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Perry Mason

DOS1985 Paisano Productions
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Police Quest 1: In Pursuit of the Death Angel

DOS1987 Sierra On-Line
Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel is an adventure game released in 1987 by Sierra On-Line, designed by former police officer Jim Walls. It's the first installment in the Police Quest series and is known for its realistic...
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Police Quest 2: The Vengeance

DOS1988protected Sierra On-Line
Police Quest 2: The Vengeance is a graphical point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1988 as the second installment in the Police Quest series, which was created by former ...
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Ballyhoo

DOS1986 Infocom
Come one, come all, to the saddest circus ever pixelated. In Ballyhoo, you're stuck in a depressing carnival trying to solve a kidnapping while dealing with clowns, carnies, and the worst text parser since your last therapy sessio...
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The Colonel's Bequest

DOS1989protecteddemo Sierra On-Line
The Colonel's Bequest is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1989 for various platforms, including MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST. The game was created by Roberta Williams, co-founde...
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Police Quest 3: The Kindred

DOS1991protecteddemo Sierra On-Line
Police Quest 3: The Kindred is an adventure video game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1991. It is the third installment in the Police Quest series, which was designed by former police officer Jim Walls. Known for its...
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Deadline

DOS1982 Infocom
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Murder Club

DOSWindows XP/98/951991 Riverhill Soft