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

Update : Loco Motive added at rank #6.
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The Case of the Golden Idol (2022)

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IOS iPhone Playstation 5 j Mac OS Nintendo Switch PC Windows Android Xbox Series X Xbox One

In The Case of the Golden Idol, you take on the role of a detective tasked to investigate a string of cases related to a mysterious golden idol. You must piece together evidence from the frozen tableau at each crime scene and solve puzzles in order to explain what happened.


What we like:
  • Innovative puzzles
  • Elegant execution
  • Trial-and-error approach and pure deduction available
  • Sherlockian texture that plays out in imagination
  • Captivating 18th century thriller
What could be improved:
  • Rudimentary artwork
  • Requires feats of deduction that may be difficult for some players

  • detective
  • mystery
  • conspiracy
  • point-and-click
  • crime
  • investigation
  • pixel
  • fiction
  • historical
  • thriller
  • narrative
  • puzzle

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Twelve Minutes (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 4 IOS iPhone PC Windows Android Playstation 5

Twelve Minutes is a highly-anticipated, unique narrative adventure game. You play as the male protagonist who lives with his wife and control the cursor with the analogue stick to interact with the environment or other characters. Every bit of dialogue is voiced by stars like Daisy Ridley, James McAvoy and Willem Dafoe and you have a limited window of time to figure out how to get out of the time loop.

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What we like:
  • Unique narrative adventure game
  • Fantastic voice acting
  • Graphically beautiful
  • Enjoyable point-and-click gameplay
  • Opportunity to complete multiple play-throughs for achievements
What could be improved:
  • Some graphical fuzziness when zooming in on objects
  • Tough final act that may leave players feeling angry

  • point-and-click
  • top-down
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adventure
  • narrative
  • puzzle
  • romantic
  • inventory
  • interactive
  • time
  • drama
  • detective

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Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse (2024)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch Mac OS

The last game in the episodic Sam & Max trilogy, beautifully remastered! As the intergalactic villains who seek the Devil’s Toybox close in and Max’s psychic abilities grow beyond his control, the Freelance Police will come up against their most frightening adversary yet: the power of Max’s mind.

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  • cartoony
  • comic
  • dog
  • satire
  • point-and-click
  • detective
  • lovecraftian
  • book
  • comedy
  • 3d
  • third-person
  • colourful
  • adventure
  • episodic
  • puzzle

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9 Clues 2: The Ward (2014)

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Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Xbox One Linux Mac OS PC Windows Windows Phone / Windows 10 Mobile

Solve the mystery of Mnemosyne Asylum!

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  • crime
  • crime-scene
  • puzzle
  • detective
  • adventure
  • hidden-object
  • point-and-click
  • 1950s
  • horror
  • spine-tingling
  • psychological
  • difficult
  • graphic
  • casual
  • villain

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Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter (2016)

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Xbox One PC Windows Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…


  • detective
  • crime
  • mystery
  • puzzle
  • adventure
  • thriller
  • third-person
  • story

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Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse Remastered (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X j Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch

The last game in the episodic Sam & Max trilogy, beautifully remastered! As the intergalactic villains who seek the Devil’s Toybox close in and Max’s psychic abilities grow beyond his control, the Freelance Police will come up against their most frightening adversary yet: the power of Max’s mind.


  • point-and-click
  • episodic
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • narrative
  • detective
  • comedy
  • mind-reading
  • gorilla
  • straight

27

Lord Winklebottom Investigates (2022)

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

It’s the 1920s and the world’s foremost detective is about to embark on his most challenging case yet. Thankfully, in this world that’s not quite like our own, there’s nobody better to crack the case than the great detective and gentleman giraffe, Lord Winklebottom.


  • detective
  • mystery
  • crime
  • investigation
  • puzzle
  • narrative
  • comedy
  • dark
  • point-and-click
  • adventure
  • surreal
  • classic

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The Raven (2018)

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

London, 1964. An ancient ruby is stolen from the British Museum. At the crime scene: a raven feather. Is somebody trying to follow in the footsteps of The Raven, the legendary master thief who disappeared years before?

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  • crime
  • detective
  • point-and-click
  • mystery
  • novel
  • noir
  • adventure
  • heist
  • must-play

29

The Rewinder (2021)

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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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Demon Hunter: Ascendance (2019)

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

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.

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

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