27 Best Detective Games for Mac OS

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a Puzzle, Point and Click and Single-player video game based on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation television series. The game offers the exciting gameplay to CSI: Miami and Dimension of Murder center on a set of five complex cases such as Inn and Out, Light my Fire, Garvey’s Beat, More Fun than a Barrel of Corpses, etc. In the game, you assume the role of the protagonist, a detective and your primary objective is to investigate multiple cases, find clues, solve mind-bending puzzles and capture the person who is guilty. There are lots of detective tools available, and you can use them all to immerse yourself in detective gameplay experience. The game offers serious cases, as you progress through the game and you have to solve enough cases to become the master. Interact with environment, objectives and other things to advances in the case and solve mysteries to earn points. You will question suspects and witnesses during the investigation to find clues and motives to arrest. With brilliant gameplay, addictive features, and smooth controls, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is the best game to play.

The Last Express: Gold Edition, developed by DotEmu is a fascinatingly addictive and quite engaging Action-Adventure, Thriller and Interactive Drama video game. The game is set in the year 1914 and takes you to the mysterious adventures of Orient Express. Being one of the best Adventure game of all time, The Last Express: Gold Edition won a lot of awards and is globally appreciated. The game tells the story of Robert Cath who on the eve of World War I starts off his journey from Paris to Constantinople. Robert Cath is an American Doctor with a mysterious past and tries to get rid of the law enforcing authorities chasing him wherever he goes. He gets on the train and receives an urgent telegram from his lifelong friend (Unnamed) and falls into the turmoil of conspiracy, romance and murder. You as the protagonist will star in the game and by following the storyline you’ll be able to solve different puzzles that will eventually help you get out of this bizarre situation. The Last Express: Gold Edition is an amazingly addictive video game and it will amalgamate your brain deep into the game-play for sure. For a great Mystery and thrill filled Adventure and Drama gaming experience, try this game and you’ll be stunned by what this twisted game has to offer.

Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall puts the player into the role of the protagonist who is a female detective and embarks him on an epic adventure. It combines the elements of Point and Click, Adventure and Exploration and supports single-player mode only. The player can get into the role of the female character named Nancy Drew and allows him to explore the environment from first-person view, solve mysteries, complete tasks, interrogate suspects, complete puzzles and discover clues. There are two types of levels such as Master sleuth and Amateur modes and each has its unique puzzle, a set of difficult levels and hints. According to the story, Jessalyn Thornton and her beloved friends named Addison Hammond visited a strange Island situated in Georgia for wedding and their fun ended when Jessalyn’ friend disappeared. The family members, friends, and clique of Addison try to search him and explore the entire Island but failed. They have decided to call a detective named Nancy Drew to search Addison. Explore the world, find clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the secrets of Island. With enhanced story, mechanics, and gameplay, Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall is the best game to play and enjoy.

Kentucky Route Zero is an Episodic Point-and-Click Action-Adventure video game developed and published by Cardboard Computer. This indie game is available to play on PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac OS and Linux. The narrative of the game whirls around the life of a truck driver and his dog. The driver along with his dog, accepts to travel to Kentucky to deliver the antique goods and on his way to Kentucky he slips off the road and gets lost. He interacts with strangers and with so many different things to find his way back to Kentucky and reaches to Equus Oils a pitch black gas station. At Equus Oils the real adventure of his life begins. Game features astonishingly amazing game-play, superb graphics and environment. One thing that is quite different about this game is the absence of verbal dialogue. Instead of a verbal dialogue the game uses text-based dialogue to interact with people and things. This epic game is worth trying. Do give it a go and enjoy all the fun.

The Blackwell Convergence is the third game in the Blackwell series and is developed by Wadjet Eye Games. This Graphic Action-Adventure and Interactive Drama video game features the character of Rosangela Blackwell a spiritual medium, and her spirit guide Joey Malone who basically provides with a connection between the ghosts and the living. Rosangela starts living in solitary after the death of her aunt Lauren Blackwell and gets asked by some unknown source to write a story on a Collage Dorm Suicide. She accepts and starts writing when suddenly Joey Malone’s ghost appears and tells Rosa that she is a Medium just like her aunt Lauren and asks her to solve a case of a little girl whose ghost in haunting a Dog Park and is being quite a problem for the people. You as the protagonist Rosa will have to visit the Park and gather clues and objects that can help you with your investigation. Meanwhile Joey will provide you with a connection to her ghost and will gather the clues and objects from the world of ghosts. It would be an unfair to not call The Blackwell Convergence a masterpiece for all the great things it offers. The story is superb, game-play totally is presented in a Film-Noir style and the graphics are a wonder. Play it and you’ll definitely enjoy this fantastic game.

