At Least Passable Detective Games
The best genre with the worst games.
10 Games
Great!
1
actually good!
2
A bit too transparently just a matching puzzle game to REALLY hit as hard as Obra Dinn, but the detecting is still great and organic without much hand holding.
3
messy as hell but very very cool!
4
non hand-holdy to a fault, and absurdly difficult.
5
decent balance of player deduction and some hand holding for the commoners.
6
The fact that a one off optional path in a single level of an assassination game is a better detective game than most is a perfect exemplification of the pain that is the existence of a detective genre fan. Play without full mission story guidance and hints.
7
The detecting is ok but the game is great
8
largely single path, but has a decent bit of player agency. Would be a good foundation for a great detective game.
9
overly hand holdy clue collection, but the accusation system is cool
10