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

Chicken Police - a game in the Detective genre

Adventure, Indie, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 November 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Chicken Police is a noir adventure of two feathered cops, Sonny Featherland and Marty MacChicken, in a black-and-white detective novel full of satire...

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...

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...

Arsene Lupin - Once a Thief

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 October 2024

Steam: 69/100

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...

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...

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 January 2023

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Atmospheric pixel art point-and-click quest set in Victorian England, which has become one of the most unexpected hits in the indie genre. The main...

Crushed In Time

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson return in an unusual adventure, where classic detective investigation meets absurd humor, meta-narrative, and time...

Loco Motive

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 November 2024

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A humorous side-scrolling adventure in which the heroes investigate the mysterious death of Lady Unterwald. To find the culprit, you need to meet...

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...

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 Rise of the Golden Idol

Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 November 2024

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

The story is about a hunter for a powerful artifact, which, according to legend, can change the world. The game takes place in the 70s, where the...

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...

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...

Lacuna — A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

Adventure, Detective, Side view, Science fiction, Cyberpunk

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 December 2021

Steam: 92/100

A fascinating journey into the world of science fiction, cyberpunk and noir, where, in the role of detective Neil Conrad, the player faces complex...

Darkside Detective

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 February 2018

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Darkside Detective is a noir adventure detective story that contains references to the popular TV series Twin Peaks and True Detective. The events...

Murder by Numbers

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 March 2020

Players: 7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Murder by Numbers is an exciting puzzle game with elements of a visual novel in the Japanese style. The game takes place in Los Angeles in 1996. You...

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...

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

Adventure, Arcade, Visual novel, Simulation, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 July 2021

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is a collection of unusual adventure arcade games with visual novel elements, where the gameplay revolves around...

Paradise Killer

Role-playing game, Adventure, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Open world, Exploration, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 September 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Paradise Killer is an atmospheric adventure with role-playing elements and a first-person view. The events of the game take place in a surreal...

The Library of Babel

Puzzle, Platformer, Side view, Detective, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 April 2023

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 70/100

The game takes place in a dystopian future where humanity has long since died out and the world is populated by high-tech robots. The main character...

Duck Detective: The Secret Salami

Adventure, Puzzle, Detective, Comedy, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 May 2024

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

The Isle Tide Hotel

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 September 2023

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 64/100

The game takes place in the Tidal Island Hotel, where a religious cult plans to perform a ritual with a girl. The main character must infiltrate the...

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...

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...

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...

Hypnospace Outlaw

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 August 2020

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...

A Case of Distrust

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 September 2018

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 77/100

An interactive detective story set in San Francisco in 1924. The main character is detective Phyllis Cadence Malone. She investigates various...

Pecaminosa - A Pixel Noir Game

Action, Indie, Role-playing game, Shooter, Top-down view, In real time, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 May 2021

Steam: 50/100

Pecaminosa — A Pixel Noir Game is a mystical indie action thriller with RPG elements in a noir-pixel style that will take you to the dark...

The Gallery

Interactive movie, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Detective, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 August 2022

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 71/100

The Gallery is an interactive psychological thriller with elements of social drama. An art curator is being held hostage by a portrait artist who...

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...

Lamplight City

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 June 2022

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...

Rainswept

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 July 2020

Steam: 84/100

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...

Backbone

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 October 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: Nintendo Switch → 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...

Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!

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

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2027

Players: 10/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Detectives Sonny and Marty from Chicken Police continue to do their job. During the investigation, the heroes end up in the Hive — a ghetto...

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...

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...

Disjunction

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 January 2021

Steam: 72/100

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...

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...

Tintin Reporter: Cigars of the Pharaoh

Adventure, Detective, Action, Third-person view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 October 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 59/100

New adventures of the famous Tintin and his faithful four-legged friend Snowball. Having met Professor Cyclone on board a cruise ship in the...

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Best Games in the Detective genre for Nintendo Switch