Detective for Mac — top best games in the Detective genre / Page 4

Dark Nights with Poe and Munro - a game in the Detective genre

Game released: Mac → 19 May 2020

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This episodic supernatural story follows Poe and Munro, hosts at a local radio station. The player guides the pair through six TV-style episodes...

Lord Winklebottom Investigates

Point & Click, Adventure, Detective

Game released: Mac → 28 July 2022

Steam: 91/100

This point-and-click detective adventure is set in an alternate 1920s world where the leading sleuth is Lord Winklebottom, a gentleman giraffe. After...

Don't Forget Me

Indie, Detective, Adventure

Game released: Mac → 20 April 2021

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 62/100

A jazz-punk adventure puzzle game about exploring patients’ memories and uncovering a conspiracy that threatens humanity. The player uses personal...

Seance

Detective, Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Comedy, Puzzle, Role-playing game, Exploration, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Mac → 29 May 2021

Steam: 94/100

Seance is a mystical visual novel with anime and puzzle elements. In this game, detective duo Kennedy (a 33-year-old retired agent) and Mia (a...

Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder

Visual novel, Detective, Text quest

Game released: Mac → 26 May 2017

Steam: 82/100

A detective visual novel about a locked-room murder aboard a cruise ship setting out on its maiden voyage half a century after two passengers died...

SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair

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

Game released: Mac → 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...

Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard

Comedy, Casual game, Detective

Game released: Mac → 9 December 2019

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This comedic detective game follows a frog detective investigating the disruption of a town’s celebration for a mysterious Invisible Wizard. An...

Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller

Point & Click, Adventure, Detective

Game released: Mac → 19 September 2013

Steam: 83/100

This point-and-click detective adventure follows FBI agent Erica Reed, who can see the past and piece together how crimes unfolded. Three years after...

Contradiction: Spot The Liar

Detective, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 10 July 2015

Steam: 95/100

This detective adventure, presented entirely through live-action video, centers on a murder investigation and identifying liars. The player can move...

Black Closet

Detective, Strategy, Role-playing game

Game released: Mac → 16 September 2015

Steam: 91/100

This detective strategy game with role-playing elements is set in an elite boarding school where reputation and political rivalry matter. The player...

Guilty Parade

Visual novel, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: Mac → 6 January 2021

Steam: 94/100

This detective visual novel with Point & Click elements follows a military conflict from two opposing sides. After waking up with no memories...

Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County

Comedy, Casual game, Detective

Game released: Mac → 27 October 2022

Steam: 98/100

This comedy detective game follows a frog investigator in a Wild West county without a sheriff. The Detective and Lobster Cop take on the case, only...