Resonance, Developed by XII Games is an Action-Adventure and Interactive Drama video game. The game is about the death of a Physicist in a lab accident and the pursuit for his hidden Legacy (Resonance Tech) between the people of a specific group. Resonance lets you control four main characters of the game and allows you to switch between them according to the scenario. You as the detective have to find out a deadly Technology named Resonance in order to save the humanity. Resonance is the technology that professor Morales working on when the accident happened. The tech is now stolen by some dangerous terrorist organization and you have to find it before its to late. In order to find out Resonance you will have to go to lab to collect clues and object that can help you with your investigation. Resonance is a super thriller Action-Adventure and Interactive Drama video game presented in a cinematic and Film Noir style. You’ll be provided with a best story and amazing graphic details in this game. Try out this masterpiece and you’ll definitely be a fan.

Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey is an episodic Puzzle Point and Click and Adventure video game. This 3D game surrounds the interacting characters, game world exploration and a lot of puzzles to solve. Developed and published by Red Thread Games, this is the most favorite and highest ranking game in the whole series. The futuristic story of the game is set in 2220 and represents two parallel universes named Stark and Arcedia. The protagonist of the game Zoe Castillo breaks the news that the Dreams of the residents of both universes are being stolen by the conspirators and she sets out to ruin their intentions. Betrayed badly and left for dead previously in Dreamfall, Zoe thinks this is the chance to find the purpose of her life. The game features a non-open world environment but several freely roaming levels like Europolis and Marcuria and repays the players with power-ups on collecting every secret and clearing the level. Graphically rich gaming environment and game-play with a third person perspective enhances the charm of playing this awesomely amazing and addicting game to play.

Inspector Magnusson: Murder on the Titanic is a great hidden object, case solving and object finding video game that takes you to the past and allows you to solve a murder of Charles Taylor on RMS Titanic. You get into the character of Professor Jakob Magnusson and the game tasks you with exploring and investigating the Engine Room of the mega ship. Your duty is to collect different hidden objects/clues as evidence and solve the case by analyzing the findings for blood samples and finger prints. You must work undercover or they’ll know you are working on this case and will kill you. Inspector Magnusson: Murder on the Titanic also allows you to solve different puzzles in order to find clues and use them against the killers. Inspector Magnusson: Murder on the Titanic is a wonderful detective game to play and enjoy, do try it out.

The Wolf Among Us is an Interactive Drama, Episodic and Graphic Adventure video game developed by “Telltale Game”. The story of the game is based on “Bill Willingham” Comic Book Series named as “Fables”. The game takes you back to the past in the year 1986 and fits you right into the character of “Bigby Wolf” a law enforcing officer. “The Wolf Among Us” starts off with you as the protagonist saving a fable girl from the attack of a woodsman. You take her to your place where she heals her wounds and leaves saying that “You are not as bad as People think you are”. Chapter ends and in next chapter someone gives you the news of the fable girl’s head resting at a Woodsman doorstep. Sherrif “Ichabod Crane” orders you to investigate and solve the case and take “Snow White” with you as your assistant. “The Wolf Among Us” is a super thrilling and exciting case solving and detective video game that lets you solve murder cases by investigating and collecting the clues/evidences and by interacting with objects and NPCs. The game has a twisted and strange story that literally makes you dive deep into imagination and curiosity. Wolf Among Us offers a brilliant Episodic, Interactive and Story Driven gameplay and beautiful visuals to enjoy.

Detective Grimoire is an addictive, Point and Click and Single-player video game developed by SFB Games and published by Armor Games. The game is a mix of Adventure and Puzzle elements and takes place in the fantastic world filled with traps, puzzles, and clues. You can take on the role of the protagonist who is a detective and your goal is to interrogate the suspects, gather clues, solve complicated puzzles and find the truth behind the scene. You act as Detective Grimoire, who is a mysterious adventurer. There are variety of levels and each level offers exciting and challenging gameplay that you enjoy. Score the highest points by completing different levels and use them to unlock further features in the game. You can interact with objects and NPCs to progress through the game and can show off your abilities to prove yourself as the best detective. With superb mechanics, addictive gameplay, and brilliant visuals, Detective Grimoire is the best game to play and enjoy.

