The Best Investigation Games for Linux - Page 3

Update : Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer added at rank #25.
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To Hell With The Ugly (2023)

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To Hell with the Ugly is an adventure game where you play as Rock Bailey, a gorgeous yet shallow young man, who must investigate and fight his way to freedom after being kidnapped. Alternate between turn-based combats and investigation in this film noir adaptation of the novel by Boris Vian.


  • noir
  • detective
  • point-and-click
  • investigation
  • turn-based
  • fiction
  • humor
  • narration
  • combat
  • conspiracy
  • mystery
  • stylized
  • interactive
  • dark
  • comedy

22

Splittown (2025)

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Splittown is a point-and-click adventure inspired by 90s classics such as Day of the Tentacle and Sam & Max Hit The Road. You are Leonard Nimby, a former top agent of the IM5, hot on the trail of a villanous mayoral candidate on the eve of a fateful election.

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  • conversation
  • investigation
  • 1990s
  • point-and-click
  • political
  • choices
  • surreal
  • detective
  • historical
  • alternate
  • dark
  • comedy
  • retro
  • atmospheric
  • mystery

23

The Faceless Killer (2025)

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The Faceless Killer is a first-person survival horror game with retro PS1-style graphics, consisting of 2 chapters. Solve logic puzzles, fight against your enemies, or hide when there's no other option. Unravel this mystery surrounding the Faceless Killer. Who is he, and what are his motivations?

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  • horror
  • survival-horror
  • 1980s
  • investigation
  • psychological
  • lovecraftian
  • multiple-endings
  • fiction
  • crime
  • logic
  • hidden-object
  • walking-simulator
  • minimalist
  • interactive
  • atmospheric

24

Arts & Hearts Academy (2024)

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In the romantic visual novel Arts & Hearts Academy, immerse yourself in a world of mysteries, art scandals, and love! A student girl dreams of winning a prestigious architecture competition and finding love. Little does she know, a cunning criminal has already set their traps.

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  • otome
  • dating-sim
  • romance
  • conversation
  • investigation
  • text
  • visual-novel
  • drama
  • fiction
  • detective
  • character
  • choices
  • lgbtq
  • multiple-endings
  • hand-drawn

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Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer (2025)

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In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…


  • investigation
  • thriller
  • noir
  • conspiracy
  • 1990s
  • detective
  • atmospheric
  • fiction
  • point-and-click
  • mystery
  • interactive
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • crime
  • stylized

26

World Without Reason (2024)

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Miss [FIRSTNAME] Audacity is the only sane mind in an unreasonable world. Help our protagonist as she tries to remember the past in order to save her sister, her friends, and herself.

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  • choices
  • philosophical
  • lore
  • investigation
  • conspiracy
  • emotional
  • visual-novel
  • multiple-endings
  • stylized
  • detective
  • cartoony
  • dark
  • drama
  • third-person
  • mystery

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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

28

Jennifer Wilde: Unlikely Revolutionaries (2022)

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In 1921, young French artist Jennifer Chevalier becomes embroiled in death, espionage and revolution, assisted by the ghost of Oscar Wilde. A hand-drawn Point & Click adventure with a unique comic book inventory design.

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  • investigation
  • point-and-click
  • comic
  • emotional
  • hand-drawn
  • supernatural
  • detective
  • stylized
  • mystery
  • book
  • conversation
  • 2d
  • atmospheric
  • adventure
  • multiple-endings

29

Edge of Reality (2020)

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It seems that there can be no more boring profession in the world than a pawnshop appraiser. But a meeting with a mysterious but pretty stranger changes Dan's idea of his job.

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  • visual-novel
  • beautiful
  • investigation
  • interactive
  • fiction
  • experimental
  • education
  • noir
  • atmospheric
  • choices
  • text
  • detective
  • adventure
  • cartoony
  • hand-drawn

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Interrogation Simulator (2022)

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Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.

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  • immersive
  • investigation
  • word
  • conversation
  • choices
  • humor
  • fiction
  • visual-novel
  • text
  • crime
  • point-and-click
  • simulation
  • psychological
  • narration
  • dark

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