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A compact, casual word-puzzle detective game where you crack clues and gather evidence as a private detective to uncover a shadowy truth, playable in about four hours.

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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CaseCracker

A text-based detective game about searching and cross-referencing clues in a complex database, with engrossing quick mysteries and a median playtime around 8.5 hours.

2022-12-19

Puzzle
Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Simulator
Text
Role-playing (RPG)

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Prose & Codes

A relaxing single-player word game where you decode book-inspired cryptograms, with a gentle difficulty curve and a literary, low-key atmosphere.

2022-02-11

Puzzle
Indie
Text
Historical
Educational
Drama

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A Case of Fraud

A compact, non-linear detective puzzler about cross-referencing documents to expose corporate fraud, with a playful office tone and ~3.5-hour runtime.

2025-11-10

Adventure
Indie

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Paper Perjury

A single-player detective adventure in the Ace Attorney vein, with a well-crafted mystery and a roughly 18-hour campaign.

2024-12-09

Indie

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Duck Detective: The Secret Salami

A short, whimsical single-player adventure where you play a duck detective using evidence inspection and fill-in-the-blank deductions to solve a twisty case.

2024-05-23

Puzzle
Thriller
Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Mystery
Point-and-click

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Word Game

A short, clever single-player word-puzzle adventure where you manipulate text to uncover clues and rewrite meanings.

2022-01-21

Puzzle
Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Side view
Text
Role-playing (RPG)
Mystery

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Detective Ridelle

A cozy escape-room-style murder mystery where you find clues and interrogate suspects to solve the case in about 7-8 hours.

2024-02-04

First person
Puzzle
Indie
Mystery
Visual Novel

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Mini Murder Mysteries

A cozy single-player collection of nine short deduction mysteries, finishable in about two to four hours.

2026-06-23

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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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Keyword: A Spider's Thread

A compact single-player hacking detective thriller where you use deduction, social engineering, and puzzle-solving to find your missing daughter.

2021-09-27

First person
Indie

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REWIND

A short, single-player text-based detective puzzle game about combining nearly a hundred clues to solve a single murder, typically finished in one to two hours.

2026-06-29

Puzzle
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Mystery