The best mystery games take you on a true adventure. Whether you're charged with solving a murder or putting a life back together, the best detective games ask you to put on your thinking cap and ...

Realistic detective games like Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments use clue logging and skill checks to catch culprits authentically. In Return of the Obra Dinn, players must investigate ...

No matter the time period or society, there’s an almost universal truth about media consumption habits: people really like crime thrillers. Real-life crime is scary and messy, and the true crime ...

Detective Pikachu, Nintendo’s new 3DS Pokémon spinoff, is a straightforward detective plot that cleverly toys with convention by having the franchise’s longtime mascot talk and act like a ...

There they were, the best murder mystery games, ... every case involves you gathering clues to find the real killer, so Phoenix Wright may as well be a detective instead of a lawyer.

While games like L.A. Noire and Batman: Arkham Asylum put on a good detective show, are we really detecting anything? Commenter Soleyu describes what a true detective game should be like in today ...

It's been a surprisingly long time coming for the new game. Detective Pikachu 2 was first announced years ago, and we haven't seen or heard anything of the sequel since then.

In detective games you will often see a mechanic which represents this indefinable aspect of detective work - whether 'Intuition Points' in L.A Noire, 'Retrocognition' in The Sinking City, or the ...

Who hasn’t fantasized now and again about solving a mystery or being a renegade detective who takes a stone-cold killer off the streets using only wits, moxie and a stylishly angled fedora?

So, this is weird. A new Pikachu game has just been announced, and it revolves around the Pokemon solving crimes as a detective. Really. It's called Birth of a New Partnership and is set to come ...

Developer: Happy Broccoli Games Platform(s): PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One When it comes to cozy mystery games, there are a surprising amount of titles on offer. However, none are ...