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AdventureTextScience fiction

You are marooned on a strange planet and have to repair your space ship in order to get back home.

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AdventureTextFantasy

Philosopher's Quest is a single player text adventure.

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AdventureTextPuzzle

Eyes can see, and a mind can think. Insanity is just one step away. You are in a room. That's where you are, and you know exactly what is going on. But the truth is hard to take.

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AdventureThird person

The fourth instalment in Sony's popular holiday simulation.

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DetectiveChoice and consequenceMysteryTextPoint-and-click adventure

"The Truth is Out There - Do you have what it takes to find it? You and Agent Dale have been selected to investigate mysterious crime scenes that defy explanation. Uncover hidden clues, collect evidence, solve puzzles, interrogate witness

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AdventureIndieDetectiveChoice and consequenceMystery

Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.

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AdventureIndieChoice and consequenceDramaText

Jack Boyd, beloved police chief of Freeburg, has 180 days before he's forced to retire. But Jack won't be going out quietly. Over the next six months, he'll be going all out to fulfill a dream: earn half a million dollars, any way he can. T

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AdventureDetectiveDramaMysteryText

The second game in the Tantei Jinguuji Saburo franchise. The top down RPG style investigation is removed in this game, making this a purely menu based adventure game. A murder happens in the port of Yokohama, as detective Jinguuji Saburo, y

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AdventureIndieDetectiveDramaText

Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon

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AdventureDetectiveMysteryThird person

Solve mysteries with the personality-packed Detective Pikachu! Unravel a series of mysteries across Ryme City with a tough-talking, coffee-loving Pikachu who calls himself a great detective. This Pikachu may have a self-assured attitude an

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AdventureIndieThrillerChoice and consequenceDrama

Oxenfree is a single-player graphic adventure game played from a 2.5D perspective, with the player controlling a teenager named Alex. Its central mechanic is a "walk and talk" system, where dialogue appears as speech bubbles and the player

77 rating8 lists4.5 h main story

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AdventureIndiePoliticalDramaPoint-and-click adventure

The story of Phonopolis tackles relatable, real-world themes and topics, focusing on manipulation and individualism, but still keeping the overall experience playful and light-hearted. Players will take on the role of Felix, a thoughtful yo

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AdventureIndieDetectiveThrillerMystery

"A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart?"

80 rating1 list10 h main story

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AdventureDetectiveMysteryPoint-and-click adventure

Sacred Ground is the sequel to the adventure game Santa Fe Mysteries: The Elk Moon Murder and quite similar in gameplay. The player has five days (eight hours each) to solve a case. Randa Tasker, the wife of a local business man, has been

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AdventureDetectiveMysteryAction-adventureAction

Robert Marvin-Jones is a billionaire recluse who decides to pay homage to Alfred Hitchcock by making a film in his backyard; however his film crew have gone missing and possibly been brutally murdered. Meanwhile, private detective Joseph Sh

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AdventureIndieChoice and consequenceDepressionDrama

Always Sometimes Monsters is a unique role-playing game set in the modern world. You take on the life of your character for 30 days as you try and make it from the east coast to the west coast before your one true love marries someone else.

76 rating4 lists9 h main story

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AdventureDetectiveThrillerMysteryText

Deadline is an interactive fiction computer game published by Infocom in 1982. Written by Marc Blank, it was one of the first murder mystery interactive fiction games. Like most Infocom titles, Deadline was created using ZIL, which allowed

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AdventureDetectiveMysteryTextVisual novel

A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this detective ADV/visual novel!

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AdventureIndieChoice and consequenceMysteryFirst-person view

"Event[0] is a game about building a personal relationship with a machine. You type messages into a computer, and Kaizen answers. As in any relationship, you experience gratitude, disappointment, and sometimes jealousy. It is by working th

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AdventureIndieDepressionDramaArt

Every Day the Same Dream is a short, 2D art game that puts the player in the role of a man whose life is about to change. The player must deviate from the predetermined path to finish the game.

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AdventureDetectiveMysteryTextVisual novel

The mystery begins with a stream of blood runninng down Bil Robbins' back. Now its up to you, J.B., to track down the culprit whose hand twisted the knife. Enemies? The victim had so many, they must have been standing in line to bump him of

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AdventureDetectiveThrillerPoint-and-click adventureFirst person

Mortville Manor (French: Le Manoir de Mortevielle) is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Lankhor released in 1987 for Atari ST. The game was ported to the Amstrad CPC, Amiga and Sinclair QL. An MS-DOS version was re

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AdventureDetectiveMysteryPoint-and-click adventureFirst person

Hunt for Clues on the Trail of a Pack of Phantom Hounds!

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AdventureIndiePoliticalThrillerPoint-and-click adventure

Welcome, interrogator, to the year 2065. You were constructed to question other, disobedient androids: why do they glitch? Why do they believe they have free will? Manipulate their emotions; extract their secrets; scrap those beyond repair.

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AdventureDetectiveMysteryTextPoint-and-click adventure

This traditional point-and-click adventure game is a classical Who Dunnit. As inspector Jack Norm, you have to investigate which of the suspects might have a reason to want Walter Jones dead, talk to everybody, collect evidence or compare f

69 rating1 list9 h main story

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Choice and consequenceHorrorRole-playingStrategyMoral decisions

Should you enter Tecmo's Deception you should be warned! You must decide who lives and who dies. As in life, Tecmo's Deception will hold you responsible for your actions. Everything you do, everywhere you go, everyone you meet has a reason.

