William Rous

A puzzle-mystery game inspired by Return of the Obra Dinn, Her Story, Unheard and The Roottrees are Dead.

Type Help

Studio Ouebsson

Theme:
Abyssus Deep Under transports players into an underwater world, where the mysteries of the deep ocean await exploration and conquest. The game’s setting combines the allure of the unknown with the strategic demands of resource management and territorial expansion.

Genre:
This game is a blend of 4X (explore, expand, exploit, exterminate) and Real-Time Strategy (RTS), offering a unique mix of long-term strategic planning and real-time tactical combat. Players manage resources, develop technologies, and engage in underwater battles.

Abyssus Deep Under offers a deep, immersive experience with a nostalgic touch, inspired by classic 90s 3D isometric graphics. The game is available on both PC and mobile platforms, ensuring accessibility for a wide range of players.

Abyssus Deep Under

Trailer

Jogo Joia

A game within a game, Cartas de Coisas (Cards of Things) invites players to wager on a gacha simulator to win cards representing animals, games, cultural icons, and literary figures. These cards contribute to your Fighting Power, a resource essential for facing and hunting down hordes of aliens within the Liturgy. Each opened Gate reveals a new epistle—fragmented stories that unveil the creation of every layer of the game's universe.

On its official page, Cards of Things (Cartas de Coisas) describes itself this way:

"There is a game called Cards of Things, which some people believe can replace the weariness of life with a terrible feeling known as Agony.
Of course, you don't want to live in Agony: just stay away from these cards.
After all, you should be working.
You like your job.
Staring at the wall.
You don't need the torment of Agony."

Cartas de Coisas

2bitcrook

If you look up the word Frog, detective, and prequel...well...you'd be reading a book and not playing this unofficial prequel to the Frog Detective games!

So put down that book and pick up the gauntlet that has been thrown down at your feet, to solve a mystery like no other.

Best played on an actual Game Boy (a pocket would be best!)
Download the ROM at the bottom of the page and use an emulator like BGB, Sameboy or MGBA to play!

Frog Detective -1

Hybriona Labs

Dive into the enigmatic world of "SCP - The Mystery Man," an Alternate Reality Game (ARG) that blurs the lines between reality and fiction. In this immersive experience, you become the investigator, unraveling the secrets of the SCP Universe through a series of intricate puzzles and cryptic clues.

In "SCP - The Mystery Man," you will explore a rich narrative by decoding messages, solving riddles, and scouring the depths of the internet for hidden information. Clues are scattered throughout the game in various forms—text, images, and videos—all carefully designed to guide you deeper into the mystery.

Your mission is to track down the elusive Mystery Man, piece together fragments of evidence, and unveil the dark secrets that lie beneath. Use the in-game note-taking feature to keep track of your discoveries and insights, helping you connect the dots in this complex investigation.

Every clue brings you closer to the truth, challenging your wit and determination. Whether you’re interpreting a cryptic message, analyzing a suspicious image, or deciphering an obscure video, each piece of the puzzle is vital to your success.

Are you ready to immerse yourself in the shadowy depths of the SCP Universe and uncover the mysteries that await? Embark on your investigative journey with "SCP - The Mystery Man" and see if you have what it takes to solve the enigma.

SCP: Mystery Man

Cribyte Games

Memory Clash is an engaging multiplayer memory game set in a fantastical world filled with magic and mythical creatures. Players immerse themselves in an enchanting realm where they compete to uncover and match pairs of magical cards. Each turn reveals a new challenge, testing the players' memory and strategy skills as they aim to outwit their opponents. With vibrant fantasy-themed artwork and dynamic gameplay modes, Memory Clash offers an exciting and challenging experience for players of all ages. The game supports both cooperative and competitive play, allowing friends and family to enjoy the adventure together or against each other in epic memory battles.

Memory Clash

Gameplay Video

SamBunch

I Hate My Fingers

KawaKhwan

"Human, go to work."

In the library, you are stuck with Blackjack, an unknown living creature that looks like a cat. Unexpectedly, lots of tomatoes appear in the library. It's also up to you and BJ to solve the mystery and identify the person who left the tomatoes lying around.

This is Pomodoro timer which has 25 minutes working-5 minutes resting and 60 minutes working-10 minute resting plans for player to select and work along with the moving black cat playing around the room.

