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

Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story - a game in the Detective genre

Adventure, Puzzle, Interactive movie, Text quest, Indie, Casual game, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 April 2018

Steam: 91/100

Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story is an unusual adventure for mobile platforms. The game is based on the gameplay where all the events take place on someone's phone...

On Your Tail

Adventure, Detective, Action, Exploration, Open world, God Simulator, Simulation

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 March 2025

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 74/100

The game takes place in Borgo Marina, a picturesque coastal town where sunny days are filled with warmth and nights are filled with magic and tranquility. The main...

Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Casual game, Comedy, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 May 2025

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A bright adventure about a duck detective, set in a campsite where ghosts may have appeared. You need to examine evidence, question suspects, and analyze the data...

Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 March 2026

Steam: 92/100

A pixel adventure in the spirit of 90s quests about a young writer named William, who is searching for inspiration. He goes to an abbey where the monks have taken a...

Night Book

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 July 2021

Steam: 67/100

Night Book is an adventure horror game in the genre of interactive cinema with point and click elements. Lauralyn works night shifts remotely from home, translating...

Neon Blood

Cyberpunk, Role-playing game, Side view, Adventure, Science fiction, Indie, Detective, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 November 2024

Steam: 59/100

An adventure role-playing game set in the cyberpunk future of 2053. The main character is former police detective Axel McCoin, who must uncover a terrible...

The Darkest Files

Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Detective, Historical

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 March 2025

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The game unfolds in 1956 in Germany. In the role of a young prosecutor, it is necessary to investigate the crimes of the times of Nazism and look for the...

AI: The Somnium Files

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 September 2019

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

AI: The Somnium Files is a Japanese-style adventure visual novel from the creators of the Danganronpa and Zero Escape series. The game takes place in near-future...

Aviary Attorney

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 January 2020

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 falcon-lawyer, we...

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 January 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Detective visual novel in the Ace Attorney series, where players take on the role of a lawyer and investigate various cases. The action takes place several years...

Mato Anomalies

Anime / Manga, Detective, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 March 2023

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Mato Anomalies is a turn-based RPG set in Mato, a fantasy neo-futuristic version of an ancient Oriental city. Players control two protagonists, Doe and Gram...

Sherlock Holmes The Awakened

Detective, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Action, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror, Open world

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 April 2023

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Remake of the 2007 adventure of the same name, in which the famous London detective confronts a mysterious cult worshiping Cthulhu. A young Sherlock investigates a...

Ace Attorney Investigations Collection

Adventure, Detective, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 September 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 83/100

The collection combines two exciting games, offering a unique perspective on crime investigation. Instead of the courtroom, protagonist Miles Edgeworth, a...

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 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 pay attention...

Kona 2: Brume

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 October 2023

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 80/100

The game takes place in Canada in 1970. A certain haze cut off a small mining village from the whole world. Private detective Karl Faber is trying to understand its...

TR-49

First-person view, Puzzle, Visual novel, Detective, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 April 2026

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

A World War II time machine, long hidden in the basement of a church, comes to life. Through a crackling speaker, a voice asks to find the stolen book. The player...

Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo

Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Detective, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 September 2022

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo is an interactive adventure game with a third-person perspective. The mysterious story of writer Ed Miller, who survived a car accident...

Duck Detective: The Secret Salami

Adventure, Puzzle, Detective, Comedy, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 May 2024

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 78/100

The main character is a duck detective who uses his abilities to solve a complicated case. You need to look for clues at crime scenes, collect information and talk...

Silver Case

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 July 2021

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...

Three Minutes to Eight

Indie, Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Science fiction, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 December 2023

Steam: 63/100

A pixel game set in the near future. The main character should die at exactly 19:57, but the gamer still tries to save him. We need to find ways to cheat death and...

Rainswept

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Detective, Visual novel, Walking Simulator

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 July 2020

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Rainswept is a side-scrolling adventure detective game with a variety of puzzles. Detective Michael Anderson is sent to the small town of Pineview to help the local...

Disjunction

Role-playing game, Action, Stealth, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Indie, Detective, Shooter

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 January 2021

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Disjunction is an isometric action role-playing game inspired by cyberpunk style and old school games. The game takes place in 2048 in New York. You can decide for...

Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE

Adventure, Detective, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 June 2023

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A detective game set in a rain-soaked city under the control of a megacorporation, where countless mysteries remain unsolved. Yuma, a trainee at a detective agency...

BROK the InvestiGator

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 March 2023

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...

The Good Life

Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Open world, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2021

Steam: 54/100

Metacritic: 58/100

The Good Life is a 3D third-person adventure with RPG elements from the creators of Deadly Premonition and D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die. The action takes place in...

Crime O'Clock

Hidden Objects, Detective, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 June 2023

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Crime O'Clock is an investigation and time-exploration game about a detective preventing crimes that threaten the continuity of time. Its story links multiple eras...

The Raven Remastered

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 January 2019

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 animations, lighting...

Tangle Tower

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 October 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Tangle Tower is a detective point and click adventure where you have to solve the exciting murder mystery of Freya Fellow. You'll explore a strange and mysterious...

Decapolice

Adventure, Third-person view, Science fiction, Japanese role-playing game, Detective

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 7.5/10

Detective game with investigations in the virtual world. The main character, a rookie detective named Harvard, hunts down criminals in a huge crime-ridden city...

Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Point & Click, Side view, Science fiction, Space, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 September 2024

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A sci-fi detective adventure set aboard the Zephyr — the first interstellar ship sent by humanity to another star. The main character, security chief Stella, was...

Staffer Retro: A Supernatural Mystery Quest

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Point & Click, Mysticism / Supernatural, Casual game, Detective, Logic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 July 2026

Steam: 89/100

A detective adventure dedicated to investigating events related to supernatural abilities and mysterious artifacts called STAFF. The main character, Verita, leads...

The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story

Interactive movie, Adventure, Historical, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 May 2022

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 72/100

The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story is a Japanese-style interactive adventure where you investigate a series of mysterious murders that span a century. The four...

Carmen Sandiego

Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration, Detective, Strategy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 March 2025

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 70/100

The main character is the greatest thief in the world, who must track down a criminal syndicate before it can carry out its next big heist. Missions will take place...

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 July 2021

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...

Arsene Lupin - Once a Thief

Adventure, Visual novel, Exploration, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 October 2024

Steam: 68/100

Events take place in the enchanting and mysterious Paris of the early 20th century, where the player takes on the role of gentleman thief Arsene Lupin. As you...

Simulacra

Adventure, Puzzle, Horror, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 December 2019

Players: 9/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Simulacra is an unusual detective puzzle game for mobile platforms. You have found a phone belonging to a missing girl named Anna. In it you see a video of Anna...

Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare

Action, Adventure, Horror, Indie, First-person view, Detective

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 4.6/10

Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare is an interactive horror adventure created from the script of Ruggero Deodato, a famous Italian film director who “ate the dog” in horror...

Kathy Rain: Director’s Cut

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 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...

Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker

Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 June 2018

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 62/100

This FMV detective story with elements of psychological horror follows a psychiatrist investigating the murder of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker while treating...

The Shapeshifting Detective

Adventure, First-person view, Interactive movie, Indie, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 November 2018

Players: 5.2/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 72/100

The Shapeshifting Detective is an interactive adventure thriller with a first-person view. The game revolves around a detective who is trying to find those...

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Best Games in the Detective genre for Nintendo Switch