DetectiveReleased PS5 Video Games
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A list of Released Detective video games for PS5 sorted by popularity among gamers.
PlayStation 5 (PS5) is Sony’s 9th-generation video-game console launched in late 2020. It marks the first time Sony used the faster SSD in its console. Other than that, it also came with an AMD Zen 2 CPU, 16 GB of RAM and 10,28-TFLOPs GPU. The PS5 also brought a new controller – the DualSense, boasting an innovative feature of adaptative triggers. The console is backwards-compatible with the PS4. PlayStation 5 was launched in two versions – with physical Blu-ray drive, and without it (the PS5 Digital Edition).
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Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One
Adventure 16 November 2021
Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One is the next installment in a series of adventure games about the fate of a brilliant detective. The story takes place at the very beginning of his career, when he returns to his home island after his mother's death. It soon turns out that this place hides many secrets.
The Sinking City
Adventure 19 February 2021
A detective adventure game inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. The production is set in the 1920s, in the fictional city of New England, suffering from a supernatural flood. You play as a private investigator, whose task is to resist the mass hysteria and discover the cause of the mysterious events.
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
RPG 30 March 2021
An unusual, isometric RPG game that is the first title developed by Estonian studio Fortress Occident. The game is focused mostly on narrative. It takes place in a fictional world that combines modern setting with fantasy traits and with retro-futuristic technologies. The player assumes the role of a policeman who is tired of life. He begins working on a case that can either give him a chance of redemption or take him to the very bottom.
Judgment
Action 23 April 2021
An action adventure game in which we play the role of a detective conducting complex criminal investigations. Project JUDGE was created by the authors of the popular Yakuza series, i.e. Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. As a former lawyer of Takayuki Yagami, we deal with the prosecution of criminals.
Lost Judgment
Action 24 September 2021
A spin-off of the popular Yakuza series, and a sequel to 2019's warmly welcomed Judgment. In Lost Judgment, the main character is once again Takayuki Yagami, a private detective investigating a mysterious murder case in Yokohama.
Pentiment
Adventure 22 February 2024
Adventure game developed by Obsidian Entertainment studio. In Pentiment we play as an artist who gets entangled in a case of mysterious murders in a German abbey. A characteristic feature of the game is graphics inspired by medieval woodcuts.
9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek
Adventure 01 April 2022
A casual adventure with hidden objects and logical puzzles. The action of the title takes place in the 1950s. The player takes on the role of a detective specializing in paranormal investigations, who, at the request of a friend, comes to Serpent Creek, a town hiding dark secrets. The title was produced by Tap It Games studio.
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II
Adventure 15 February 2024
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II is a Japanese horror adventure game. The player investigates a series of deaths that occur in a Tokyo school every ten years. Some RPG elements add variety to the detective gameplay here.
Saturnalia
Adventure 27 October 2022
A survival horror detective adventure game with TPP view. Saturnalia was created in the Italian independent studio Santa Ragione. The action of the game takes us to Sardinia in 1989.
Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express
Adventure 19 October 2023
A TPP adventure game based on the novel of the same name. The main characters of Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express, Hercule Poirot and Joanna Locke, must solve the mystery of a murder aboard the titular train.
Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The London Case
Adventure 29 August 2023
Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The London Case is an adventure game starring the main protagonist of Agatha Christie's bestselling crime novels. Tasked with escorting a painting to an exhibition, Poirot gets involved in yet another case at the opening ceremony.
Chicken Police
Adventure 30 March 2022
Original adventure game with elements from the visual novel genre, maintained in a noir style. At Chicken Police we take control of a duo of rooster detectives trying to solve a strange and dark case that shook the city of Clawville.
Yurukill: The Calumniation
Adventure 08 July 2022
Yurukill: The Calumniation Games is a genre cocktail in which a detective adventure game is blended with automaton-inspired shooter challenges that allow you to direct a fighter jet fighting armadas of enemy units.
Mato Anomalies
RPG 10 March 2023
Mato Anomalies is an RPG set in a city that is a neo-futuristic version of old Shanghai. Traditional elements of the genre, such as exploration, character development and turn-based combat are enriched here with detective plots.
Paradise Killer
Adventure 16 March 2022
Paradise Killer is a multi ending adventure game in which we try to unravel the mystery of murder on an island that is separated from reality. Solving the case will involve questioning witnesses, gathering evidence and combining circumstantial evidence.
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story
Adventure 12 May 2022
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story is a detective FMV adventure game, in which most of the visuals are made up of cinematic sequences with actors. The player must unravel the case of a series of murders committed over a century against members of an influential Japanese family.
Backbone
Adventure 28 October 2021
Adventure with elements of a sneaky and action game, in which we get to the retrofuturistic version of Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. While playing in Backbone we play Howard Lotor's shed, which is a private detective who undertakes various tasks.
Lacuna
Adventure 21 December 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.
Observer: System Redux
Adventure 12 November 2020
A refreshed version of a psychological horror released in 2017. Observer: System Redux offers not only improved graphics but also additional storyline content. Polish studio Bloober Team is responsible for the game.
BROK the InvestiGator
Adventure 01 March 2023
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.
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Adventure 15 April 2021
Sequel of the point-and-click adventure game developed by the independent Irish studio Spooky Doorway. Once again we play as Detective Francis McQueen investigating supernatural phenomena in the town of Twin Lakes.
The Darkside Detective
Adventure 08 April 2021
The Darkside Detective is a retro point-and-click adventure game developed by the independent studio Spooky Doorway. The game takes place in the suburban American city of Twin Lakes where two dimensions intertwine with each other, and supernatural events happen on a daily basis.
The Signifier
Adventure canceled
The Signifier is a FPP adventure game, the action of which takes place in the near future, and the storyline theme touches upon issues such as artificial intelligence or privacy violations related to the ability to read another person's thoughts and memories.
Criminal Expert
Adventure 15 December 2023
Criminal Expert is an FMV adventure game, starring Polish actors. The player takes on the role of a police investigator in charge of a case. To solve it, they must gather evidence, interrogate witnesses, search through documents and databases.