This post is a round-up of the new and upcoming detective and mystery games releases for Nintendo Switch for 2024. From fun quirky detective cases to solve. To atmospheric interactive crime-solving games. I will be adding more Switch games for crime-solving fans throughout the year, nearer the time each game is released.
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Best Mystery Games for Switch – 2024 Releases
Touch Detective 3 + The Complete Case Files
Developer: Nicalis | Nintendo Switch Release date: March 28, 2024 | Genres: Detective, Mystery-solving, Point-and-click, Adventure, Action.
Description: This jam-packed adventure-game collection features Touch Detective 3, the biggest and best adventure of junior detective Mackenzie and her faithful sidekick Funghi, playable in English for the first time!
With the arrival in town of the highly competitive detective Norman Touche, the pressure’s on Mackenzie to solve cases before her rival does!
Touch Detective 3 + The Complete Case Files also includes the entire original Touch Detective and Touch Detective 2½ games, plus two bonus cases starring Funghi and an extensive museum of artwork and music from the entire Touch Detective series.
Help Mackenzie and her friends as they search for clues, interview suspects and get to the bottom of one zany mystery after another! [Source: Amazon]
*Touch Detective 3 + The Complete Case Files game for Nintendo Switch is available from US Amazon.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Remake)
Developer: Intelligent Systems | Nintendo Switch Release date: May 23, 2024 | Genres: Role-playing, adventure, treasure hunt, JRPG.
Description: The hunt for the Crystal Stars begins after Princess Peach asks for his help on a treasure hunt, Mario heads to the town of Rogueport. But when he arrives, Peach is nowhere to be seen! Upon learning about the legend of the Crystal Stars, Mario sets out to find these mythical treasures and hopefully track down Peach along the way. [Source: Amazon]
*Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door mystery adventure remake for Nintendo Switch is available from UK Amazon and US Amazon.
Death Trick: Double Blind
Developer: Misty Mountain Studio | Nintendo Switch Release date: March 14, 2024 | Genres: Interactive Fiction, Point & Click, Strategy, Detective, Funny, Crime Investigation, Mystery Adventure.
Description: Come one, come all to Morgan’s Traveling Circus, the greatest show in America! Or it was, until its star, Hattie, disappeared. Take a step back in time to the middle of the mid 20th century, as a magician and a private eye tackle the case of the missing magician…
Marvel at lush pulp art visuals and an atmospheric soundtrack that harkens back to the golden days of the traveling circus! But never forget, there’s a murderous mystery afoot. Take control of two protagonists tackling the case from different perspectives: one a fellow magician and colleague of the victim, and the other a private eye grappling with a bout of amnesia.
Use their unique skills and expertise to befriend and interrogate a huge cast of characters, investigate various locations, and hunt down contradictions in a winding narrative filled with twists, turns, and treachery sure to shock and delight would-be detectives and circus fans alike. [Source: Nintendo]
Also available on Steam for PC and Mac download.
Adam Wolfe
Developer: Mad Head Games | Nintendo Switch Release date: May 24, 2024 | Genres: Detective, Mystery-solving, Hidden Object, Point-and-click, Adventure, Action.
Description: Acting as Adam Wolfe, an investigator of the paranormal, you will discover a hidden world under the modern San Francisco. In this city, ghosts, artifacts, secret orders and curses are just some of the things that Adam will come across working on his most important case.
Step into the shoes of Adam Wolfe, investigator of the supernatural. Driven by your sister’s mysterious disappearance, take to the brooding streets of San Francisco, where crime and paranormal occurrences intertwine in dark corners.
Solving one mystery after another, slowly unravel a larger conspiracy that could lead you to your missing sibling, but may also drag you into the abyss forever.
Use your wits, your detective instincts and, when all else fails, your six-shooter in this psychological thriller packed with more than 8 hours of challenging gameplay. Secret societies, unnatural afflictions and ancient covenants await you in Adam Wolfe’s exciting 4 episodes! [Source: Amazon]
*Adam Wolfe detective game is available from
UK Amazon: PS4 | PS5 | Nintendo Switch.
US Amazon: PS4 | PS5 | Nintendo Switch.
Tintin Reporter: Cigars of the Pharaoh
Developer: Pendulo Studios | Nintendo Switch Release date: May 30, 2024 | Genres: Detective, Mystery-solving, Point-and-click, Adventure, Action.
Description: Follow Tintin & Snowy in one of their most famous adventures! Tintin and his faithful companion Snowy are going to experience some extraordinary adventures… After meeting Professor Sarcophagus whilst cruising the Mediterranean Sea, the famous reporter sets out in search of the tomb of the Pharaoh Kih-Oskh. What are the dark secrets hidden in the tomb? From Egypt to India, passing through Arabia, Tintin & Snowy will end up investigating a gigantic drug trafficking network throughout the East. [Source: Amazon]
*Tintin Reporter: Cigars of the Pharaoh detective game is available from
UK Amazon: PS4, PS5, Switch and Xbox Series X|S.
US Amazon: PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch | Xbox One, Series X|S.
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