Detective for Mac — top best games in the Detective genre / Page 3

Backbone - a game in the Detective genre

Adventure, Stealth, Indie, Side view, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: Mac → 8 June 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 65/100

Backbone is a noir detective role-playing game in the spirit of Wolf Among Us, where all the characters are anthropomorphic animals. The game tells...

Mask of the Rose

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

Game released: Mac → 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...

Cube Escape

Puzzle, Horror, Adventure, Detective, Online, Free game, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 9 June 2009

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 95/100

A detective named Dale Vandermeer finds himself in a strange room and cannot remember how he got here. He must solve all the puzzles to get free and...

Under a Killing Moon

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: Mac → 1995

Players: 1/10

Steam: 96/100

This detective adventure with elements of a comedy thriller unfolds in a futuristic world in December 2042. Private investigator Tex Murphy must stop...

Methods: Detective Competition

Puzzle, Adventure, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: Mac → 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...

Bear With Me

Adventure, Puzzle, , Hidden Objects, Detective

Game released: Mac → 8 August 2016

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Bear With Me is a noir point and click adventure that tells the story of a little girl, Amber. She has to find her missing brother Flint and turns to...

Alt-Frequencies

Indie, Adventure, Visual novel, Futurism (Future), Detective

Game released: Mac → 16 May 2019

Steam: 86/100

Alt-Frequencies is a text adventure set in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell a mysterious story in which all people are stuck in the same time...

Tiny Room Stories Town Mystery

Puzzle, Detective, Hidden Objects, Exploration, Indie, Point & Click, Logic

Game released: Mac → 26 February 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 86/100

The main character of the game is a private detective who went to a small town at the request of his father. All the residents of the city have...

Puzzle Agent 2

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: Mac → 30 June 2011

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Puzzle Agent 2 is a continuation of the humorous puzzle game, where you again have to help the extraordinary agent Nelson Teters. This time the game...

Still Life 2

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: Mac → 31 August 2009

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 44/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Still Life 2 is a continuation of the detective adventure with many puzzles and an exciting plot. The events of the game continue the story told in...

Long Live Caesar

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

Game released: Mac → 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...

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

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

Game released: Mac → 15 April 2021

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark is a point and click adventure puzzle game with a side view. Twin Lakes is a damn town. Damned enough to...

Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集

Visual novel, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 20 February 2020

Steam: 95/100

This detective visual novel with point-and-click elements follows Roman, a wolf detective hoping to spend his vacation at a tavern. A severe storm...

Mysteryville

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Hidden Objects, Detective

Game released: Mac → 1 May 2008

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...

Sanity of Morris

Detective, First-person view, Survival horror

Game released: Mac → 23 March 2021

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 35/100

Sanity of Morris is a psychological horror adventure about searching for a father while trying to stay sane. The protagonist uses a flashlight to...

Nancy Drew: The Shattered Medallion

Adventure, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: Mac → 6 March 2017

Steam: 52/100

This point-and-click adventure follows detective Nancy Drew and George as they travel to New Zealand to compete in the reality show Pacific Run...

The Raven Remastered

Adventure, Third-person view, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: Mac → 13 March 2018

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The Raven Remastered is a re-release of the adventure detective The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief. The game offers you completely redesigned...

NUTS

First-person view, Adventure, Action, Simulation, Indie, Detective, Walking Simulator

Game released: Mac → 4 February 2021

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 67/100

NUTS is an indie action adventure game with simulation elements and a first-person view. Your mission briefing will give you a starting point, but it...

Floor 13: Deep State

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: Mac → 2 November 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 32/100

Floor 13: Deep State is a text adventure thriller inspired by the classic 90's game Floor 13. In a free society, citizens can make their own...

Town of Salem 2

Online, Side view, Fantasy, Survival, Detective, Puzzle, Casual game, Strategy

Game released: Mac → 25 August 2023

Players: 1/10

Steam: 68/100

Multiplayer deduction game. 15 gamers explore the city and complete various tasks to identify and eliminate opponents. Each role has its own tasks...

Space Bar

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: Mac → 1997

Steam: 100/100

Space Bar is an adventure with a dash of puzzle from the masters at Boffo Games, Inc.. The game is published by Bomico Entertainment Software...

NoseBound

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

Game released: Mac → 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...

IDID:IT

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

Game released: Mac → 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...

Jenny LeClue - Detectivu

Adventure, Detective, Puzzle

Game released: Mac → 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...

Phoenix Springs

Adventure, Detective, Science fiction, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 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...

Chinatown Detective Agency

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Side view, Detective, Point & Click, Exploration

Game released: Mac → 7 April 2022

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Chinatown Detective Agency is an atmospheric adventure with a side view in a cyberpunk setting. It's midnight in Singapore. Your contact is a...

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: 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...

Aviary Attorney

Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Visual novel, Indie, Detective

Game released: Mac → 22 December 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Aviary Attorney is a phantasmagorical visual novel that takes players to Paris in 1848, during the era of the revolutionary movement. Playing as a...

Silver Case

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

Game released: Mac → 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...

Interrogation: You will be Deceived

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

Game released: Mac → 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...

REARVIEW MIRROR

Visual novel, Indie, Comics, Detective

Game released: Mac → 23 October 2024; Early Access: Mac → 25 January 2024

Steam: 88/100

A detective visual novel in which the player is constantly in a car and gives rides to various passengers, communicating with them and observing...

The Rewinder

Indie, Adventure, Detective, Side view, Puzzle, Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Mac → 10 September 2021

Steam: 92/100

An adventure based on Chinese mythology. The main character's name is Yun, he is the last known "Rewinder" who can communicate with spirits and...

Lucifer Within Us

Detective, Demons, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 15 October 2020

Steam: 73/100

Set in the last human city, this detective adventure follows a digital exorcist investigating three murders in a world of daemons and soul-scanning...

Bolt Riley, A Reggae Adventure

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

Early Access: Mac → 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...

Subsurface Circular

Arcade, Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Detective, Text quest

Game released: Mac → 17 August 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Subsurface Circular is an unusual adventure with elements of a visual novel and a text game from the creator of Thomas Was Alone. You take on the...

Mutropolis

Adventure, Puzzle, Science fiction, Indie, Detective

Game released: Mac → 18 February 2021

Steam: 85/100

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...