The Best Detective Games for Nintendo 3DS

Update : Mystery Case Files: The Dalimar Legacy added at rank #4.
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The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (2021)

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85
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Nintendo 3DS Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is a prequel to the popular Ace Attorney series that takes players through case after case packed with wonderful characters, stories and clever brain teasers. Engage in multi-pronged conversations with numerous different characters and explore lavishly detailed environments for clues. Solve puzzles as you take on the role of a lawyer trying to prove your client's innocence in court.

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What we like:
  • Richly detailed art direction
  • Period-accurate references
  • Entertaining writing
  • Clever animations and character designs
  • Multiple witnesses take the stand simultaneously
  • Extra content such as DLC costumes and developer commentary
What could be improved:
  • Clues can be hard to connect during trials

  • visual-novel
  • crime
  • detective
  • drama
  • historical
  • mystery
  • narrative
  • adventure
  • western
  • crossover

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Detective Story (2021)

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65
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PC Windows dmm games steam Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Nintendo 3DS virtual console ps1 portable ds Game Boy Advanced (GBA) ps2 ps1 sega saturn nintendo entertainment system family computer disk system IOS iPhone

Detective Story - is a simple quest game, with hardoce elements, where you play as a detective Harold. You look for clues, interview witnesses and collect everything to clear a crime.


  • detective
  • visual-novel
  • crime
  • horror
  • noir
  • mystery
  • sketch
  • mmo

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Mystery Case Files: The Last Resort (2022)

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wii Windows Phone / Windows 10 Mobile Nintendo 3DS ds Mac OS PC Windows

A ski resort high in the mountains hides a dark past!

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  • detective
  • investigation
  • hidden-object
  • casual
  • adventure
  • mystery
  • fiction
  • interactive
  • first-person
  • point-and-click
  • story

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Mystery Case Files: The Dalimar Legacy (2023)

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wii Windows Phone / Windows 10 Mobile Nintendo 3DS ds Mac OS PC Windows

It’s the opportunity of several lifetimes when the intrepid Master Detective finds themselves in the body of their greatest rival!


  • point-and-click
  • hidden-object
  • casual
  • investigation
  • puzzle
  • adventure
  • minigame
  • detective
  • mind-bending
  • first-person
  • mystery
  • story

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