The Best Detective Games for Xbox One - Page 4

Update : The Mildew Children added at rank #43.
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The Rewinder (2021)

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j PC Windows Mac OS Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X

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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Forest Grove (2023)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows

In Forest Grove, a teenage heiress has gone missing. Foul play is suspected. Uncover a cast of characters, collect evidence, and find the truth in this futuristic detective game!


  • detective
  • silent
  • mystery
  • protagonist
  • crime
  • lore
  • nonlinear
  • investigation
  • logic
  • crime-fighting
  • walking-simulator
  • immersive
  • exploration
  • drama
  • story

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Rainswept (2019)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Mac OS Linux PC Windows

Rainswept takes you on an emotional adventure in a small town shaken by a double shooting. Join Detective Stone and unravel entangled threads of love, relationships and unresolved trauma in this character driven murder mystery game.


  • detective
  • mystery
  • crime
  • cinematic
  • emotional
  • fiction
  • psychological
  • walking-simulator
  • narrative
  • local
  • story
  • interactive
  • atmospheric
  • drama
  • 2d

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The Inquisitor (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox One

Jesus did not die on the cross, but came down and unleashed vengeance on all the nonbelievers. 1500 years later, an army of Inquisitors brutally enforce the faith. In this dark fantasy adventure you solve intricate cases and unveil abysmal secrets as Inquisitor Mordimer Madderdin.

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  • fantasy
  • dark
  • detective
  • medieval
  • sword
  • vampire
  • quick-time-event
  • rpg
  • alternate
  • faith
  • dynamic
  • non-linear
  • gothic
  • narrative
  • historical

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Tales of the Neon Sea (2019)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows Xbox One

Welcome to a world of intrigue and suspicion. Where humans and robots contend with escalating tensions and mutual distrust. And where gangster felines scheme their way to the top of the food chain. Welcome to the Tales of the Neon Sea!


  • cyberpunk
  • crowdfunded
  • kickstarter
  • detective
  • noir
  • pixel
  • investigation
  • point-and-click
  • emotional
  • dystopian
  • walking-simulator
  • parody
  • surreal
  • narration
  • sci-fi

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BROKEN MIND (2022)

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

A psychological murder mystery set in 90s Japan.


  • detective
  • horror
  • visual-novel
  • dark
  • puzzle
  • psychedelic
  • comic
  • mystery
  • psychological
  • stylized
  • 1990s
  • cartoony
  • shooter
  • thriller
  • point-and-click

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Night Call (2019)

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PC Windows Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Mac OS

As the game progresses, the Messenger gains new abilities such as climbing walls, gliding in the air, long-range shuriken attacks, and using a grappling hook to propel himself through obstacles and enemies. By collecting Time Shards earned by defeating enemies or hitting lamps, the player can purchase additional upgrades such as health bonuses or extra attack moves. If the player dies, however, a demon named Quarble will appear and automatically claim any Time Shards the player collects as payment for a short amount of time.


  • detective
  • mystery
  • noir
  • non-linear
  • visual-novel
  • simulation
  • second-person
  • dialogue-driven
  • platform
  • narrative
  • narration
  • hand-drawn

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Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases (2021)

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Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

Discover an untold crime story from the mysterious youth of the famous detective Hercule Poirot.


  • detective
  • mystery
  • investigation
  • crime
  • visual-novel
  • isometric
  • story
  • conversation

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Kona II: Brume (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Linux PC Windows Xbox One

Northern Québec, 1970. A bizarre mist —the Brume— is disconnecting a rural mining village from its quiet reality. Step into the shoes of Detective Carl Faubert as he unfolds the mysteries haunting the region while battling for his own survival.


  • surreal
  • detective
  • mystery
  • investigation
  • snow
  • narration
  • interactive
  • exploration
  • walking-simulator
  • story
  • fiction
  • first-person
  • adventure
  • action-adventure
  • 3d

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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.


  • horror
  • point-and-click
  • psychological
  • lovecraftian
  • mystery
  • narration
  • multiple-endings
  • detective
  • choices
  • investigation
  • visual-novel
  • thriller
  • adventure
  • first-person
  • exploration

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