Blackjack and Pomodoro Mystery

Invited to take part in a shady competition known as the Judge's Game, partners Lana and Percy must work together to survive. Alongside ten other participants, they must navigate three deadly weeks of alliances, betrayals, and drama - each bookended by a fatal judgement; Someone must be chosen as the least valuable and face execution. You assume the role of either Lana or Percy in this interactive visual novel, and who lives and who dies rests entirely in your judgement.

The Weight of Life: An Interactive Death Game of Judgement

ToothandClaw

A Lab has obtained three Statues from an excavation of an ancient site. Scans of the Statues indicated preserved bodies within.

These Heavenly Bodies

AtticusFinn

Blight is a short exploration game with environmental storytelling.

Blight

Tymedust Games

A short, interactive visual novel set in the mid-19th Century, in which a poet fights against time as she's writing the most important work of her life. Poetry is the answer, but what is the question?

Inversed

How would you live in a world without suffering?

Spiteful Lovers in a Perfect World

Play as Mappy , as you go from game to game, looking for clues to solve the murder of Pac-Man!

Murder in the Maze

Ryan Veeder

Nils Fagerburg

Zach Hodgens

Joey Jones

Jason Love

Mark Marino

Carl Muckenhoupt

Caleb Wilson

Sarah Willson

The Third Quadrennial Ryan Veeder Exposition for Good Interactive Fiction is proud to present MOONDROP ISLE, a textual adventure location made in collaboration by nine interactive fiction authors.

Moondrop Isle

Immerse yourself in the thrilling world of "A Way Up," a fast-paced 2D pixel art platformer created during an intense 72-hour game jam. In this adrenaline-pumping adventure, you start on a precarious platform, only to plummet into the depths of a mysterious cave. Your objective? Ascend to the exit as quickly as possible!

A Way Up

Beatrice Verdict Ace Attorney: The Hidden Truth, is a fangame set after the third game in the original Ace Attorney Trilogy, Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations.

Beatrice Verdict: Ace Attorney - The Hidden Truth

Sheepolution

Two friends try to summon a demon to fulfill their wish. Can you solve the riddles to figure out which symbols to use? An entry for Ludum Dare #55.

Summoner Symbols

Fiddleling

2-Bit Explorer is a game where exploration is king. A Lovecraftian Zelda-like. Explore the labyrinth that apparently has 1 more bit than you do and find you way out of the strange reality you find yourself in. Find the one you seek...

2-Bit Explorer

Game Intro

A night out takes a drastic turn as Iris' best friend is accused of a crime. She takes it upon herself to find the truth before her friend gets sent straight into a cell.

Accuser

Laborastory 604

An office point-and-click puzzle game mixed with visual novel-style storytelling set in a noir-fabled world. As you are fired from the job, to save yourself from a collapsing dream, it’s time to investigate, discover the black company’s secrets, and take sweet revenge for the money you deserve.

Shepherd’s Plan

Gameplay Trailer

THE DAY IS BEAUTIFUL. YOUR LUXURIOUS SLED IS HEAVY.

AND THE SNOW IS FALLING ALL THE TIME, COVERING EVERYTHING AROUND.

COME ON, BUDDY, GO TAKE A WALK.

AROUND THAT FROZEN LAKE!

GO TAKE A WALK, BUDDY.

COME ON.

COME ON!!!

AROUND THE LAKE.

Polynya

The Angry Turnabout

In the Armenian Orthodox church, it's said that a person's soul wanders the earth for 40 days after they die.
This story is in memory of our father, who passed away 39 days ago.

May Your Memory Be a Blessing

Virgula Leal

Something a bit Zelda 2D-like, a bit SNES Goof Troop, but you find/use >many< items, and you pick up items that are of no use to the game either. Confusing point-and-click puzzles made worse by useless items. A jaguar eating a contestant from No Limite.

No Limite

Horakai

Kiteretsu Soudan Dial is an adventure game on PC. You have to take a call from the counselor and decide whether the content of the consultation is a spiritual mystery or not. The game has a time limit and you need to fill the quota within the time.

Kiteretsu Soudan Dial

inkle

Embark on an art-filled quest through time and space.

The Forever Labyrinth

Sylvie

Sylvie's world was destroyed again. What will you find in the rubble?

Sylvie miniature is a "seven game" — 7x7 tiles, 7x7 screens, 7x7 world.

Sylvie Miniature

Explore a strange hotel and try to uncover the truth behind a mysterious murder as Detective Walker Rylance.

Talk to the hotel staff and guests while reliving the final moments of the victim(s) in this surreal horror adventure game. Oh, there are block puzzles too.

Pocket Mystery EP

A pocket-sized intro to a whodunnit involving you, your phone, and the people at the bus stop you sleep at.

