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A short, casual pixel-art mystery adventure in modern India where an aspiring detective investigates his father's death through light platforming and bribery.

Loco Motive
A comedic point-and-click murder mystery aboard a train, where you investigate, solve puzzles, and clear your name over roughly 8-10 hours.
2024-11-21
- Comedy

Puzzle

Adventure

Indie

Side view

Text

Mystery

Point-and-click

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Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game

A cozy ~4.5-hour detective game where you solve everyday little problems by collecting clues and filling in deduction prompts.

2025-09-09

Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Mystery

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Dot's Home

A gentle, choice-driven 2D narrative about a Detroit woman time-traveling through her family's history, with a roughly 8.5-hour story.

2021-10-22

Adventure
Indie
Side view
Historical
Point-and-click
Drama

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Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping

A short, casual detective adventure about a depressed duck solving a quirky no-murder mystery at a haunted campground via evidence inspection and deduction puzzles.

2025-05-22

Comedy
Puzzle
Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Mystery

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Detective Beebo: Night at the Mansion

A single-player indie detective mystery in a mansion, blending character-driven warmth with thriller tension and a romance subplot, in a ~8.5-hour adventure.

2026-03-23

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DETECTIVE - Rainy night

A compact ~3-hour detective adventure with psychological horror and paranormal elements, where players solve a challenging case through note-taking and deduction.

2025-12-04

First person
Puzzle
Thriller
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Simulator
Mystery

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Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County

A short, cozy single-player adventure about a frog detective solving a lighthearted wild west mystery.

2022-10-26

First person
Comedy
Adventure
Indie
Mystery

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Detective Case and Clown Bot in: Murder in the Hotel Lisbon

A compact, wry 2D detective adventure in which a clown bot and a detective tackle a murder built on contradictory evidence.

2014-07-17

Comedy
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Mystery
Point-and-click

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Duppy Detective Tashia

A brief, charming single-player Caribbean folklore mystery with simple point-and-click gameplay and a ~1.5-hour runtime.

2026-06-07

Adventure

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Murder Is Game Over: Murder Otaku

A lightweight pixel-art detective adventure about solving a J-pop idol's murder at an anime convention in a historic hotel.

2025-10-01

Comedy
Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Mystery
Visual Novel

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Detective From The Crypt

A short Victorian ghost-detective adventure focused on gathering evidence, researching it in a lab, and building an accusation in a cozy whodunit.

2021-06-17

Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Kids

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Restart Mode

A short 2D psychological detective game about investigating a bank robbery while reliving the same day, with a casual single-player mystery.

2025-12-16

Action
Adventure
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Simulator
Mystery