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The following collection is a variety of games that will appeal to mystery lovers-- including story-driven games, point-and-click investigations, and puzzle games.

AWE Games developed a series of point-and-click mystery adventure games based on several Agatha Christie books-- Murder on the Orient Express , And Then There Were None , and Evil Under the Sun . The most recent installment, The ABC Murders ,

Betrayal at House on the Hill is a great mystery/horror/strategy game that changes each time you play it. You build the layout of a haunted house as you play, exploring the various rooms and collecting items. Eventually, someone will trigger the h

Beyond: Two Souls is a story-driven action-adventure game by the makers of Heavy Rain. Play as Jodie Holmes -- and the spirit tethered to her -- as she discovers her abilities and strives to gain independence from the doctors that have practically

"How Far Will You Go To Save Someone You Love? HEAVY RAIN  is an evolving psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns, where choices and actions can result in dramatic consequences on the story. Spanning four days of mys

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is a cooperative game, so yes, you'll need a sidekick to play this one. It can be played with or without VR, only one of you needs the game, and it can even be played long-distance. One player starts the game and s

"Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. The first installment in a series of four games, Kona

"Joel, a ruthless survivor with few moral lines left to cross, lives in one of the last remaining Quarantine Zones. These walled-off, oppressive cities are run by what's left of the military. Despite the strict martial law, Joel operates in the blac

Life is Strange is a game of choice and consequence. It begins as a simple story of a high schools student discovering her spontaneously-granted superpower. Once she reconnects with a childhood friend, they put those powers to use to uncover Arcad

The Mirror's Edge series is a platforming adventure game with a light but interesting story and minimal combat. It's a fast-paced game that's ideal for players who want to navigate environments in clever ways, uncover narrative that doesn't requir

Everything I need to know, I learned from Nancy Drew. Since 1998, HerInteractive has published 32 games point-and-click mystery games based on teen sleuth Nancy Drew. I can not praise this series enough. I've been playing these games since I was

Night in the Woods

Oxenfree is a beautiful and relentlessly eerie game. Enriched by a unique art style, fantastic soundtrack, and well-executed audio-visual effects this is an engaging, story-driven supernatural/horror/mystery/thriller/adventure game you won't want

We're doing science and we're still alive.  In the Portal series, you solve your way through test chambers using a portal gun as a snarky AI criticizes your looks and lack of parents, while promising you cake at the end of the test. Ne

Frogwares began developing point-and-click Sherlock Holmes games for PC in 2002, and the series has since expanded to handheld systems and consoles. A single game will take you from Victorian London to an insane asylum in Switzerland to the swamps

" Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective   is a cooperative game of observation, logic, and the science of deduction for one to eight players. You and your fellow players take on the roles of members of the Baker Street Irregulars, Holmes’s cadr

"As if awakening from a deep sleep, you find yourself in a strange, contradictory world of ancient ruins and advanced technology. Tasked by your creator with solving a series of increasingly complex puzzles, you must decide whether to have faith, or

"A haunted hotel, an abandoned circus, a burnt-out pillow factory, a dead body pixelating under the bridge, toilets that run on vacuum tubes... you’ve never visited a place like this before. Five people with nothing in common have been drawn t

"In T.I.M.E. Stories , you and up to three friends travel between the future and past, experiencing alternate realities, solving mysteries, and fixing dangerous temporal faults. Created by the team at Space Cowboys, this cooperative board game ch

The Wolf Among Us

"World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys. Drag and drop living, squirming, talking, globs of goo to build structures, bridges, cannonballs, zeppelins, and giant tongues. The million

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