The Best Investigation Games for Playstation 5 - Page 4

Update : Detective - The Test added at rank #26.
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Silverwood Bay: An Eleanor Grey Mystery (2024)

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Nintendo Switch j Playstation 5 PC Windows Mac OS

Eleanor Grey moves to Silverwood Bay to seek inspiration for her writing.


  • emotional
  • investigation
  • hidden-object
  • casual
  • romance
  • 2d
  • narration
  • romantic
  • puzzle
  • story

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Shanghai Summer (2024)

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Playstation 4 j Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?


  • travel
  • dating-sim
  • word
  • investigation
  • multiple-endings
  • time
  • visual-novel
  • romance
  • text
  • fiction
  • hand-drawn
  • story
  • anime
  • narration
  • drama

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Unsolved Case: Murderous Script (2023)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X PC Windows Playstation 5 j Playstation 4

The life of a detective is unpredictable and very dangerous. You never know what awaits you around the next corner and what secrets you need to unravel. But you knew what you were getting into, there's no turning back!


  • dynamic
  • investigation
  • detective
  • thriller
  • crime
  • episodic
  • hidden-object
  • drama
  • choices
  • narration
  • visual-novel
  • point-and-click
  • mystery
  • dark
  • multiple-endings

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Unsolved Case: The Scarlet Hyacinth (2023)

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Playstation 4 j Playstation 5 PC Windows

It's time to make your choice! A whole series of crimes happens right before your eyes: a murder in an alley, your boss getting shot, abductions in broad daylight, and so on… Can you deal with it all?


  • dynamic
  • detective
  • investigation
  • choices
  • thriller
  • crime
  • narration
  • multiple-endings
  • hidden-object
  • episodic
  • mystery
  • point-and-click
  • visual-novel
  • drama
  • dark

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Brightstone Mysteries: The Others (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 PC Windows Mac OS

A local toy-maker and all his factory workers mysteriously vanished on the same night. Uncover shocking secrets in this eerie hidden object puzzle adventure game!


  • point-and-click
  • visual-novel
  • conspiracy
  • hidden-object
  • fantasy
  • investigation
  • detective
  • dark
  • colourful
  • exploration
  • atmospheric
  • 2d
  • mystery
  • adventure
  • privacy-policy

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The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (2024)

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j Playstation 4 Playstation 5 PC Windows osvr

Investigate the murder of Sherlock Holmes in an incredible Virtual Reality adventure. Interact with everything in an authentic voxel reconstruction of 221B Baker Street. Search for clues, play the violin, read books and become a oneiric detective in this dreamlike escape room.


  • voxel
  • investigation
  • detective
  • collectathon
  • logic
  • vr
  • hidden-object
  • family-friendly
  • mystery
  • historical
  • alternate
  • action-adventure
  • story
  • first-person
  • cute

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Your Computer Might Be At Risk (2022)

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Playstation 4 l Playstation 5 Xbox One Nintendo Switch Linux PC Windows

Your Computer Might Be At Risk is a first-person narrative puzzle game. Locked up in a room after a mysterious car accident, you must figure out how to escape. Narrated in parallel, twenty years later your son unravels the story of your mysterious vanishing.


  • first-person
  • fmv
  • cinematic
  • narration
  • investigation
  • surreal
  • point-and-click
  • drama
  • psychological
  • dark
  • puzzle
  • story
  • fps
  • horror
  • abstract

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Times & Galaxy (2024)

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Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows j

Embark on an interplanetary adventure as the first robo reporter for the Times & Galaxy, the solar system’s most trusted holopaper. You’re just an intern, but if you can get the scoop, write great stories, and impress your colleagues, maybe you'll get to keep your job!


  • choices
  • shuttle
  • alberta
  • visual-novel
  • lgbtq
  • conversation
  • comic
  • investigation
  • detective
  • adventure
  • sci-fi
  • space
  • point-and-click
  • hand-drawn
  • book

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Palindrome Syndrome: Escape Room (2020)

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You wake up in a spaceship with no memories. In this escape room with a sci-fi setting you will have to investigate your past solving different puzzles. Will you be able to discover what happened to you and how did you get there?


  • escape
  • room
  • investigation
  • hidden-object
  • point-and-click
  • sci-fi
  • mystery
  • cinematic
  • thriller
  • walking-simulator
  • detective
  • puzzle
  • psychological

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Titan Chaser (2021)

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early access j Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Titan Chaser is a surreal driving and walking experience. Your job is to scout giant creatures and use the light to drive them off without fighting or killing.


  • dynamic
  • simulation
  • auto
  • walking-simulator
  • lore
  • music
  • immersive
  • surreal
  • investigation
  • driving
  • narration
  • experimental
  • atmospheric
  • meditative
  • open-world

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