Sam and Max Episode 205: What’s New, Beelzebub mixes the Graphic Adventure, Point-and-Click, and Puzzle Solving elements developed by Telltale, Inc. and published by GameTap LLC. The game is played from a third-person perspective and put the player in the role of the detective, who has to find and bring the soul of Bosco. The game offers the similar gameplay compared to the previous title and lets the player control the protagonist Sam, interact with the environment using mouse actions, and communicate with NPCs, collect items, and solve mind-bending puzzles to progress. During the gameplay, the player picks up objects, and combine them to find a clue, and include them in his inventory to use when need. The game displays the inventory box at the top corner of the screen. It serves as the 5th and final title in the 2nd series of Sam and Max games. There are a variety of levels, and each level offers a set of puzzles that the player has to complete at any cost to become the master. With addictive graphics, point-and-click gameplay, and original soundtracks, Sam and Max Episode 205: What’s New, Beelzebub is the best game to play and enjoy.

Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor is an Adventure, Point and Click, and Single-player video game created by Her Interactive and published by DreamCatcher. It is the 11th installment in the long-running series of Nancy Drew and available to play on Mac and Windows platforms. You step into the shoes of the protagonist named as Nancy Drew, a female detective and your objective is to solve mysterious cases through investigating, interrogating suspects, finding clues, and solving puzzles. It has two different modes such as Senior Detective and Junior Detective and each mode offers a set of hints and different level difficulty. It has an exciting story, in which the protagonist traverse to the fictional England to visit her neighbor’s daughter named as Linda Penvellyn. According to the story, Linda is living in a fourteen century haunted Blackmoor Manor threatened by a tragic past. The player needs to explore the mansion from a first-person perspective and complete a variety of quests to solve mysteries behind the scene. With new story, addictive gameplay, and superb mechanics, Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor is the best game to play and enjoy.

BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea is a Downloadable Content Pack for the original game BioShock Infinite created by Irrational Games and published by 2K Games. The game mixes the Adventure, Stealth and First-person Shooter elements and offers Single-player mode only. It takes place after the event of BioShock Infinite in Columbia, a floating city known as Rapture in 1912. It introduces two different protagonists such as Booker DeWitt as a detective and Elizabeth as a female protagonist. By combining the limited spaces of BioShock and BioShock 2, the game offers a massive environment to explore with more dynamic combat system. To start the game, the player needs to select his character either as a male or a female and his ultimate task is to explore the environment to complete a set of missions to earn points. The player can manipulate world from either on foot or by a pneumo-line (a roller coaster). BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea offers enhanced graphics, mechanics, and prominent features to hardcore players. With brilliant gameplay and smooth controls, BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea is the best game to play and enjoy.

Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders is an Adventure, Point and Click and Single-player video game offered by Artefacts Studio for multiple platforms. The game offers an exciting gameplay which leave you in the fictional land to explore a variety of crime scenes in different cities takes place in the stunning environment around the United States. Assume the role of the protagonist who is a detective, and his primary job is to solve mysterious cases by finding clues, solving puzzles and capturing the person who is the responsible for the crime. You can gather information by examining suspects and finding evidence. A variety of levels are available each with a set of objectives that you must complete at any cost to progress through the game. You explores the environment from third-person perspective and are able to interact with environment and NPCs. According to the story, you as a private detective finds yourself up against a strange opponent. Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders offers core features such as Examinations, Mind-bending Puzzles, Timeline and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it if you want to become a detective.

Nancy Drew: The Captive Curse developed and published by Her Interactive is an Adventure and Single-player video game available to play on Windows and Mac platforms only. The game combines the elements of Puzzle and First-person perspective and takes place in the fictional world. There are two different modes such as Senior and Junior Detective modes and each mode offers a difficulty levels, hints and more. You can assume the role of the female protagonist named as Nancy, who is a detective and his primary objective is to solve puzzles to unearth the secret behind the scenes. The game is about interrogating suspects, discovering clues and solving puzzle. You can manipulate the world from first-person perspective and can interact with environment and NPCs to gather clues. You can use hint system when you are in some difficulty. As the game proceed, it becomes challenging to play. Uncover Hidden Rooms, Castle Security Cameras, Play as Nancy Drew, Explore the German Castle, etc. are the prominent features in the game. With enhanced mechanics, HD graphics, and brilliant story, Nancy Drew: The Captive Curse is the best game to play and enjoy.

Mystery Case Files: Broken Hour is an Adventure, Hidden Object and Single-player video game released by BigFish Games. The game combines the elements of horror and puzzle and takes place in the fictional mansion where you can take on the role of the protagonist who is a photographer. The ultimate task is to explore the game world, find objects to progress through the game. The game looks easy but hard to master. Score the points by completing levels and unlock further content in the game world. There are up to seventeen achievements to unlock and more than fourteen collectibles to search and gather. Unlock mini-games and engage yourself in puzzle gameplay experience. Improve your abilities and become the master to prove yourself as the best detective. The game is available to play in different chapters and each chapter offers its unique story and gameplay. With impressive mechanics, superb gameplay, and various sounds effects, Mystery Case Files: Broken Hour is the best game to play and enjoy.

