The Best Investigation Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 3

Update : Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows added at rank #34.
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Freud's Bones - The Game (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Freud's Bones is an adventure that wants to pay homage to the birth of psychoanalysis and its founder Sigmund Freud. Dig deep into Freud's bones to solve the mystery behind disturbing Egyptian artifacts, philosophical puzzles, and perverse sexual disorders in this unprecedented indie adventure game.


  • emotional
  • dynamic
  • noir
  • point-and-click
  • 2.5d
  • choices
  • philosophical
  • multiple-endings
  • detective
  • fiction
  • investigation
  • narration
  • interactive
  • psychological
  • drama

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Murderous Muses (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Mac OS PC Windows

Solve a sinister murder by spending three reality-shifting nights in a haunted art gallery. An infinitely re-playable murder mystery blending deduction, exploration, puzzles, collectibles and FMV.


  • mystery
  • fmv
  • procedural
  • puzzle
  • detective
  • lovecraftian
  • lore
  • investigation
  • nonlinear
  • replay-value
  • resource-management
  • drama
  • supernatural
  • walking-simulator
  • exploration

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Gate of Souls (2023)

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I got a job as a night guard. They promise to pay a lot, but for my own safety I have to follow strange rules. As you progress, you'll have to find keys and open locked rooms. A first-person game with elements of horror. Explore the hospital and its rooms, collect batteries for your flashlight.


  • investigation
  • psychological
  • horror
  • pve
  • walking-simulator
  • hidden-object
  • psychedelic
  • stealth
  • action-adventure
  • 3d
  • exploration
  • first-person
  • realistic
  • atmospheric
  • simulation

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Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders (2019)

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PC Windows Xbox One Nintendo Switch Mac OS

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.

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

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Deep Beyond (2024)

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Deep Beyond Is a first-person interactive thriller about a sea explorer and the mystery behind her father’s disappearance.


  • walking-simulator
  • thriller
  • emotional
  • investigation
  • dog
  • underwater
  • stylized
  • sailing
  • mystery
  • 3d
  • story
  • puzzle
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • first-person

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Ghost Frequency (2025)

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In Ghost Frequency, you are a ghost hunter from PIT - Paranormal Investigation Team. Your mission is to locate a sinister spirit using the EMF Ghost Detector to track paranormal activity, the IR Thermal Camera to reveal hidden entities, and the EVP Digital Recorder to capture eerie voices.


  • horror
  • investigation
  • noir
  • psychological
  • thriller
  • dark
  • surreal
  • detective
  • hidden-object
  • minimalist
  • 3d
  • first-person
  • stealth
  • realistic

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Tokyo Psychodemic (2024)

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5% of murder cases remain unsolved... it's time to open up these cases and confront the supernatural with forensic science! Solve cases by analyzing evidence and consulting with specialists. Enter a world that artfully blends 2D illustration and real-life visuals!


  • choices
  • soundtrack
  • investigation
  • text
  • detective
  • drama
  • visual-novel
  • crime
  • point-and-click
  • cartoony
  • 2d
  • realistic
  • anime
  • atmospheric
  • mystery

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Spy Guy Hidden Objects (2024)

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Venture out on a colorful and hand-drawn adventure with Spy Guy! Travel between cities in search of clues and don't let the bad guys get away with the treasures! Will you manage to find them all? Explore the detective world of the bravest Treflik the detective and help him save Treflik City.


  • detective
  • investigation
  • collectathon
  • comic
  • 2.5d
  • hidden-object
  • board-game
  • point-and-click
  • education
  • fiction
  • family-friendly
  • secret
  • linear
  • relaxing
  • cartoony

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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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Beach Cafe: Caribbean Sand (2023)

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Where is Grandpa? and why has his beach bar been closed for more than 2 years? An adventure full of puzzles and mystery begins! Explore, discover all the clues and read them correctly in order to advance. Let yourself be enveloped by a story of intrigue set on a beach.


  • investigation
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • interactive
  • point-and-click
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • exploration
  • 3d
  • first-person

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