Bus Stop

A narrative click and point game where you gather information from the past to solve the murder of your best friend.

Detective Lin: Time Murder Frenzy

Draknek & Friends

I've forgotten my 4 digit passcode!

Fortunately, I saved some hints on my phone. All the hints have a yes/no answer. I remember that if you know all the answers then you can determine the passcode, and that there are no redundant questions.

Enter Passcode

A cruise ship makes an early return to Florida, but there is not a single passenger on board. FBI Shelly Clark is tasked with investigating the disappearances. Will she uncover the truth, or become lost like the others?

Beneath the Waves

Burning Questions

A detective document game where you sift through papers to try and piece together the case.

Burnt Legacy

A prototype for a game in which you need to solve mysteries in a mythical museum with magical paintings.

Case of the Canvas

Cold Shift

Dear Murder Diary is a text-based murder mystery type game, where the player tries to piece together who died and how by reading newspaper articles. Built from a simple gameplay loop where even the finest of detail can bring you closer to the truth.

Dear Murder Diary

"Detective Diaries" immerses you in a riveting murder-solving adventure. Assume the role of Elena Volkov, determined to uncover the truth behind her father's chilling murder in an isolated Arctic research center.

Explore the frozen corridors, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles to unravel the complex web of relationships, deceit, and hidden motives. The clock is ticking, and the Arctic holds more secrets than it lets on. Can you decipher the clues and unveil the dark truths hidden in the ice?

With its gripping narrative and challenging puzzles, "Detective Diaries" promises an unforgettable journey into the heart of mystery. Are you prepared to confront the chilling secrets concealed in the frozen Arctic landscape?

Detective Diaries

In a small cul-de-sac neighborhood lives a group of 3 middle-school aged friends. Together, they share a treehouse where they hang out after school. All is well, until one day they notice a portrait of themselves hung up on the wall with a fourth person they've never seen before. Who could this mysterious boy be, and how did he show up in their lives? The answer, once known, may never be remembered...

Evocation

Visit post-WW1 London in a world run by birds, and try to solve your own murder while you're there. Mechanics heavily inspired by Case of The Golden Idol, could be considered a fan-made mod for the game.

Fowl Play

n the early hours of a dewy November day, Contessa Cornelia Foster reports her daughter, a renowned researcher and famous shut-in, missing from their manor. She was rumoured to be on the cusp of a major breakthrough. That morning, a bloodstain was found on the floor of her lab.

She’s not the only one unaccounted for. Her lab assistant and an artist-in-residence are also mysteriously absent.

Your clues are two crucial sources: A diary entry from the lab assistant and a sketch from the artist-in-residence, both dated the previous day. Their accounts are curiously contradictory.

Can you solve the inherent contradictions to crack the case of what truly happened?

Frame of Mind

Loftlock is a point-and-click fantasy puzzle game. You are Runi: a young wizard who is eager to set off for their new apprenticeship. Your beloved grandmother has bequeathed a tome to you that will undoubtedly serve you well in the coming days, but there’s a catch – she’s forgotten the combination to its lock!

Thankfully, she’s left some clues in the attic – all you need to do is find them.

Loftlock

The Mystery of the Sleeping Castle is a narrative detective game in the style of Case of the Golden Idol and Return of the Obra Dinn, but pinker, more fairytale, and EVERYBODY LIVES! (well, mostly) Make your way through the castle, observe clues and make deductions to solve puzzles, identify the residents, and ultimately release the castle from slumber

Mystery of the Sleeping Castle

You're a new employee at a remote only job. You must find out which handles match which employees in the company chat program.

New HR Job

This is a short mystery story where you have to pick the right words to answer questions.

Notes on a Mystery

Opening Night

You are a Compliance Officer for SPACEFLEET. Search for clues on your Compliance Console. Open your dossier to assemble your investigation, check your work, and bring Captain Braxton to justice. Click and Drag until the truth is revealed.

Petty Officer

Try and free yourself from the curse that's bound your bloodline for centuries! Piece together clues from ancient tomes and long lost spirits to confront the Demon that has plagued you for so long.

Talking in Circles

Pore through blueprints and datalogs to solve a series of murders without leaving your apartment. A game of logical deduction and critical thinking. Not all is as it seems...

The Lonely Logs of Lincoln Lane

Simple, light mystery to figure out some names and what happened to the missing sock by snooping around and talking to other animals.

The Missing Sock

Hollywood, a land of dreams!

