The Best Simulation detective Games for Playstation 4

Update : The Darkest Files added at rank #2.
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Hypnospace Outlaw (2019)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Hypnospace Outlaw is a unique game that takes you to the world of the early internet circa 1999. As an assigned moderator of the Hypnospace community, you have to investigate unapproved commerce, strike down images and links with copyright infringement and page through personal blogs and projects. You will explore a web browser as well as a customizable desktop with programs and documents, while having to scan for references and redirects.


What we like:
  • Unique game setting in the early internet
  • Investigative detective work
  • Engaging storyline
  • Eye-searing kitsch comedy
  • Built with consistent world elements
What could be improved:
  • Limited color palette
  • Grainy pixelated artwork

  • detective
  • alternate
  • conspiracy
  • online
  • simulation
  • funny
  • parody
  • puzzle
  • drama
  • 1990s

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The Darkest Files (2025)

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Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?


  • simulation
  • detective
  • historical
  • political
  • immersive
  • noir
  • investigation
  • atmospheric
  • first-person
  • nonlinear
  • 3d
  • mystery
  • puzzle
  • adventure

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House (2020)

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

Explore the HOUSE, remember it & spot the changes !


  • horror
  • building
  • investigation
  • walking-simulator
  • simulation
  • gore
  • illustration
  • design
  • single-player
  • first-person
  • dark
  • atmospheric
  • detective
  • pixel
  • relaxing

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SIMULACRA (2017)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Android Mac OS IOS iPhone

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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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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Accident (2020)

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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

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Buried Alive: Breathless Rescue (2023)

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Xbox One PC Windows Playstation 4

Are you ready to embark on a spine-chilling adventure? Step into the shoes of the protagonist and experience the terror of being "Buried Alive" in a crypt. Your mission is clear: Escape the confines of your coffin, find the key to unlock the door, and unveil the dark secrets that lie within.


  • psychological
  • survival-horror
  • horror
  • cinematic
  • bone-chilling
  • survival
  • logic
  • violent
  • detective
  • drama
  • heart-pounding
  • dark
  • atmospheric
  • simulation
  • puzzle

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DETECTIVE - The Motel (2024)

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DETECTIVE The Motel is a deduction game where, to advance, you must take a pencil and a piece of paper and write down everything that seems like evidence in order to answer all the questions that arise. Solving the case will depend only on you.


  • detective
  • crime
  • immersive
  • simulation
  • investigation
  • fiction
  • noir
  • interactive
  • exploration
  • story
  • controller-support
  • 3d
  • violent
  • realistic

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PROJECT 13 (2024)

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As one of many kidnapped and enslaved Probants of the Project 13 Group... You need to find Anomalies through your Walk. If you not obey and report , you will be stuck in it forever.


  • horror
  • walking-simulator
  • psychological
  • immersive
  • simulation
  • cinematic
  • psychedelic
  • 1990s
  • humor
  • surreal
  • dystopian
  • corridor
  • exploration
  • detective
  • first-person

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Case Files: The Death of Paulette Williams (2022)

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A real-time, police interrogation and detective simulator, where you control the course of the investigation.


  • fmv
  • investigation
  • detective
  • choices
  • crime
  • dynamic
  • immersive
  • simulation
  • mystery
  • fiction
  • narration
  • story
  • realistic
  • interactive

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