News and Reviews of the Best Detective Games, Books, Films, TV, Podcasts & More!
The Sinking City, a new interactive horror detective game by Frogwares.
Creators of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes video game series.
Currently available for PC, PS4 and Xbox One. And due out on Nintendo Switch.
For more top detective games by Frogwares including their Sherlock games. See my list of posts below.
Telling Lies, a new interactive crime-solving game.
Available from Apple app stores for iPad and iPhone. And on Steam for PC and Mac download.
From Sam Barlow, the creator of the top detective game Her Story. For more top interactive and RPG detective games, see my list of posts below.
999: 9 Hours 9 People 9 Doors, one of our top 10 mystery adventure video games. A classic escape game. With intense atmosphere and challenging puzzle-solving!
Available to play on Nintendo DS.
For the full top 10 crime-solving video games list. See my page linked below.
Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy, top atmospheric story-driven detective RPG.
For PC, Mac, Play Station and Xbox.
Original and remastered versions. Available on Amazon US and UK.
One of our 10 best detective game picks!
For the full top ten list, see the post linked below.
This post details the popular Broken Sword mystery adventure series.
By Revolution Software.
Top atmospheric, retro point-and-click mystery adventure. For computer, mobile and consoles.
This list includes all of the games, in order of release. Plus the latest updates, release dates and news. And details of the latest Broken Sword 6 release date news.
Heavy Rain, an interactive psychological crime thriller and adventure game. Developed by Quantic Dream.
Using realistic graphics, emotional twists and turns and a compelling narrative. This detective game delivers an immersive crime-solving experience!
With four playable characters. Solve the serial murder mystery case to catch the Origami Killer. Decisions and actions during the game affects the narrative. And certain actions can lead to alternative scenes and endings.
L.A. Noire a neo-noir detective action-adventure RPG by Team Bondi.
Set in post-war Los Angeles, where corruption is rife! Play as LAPD detective Cole Phelps, as he battles the L.A. underworld, racketeering conspiracies and brutal murders. Inspired by true crimes from 1947 Los Angeles.
This is one of our top 10 detective video games choices. For PS4, PC download, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch. See below for the full top ten crime-solving RPG games list.
At last, I have done a Nancy Drew series order list! One of the longest running point-and-click mystery adventure series has a lot of games. Starting from 1998 to the present day. These are top-rated mystery-solving adventure games from HeR Interactive and based on the popular detective book series.
ALL of the Nancy Drew mystery adventure and hidden object puzzle adventure computer games are included below. Listed in order of release date including the latest releases. All on PC and from 2010 also on Mac – on DVD or online to download.
These are the perfect video games for detective and puzzle-solving fans – for kids and adults.
April 2023 Update: HeR Interactive have announced details of their new Nancy Drew game, for details of game #34, see below for details.
This is a round-up of the best new police games for Nintendo Switch, PS4, PC and Xbox One. Including updated police games and new releases. For more top police games to check out. See also my list of posts included below.
A cool new crime-solving game app.
From Mad Head Games.
For PC, Mac, Android, Fire, iPhone and iPad.
Featuring supernatural detective, Adam Wolfe.
This is a unique detective game.
Not just the usual hidden objects type game.
But ramped up with action point-and-click gameplay!