The Best Investigation Games for Linux - Page 3

Update : Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer added at rank #27.
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Kona II: Brume (2023)

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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.

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

22

The Phantom Fellows (2024)

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The Phantom Fellows is about two best friends who start a paranormal investigation business together, since one of them is already dead.


  • comedy
  • dark
  • investigation
  • 1990s
  • 1980s
  • humor
  • point-and-click
  • detective
  • pixel
  • exploration
  • romance
  • funny
  • atmospheric
  • old-school
  • mystery

23

Unnatural Season Two (2023)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Raise a new organization from the ashes of the SRT and guide Silver Cross Incorporated to protect the innocent from the darker side of humanity.

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  • supernatural
  • investigation
  • werewolves
  • text
  • horror
  • interactive
  • fiction
  • vampire
  • choices
  • rpg
  • adventure
  • animal

24

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

25

Splittown (2025)

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early access PC Windows Mac OS Linux

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

26

The Faceless Killer (2025)

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PC Windows Linux

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

27

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

28

Arts & Hearts Academy (2024)

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Mac OS Linux PC Windows

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

29

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

30

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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