The Best Detective Games for Nintendo 3DS

Update, 17 March 2023: Mystery Case Files: The Dalimar Legacy added at rank #5.

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Detective Story (2021)

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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

The Deed: Dynasty (2016)

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Mac OS Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Linux Nintendo 3DS ds Game Boy Advanced (GBA) ps2 gbc ps1 sega saturn super famicom PC Windows-9801 msx2 PC Windows-8801 PC Windows

Getting away with murder has never been easy. These three members of a proud and noble family are separated by five centuries, but have in common a vengeful and murderous intent. Plans must be formed, blood must be spilled and evidence must be planted ...

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crime
rpgmaker
detective
choices
story
mystery
atmospheric
studio
maker
rpg
historical
surreal
roleplaying
adventure

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

Detective Pikachu (2018)

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Nintendo 3DS

Detective Pikachu is an adventure game developed by Creatures Inc., published by The Pokémon Company, and distributed by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. The game is a spin-off of the Pokémon franchise, in which players work with a talking Pikachu to solve mysteries. A shorter, downloadable version of the game called Great Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Duo was released in Japan in February 2016, while the full version was released worldwide in March 2018.

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detective
spin-off
crime
narrative
anime
quick-time-event
mystery
traditional-feeling
cute
adventure

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

Overclocked (2018)

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PC Windows Mac OS ds Nintendo 3DS

Overclocked is an indie platforming game.

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inventory
detective
perspective
demons
point-and-click
first-person
adventure
puzzle
mystery
action
rpg
tactical
split-screen
psychological

Nameko (2019)

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Nintendo 3DS Mac OS PC Windows Playstation 4

After an attack on Nameko from a superior species, one of the humans that was kidnapped is not going in that easily. Play with Ko a human kidnapped by an alien species, trying to survive in a new hostile environment. Use Ko’s melee and ranged weapons, alongside a variety of unlockable abilities to avoid the destruction of mankind.