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Best Games in the Detective genre of 2012 (Game released)

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective - a game in the Detective genre
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Detective
Game released: iOS, Nintendo DS, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 16 December 2010
Players: 10/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 86/100
The main character is Sissel, the spirit of a deceased man, capable of inhabiting objects and controlling them. The goal of the game is to find out the cause of the...
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair - a game in the Detective genre
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Detective
Game released: PS Vita, PSP, PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android → 10 October 2013
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 81/100
This detective visual novel follows a school trip to the abandoned Jabberwock Island, where Monokuma restarts a deadly game. Students from Hope’s Peak Academy must...
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes - a game in the Detective genre
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Adventure, Third-person view, Logic, Detective, Point & Click
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 → 27 September 2012
Players: 9.5/10
Steam: 76/100
Metacritic: 67/100
Set in London in 1898, this detective adventure with logic puzzles follows Sherlock Holmes as he comes under suspicion in a case involving theft, fraud and...
Mysteryville - a game in the Detective genre
Mysteryville
Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Hidden Objects, Detective
Game released: Android, iPad, iPhone, Mac, PC, Windows Phone → 30 March 2012
Steam: 100/100
Mysteryville is a first-person adventure with a hint of puzzle from developers from NevoSoft studio. The game is published by Reflexive Entertainment...
Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 - a game in the Detective genre
Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Turn-based, Comics, Japanese role-playing game, Detective, Comedy
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, Mac → 25 June 2012
Steam: 85/100
This turn-based role-playing game combines detective fiction with humor: a detective agency is called into action by a mysterious caller. The threats in New Arcadia...