Detective for Linux — top best games in the Detective genre / Page 2

The Shadow Syndicate - a game in the Detective genre

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Comics, Detective

Game in development: Linux → Q1 2027

An adventure stealth action game set in an alternate universe with anthropomorphic animals. The story takes place in 1930s Brooklyn. The main character is Sam...

Kathy Rain: Director’s Cut

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Detective, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 26 October 2021

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Kathy Rain: Director's Cut is a side-scrolling point and click adventure. Extended version of the plot: with a longer final part, hundreds of lines of additional...

Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness

Adventure, Horror, Point & Click, Side view, Old school, Detective

Game released: Linux → 23 March 2021

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 68/100

A detective adventure in the spirit of Lovecraftian horror, inspired by the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. The story unfolds around private detective Lown...

Blues and Bullets

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Detective

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2015

Steam: 65/100

Blues and Bullets is a third-person, noir-style action-adventure episodic game. A long coat, booze, a gun, and talking to yourself are all part of our protagonist...

Jenny LeClue - Detectivu

Adventure, Detective, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 19 September 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

Jenny LeClue — Detectivu is an episodic adventure in which you will play as a girl detective Jenny LeClue. The game takes place in the small town of...

Thimbleweed Park 2

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Comedy, Old school, Detective, Puzzle

Game in development: Linux → 2028

An adventure quest that takes players back to the strange town of Thimbleweed Park, where yet another mysterious murder is just the beginning of a new dose of...

Bolt Riley, A Reggae Adventure

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click, Music game, Detective, Mini-game / browser-based

Early Access: Linux → 20 April 2016

Steam: 41/100

This 2D point-and-click adventure follows a young musician’s path to fame in Jamaica. Bolt Riley, a poor boy from Trenchtown, struggles to survive and faces a gang...

Hypnospace Outlaw

Adventure, Simulation, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Benchmark program, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: Linux → 12 March 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Hypnospace Outlaw is an unusual 90s internet simulator with pixel graphics and text game elements. The player explores various websites, monitors mail receipts, and...

Silver Case

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Detective

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2016

Players: 7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Silver Case — adventure visual novel in Japanese style. The game is dedicated to the investigation of a series of brutal murders that occurred in a city area...

Long Live Caesar

Indie, Role-playing game, Tactics, Historical, Roguelike, Side view, Puzzle, Detective, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 16 December 2024

Steam: 78/100

A step -by -step role -playing strategy with elements of a crogue in which the fate of the Roman Empire depends on the decisions of one person. Playing for Guy...

Lamplight City

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Lamplight City is a classic side-scrolling Point and Click adventure. The game takes place in the fictional town of Lamplight during the Victorian era with a hint...

A Bavarian Tale - Totgeschwiegen

Third-person view, Detective, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2023

Players: 6/10

Steam: 77/100

The game takes place in the picturesque Bavarian village of Wolpertshofen, full of dark secrets, unexplained events and social tensions, in 1866. A detective comes...

Phoenix Springs

Adventure, Detective, Science fiction, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 7 October 2024

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Neo-noir quest with elements of mysticism and investigation. Events immerse the player in a mysterious world where dark secrets and personal dramas are intertwined...

Voodoo Detective

Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click, Detective, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 25 May 2022

Steam: 95/100

Voodoo Detective is a point and click adventure puzzle game. New Guinen: A small island town steeped in rich voodoo culture, overrun with chain stores and teeming...

Terminal Madness: Awakening

Puzzle, Casual game, Comedy, Adventure, Detective

Game released: Linux → 1 December 2023

Players: 3.2/10

The main character named Krypto is trying to become a hacker. He wants the Supreme Master to help him become the greatest expert in this field. But soon the hero...

BROK the InvestiGator

Adventure, Side view, Arcade, Detective, Post-apocalyptic, Point & Click, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 26 August 2022

Steam: 97/100

The game takes place in a futuristic world inhabited by humanoid animals. The rich live under a dome that protects them from environmental pollution. The main...

Mutropolis

Adventure, Puzzle, Science fiction, Indie, Detective

Game released: Linux → 18 February 2021

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 71/100

A science fiction adventure set on the abandoned planet Earth in the year 5000. The protagonist and a team of archaeologists are exploring the ruins of an ancient...

Pandora Directive

Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 12 June 2014

Steam: 86/100

This first-person detective adventure takes place in April 2043, when private investigator Tex Murphy looks into rumors of a UFO crash in Roswell and investigates...

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Detective

Game released: Linux → 13 March 2018

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 68/100

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case is a continuation of the Japanese-style adventure visual novel Silver Case. The events of the game take place five years after the...

Mask of the Rose

Visual novel, Interactive movie, Adventure, Detective, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 8 June 2023

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Detective visual novel from the creators suns Sea: zubmariner edition and suns skies. The game is a background for all events in the Fallen London universe. Its...

Interrogation: You will be Deceived

Simulation, Indie, Strategy, Role-playing game, Adventure, Business / Management, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 5 December 2019

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Interrogation: You will be Deceived is a thrilling noir detective story with role-playing elements, where you take control of a special police department tasked...

Methods: Detective Competition

Puzzle, Adventure, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: Linux → 2 June 2020

Players: 3.1/10

Steam: 91/100

Hundreds of detectives compete with each other to solve mysteries created by crime bosses. The winner receives a million dollars and a unique opportunity. However...

Moonshot - The Great Espionage

Free game, Platformer, Puzzle, Detective, Old school, Stealth, Action

Game released: Linux → 30 July 2021

Steam: 96/100

A free fantasy platformer with stealth elements, set in an alternate 60s. The main character is a spy who must reveal classified NASA...

SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Detective, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 August 2016

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 90/100

A murder-mystery visual novel about ten friends gathered at a secluded mountain resort for Halloween. Their party turns into a night of horror when one of the...

NoseBound

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Point & Click, Detective, Horror

Game released: Linux → 19 January 2021

Steam: 86/100

NoseBound is a classic point and click side-scrolling adventure with a noir style. The game tells the story of private detective Ray Hammond, who is trying to catch...

Законы Надрагии

Adventure, Simulation, Isometric, Visual novel, Comedy, Detective

Game in development: Linux → 2026

A prosecutor simulator with elements of a detective visual novel. The game takes place in Nadragia, where the era of tyranny began after the revolution. Players in...

IDID:IT

Adventure, First-person view, Logic, Indie, Walking Simulator, Exploration, Detective

Game released: Linux → 10 December 2020

IDID:IT (Inexplicable Deaths In Damipolis: Inner Thoughts) is a first-person noir adventure in the spirit of old black and white films. The plot of the game...

Casey Noir and Carved Pumpkin's Latte

Visual novel, Free game, Point & Click, Detective, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 2 October 2025

Steam: 88/100

The game takes place in a Gothic hotel perched atop a lonely hill on Halloween night. The protagonist, an immortal ghost detective, must solve the murder of one of...

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