The Best Detective Games for Linux - Page 4

Update : Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer added at rank #45.
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The Accuser and The Abyss (2025)

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You are a detective. You have been assigned a partner to investigate a horrid case. But things are not what it seems.  Navigate the paths as you attempt to unravel the truth behind your lost memories and your new disturbing detective partner.

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  • choices
  • detective
  • horror
  • text
  • visual-novel
  • crime
  • surreal
  • point-and-click
  • linear
  • multiple-endings
  • psychological
  • 2d

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Deductopia Chapter 1: Bring Your Pet to School Day (2025)

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Can you sort out this chaotic classroom? Six kids, six pets, six desks--but whose is whose? Drag the right names and pictures to the right desks to win!

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  • detective
  • mystery
  • investigation
  • family-friendly
  • logic
  • hand-drawn
  • cute
  • puzzle
  • colourful
  • point-and-click
  • story
  • adventure

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Another Lost Phone (2017)

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Explore the social life of Laura in this spiritual sequel to A Normal Lost Phone.


  • casual
  • detective
  • puzzle
  • interactive
  • short
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • story
  • narration
  • in-depth
  • puzzling
  • visual-novel
  • replay-value
  • fps

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Mysterious Mystery, EP 1: The Duo Dilemma (2025)

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Mysterious Mystery is a fully voiced mystery visual novel centered around the detective duo, Justin and Dakota. Solve multiple cases using Dakota's evidence gathering abilities and Justin's expert interrogation. Discover outlandish cases, meet unique characters, and become world class detectives.

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  • investigation
  • horror
  • visual-novel
  • detective
  • trains
  • comedy
  • psychological
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • pixel
  • choices
  • point-and-click
  • interactive
  • hearted
  • adventure

35

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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Arcane Investigations (2025)

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It's after midnight on the Quartzway Express, and there's been a MAGICAL CRIME! Investigate the crime scene, question suspects, and defend the accused through unique cross-examination puzzles in this "Phoenix Wright" inspired mystery comedy.

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  • noir
  • point-and-click
  • visual-novel
  • detective
  • conversation
  • hand-drawn
  • linear
  • fiction
  • text
  • funny
  • cute
  • interactive
  • relaxing
  • cross-examination
  • story

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Soulslayer (2017)

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An exciting adventure in a story of ancient Chinese setting.Visual Novel with multiple endings to explore.

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  • visual-novel
  • detective
  • casual
  • adventure

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Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing (2025)

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In this detective RPG, you untangle a thick web of intrigues, lies, and secrets that surround a mysterious death. Find the origin of eerie telegraph signals, question the villagers, decipher the strange symbols that are suddenly appearing all over town - and hide from the danger lurking in the moor.

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  • dark
  • dynamic
  • detective
  • investigation
  • humor
  • nonlinear
  • narration
  • choices
  • multiple-endings
  • historical
  • stealth
  • 3d
  • mystery
  • action-adventure
  • story

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The Final Act (2024)

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The Final Act is a mix of visual novel and puzzle game where you assist writer Rebecca Carter in overcoming her writer's block by crafting the perfect murder plot for her novel. Solve intricate puzzles, adjust crime scenes, and navigate immersive storytelling to uncover the perfect crime.

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  • dynamic
  • visual-novel
  • crime
  • emotional
  • fiction
  • detective
  • narration
  • hidden-object
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • mystery
  • first-person
  • anime
  • interactive
  • casual

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For a long time, I built plans to steal a boy at work and didn't dare to do it, but I happened to get him, so now I can do all sorts of T H I N G S with hima (2024)

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Watching my attractive colleague from work, I didn't even notice how I woke up at her house. Only the duct tape over my mouth and the heaviness in my legs bother me a little. I hope this is just a joke and she won't do A N Y T H I N G to me…

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  • romance
  • horror
  • visual-novel
  • psychological
  • comedy
  • detective
  • minimalist
  • hand-drawn
  • surreal
  • abstract
  • anime
  • psychedelic
  • multiple-endings
  • 2d
  • atmospheric

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