Broken Sword 5: The Serpent’s Curse is an Episodic, Comic Style Point-and-Click Puzzle-Platform and Action-Adventure video game by Revolution Software. The game take you to Paris and let’s choose your character from two choices, The Fearless Amarican George Stobbart and a French journalist named Nico Collard. Your task in the game is to find out the truth about a Stolen Painting, a Murder and a possible worldwide destruction by the hands of the Devil. You must solve this mysterious case by using your true detective skills, logic and unique abilities. To complete the game objectives, you’ll have to go through a lot of challenges, puzzles and a lot of difficulties because the strings are attached to the Devil himself. The mystery of Surpent’s Curse must be solved in order to save the world from chaos and destruction. With wonderful 5 episodes, amazing adventures across Europe, hand drawn visuals, a well written story and an amazingly addictive game-play, Broken Sword 5: the Serpent’s Curse is a brilliant game to play and enjoy.

Gemini Rue is a Graphic-Adventure, Interactive Drama and Cyberpunk video game developed by Wadjet Eye Games. The story of the game bases on point-and-Click Puzzles and investigations and lets you explore the game world, interact with NPCs, collect clues and objects and engage in quite exciting Gun-play. The game takes place in the Gemini Star System in 23rd century and allows you to get into the character of Azriel Odin a gangster turned Law Enforcer. You must ride in your ship and travel to Barracus in search of your brother Daniel kidnapped by Boryokudan a terrorist organization. You must also collect the clues and objects pointing in the direction of your brother’s current location. You will be required to get information from the NPCs and solve some puzzles in order to find answers to the questions you have. As Matthius Howard will be your companion throughout your journeys, you can get help from him on specific points in the game by exchanging your place with him. You must eliminate the Syndicate too and save the whole universe along with your brother. Gemini Rue is a great Graphic-Adventure and interactive Drama based video game to play and enjoy. You should totally give it a try.

Jurassic Park: The Game, presented by Telltale Games is an Episodic, Interactive Drama and Graphic Action-Adventure video game based on the Jurassic Park Movie Franchise. The game takes place in the time between the first and the second Jurassic park movies. The game is heavily influenced by the Mechanics used in the Blockbuster Heavy Rain by Quantic Dreams and lets you investigate different matters by exploring the game world, collecting the clues and evidences, Interacting with the AIs (Artificial Intelligence) and NPCs and by solving different complex puzzles. The game has four Episodes named as The Intruder, The Cavalry, The Depths and The Survivors and lets you follow the story-line strictly and act accordingly. With swiftly changing environments, amazing graphics, story-line, and a great Action-Adventure, Interactive Drama and thrill filled game-play, Jurassic Park: The Game is a super exciting and a brilliant game to play and enjoy.

Righteous Kill 2 fits you into the boots of an Investigator and Detective in NYPD (New York Police Department) and tasks you with finding a copycat killer who is slaughtering the people in New York City. You must find this copycat killer and stop the murders by visiting the murder scenes and by collecting different hidden objects/clues as your evidence and find the killer using your skills and lab results before it’s too late. You can analyze the objects in mini forensic games and enjoy the game a bit more. After you have found the copycat killer, the game closes the case and advances you to the next level with a new murder case to solve and capture the killer. Righteous Kill 2 is an amazingly addictive and quite thrilling hidden object and case solving game. It will definitely entertain you enough to like it.

Mystery Case Files: Madame Fate is hidden object puzzle and case solving video game developed by Big Fish Studios. This game is quite different from all the typical hidden object and case solving video games. The story presents Madame Fate as a fortune teller who foresees her own murder and asks the player to help her find the murderer before time to keep him from killing her. This is where the player gets into the game and starts investigating and collecting all the objects that can be an accessory to her murder. You’ll get tasked with interaction with all the people around Madame Fate and you must investigate in a disguise and the random people must not know who you really are. Your duty is to collect all the objects/clues as evidence and find out the man who is going to murder Madame Fate and stop it from happening. The game provides several level and difficulties to play and enjoy the game. For a great hidden object and case solving game-play, do try out this super thriller game.

