The Best Detective point-and-click adventure Games for Linux - Page 3

Update : Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping added at rank #12.
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Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala (2018)

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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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Mutropolis (2021)

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Mac OS Linux PC Windows

MUTROPOLIS is a lovely sci-fi adventure set on the abandoned Planet Earth. Play as Henry Dijon (hero, nerd, detective) in search of a legendary lost city. Uncover weird ancient artifacts. And PLEASE don’t get obliterated by an ageless evil. You’ve been warned.


  • point-and-click
  • hand-drawn
  • detective
  • mystery
  • adventure
  • funny
  • puzzle
  • atmospheric

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Queen's Quest 2: Stories of Forgotten Past Full (2017)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux Android Windows Phone / Windows 10 Mobile

Conduct an investigation as shapeshifter!

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  • hidden-object
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • conspiracy
  • detective
  • fantasy
  • casual
  • mystery
  • point-and-click

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Yuletide Legends: Who Framed Santa Claus Xbox Version (2019)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

Take on the role of an experienced detective and get carried away by a winter adventure amid frozen lands. Find hidden motives of the antagonist and save Santa Claus from a false conviction in this seasonal Hidden Objects adventure.

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  • christmas
  • hidden-object
  • point-and-click
  • mystery
  • detective
  • recipe
  • casual
  • picture
  • -
  • family-friendly
  • puzzle
  • atmospheric
  • 2d
  • fantasy
  • adventure

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Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure (2020)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows osx

Delores is back home and working as a photographer for the Nickel News. Thimbleweed Park hasn’t changed at all in the year she’s been away… or has it? Sample Ron Gilbert’s new adventure game engine in this free prototype that uses “found art” from the award-winning Thimbleweed Park.


  • point-and-click
  • adventure
  • pixel
  • detective
  • retro
  • 1990s
  • comedy
  • cult
  • mystery
  • puzzle
  • remake

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The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief (2013)

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Playstation 3 Linux Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 Xbox 360

'The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief' is a thrilling crime adventure in three chapters from the creators of 'The Book of Unwritten Tales'. Full of twists and turns, it immerses you in both sides of the story, combining thrill-of-the-chase whodunit with the risk and reward of a heist story. Paris, 1960.


  • crime
  • mystery
  • point-and-click
  • detective
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • heist
  • inventory
  • orchestral
  • novel

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Desolatium (2023)

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DESOLATIUM is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.

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  • horror
  • point-and-click
  • psychological
  • lovecraftian
  • mystery
  • narration
  • multiple-endings
  • detective
  • choices
  • investigation
  • visual-novel
  • thriller
  • adventure
  • first-person
  • exploration

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Trust No One (2024)

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You'll need to think outside more than just the box. In "Trust No One,” a point-and-click detective adventure, you play as a journalist who tries to unravel a web of secrets about a mysterious AI-company. Explore the nooks and alleyways of Kyiv to discover the identity of your informant.


  • detective
  • point-and-click
  • conspiracy
  • investigation
  • logic
  • philosophical
  • conversation
  • hand-drawn
  • dystopian
  • minimalist
  • adventure
  • sci-fi
  • story
  • exploration
  • cartoony

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The Shivah (2006)

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Russell Stone is a Jewish Rabbi at a poor synagogue in New York City. He is a devout man with a problem. Membership is way down and he lacks the funds to keep his synagogue open. Things are looking very bleak, and he has grown progressively more cynical and bitter with the passage of time.


  • point-and-click
  • adventure
  • detective
  • inventory
  • noir
  • top-notch
  • mystery
  • old-fashion
  • bite-sized
  • graphic
  • dvd
  • mature
  • crime

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Detective Case and Clown Bot in: Murder in the Hotel Lisbon (2013)

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Nintendo Switch Mac OS Linux PC Windows

A strange murder has occurred in the Hotel Lisbon, a man committed suicide with 14 stabs to the back while at the same time he peacefully drank his coffee. This case with contradictory facts could only be solved by the amazing Detective Case and his sidekick, Clown Bot.


  • detective
  • point-and-click
  • pixel
  • adventure
  • retro
  • orchestral
  • casual
  • fiction
  • crime

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