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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
A courtroom adventure in which you play defense attorney Phoenix Wright, matching one line of testimony against one piece of evidence to break a lie. Capcom's collection gathers all fourteen episodes of the three games first released between 2001 and 2004, with the art redrawn frame by frame.
mysteryvisual-noveldeductionSherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
A third-person detective adventure set in Victorian London: walk the scene, lift clues from it, then wire them together on a board called the Deduction Space until a conclusion forms. Each of six standalone cases supports several conclusions, and you also decide whether to hand the person you name to the law or let them go. Made by Frogwares.
deductioninvestigationnarrative-puzzleScene Investigators
A first-person deduction game: walk reconstructed crime scenes, work out what happened from the evidence alone, and type your answers into an exam terminal. No hints, no confirmation. From EQ Studios, makers of The Painscreek Killings, built on their stated 70/30 principle.
deductionobservationinvestigationThe Vanishing of Ethan Carter
A first-person mystery in which you play an occult detective, walking a deserted valley to examine bodies and belongings and reassemble each death by putting the scattered fragments back in order — a photogrammetry-built forest explored with no map and no HUD, from The Astronauts.
investigationobservationnarrative-puzzleTangle Tower
A hand-drawn, fully voiced detective adventure: a painter's murder in a strange mansion, solved by interrogating suspects, pairing the clues you gather, and cracking the puzzles hidden through the tower. SFB Games' 2019 follow-up to Detective Grimoire.
puzzlemysteryadventureThe Operator
A first-person investigation adventure worked entirely from one FDI computer console — video analyzer, databases, ChemScan, terminal — connecting evidence as the 'man in the chair' to unravel a conspiracy. Bureau 81's 2024 desktop thriller.
mysteryinvestigationnarrativeThe Forgotten City
A first-person mystery-adventure set in an underground Roman city bound by a golden rule — if one person sins, everyone dies — where you relive a single day through a time loop, unravelling the city's doom through conversation and moral choice. By Modern Storyteller.
mysteryadventureinvestigationMurder by Numbers
A 2D visual-novel-meets-picross set in 1996 Los Angeles, where out-of-work actress Honor and a discarded robot named SCOUT solve nonogram puzzles to uncover clues and chase a murder case. Published by The Irregular Corporation, with music by Ace Attorney composer Masakazu Sugimori and character art by Hatoful Boyfriend's Hato Moa.
puzzlelogicmysteryThe Painscreek Killings
A first-person detective game in which you play a journalist combing the abandoned town of Painscreek — hunting keys, notes and diaries to solve a cold murder case. No quest markers, no hint system; your own notebook is the only tool. Made and published in 2017 by EQ Studios.
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