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AdventureMysteryText

You are Mac Steele - archeologist, adventurer and treasure hunter. Poisoned by one of your newly found artifacts, you're fighting against time to find the legendary Mask of the Sun, which is your only chance to find a cure. On your trip you

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SatirePoliticalThrillerTextDystopian fiction

Somewhere in London is a secret organization that is based on the 13th floor of an office building. The sole purpose for this organization’s existence is to keep the current British government in power at any cost - specifically, that means

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AdventureDetectiveMysteryPoint-and-click adventurePuzzle

Legacy: Dark Shadows is a 3 disc PC adventure game in a sci-fi setting. It was made by TriSynery and Razbor Studios.

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AdventureDetectiveThrillerMysteryPoint-and-click adventure

Maupiti Island is an Amiga animated graphics/text adventure game released in 1990 by Lankhor.

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DramaTextRole-playingFantasyThird person

A new RPG from veteran studio Aquaplus, commemorating 20 years of the multi-media Utawarerumono series. This is the story of a man who will be sung about in legends.

60 rating4 lists33 h main story

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PoliticalTextGovernment simulationSimulation

Pork Barrel is a political text simulation game where the player takes the role of a member of congress in the House of Representatives. The aim is to get re-elected and thereby be able to continue with the game. Most of the game involves v

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AdventureMysteryTextPuzzle

Professor Layton and the New World of Steam depicts the world one year after the events of "Professor Layton and the Unwound Future". Due to a mysterious incident in Steam Bison, a new adventure for Layton and Luke begins!

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AdventureDetectiveThrillerDramaMystery

This classic-style mystery adventure game, inspired by the Famicom Detective Club series and illustrated by Famitsu's legend Kiyokazu Arai, will take you on a suspenseful journey through the beautiful landscapes of Ise-Shima.

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AdventureDetectiveIndieMysteryPoint-and-click adventure

Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Freya Fellow has been murdered. The lead suspect? A shadowy figure found looming

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AdventureDetectiveMysteryPoint-and-click adventurePuzzle

- The 2nd installment of the original "Touch Adventure"!! - The controls are simple...investigate suspicious items and people with a single touch!! - The items and testimonies you collect are the keys to the mystery...apply your deductive s

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IndieSatireHorrorStrategyRetro

Baldi's Basics Plus is an active stealth roguelike that parodies cheap '90s edutainment with a subtle horror twist! Play Hide & Seek with Baldi as he chases you through procedurally generated levels while using your surroundings, items, and

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AdventureChoice and consequenceDramaEpisodicPoint-and-click adventure

Batman: The Telltale Series is an episodic graphic adventure game developed by Telltale Games, first released in 2016. The game offers a narrative-focused experience, where players control Bruce Wayne and his alter ego, Batman, making choic

74 rating1 list8.5 h main story

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AdventureChoice and consequenceDramaPoint-and-click adventureEpisodic

Batman: The Telltale Series is an episodic graphic adventure game developed by Telltale Games, first released in 2016. The game offers a narrative-focused experience, where players control Bruce Wayne and his alter ego, Batman, making choic

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AdventureDetectiveCrime

Welcome to Fatal Illusion, Episode 1 of the Clue Chronicles Mystery Series; an expansive, richly detailed world where YOU actually solve the mystery! It's New Year's Eve 1938. On board the private yacht of the wealthy and eccentric Ian Masq

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AdventureIndiePoliticalRole-playingScience

"3 exotic planets to explore. Aliens. Robots. Magic. Forbidden technology. Ruined Worlds. Ghosts. Long-lost secrets. Conspiracies. A galactic threat. And one brave heroine to make things right. Cosmic Star Heroine is an exciting new RPG fro

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AdventureDetectiveThrillerPoint-and-click adventurePuzzle

An 3rd person Point and Click adventure game for DOS. You play as Mason Powers, a former CIA agent, who wakes up with his memory erased. While recovering from his amnesia he realised that he has been framed for a murder.

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AdventureDetectiveIndieThrillerMystery

Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open, in a narrative mystery adventure

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AdventureThrillerTextVisual novel

Dunamis 15 (デュナミス15 Dyunamisu 15?) is a suspense visual novel developed and published by 5pb. for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game was released in Japan on September 15, 2011,[3] featuring five chapters and five main characters. A p

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AdventureDetectiveMysteryPoint-and-click adventurePuzzle

Nancy Drew: Danger by Design is a first-person perspective, point-and-click adventure game. The player is Nancy Drew and has to solve a mystery. Explore rich environments for clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles and mini-games. F

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AdventureIndieChoice and consequenceMetroidvaniaPlatformer

Sundered is a horrifying fight for survival and sanity, a hand­-drawn epic from the ​creators of ​Jotun. You play Eshe, a wanderer in a ruined world, trapped in ever­-changing caverns teeming with eldritch horrors. Harness the power of corr

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AdventureIndiePoliticalDramaText

Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How wil

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AdventureIndieDetectiveThrillerMystery

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

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