Mystery is liked by many people. Not all, but most people take interest in seeing and observing how to solve a criminal case. Some people often prefer engaging in a criminal justice degree online to turn their interest into a profession. A good number of such people take interest in playing detective games.
The Haunted Island
The Haunted Island: Frog Detective is a short, silly game where you play as a detective frog dubbed, you got it, Frog Detective. It’s the ideal place to start the best detective games. Frog is asked to look into reports of a ghost haunting a cave nearby, but he can’t get inside without an explosive device. He decides to create one by gathering supplies from the amusing animal island occupants.
Hypnospace Outlaw
The game takes place in a parallel universe where the internet is named Hypnospace and is controlled by a firm by the name of Merchantsoft. It is set in the early years of the internet (approximately 1999). Your responsibility as a Merchantsoft “Enforcer” is to maintain order online and regulate the Hypnospace. Hunting down evildoers requires a lot of investigative effort and puzzlesolving as you carefully examine their websites and search for indications of criminal activities.
Batman: Arkham City
Batman, a superhero known as “the world’s best investigator,” demonstrates once more that nothing is beyond his reach as he looks into a plot from inside Arkham City, a super-prison. Batman: Arkham City, one of the most adored games in the Arkham series, transferred everything that made its predecessor so successful to an open-world setting to provide the player with an unending adventure. It has even been said that Arkham City is a Batman simulator because it feels so comprehensive and unrestricted.
Thimbleweed park
A point-and-click adventure game called Thimbleweed Park features two FBI agents who resemble tiny pixelated versions of Mulder and Scully. Agents Ray and Reyes have been requested to a tiny village in 1987 to look into a murder.
The vanishing of Ethan Carter
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is the best detective game with the scariest elements. You take on the role of Paul Prospero, a paranormal investigator who, on the advice of his biggest fan, Ethan Carter, visits a desolate mining community. Paul starts looking into the nefarious force that affected the entire Carter family when he learns that Ethan is missing.
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
One of the most genuinely perplexing franchises on the market right now is the Professor Layton series. You take on the role of Hershel Layton, a professor of archaeology in London, in the first five games. Luke Triton, his self-described apprentice, elevates the story above the many other endearing characters in it with his witty remarks and sympathetic anxiousness.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
In the three-part series, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is unquestionably the most entertaining game with the best narrative. The majority of the game is devoted to Geralt’s efforts to find his adopted daughter Ciri and save her from the certain doom that the Wild Hunt has in store for her.
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, a lesser-known game by Ace Attorney series creator Shu Takumi, features the most brilliantly entertaining gameplay elements of any detective game. Because you’re a ghost, you can control things and go back in time to four minutes before someone dies in the game Ghost Trick.
Hotel Dust: Room 215
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 is a detective game that was created just for the Nintendo DS, and it isn’t your typical DS game. It is played by holding the device vertically rather than traditionally horizontally, making the DS resemble a detective’s notebook both visually and functionally. In order to find his former police partner, Kyle Hyde, a former detective, and present salesman, checks into Hotel Dusk outside of Los Angeles. From there, the mysteries only deepen as Kyle learns that the hotel and its visitors have surprising ties to his history.