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Pearl's Peril
Pearl's Peril

Adventure 05 March 2013

Free hidden object adventure game produced by German studio Wooga. Play as the main character Pearl and together with her go to her home island Artemis Island to investigate the mystery of her father's death.

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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies

Adventure 25 July 2013

Ace Attorney 5 is Capcom's legal adventure. The most famous hero of the cycle, Phoenix Wright, the lawyer, returns there. The game is about defending the wrongly accused. To this end, we conduct our own investigation and interview witnesses, and then use the evidence gathered in this way during the hearings.

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Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek
Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek

Adventure 01 September 2011

A detective adventure game enriched with puzzles like "hidden objects". The player plays the role of a private detective who tries to find a lost teenager in the title town. Developers from Artifex Mundi studio took care of the plot full of surprising twists and the atmospheric audio-visual setting.

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Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood
Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood

Adventure 26 September 2013

Continuation of Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek, a casual adventure published in 2011. Playing the role of a detective tracking down an evil preacher, the player sets out to help the Simson family, which was attacked by a dark creature near the Ravenwood reserve. The title was produced by HOPA studio Artifex Mundi, which specializes in the genre of HOPA.

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Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure

Adventure 07 May 2014

An adventure from the detective franchise focusing on Tex Murphy. Similarly to its three previous installments, the game offers 3D locations featuring recorded actors. Gameplay comes down to collecting evidence, interrogating witnesses, and solving puzzles.

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Tex Murphy: Overseer
Tex Murphy: Overseer

Adventure 28 February 1998

The fifth part of Tex Murphy's adventures - a private detective and life loser. In the game's plot based on the retrospective, we return to the case of the death of a university professor, the father of our protagonist's first wife. He worked on a secret project to develop a method of remote mind control. The classic story presented in the modern setting develops some threads, known to the players from the first installment of the series.

PC

The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief
The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief

Adventure 23 July 2013

The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief is a classic point and click adventure game created by the German KING Art studio. During the game we play as a mysterious burglar named Kruk and a detective chasing him. The action takes place in Europe in the middle of the last century.

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Black Feather Forest
Black Feather Forest

Adventure TBA

A classic investigation point-and-click adventure game developed by Dutch artist and developer Tim Hengeveld. The story of the game was inspired by actual events that occurred in British Columbia, a province of Canada, where several young women disappeared along a remote highway. The player assumes the role of a woman named Sofia who, accompanied by camera operator Caleb, travels to Augier’s Peak city in order to solve the mystery and find either the three missing girls or their corpses.

PC

CSI: Hidden Crimes
CSI: Hidden Crimes

Adventure 23 April 2014

Detective game of the "hidden objects" type, based on the license of a popular TV series about the work of police forensic experts. In the game we play as a new member of the CSI team, and our task is to solve further criminal riddles by searching for clues and their analysis with the help of logical-skillful mini-games.

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Do Not Cross
Do Not Cross

Adventure TBA

Do Not Cross is an unusual adventure developed for PCs, in which we play the role of a member of the team cleaning the crime scene. Players can limit themselves to performing official tasks or play detective games and try to discover the real perpetrators of crime.

PC

The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel
The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel

Adventure 20 September 1992

A classic adventure game in which we play the role of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes. Our task will be to find the murderer of a young actress whose corpse was found in a dark alley near the theatre. Whether it will be the famous Ripper Cuba, it will turn out in the course of an arduous investigation.

PC

Black Dahlia
Black Dahlia

Adventure 28 February 1998

Black Dahlia is a detective adventure game, maintained in the noir convention. The player takes on the role of an agent of the governmental COI organisation, who encounters the trail of the dangerous organisation "Brotherhood of Thule". The plot of the game produced by Take 2 Interactive is a blend of fictional and authentic events from the 1940s.

PC

Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile
Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile

Adventure 16 April 2007

Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile is an adventure game devoted to the literary work of English writer Agatha Christie created by Oberon Games studio. This position, maintained in the convention of the crime story, was based on a novel from 1936, known in Poland as Death on the Nile.

PC

The Blackwell Legacy
The Blackwell Legacy

Adventure 07 February 2007

The Blackwell Legacy is an extensive adventure game, prepared by a team of five programmers from the Wadjet Eye Games studio. The full title consists of several separate episodes, which can be downloaded for a fee.

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Blue Toad Murder Files
Blue Toad Murder Files

Adventure 15 December 2009

A pleasant episodic series of adventures, which resembles a racial detective, but has been kept in a humorous tone. The producers decided to be inspired by the most famous detective films. Individual cases resemble the works of Agatha Christie or Artur Conan Doyle. The game itself consists of quite classic elements - collecting items, searching the location, chatting with characters, etc. The game itself consists of a number of elements.

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Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis
Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis

Adventure 30 October 2007

Sherlock Holmes versus Arsene Lupin is another part of the adventures of the famous detective - Sherlock Holmes. We are dealing here with a racial adventure, i.e. logical thinking and the ability to combine facts will be necessary. The game was once again produced by the Frogwares studio.

PC

The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes
The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes

Adventure 05 June 2008

The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes is a detective game for the mass audience, which, as the name suggests, refers to the most famous literary character in this profession.

PC

Secret Files: Tunguska
Secret Files: Tunguska

Adventure 01 September 2006

A classic, two-dimensional point-and-click adventure game developed by German studio Fusionsphere Systems. The story of the game is closely related to the famous Tunguska event which occurred in 1908 and which to this day was never fully explained. There are a few theories explaining what occurred there and some of them are quite unusual. The main protagonist of the game is Nina Kalenkov, a Russian girl living in Germany.

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BROK the InvestiGator
BROK the InvestiGator

Adventure 26 August 2022

BROK the InvestiGator is an independent point and click adventure game with RPG and beat 'em up elements, in which it depends on us how we will handle the investigation led by the crocodile protagonist. The game was developed by COWCAT studio.

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Lacuna
Lacuna

Adventure 20 May 2021

Lacuna - A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure is a futuristic noir adventure game in which we investigate a murder. The game departs from the schemes of classic adventure games, leading us through a non-linear story without unintuitive puzzles and repetitive dialogues.

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Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy

Adventure 25 January 2024

A remastered compilation of three lawyer adventure games. Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy has us playing as attorneys trying to prove our clients' innocence, investigating the scene of the crime and defending them in a trial.

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Combustion
Combustion

RPG TBA

A noir action RPG set in the city of Norrune, inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. Combustion has us playing as a rookie cop, hunting down a serial killer terrorizing the metropolis.

PC

Touch Detective 3 + The Complete Case Files
Touch Detective 3 + The Complete Case Files

Adventure 28 March 2024

A compilation of three point-and-click adventure games. Touch Detective 3 + The Complete Case Files stars Rina and Mackenzie, young detectives investigating intriguing mysteries.

Switch

Tron: Identity
Tron: Identity

Adventure 11 April 2023

Tron: Identity is a visual novel with adventure game elements. It takes place in the universe known from the "Tron" movies. The main protagonist is Query, a detective program investigating the data theft from the Repository.

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