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

Lost and Hound - a game in the Detective genre

Casual game, Indie, Adventure, Third-person view, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 February 2025

Steam: 89/100

A detective adventure in which the protagonist uses his heightened sense of hearing and smell to find and rescue people in trouble, as well as to...

Buried Stars

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 July 2020

Steam: 73/100

A detective adventure set at the site of a building collapse during a live broadcast of a survival show. Trapped beneath the rubble, the contestants...

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...

NUTS

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 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...

Overboard!

Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 June 2021

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Overboard! is an adventure puzzle game in the style of a visual novel. Blackmailing a spy. Love. Killing an opponent. Deceptions. Witness drugs...

Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo

Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 May 2025

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 99/100

A vibrant adventure to explore Limbo, a Latin American underworld full of danger, intrigue and humor. You need to help the characters you meet solve...

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...

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...

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...

The Good Life

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 October 2021

Steam: 75/100

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...

Interrogation: You will be Deceived

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 July 2020

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...

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 Pikachu Returns

Adventure, Detective, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 October 2023

Metacritic: 66/100

Continuation of the detective quest Detective Pikachu. The main characters are once again young Tim Goodman and his talking Pokémon Pikachu. The...

The Rewinder

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 August 2023

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...

Subsurface Circular

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 March 2018

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...

Bahnsen Knights

Visual novel, Detective, Old school, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 December 2023

Steam: 97/100

The game takes place in 1986 in Tornado Alley, USA. The main character is an undercover agent who has infiltrated a religious cult known as the...

Mutropolis

Adventure, Puzzle, Science fiction, Indie, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 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...

Tron: Identity

Detective, Visual novel, Adventure, Science fiction, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 April 2023

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 71/100

A detective visual novel set in the Tron sci-fi universe, where you can interrogate suspects, explore the environment, solve puzzles, and interact...

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...

Mindcop

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 November 2024

Steam: 94/100

A detective game with puzzles, set in a quiet village where a murder has occurred. The main character must interact with the locals and use their...

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...

Tenebrea

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Detective

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2027

The game transports you to the walls of an old dormitory in Valencia, where night has long ceased to be a time of peace. A worker died here. Since...

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Best Games in the Detective genre for Nintendo Switch