The Best Investigation Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 3

Update : Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows added at rank #36.
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Nothing to Declare (2023)

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As a guardian of the customs realm, you hold sway over the comings and goings of travelers, packages, and cargo containers alike. Do you possess the mettle to tackle such a formidable responsibility?


  • investigation
  • conversation
  • point-and-click
  • choices
  • linear
  • management
  • simulation
  • replay-value
  • casual
  • cartoony
  • hand-drawn
  • puzzle
  • 2d

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Detective Dotson (2025)

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Nintendo Switch Android Linux PC Windows Mac OS Xbox Series X

A cozy mystery game about a detective with Bollywood dreams. It's the first adventure game set in the colorful streets of India. Engage with adorable 2D characters living in a 3D world. Find clues and solve the evidence board. With each case, a larger mystery unfolds.


  • cozy
  • foreign
  • episodic
  • investigation
  • nonlinear
  • detective
  • character
  • fiction
  • comedy
  • point-and-click
  • customization
  • stylized
  • cute
  • funny
  • mystery

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It Could Happen to You (2024)

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Your peaceful holiday is interrupted when the small village you’re visiting in becomes terrorized by strange lights on the sky and enigmatic men in black. Some villagers have gone missing, everyone is afraid. Dive into a thrilling adventure with branching narrative and a unique visual style.


  • choices
  • point-and-click
  • conspiracy
  • visual-novel
  • lovecraftian
  • investigation
  • aliens
  • adventure
  • pixel
  • horror
  • dark
  • casual
  • 2d
  • mystery
  • psychological

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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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Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders (2025)

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Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...


  • detective
  • mystery
  • investigation
  • fiction
  • visual-novel
  • interactive
  • text
  • choices
  • immersive
  • anime
  • novel
  • story
  • casual
  • adventure
  • puzzle

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Ghost Frequency (2025)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

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
  • thriller
  • investigation
  • psychological
  • noir
  • dark
  • surreal
  • detective
  • hidden-object
  • minimalist
  • 3d
  • realistic
  • atmospheric

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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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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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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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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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