But this dream has turned into a nightmare, with the assassination of famous actress Mary Helen in her villa in the middle of the night.

You are tasked to search the scene, find clues, and reconstruct what has happened!

We Suspect Foul Play

This is a game where it's up to you to decide how much of the story is enough.

You highlight words in dialogue by clicking and dragging, which gets you cards. Then, you use those cards to uncover a part of the story

Zoltan's Curse

You've got all the evidence, now just one thing left, the real puzzle at the heart of this case, the final face off against the Killer

Catch'em

WELCOME IN DEAD CARDS !

Each game, a card is killed in a deck a card. The killer is always the card that was on top of the victim in the card game. Find the truth by questioning each card, which will give you clues as to their position in the deck. Only one card lie, it's the murderer! Investigate and find to incoherence to put it in jail.

Dead Cards

Collect evidence and build cases against suspects to convince a jury of their peers to convict. Will you search hard for the real criminal? Or will you point the finger at someone else for your own benefit?

What comes first? Money? Happiness? Reputation? Justice? Play through each case to find out what becomes of you, your career, and your community.

Implication

You are Ashley Rose, a brilliant detective about to enjoy her long overdue vacation in a remote mountainous village: Serenity Falls.

Of course, your getaway gets interrupted. Of course, there was a murder.

A child is found dead, circumstances are mysterious, and every damn person in this town has something to hide

Look for clues, interrogate townsfolk, and deduce conclusions in this retro-style detective mystery puzzle!

Many Crimes of Serenity Falls

Team Funikulaari

Made for the 22nd Metroidvania Month Game Jam, The Last Revenant is an atmospheric sci-fi action metroidvania with horror elements, multiple upgrades to collect and a short but engaging story to uncover.

Over 1200 years into the future, the last of a series of faulty cryosleep pods finally collapses open on a faraway lunar outpost. Sombre, a poor soul with little left of their original form, is serving their sentence on a barren moon with no way to call for help. The only possibility of survival lies in an abandoned comms satellite located in low orbit, which they can only reach by collecting items to survive the harsh journey across and beyond the facility. Entrusted with a spare Hookshot, Sombre will have to try and upgrade this tool to cling to salvation.

But what happened to the rest of the research colony, and their bodies..?

The Last Revenant

Wrongly Accused is a Case of the Golden Idol inspired murder mystery in the vein of Columbo... more of a How-Dunnit than a Whodunnit.

Set during the Years of Lead in 1970s Italy, an attempted assasination attempt on the mayor may not be what everyone thinks. The main suspect Tony has all the evidence pointing at him but maybe it's all a little too convenient.

Wrongly Accused

South Africa, 1900: A man is brought to a field hospital wounded and on the verge of death. A volunteer nurse saves him.

A point and click game of memory and deduction. Thematically, it is an exploration of trauma and forgiveness. The game takes place in an alternate history version of the Second Boer War/South African War

There was a murder in a small town. The police ask you and your team for help.

Little Shops of Murder

Unlike many internet-founded projects, this convention was successful. But close to the end of the second day, someone was found dead in convention hall C. People reported to the local police, and all suspects were gathered in the police station.

And now, Here you are.

The Failure of Aniconfuku: Convention Murder Episode

Detroit's number one detective in his first case! Play the role of Primo Richards as he solves the murder of a rich debutante in the city. Filled with an abundance of characters, locations, clues, twists and turns, you are challenged with finding the true culprit in the mystery.

Primo Richards: Case 1

A misterious dead man. A castle where dark rituals are performed. A cosmic horror that is corrupting the world as it is. Even the Spanish Inquisition is involved. Would you be able to defeat the evil?

A Trench Tale is a narrative card game where you have to combine two cards at a time to generate new cards that represent steps in your investigation. You will have to relationate concepts to undercover the mistery.

A Trench Tale

Another day, another job. You work as a Solo - a contract killer. Today is June 30, 3030. Eladia Volante, the Operations Specialist at Suto-Shira, has contacted you at Gikhusko Tower, the hotel where you and the other freelance Solos are registered for hire. Apparently Suto-Shira's cofounder, Ken Suto, was found dead at Shenzen Industrial Area this morning. Eladia wants you to do what you do best - find the killer and give him what's coming to him.

Cloning Chaos

Welcome to Superboss of the Turnabout. Here our trio of lawyers will face one of their strongest opponents yet... a gamer, the true and only boss in the courtroom. After a murder in the gaming convention and agreeing to help another gamer, our characters have gone through many tribulations for several days... but that's not really what matters honestly. What matters is that you get gamer-brained, and prepare for one big battle. The game's on.

