The Best Detective Games for Mac OS - Page 3

Update : The Mildew Children added at rank #48.
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The Darkside Detective (2017)

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

Join Detectives McQueen and Dooley as they solve six different cases full of humour and great references in the town of Twin Lakes. With beautiful retro-style pixel graphics, this is a must play for lovers of cats, coffee and all kinds of videogames!


What we like:
  • Crisp and clean pixel graphics
  • Variety in music
  • Sense of satisfaction when solving a case
  • Humourous atmosphere
  • Great movie references
What could be improved:
  • Cases are straightforward
  • Not super challenging
  • No tries to scare you

  • point-and-click
  • detective
  • supernatural
  • pixel
  • funny
  • adventure
  • retro
  • mystery
  • puzzle
  • comedy
  • story

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The Case of the Golden Idol - Golden Idol Mysteries: The Spider of Lanka (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

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

23

Unheard - Voices of Crime (2019)

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PC Windows Mac OS Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 IOS iPhone

What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?

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  • detective
  • mystery

24

Nine Noir Lives (2022)

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Xbox One Linux PC Windows Mac OS

Stretch your legs, clean your whiskers, and dive into Nine Noir Lives. Enjoy a "point-and-lick" comedy-noir adventure, full of humour, crazy characters, and intriguing locations. Solve challenging puzzles and answer the immortal question: how many things need to be licked to solve a murder in this town?


  • noir
  • comedy-noir
  • point-and-click
  • comedy
  • detective
  • cats
  • funny
  • hand-drawn
  • mystery
  • crime
  • cartoony
  • relaxing
  • family-friendly
  • cute
  • 2d

25

Adventure Escape Mysteries (2020)

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Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

Ed and Marie parachute into Occupied France to save two physicists from the Nazis. Plans go awry as the ruthless Major Kressler smashes their spy ring. Who's the traitor? Where are the scientists? Will Ed and Marie ever get a night alone?

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  • investigation
  • detective
  • mystery
  • point-and-click
  • hand-drawn
  • multiple-endings
  • colourful
  • hidden-object
  • puzzle
  • 2d
  • inventory
  • story
  • adventure
  • mech

26

Murderous Muses (2023)

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

Solve a sinister murder by spending three reality-shifting nights in a haunted art gallery. An infinitely re-playable murder mystery blending deduction, exploration, puzzles, collectibles and FMV.

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  • mystery
  • fmv
  • procedural
  • puzzle
  • detective
  • lovecraftian
  • lore
  • investigation
  • nonlinear
  • replay-value
  • resource-management
  • drama
  • supernatural
  • walking-simulator
  • exploration

27

Contradiction - Spot The Liar! (2015)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!

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  • fmv
  • investigation
  • detective
  • crime
  • mystery
  • conspiracy
  • fiction
  • immersive
  • movie
  • point-and-click
  • interactive
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • retro
  • exploration

28

Unboxing the Cryptic Killer (2023)

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85
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Android IOS iPhone Mac OS PC Windows

Unboxing the Cryptic Killer is the first two-player cooperative point-and-click escape room in the "Cryptic Killer" series. Join forces with a friend and play as detective partners Ally and Old Dog. Communicate and cooperate to test your puzzle-solving abilities.

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  • cooperative
  • escape
  • room
  • point-and-click
  • puzzle
  • detective
  • 2-player
  • comic
  • mystery
  • investigation
  • logic
  • two-player
  • hand-drawn
  • crime
  • book

29

Beat Cop (2017)

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Nintendo Switch Android IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS Linux Xbox One Playstation 4

A retro, pixel art style adventure in New York, inspired by 80’s cop shows. You are Jack Kelly and you’ve been framed into murder. Now as a regular beat cop you have to find out, who did that. Expect thick crime story, a lot of black humour and all the other things you can find on the streets of Brooklyn.


  • detective
  • pixel
  • crime
  • retro
  • local
  • 1980s
  • boss
  • dash
  • point-and-click
  • adventure
  • interface
  • old-school

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The Darkside Detective Duology (2017)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Playstation 5 l

Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.

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  • detective
  • point-and-click
  • comedy
  • supernatural
  • pixel
  • humor
  • lovecraftian
  • mystery
  • story
  • funny
  • 1980s
  • dark
  • retro
  • 1990s
  • cartoony

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