The Best Detective point-and-click adventure Games - Page 8

Update : Loco Motive added at rank #7.
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The Rewinder (2021)

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j PC Windows Mac OS Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X

The Rewinder is an adventure puzzle game based on Chinese mythology. You play as Yun, the last known Rewinder, who can communicate with spirits and explore other people's memories to alter the past.


  • pixel
  • point-and-click
  • drama
  • detective
  • mythology
  • thriller
  • puzzle
  • mystery
  • 2d
  • lore
  • supernatural
  • atmospheric
  • adventure
  • horror
  • comedy

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Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit (2022)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Legends of the past come back to life in this charming point-and-click adventure. Pack your bags and journey with Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit through modern day Europe to uncover the secrets of the king who was never crowned.


  • point-and-click
  • mystery
  • choices
  • conspiracy
  • cartoony
  • detective
  • story
  • investigation
  • atmospheric
  • hand-drawn
  • 1990s
  • colourful
  • 2d
  • funny
  • adventure

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Whispers of a Machine (2019)

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IOS iPhone Android Mac OS PC Windows

Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.


  • point-and-click
  • pixel
  • multiple-endings
  • psychological
  • adventure
  • hand-drawn
  • puzzle

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Meridian 157: Chapter 3 (2021)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS

You have ventured this far, now there is no turning back. Uncover the island’s dark history by travelling through crumbling caverns and mysterious laboratories, but be warned, some may not be too welcoming of your presence…

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  • exploration
  • cinematic
  • point-and-click
  • puzzle
  • lovecraftian
  • hidden-object
  • investigation
  • adventure
  • atmospheric
  • casual
  • detective
  • realistic
  • survival-horror
  • challenging
  • sci-fi

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The Blackwell Epiphany (2016)

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PC Windows

The last game in the Blackwell series.

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  • point-and-click
  • inventory
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • well-told
  • detective
  • mystery
  • narrative
  • pixel
  • manipulation

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Demon Hunter: Ascendance (2019)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Linux Playstation 5 Mac OS Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Xbox One

You slump into your chair after another day of investigations. Just as you start to lose yourself in the glow of the TV screen, the telephone rings. The museum curator needs your help - a tourist has gone missing. You smirk at his warning of paranormal goings-on; that's what Demon Hunters are for.


  • hidden-object
  • mystery
  • adventure
  • detective
  • puzzle
  • casual
  • demons
  • point-and-click
  • crime
  • supernatural
  • horror
  • mouse
  • atmospheric

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Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala (2018)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS Linux Playstation 4 IOS iPhone Xbox One

The demonic preacher has escaped to the remotest mountains in pursuit of a grim secret that could give him ultimate power. He has already eluded the investigation of the protagonist detective and her partner Hamilton twice: once in Maple Creek, and again in Ravenwood. It’s no mystery that this time it’s personal.


  • detective
  • hidden-object
  • mystery
  • puzzle
  • adventure

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Chicken Police - Paint it RED! (2020)

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IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows

Chicken Police is an "Animal Noir Adventure Game", set in the fictional world of the Wilderness, featuring a gripping, dark story, mature themes and a unique sense of humor. The game has classic point & click elements, mixed with visual novel style dialogue-heavy storytelling.


  • detective
  • visual-novel
  • noir
  • story
  • crime
  • conversation
  • dialogue
  • animal
  • humor
  • cats
  • satire
  • adventure
  • clicker
  • point-and-click
  • nature

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The Silent Age (2013)

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The Silent Age is a post-apocalyptic point & click puzzle adventure game. A gift from the future allows you to manipulate time travel, an essential investigation tool you will need as you unravel the mysterious disappearance of every human being on the planet.


  • point-and-click
  • puzzle
  • adventure
  • scroller
  • manipulation
  • post-apocalyptic
  • time
  • psychological
  • sci-fi
  • linear
  • detective
  • choices
  • narration
  • historical
  • stylized

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Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller (2013)

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FBI agent Erica Reed has an uncanny talent: she can see the past and piece together how a crime unfolded. But not even this sixth sense could save her younger brother, Scott, from a brutal serial killer. Three years later, the investigation into Scott’s murder has gone cold -- but Erica’s work has only just begun.


  • supernatural
  • episodic
  • point-and-click
  • detective
  • thriller
  • crime
  • kickstarter
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • story
  • comic
  • mystery
  • touch-friendly
  • horror
  • 2.5d

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