Games involving detective work, murder mysteries, etc. sorted by year, newest first
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1893: A World's Fair Mystery
Windows XP/98/95Mac20033.4/5
Anachronox
Windows XP/98/952001protected4.1/5 Ion Storm
Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy
Windows XP/98/9519983.8/5 Trecision
Blade Runner
Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac1997protected4.2/5 Westwood Studios
Blade Runner is one of those point & click adventure games that somewhat manages to fully capture the spirit of a cult movie without copying the original plot. Fans of the Blade Runner movie will enjoy this game, even without Harrison Ford. Blade Runner was developed by Westwood Studios and released in 1997 by Virgin.
The Last Express
DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 Smoking Car Productions
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac1996protected4/5 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 specifically in a futuristic San Francisco. The Pandora Directive was developed by Access Software and released in 1996 for...
The Dame Was Loaded
DOS1996protected4.2/5 Beam Software
The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo
DOS19964/5 Mythos Software
Blackstar: Agent of Justice
DOS19953.4/5
Escape from delirium
DOS19953.9/5 Virtual X-Perience
Igor Objective Uuklaonia
DOS19953.5/5 Péndulo Studios
In the Dead of Night
DOS19953.8/5 Trecision
Jack the Ripper
DOS19953.8/5 Intergalactic Development
The Orion Conspiracy
DOS19953.2/5 Divide by zero
Eagle Eye Mysteries in London
DOS19944/5 Stormfront Studios
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac1994protected4/5 Access Software
The Clue!
DOS1994freeware3.9/5 neo Software Produktions
Blue Force
DOS19934.1/5 Tsunami Media
Crime City
DOS19934/5
Eagle Eye Mysteries: The Original
DOS19933.8/5 Stormfront Studios
Police Quest: Open Season
DOSWindows 3.x1993protected4.2/5 Sierra On-Line
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.
Sam and Max Hit the Road
DOSWindows XP/98/95LinuxMac1993protecteddemo3.8/5 LucasArts
Sam & Max Hit the Road is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. It was released in 1993 and is based on the characters Sam and Max created by comic artist Steve Purcell. The game follows the titular characters, Sam, a detective canine, and Max, a hyperkinetic rabbity thing, as they embark on a bizarre and humoro...
The Legacy: Realm of Terror
DOSLinuxMac1993protected3.9/5 Magnetic Scrolls
The Legacy: Realm of Terror is a first-person view survival horror RPG set in the modern world, in a haunted house. The Legacy was developed by Magnetic Scrolls and published by MicroProse Software in 1993.
Voyeur
Windows XP/98/95MacDOS1993demoNSFW3.8/5 Philips Interactive Media
Daughter of Serpents
DOS19924/5 Eldritch Games
Defender of Boston: The Rock Island Mystery
DOS19923.2/5
Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra
DOSWindows 3.x1992protecteddemo3.8/5 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 young investigative journalist.In the game, the Dagger of Amon Ra is a valuable Egyptian artifact rumored to have mystical...
The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel
DOS19924.2/5 Mythos Software
Cruise for a Corpse
DOS19914/5 Delphine software