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Games that challenge the player with critical thinking to solve levels. 

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Focused on using its text, moreso than its visuals or audio, to tell the bulk of its story/plot. (Still can have great audio and visuals, though!)

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Top rated free Puzzletagged Mystery and Text based (28 results)

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A detective game about discovering the true names of demons.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(96 total ratings)
Puzzle
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I will not be just a sacrifice.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(44 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Trapped in a Dome with eight hours to catch a killer
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Visual Novel
An escape room mystery. Can you escape your chains before the killer strikes again?
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Interview your housemates, challenge their lies, and catch the resident sausage thief.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Daily murder mysteries. Talk to suspects, detect lies, and accuse the murderer and their motive.
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Puzzle
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A system-based investigative adventure. Ludum Dare 50.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Puzzle
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A Murder Mystery Visual Novel.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Text Adventure in the deep dark ocean.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Break into Rumpelstiltskin's house. Find the answers to his riddles. Save your horse.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A murder-mystery game
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Puzzle
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Point-and-click text adventure
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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Break a cycle of death by preventing your own murder
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A Found Phone Detective Game
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
An abandoned ship is found adrift. Look for clues and uncover the secrets of The Kuolema...
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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an experimental detective game, using a new form of dialog system
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Puzzle
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Lost Light is a mystery, puzzle, detective game.
Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Visual Novel
A murder mystery puzzle game
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Puzzle
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Visual novel/text-based adventure
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Gosick Text-based Visual Novel Fangame.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Visual Novel
Will we ever remember?
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
A short narrative puzzle game about the connection between the stories of our ancestors and the stories we make today
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Puzzle
Spooky Enhanced Text Adventure
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Fight hunger, explore the jungle, and solve puzzles in this new text adventure!
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
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A simple maze made with Twine
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Puzzle
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Become a Spy. Protect the Motherland.
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Puzzle
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A text-focused choice-based detective game in a mystical setting.
Rated 0.0 out of 5 stars
(0 total ratings)
Puzzle
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going back to india
Rated 1.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
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