The Best Investigation Games for Mac OS - Page 2

Update : Scott Whiskers in: The Search for Mr. Fumbleclaw added at rank #21.
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Kabaret (2023)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Mac OS PC Windows

Welcome to the Kabaret - where monsters from Southeast Asian myths and folklores dwell. Perform tea cermonies, play traditional games, and question your humanity.

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  • lore
  • visual-novel
  • multiple-endings
  • investigation
  • choices
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • point-and-click
  • narration
  • hand-drawn
  • demons
  • stylized
  • interactive
  • folklore
  • story

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The Signifier (2020)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Mac OS

This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.


  • surreal
  • psychological
  • investigation
  • emotional
  • multiple-endings
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • tech-noir
  • horror
  • dark
  • first-person
  • walking-simulator
  • choices
  • psychology
  • exploration

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Meridian 157: Chapter 1 (2020)

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IOS iPhone Android Mac OS PC Windows

While searching for the anomaly, you find yourself trapped inside a facility on a remote sub-Arctic island. What is this place? Who built it? Why was it left abandoned? Explore the uninhabited complex you now find yourself trapped in, but be warned: you might not be as alone as you think...

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  • point-and-click
  • hidden-object
  • investigation
  • puzzle
  • thriller
  • adventure
  • mystery
  • exploration
  • classic
  • difficult
  • 2d
  • first-person
  • horror
  • casual
  • realistic

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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

15

Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099 (2023)

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75
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Android Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Step into the hilariously absurd and retro-futuristic world of Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099. Spy on subjects, manage hidden cameras, and even manipulate their lives. With its combination of narrative, investigation, surveillance, and resource management, this game will immerse you into a dystopian dreamland.


What we like:
  • Unique and perfect captures the spirit of Hitchcock's Rear window
  • Incredible atmosphere
  • Resource management
  • Sci-Fi setting
  • Incredible soundtrack
What could be improved:
  • Needs more cages

  • dystopian
  • simulation
  • sequel
  • resource-management
  • life
  • humor
  • investigation
  • management
  • multiple-endings
  • choices
  • dark
  • sci-fi
  • funny
  • story
  • pixel

16

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

17

Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders (2019)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch Mac OS PC Windows

A thrilling point-and-click adventure game where you play as Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator, as he tracks a serial killer in the heart of the Tang Dynasty's capital city.


  • detective
  • point-and-click
  • conversation
  • historical
  • investigation
  • pixel
  • fiction
  • interactive
  • minimalist
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • linear
  • narrative
  • story
  • crime

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Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery (2019)

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Mac OS PC Windows Android

- Hints for bonus chapter. - Fixed lots of small bugs. - Hinted at some of the problems in the previous chapter.

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  • investigation
  • logic
  • detective
  • point-and-click
  • mystery
  • hidden-object
  • modern
  • narration
  • mystery-puzzle
  • stylized
  • isometric
  • puzzle
  • linear
  • exploration
  • mech

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Meridian 157: Chapter 3 (2021)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS

You have ventured this far, now there is no turning back. Uncover the island’s dark history by travelling through crumbling caverns and mysterious laboratories, but be warned, some may not be too welcoming of your presence…

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  • exploration
  • cinematic
  • point-and-click
  • puzzle
  • lovecraftian
  • hidden-object
  • investigation
  • adventure
  • atmospheric
  • casual
  • detective
  • realistic
  • survival-horror
  • challenging
  • sci-fi

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Bridge to Another World: Secrets of the Nutcracker (2020)

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PC Windows Mac OS

Big Fish Editor's Choice! This title was selected for its exceptional quality and overwhelmingly positive reviews from our Game Club beta testers.Friendly Fox Studios brings you an enchanting new installment in the Bridge to Another World series! When Marie visits Drosselmeyer’s toy workshop for the first Christmas since she was a little girl, she finds her childhood friend, Fritz, missing. Soon, the clues lead her to Spielland, the toy castle they imagined playing in together as children. But Spielland was just pretend… or was it? Can you help Marie make her way through a fantasy world of angry mice and living toys to rescue her best friend Fritz, her godfather Drosselmeyer, and learn the secret of the Nutcracker? Crack open this magical new Hidden-Object Puzzle Adventure and find out! This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won’t find in the standard version. As a bonus, Collector's Edition purchases count toward three stamps on your Monthly Game Club Punch Card! The Collector’s Edition includes:

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  • hidden-object
  • light-hearted
  • investigation
  • chess
  • character
  • horizontal
  • vertical
  • christmas
  • interactive
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • point-and-click
  • story
  • magic
  • drama

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