Superboss of the Turnabout

A mystery detective game set in a space station, you awaken from your hybernation early, only to find something has gone wrong.

Twisted Detective

You arrive in a mysterious place. Before you are tablets with letters on them. What secrets do they hold? Drag the tablets to find out...

WordDrag

A detective game about the complications of working for a LOT of legal entities.

No Loose Threads

A simple clicker mystery with some fun art.

A Detective Game

Travel back in time in Dear Elonai, a noir point and click game and try to avoid the death of your love live.

Dear Elonai

A mixed up conversation between a mixed up spy and his informant.

thread and Needle

Use your deductive skills to solve the mystery of who shot James R.Burnside!

Who Shot James R. Burnside?

5-min-Clue is small one-player RPG about being an amateur detective that somehow keeps getting involved in murder mysteries. There's no puzzle to solve, the die will tell you who, where, and how; you will have to think quick about the why, and deliver a summation worthy of the best amateur sleuths. Or not, just have fun.

5-min-Clue

A classic point-and-click noir murder mystery presented entirely within Google Slides.

The Case of the Murdered Matriarch

The Spirit's Turnabout

Two friends stand alone in an abandoned courthouse, wondering where everything went wrong. And yet they know that there's only one path forward for them after everything that's happened. This is the story of Chihiro Ayasato, a former surgeon who disappeared from public life one day and re-emerged as the most trusted confidant of Urami Shikabane, head of Osaka's most prominent yakuza family.

QotU

Have you ever wondered what would happen in a world where Phoenix Wright never lost his badge? And yet, he still lost Zak Gramarye's case? A major difference would be that he never would've gotten involved with Kristoph Gavin, which in turn means he would never meet Apollo Justice.

But... Then what?
This series will explore that very possibility

Ben Tennyson: Ace Attorney

In an alternate Takumi-Verse, Miles Edgeworth's cushy, straight-A student life at Ivy U. is interrupted when a murder happens on campus. He takes it upon himself to investigate, battling his own demons as he comes face-to-face with the consequences of the law.

Sidelined Futures

Jeremy Johnston

The Roottrees are Dead is a puzzle game based around correctly assembling a family tree.

The Roottrees Are Dead

Deblue

A mouse lost in time and the crimes of their family

My Sister is Wanted

DWaM

The year is 2044. A secret branch of the government known only as 'The Agency' has discovered rifts -- codenamed 'Breaches' -- to an alternate dimension. The ones tasked with exploring said unknown areas are known as 'The Divers.'

This strange new domain hides many secrets. Perhaps the most crucial one being what has been named as 'The Station.'

As a Diver, you are tasked to travel to the Station in the Omega Breach and use its abilities to bring a missing woman home.

The journey is difficult and possibly perilous. Battle this bizarre universe's environment and your own insecurities to reach your destination and go back home yourself.

A Journey to Omega Station

Incredulous Interactive

A short, cozy, narrative-driven Halloween game about three friends reuniting to spend a stormy Halloween night together in a haunted house.

Long Time No See

An expesive diamond has stolen from a museum. Your job is determinate whose stole the diamond and at what time.There are 5 suspects in the diamond theft.
The five suspects were wandering through a nine room museum from 13:00 to 24:00. When you think you know who is guilty of the theft and the time the diamond was stolen, proceed with the accusation.

Thief Monsters

The year is 2021. Neo-America is prospering under the stern yet wise direction of President for Life, Gaius Julius Ceasar. 330 million souls live, love, and laugh, all working tirelessly for the glory of the American people! But with light comes darkness. With prosperity comes misery. And with law comes crime. Heinous crimes! Shocking crimes! Cunning crimes! And sometimes, very rarely, crimes so devious, so shadowy, so slippery that only Neo-America's greatest detectives can hope to solve them.

For these crimes, the very worst of crimes, America has a special team. Two individuals, both alike in dignity, in fair DC, where we lay our scene. Their names: Antony and Cleopatra.

He's the Vice President.

She's the Queen of Egypt.

Together, they fight crime!

Note that this is a fully synchronous two-player game and requires two people and internet access to work. You cannot download this game and play it offline.

Antony & Cleopatra: Case IV: The Murder of Marlon Brando

Doublespeak Games

"A strange thrumming then, not in the air or ears. Sensed dully in a way that I'd never felt before..."

Penrose is a non-linear narrative by doublespeak games. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything...

Mystery Browser Games