Cool Murder Mystery/Detective Games - an IFDB Poll
by Christopher Caesar
RSS FeedHey everybody. I am looking for a murder mystery text game. I finished An Act of Murder a while ago and want to play more games like that, where to get to solve the murder yourself. If you could tell me some of your recommendations that would be great.
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| Make It Good, by Jon Ingold 6 votes "Stylish, well-written, and full of red herrings. Don't spoil this one!" [+]"Stylish, well-written, and full of red herrings. Don't spoil this one!" ( - Full review) --streever... (No comment) [+](No comment) --DJ... (No comment) [+](No comment) --PStanley... (No comment) [+](No comment) --E.K.... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --shornet... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Sobol...  Vote for this game | |
| Toby's Nose, by Chandler Groover 6 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Floating Info... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --IFforL2... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --E.K.... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --DustyCypress... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Vulturous... Vote for this game | |
| Dangerous Curves, by Irene Callaci 5 votes "Classic noir mystery." [+]"Classic noir mystery.: This is a good game with some neat technical improvements. The puzzles are not unsolvable, and the in-game hint engine is promising. In general, this is a good game which is a little quirky. Try to avoid spoilers--talk to everyone (try ask & tell when in doubt) and realize that every puzzle has a solution. You may have to play it more than once because it does have a (minor) deadline." ( - Full review) --streever... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Karl Ove Hufthammer... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Eagle Owl... (No comment) [+](No comment) --DAB... (No comment) [+](No comment) --DustyCypress... Vote for this game | |
| Deadline, by Marc Blank 4 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --DJ... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Ghalev... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --shornet... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Gortab Magnifico... Vote for this game | |
| The Witness, by Stu Galley 3 votes "Engaging and not too hard" [+]"Engaging and not too hard: This is one of the easier Infocom games. Good 40's style noir murder story and fairly easy to solve. That said, it was written when 48k was a lot of memory, so the writing is terse and there are no bells and whistles. Commands are even fairly primitive by modern standards. But still good fun" ( - Full review) --ZUrlocker... (No comment) [+](No comment) --DJ... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Ghalev... Vote for this game | |
| Color the Truth, by mathbrush 3 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --IFforL2... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Denk... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Kinetic Mouse Car... Vote for this game | |
| Death off the Cuff, by Simon Christiansen 3 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --E.K.... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Karl Ove Hufthammer... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Detectiveland, by Robin Johnson 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --IFforL2... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Kinetic Mouse Car... Vote for this game | |
| PataNoir, by Simon Christiansen 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --J. J. Guest... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Vulturous... Vote for this game | |
| Sam Fortune - Private Investigator, by Steve Blanding 1 vote "This one has less investigating and more action." [+]"This one has less investigating and more action." --DJ... Vote for this game | |
| Erstwhile, by Aster (formally Maddie) Fialla, Marijke Perry 1 vote "Solve your own..." [+]"Solve your own murder." ( ) --Kinetic Mouse Car... Vote for this game | |
| Undertow, by Stephen Granade 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --DJ... Vote for this game | |
| Point Blank Blank, by Christopher Huang 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Felix Pleșoianu... Vote for this game | |
| My Name is Jack Mills, by Juhana Leinonen 1 vote "A pulp detective story." [+]"A pulp detective story." ( ) --DJ... Vote for this game | |
| Lord Bellwater's Secret, by Sam Gordon 1 vote "Totally different genre; but it's primarily an investigation game" [+]"Totally different genre; but it's primarily an investigation game" ( ) --DJ... Vote for this game | |
| Sherlock Indomitable, by mathbrush 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Denk... Vote for this game | |
| Suspect, by Dave Lebling 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --shornet... Vote for this game | |
| El Asesinato del Sr. García, by José Manuel Rosado 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --IFforL2... Vote for this game | |