The Best Mystery Games for Linux - Page 2

Update : Deductopia Chapter 1: Bring Your Pet to School Day added at rank #22.
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Locked (2020)

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Linux Xbox One PC Windows

LOCKED in a deadly cat-and-mouse with a relentless serial killer, you must outsmart, escape, and survive in this intense 2D horror experience. Solve chilling puzzles, and stay one step ahead of a relentless pursuer. Inspired by PS1-PS2 classics and iconic horror films.

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  • 2d
  • visual-novel
  • philosophical
  • horror
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • survival-horror
  • point-and-click
  • mystery
  • conversation
  • anime
  • atmospheric
  • platform
  • adventure
  • dark

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The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass (2021)

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An intricate mystery visual novel. Freely search text and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events inside the enigmatic Ashiya Tower.

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  • visual-novel
  • mystery
  • text
  • anime
  • dark
  • detective
  • sci-fi
  • 2d
  • psychological

13

Lord Winklebottom Investigates (2022)

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PC Windows l Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One Linux Mac OS Nintendo Switch

It’s the 1920s and the world’s foremost detective is about to embark on his most challenging case yet. Thankfully, in this world that’s not quite like our own, there’s nobody better to crack the case than the great detective and gentleman giraffe, Lord Winklebottom.

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  • detective
  • mystery
  • crime
  • investigation
  • puzzle
  • narrative
  • comedy
  • dark
  • point-and-click
  • adventure
  • surreal
  • classic

14

Unforeseen Incidents (2018)

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Mac OS Nintendo Switch PC Windows Linux Android IOS iPhone

Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world. Join Harper Pendrell and experience a challenging investigation, smart dialog and a rich cast of characters in this thrilling new adventure game.


  • point-and-click
  • mystery
  • interactive
  • puzzle
  • conspiracy
  • adventure
  • comic
  • hand-drawn
  • humor
  • fiction
  • soundtrack
  • inventory
  • stylized
  • challenging
  • book

15

Detective From The Crypt Windows (2021)

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Linux PC Windows

Jane wakes up in a crypt as a ghost. You are investigating the death of her family together. Seeking and researching evidences. Building an accusation based on them. You have a laboratory to research evidences. Play and get the feeling of being a true Victorian detective.

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  • point-and-click
  • detective
  • logic
  • cats
  • investigation
  • hidden-object
  • hand-drawn
  • mystery
  • classic-sounding
  • multiple-endings
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • old-school
  • cartoony
  • 2d

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Before I Forget (2020)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Explore the present to uncover the past, in a short story of love and loss and a life well-lived.A narrative exploration that examines a world where memories are constantly fading and jumbled. A game about dementia and what happens when you can't hold onto the things you've done or the people you've loved.


  • walking-simulator
  • short
  • exploration
  • emotional
  • beautiful
  • mystery
  • narrative
  • atmospheric
  • first-person
  • thought-provoking
  • stylized
  • 3d
  • piano
  • colour
  • dream

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The Roottrees are Dead (2025)

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Linux PC Windows Mac OS

A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.

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  • mystery
  • detective
  • investigation
  • puzzle
  • 1990s
  • story
  • point-and-click
  • logic
  • atmospheric
  • mystery-solving
  • fiction
  • deduction
  • visual
  • well-made
  • interactive

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Kona II: Brume (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Linux PC Windows Xbox One

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

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Super 3D Maze 16 (2024)

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Trapped in a neon labyrinth, Elias Nova wished he’d played Super 3D Maze 16 during his astronaut training. Unfortunately, he didn’t, so it’ll be up to you, intrepid gamer, to guide Elias through these mazes in search of a way out.

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  • psychedelic
  • dungeon
  • mystery
  • colourful
  • experimental
  • abstract
  • minimalist
  • casual

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The Hex (2018)

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In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...

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  • psychological
  • horror
  • survivor
  • mystery
  • funny
  • story
  • beat-em-up
  • dark
  • pixel
  • single-player
  • multiple-endings
  • 2d
  • post-apocalyptic
  • book
  • memes

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