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Play a young Sherlock Holmes investigating his mother's death on a Mediterranean island. Observation, deduction and detective work in a semi-open world take center stage.
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As an LAPD detective in 1947 Los Angeles, you comb crime scenes for clues and read suspects' motion-captured faces during interrogations. It's an atmospheric noir crime drama where deduction matters more than gunplay.
89 %
24.99 €
Lots to discover
A time-loop mystery set in a Roman city where any sin kills everyone. You question residents, exploit the repeating day, and unravel the secret through conversation, deduction and moral choices.
89 %
29.99 €
Lots to discover
A real-time thriller set in 1987 Britain: you sneak through a government building, eavesdrop and piece together evidence while the clock keeps ticking. Your choices and time management shape how the conspiracy unfolds.
87 %
4.99 €
Realistic visuals
A point-and-click adventure set aboard the Titanic during its final hours, where you solve puzzles and act against the clock to save lives and possibly alter the ship's fate. The authentic historical setting and time pressure define the experience.
87 %
24.50 €
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As a 1950s hotel maid you sneak through guests' rooms to piece together dark secrets and a murder. Light stealth, meaningful choices and a rich noir mood drive this narrative-focused detective adventure.
86 %
16.99 €
Accessible and relaxed
As Detective Lucas you investigate strange cases in an alternate divided post-war city, using persuasion, deduction, time rewinding or violence. In the end you choose between justice and love.
85 %
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A narrative psychological thriller from the Life is Strange developers. You play Sam, returning to your hometown to piece together a friend's death by reconstructing events in a mind palace, guided by an imaginary alter ego.
85 %
39.99 €
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As a 1920s private eye in the half-drowned town of Oakmont, you solve eerie cases by reconstructing crime scenes and drawing your own conclusions, with little hand-holding, in a Lovecraftian nightmare. Thick atmosphere and morally grey decisions carry the game, while the combat is serviceable rather than great.
85 %
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Ryo Hazuki continues his quest for revenge across Hong Kong, Kowloon and Guilin. Its detailed, lived-in world, side jobs, martial arts fights and slow, deliberate storytelling set it apart.
85 %
free
Pure single-player experience
An episodic narrative adventure set at a secretive 1793 estate, where dialogue duels, intrigue and a skill system shape how the conspiracy and murder mystery unfold. Choices carry lasting consequences and conversations play out like tense battles of wits.