The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes 2 continues the exciting story from where it was ended in The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes and allows you to further embed yourself in the world of object/clues finding case solving. Once again the game tasks you to solve different murder cases by sending you to different crime scenes, gathering clues/finding objects and gathering the evidence. The thing that actually differentiates this game from others, is the time limit that the game gives you to solve any case by finding all the hidden objects and clues in time. If you are failed to find all the objects and clues on time, you won’t be able to solve the case and the game will never allow you to move to the next case. Hints are also provided in case you need them along with a magnifying glass that is actually the signature tool of Sherlock Holmes. The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes 2 is quite interesting case solving video game, you’ll definitely like it.

CSI 4: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence, published by Ubisoft is a PC video game that lets you be a part of the CSI team and solve different cases. You can start playing by selecting a character for yourself and by going to crime scene. Your task is to visit the crime scene, gather clues/evidence, analyze at the lab, talk to NPC’s, arrest possible suspects, record their alibis and solve the case by the findings you have. The game is based on the hit television series CSI 4: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence and provides with 5 cases to solve. You’ll definitely like playing this super thrilling game. Do try it out.

The Detail is an amazing Graphic-Adventure and Interactive Drama video game by Rival Games Ltd. The game allows you to be Detective Reginald “Reggie” Moore, who becomes frustrated with the defective Justice System and plans to take it down with all the responsible. Crime scene investigations, clue and object finding, capturing the accused and investigating them are the most prominent features of this brilliant game. The game takes place on the fictional location of a Modern American City and it allows you to control the main character Reggie, start from a murder case that took place because of a long lasting gang war, make toughest choices that will directly affect your life as a detective. You must solve the case and at the same time protect your family from the gang members and keep on pacing through the story. The Detail offers a gameplay that is a mixture of Interactive Comics and other story-based elements. The game offers a gameplay and mechanics inspired by the popular The Wolf Among Us and The Walking Dead by telltale games and features realistic crime based drama and visuals. The story of the game is more similar to the HBO hit T.V Series “The Wire” and is quite interesting to get involved in. With all the Drama, and Suspense, The Detail is one amazing video game to play and enjoy.

Nancy Drew is a Series of games that offers various Action-Adventure and Point-and-Click exploits of the character of Nancy Drew. The series features over a dozen games and is one of the longest running series of mysteries that tends to provide you with quality entertainment and immerses you deeply with the brilliant stories. Available on various gaming platforms such as PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo and Smart phones, Nancy Drew offers Interactive and Visual Novel style aesthetics and allows you to solve puzzles, talk to NPCs, Collect items, and solve crimes and Mysteries. Being a fantastic video game series, Nancy Drew offers some of the most amazing Video games in the series and some of them are big hits such as Nancy Drew Adventures, Nancy Drew Dossier and Nancy Drew Mobile Mysteries etc. Throughout the series Nancy Drew offers a number of different environments, stories, characters and various gameplay experiences etc. With all the fantastic story-driven gameplays, Nancy Drew lets you enjoy both exploration and Detective aesthetics and that is what makes the whole series a marvelous creation of all time.

Her Story mixes the Psychological Horror, Adventure, Detective, Point-and-Click and Single-player video game developed and published by Sam Barlow. It is a mystery game, playing like a true crime documentary where the game enables the player go hand on with the database of police of live action footage. The game starts with a film actress named as Viva Seifert, Joe Gideon and Shark. In the game, the player takes on the role of the detective who must solve a variety of murder cases and experience a unique gameplay from start to finish. The player needs to find and collect evidence, interact with suspects, and progress through the story to solve complicated cases. It lets the player sits in front of the computer, logs into the police database to find out hundreds of video clips that covers several interviews from 1994, in which the women are interrogated about their missing husband. The player can manipulate the police database by typing words and watch the clips where the player needs to collect evidence. Her Story is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.

Spy Fox in Dry Cereal is an Adventure, and Single-player video game developed and published by Humongous Entertainment for multiple platforms. It is the 1st of three games in the series of Spy Fox and takes place on the fictional Island known as Acidophilus in Greece. It offers an exciting story, in which the antagonist known as William the Kid, who is the Nectar of the Goats Corporation’s CEO, plans to ride the world with the milk of a cow to take over the world of dairy. There are a set of levels, and each level offers a set of puzzles to complete. The player takes on the role of the Spy Fox, and he has an ability to ask a specific question to characters about anything in the game. The primary objective is to find the Mr. Udderly, save all the cows and fend off William, the kid from disturbing the supply of milk to the world. Using lots of detective gadgets, daring moves, and keen wits, the player jumps out on an epic adventure to immerse himself in fun-filled activities. Innovative New Tools, Earn Clues, Logical Puzzles, Spy Gadgets, etc. are prominent features in the game.