The top results based on the latest update are Draugen [Score: 2.9], The Vanishing of Ethan Carter [Score: 2.7] and Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments [Score: 2.6] The top rated games you can find here are Unheard [SteamPeek Rating: 9.5] ranked #11, The Talos Principle [SteamPeek Rating: 9.5] ranked #12 and Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc [SteamPeek Rating: 9.5] ranked #13 Also don't forget to check the newest releases Metamorphosis [Release date: 2020-08-12] ranked #5, Outer Wilds [Release date: 2020-06-18] ranked #20 and AI: The Somnium Files [Release date: 2019-09-17] ranked #18.
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Developer: Lucas Pope, Publisher: 3909, Game website
Windows | Mac | Steam Achievements | Full controller support
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Draugen is a single-player, first-person Fjord Noir mystery set in 1920s Norway. Explore a forgotten coastal village in your search for your missing sister, accompanied by your independent and enigmatic young ward. Norwegian Game of the Year 2019.
Developer: Red Thread Games, Publisher: Red Thread Games, Game website
Windows | Steam Achievements | Full controller support
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
Developer: The Astronauts, Publisher: The Astronauts, Game website
Windows | Steam Achievements | Full controller support | Steam Trading Cards
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Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
Developer: Frogwares, Publisher: Frogwares, Game website
Windows | Steam Achievements | Full controller support | Steam Trading Cards
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Jabberwock Island—You and your classmates were ready for fun in the sun until Monokuma returned to restart his murderous game! Trapped in a kill-or-be-killed situation, your only hope rests in solving the island’s mysteries.
Developer: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd., Abstraction Games, Publisher: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows | Mac | Linux | Steam Achievements | Full controller support | Steam Trading Cards
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Play as Gregor, turned into a tiny bug, and set out on an extraordinary journey to unravel the mystery of your transformation. Metamorphosis is a first person adventure set in a surrealist world where your newfound abilities are your last and only hope for redemption.
Developer: Ovid Works, Publisher: All in! Games, Game website
Windows | Steam Achievements | Full controller support
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MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.
Developer: Airtight Games, Publisher: Square Enix, Game website
Windows | Steam Achievements | Full controller support | Steam Trading Cards
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Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
Developer: Zadbox Entertainment, Publisher: Zadbox Entertainment, Game website
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The Rewinder is an adventure puzzle game, based on Chinese mythology. You play as Qi Yun, the last known Rewinder, who can communicate with spirits and explore other people memories to alter the past.
Developer: MistyMountainStudio, Publisher: Gamera Game
Windows | Mac
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The Slaughter is a noir point-and-click adventure set in Victorian London, laced with adult themes and dark humour. Follow the trail of a killer through atmospheric London locations and surreal dream worlds, meeting a cast of interesting, insane and eccentrically British characters along the way.
Developer: Alex Francois, Publisher: Brainchild, Game website
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Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
Developer: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd., Publisher: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows | Steam Achievements | Steam Trading Cards
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What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?
Developer: NEXT Studios, Publisher: NEXT Studios, bilibili, Game website
Windows | Mac
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The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
Developer: Croteam, Publisher: Devolver Digital, Croteam, Game website
Windows | Mac | Linux | Steam Achievements | Full controller support | Steam Trading Cards | Steam Workshop
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Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.
Developer: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd., Abstraction Games, Publisher: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows | Mac | Linux | Steam Achievements | Full controller support | Steam Trading Cards
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A new cast of 16 characters find themselves kidnapped and imprisoned in a school. Inside, some will kill, some will die, and some will be punished. Reimagine what you thought high-stakes, fast-paced investigation was as you investigate twisted murder cases and condemn your new friends to death.
Developer: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd., Publisher: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd., Game website
Windows | Steam Achievements | Full controller support | Steam Trading Cards
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A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart?
Developer: Grundislav Games, Publisher: Application Systems Heidelberg, Game website
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Experience a Narrative Adventure where your choices and character growth truly matter. As a member of a 1793 secret society, live a tale of intrigue and manipulation on the hunt for your missing mother.
Developer: Big Bad Wolf, Publisher: Focus Home Interactive, Game website
Windows | Steam Achievements | Full controller support | Steam Trading Cards
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Paris, 1894. Class differences and pervasive racism finally lead to a tragedy. A year later you find yourself on trial, accused of a brutal murder. How far will you go to exonerate yourself? Will you lie? Manipulate the evidence? Frame others? Act insane? Confess? Your imagination is the limit.
Developer: The Moonwalls, Publisher: Libredia Entertainment, Game website
Windows | Mac | Steam Achievements | Full controller support | Steam Trading Cards
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Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Developer: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd., Publisher: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
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Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…
Developer: Frogwares, Publisher: Nacon, Game website
Windows | Steam Achievements | Full controller support | Steam Trading Cards
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Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
Developer: Mobius Digital, Publisher: Annapurna Interactive
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What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Developer: Giant Sparrow, Publisher: Annapurna Interactive, Game website
Windows | Steam Achievements | Full controller support | Steam Trading Cards
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The Sexy Brutale — a never-ending masked ball featuring intrigue, murder and the (quite possibly) occult! Relive the same mysterious day where the guests at the casino mansion are being murdered by the staff over and over again.
Developer: Cavalier Game Studios, Tequila Works, Publisher: Tequila Works, Game website
Windows | Steam Achievements | Full controller support | Steam Trading Cards
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Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
Developer: Night School Studio, Publisher: Night School Studio, Game website
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A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
Developer: Fireproof Games, Publisher: Fireproof Games, Game website
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