The Best Simulation detective Games - Page 2

Update : The Darkest Files added at rank #3.
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SIMULACRA (2017)

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An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.


  • horror
  • thriller
  • psychological
  • fmv
  • choices
  • detective
  • immersive
  • multiple-endings
  • simulation
  • narrative
  • point-and-click
  • visual-novel
  • mystery
  • malaysian
  • puzzle

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Night Call (2019)

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PC Windows Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Mac OS

As the game progresses, the Messenger gains new abilities such as climbing walls, gliding in the air, long-range shuriken attacks, and using a grappling hook to propel himself through obstacles and enemies. By collecting Time Shards earned by defeating enemies or hitting lamps, the player can purchase additional upgrades such as health bonuses or extra attack moves. If the player dies, however, a demon named Quarble will appear and automatically claim any Time Shards the player collects as payment for a short amount of time.


  • detective
  • mystery
  • noir
  • non-linear
  • visual-novel
  • simulation
  • second-person
  • dialogue-driven
  • platform
  • narrative
  • narration
  • hand-drawn

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Rescue Dash - Time Management Simulator (2023)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone

Rescue Dash is a fascinating city rescue time management game. You'll save pets, restore a hotel, renovate a diner, and keep the city safe! Move through the story and help everyone on this adventure!

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  • clicker
  • time-management
  • emotional
  • stylized
  • colourful
  • detective
  • simulation
  • casual
  • 2d
  • family-friendly
  • cute
  • resource-management
  • management
  • puzzle

14

Accident (2020)

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Nintendo Switch Android Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows

Become a journalist who researches old car accident cases. Help victims and perform first aid, obtain evidence and reconstruct the events to discover what really happened.


  • medical
  • simulation
  • education
  • blood
  • investigation
  • travel
  • emotional
  • time-management
  • hidden-object
  • time
  • realistic
  • replay-value
  • quick-time-event
  • detective
  • first-person

15

The Test (2020)

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PC Windows

Take a journey with Markiplier as he attempts to answer a series of questions in order to unlock hidden truths about himself. Will you be able to answer the questions honestly and accurately, revealing truths that you may not have known before?

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What we like:
  • Thought-provoking questions
  • Introspective exploration
  • Interesting music
What could be improved:
  • Scary scenarios
  • Difficulty understanding puzzles
  • Potential consequences for dishonest answers

  • choices
  • psychological
  • horror
  • japanese
  • multiple-endings
  • investigation
  • rpg
  • immersive
  • simulation
  • visual-novel
  • detective
  • pixel
  • survival-horror
  • jrpg
  • story

16

Scrutinized (2020)

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PC Windows

Work to expose the numerous criminal degenerates that plague your quiet town. Use citizen-issued reports, police records, social media accounts, text conversations, and more to determine who’s an actual threat and who’s harmless, all while avoiding the killers trying to infiltrate your home.

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  • hacking
  • detective
  • horror
  • simulation
  • dark
  • perma-death
  • survival
  • 3d

17

Contraband Police: Prologue (2021)

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PC Windows

You are a border police inspector in a communist country of the early 1980s. Every second driver is a smuggler and the vehicles are stuffed with hidden contraband. Documents, vehicles, cargo.. everything is a subject to detailed control... This is a 5-day tutorial of the final game.

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  • automobile
  • immersive
  • investigation
  • simulation
  • transportation
  • first-person
  • hidden-object
  • 1980s
  • 3d
  • shooter
  • colourful
  • fps
  • exploration
  • detective
  • economy

18

Hacker Simulator: Free Trial (2022)

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75
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PC Windows

Become a hacker and build your online reputation to the top by discovering a simplified and enjoyable version of real-life hacking methods. Complete contracts, buy new programs, upgrade your computer, crack wifi networks and infiltrate peoples or companies online systems.

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  • simulation
  • typing
  • sandbox
  • cyberpunk
  • hacking
  • crime
  • 3d
  • programming
  • detective
  • first-person
  • casual
  • adventure
  • realistic
  • single-player

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Keyword: A Spider's Thread (2021)

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PC Windows

Become an investigator in Keyword, a narrative thriller where you’ll depend on skills of logical deduction, hacking, and social engineering to solve challenging puzzles as the only means of finding your missing daughter.

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  • immersive
  • hacking
  • thriller
  • logic
  • detective
  • cyberpunk
  • 3d
  • investigation
  • story
  • crime
  • atmospheric
  • mystery
  • simulation
  • futuristic
  • puzzle

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Save Koch (2019)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Mac OS Linux Xbox One Playstation 4

You are local mafia kingpin, Jeffrey Koch. Your empire in New Kandinski is in total chaos because an unknown Mastermind has decided to take your place. And they’ve planted a sleeper Mole inside your operation. It’s time to act, but you need to act smart.


  • detective
  • simulation
  • strategy
  • crime
  • choices
  • political
  • replay-value
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • empire
  • violent
  • boss
  • 2d
  • conspiracy
  • difficult

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