Games Like Methods: The Detective Competition

Methods: The Detective Competition

One hundred detectives compete against each other in a crime-solving competition.

★ TANGLE TOWER ★ PHOENIX WRIGHT: ACE ATTORNEY TRILOGY ★ AVIARY ATTORNEY ★ NUT CITY BLUES ★ DETECTIVE INSTINCT: FAREWELL, MY BELOVED ★ METHODS: THE CANADA FILES ★ MURDER BY NUMBERS ★ OCCULT CRIME POLICE ★ PAPER PERJURY ★ NIGHT CALL ★ DETECTIVE GRIMOIRE ★ TRIALS OF INNOCENCE ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Tangle Tower

95% 👍 OF 6.2K
About This Game

Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?

In this game, you can…

  • …investigate a murder where the only "weapon" is a knife painted into the victim's unfinished portrait.
  • …show every piece of evidence to every suspect, then cross-check their reactions until their stories start contradicting each other.
  • …build a "this is suspicious because…" sentence, and make the detectives voice whatever weird combination of words you assemble.
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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy

98% 👍 OF 44K
About This Game

Become Phoenix Wright and experience the thrill of battle as you fight to save your innocent clients in a court of law. Play all 14 episodes, spanning the first three games, in one gorgeous collection.

In this game, you can…

  • …interrogate a parrot as a courtroom witness.
  • …use a magic lock-and-key mechanic to confront someone's hidden secret and force the truth out before you ever reach court.
  • …defend a client while everyone in court is openly hostile, and still win by proving a murder case in just three days.
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Aviary Attorney

95% 👍 OF 2.3K
About This Game

The hottest bird lawyering game to come out of 1840s France! Join Jayjay Falcon and his witty apprentice, Sparrowson, as the two take on clients, interview witnesses, collect evidence, and deliver justice to the guilty.

In this game, you can…

  • …break into a place to steal a key clue, then discover you can't submit it in court because you got it illegally.
  • …knock on Notre-Dame's doors and loot the Louvre while investigating crimes as a bird lawyer in 1848 Paris.
  • …lose a trial and keep going, with that failure shaping the branching story instead of triggering a game over.
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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved

94% 👍 OF 445
About This Game

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 mystery adventure game!

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Methods: The Canada Files

96% 👍 OF 395
About This Game

Methods: The Canada Files is a mystery visual novel. You play as a team of eccentric detectives in a mysterious crime-solving competition. To solve each mystery, you must use your team member’s unique detective methods, refute faulty theories with evidence, and find out the truth!

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Occult Crime Police

93% 👍 OF 168
About This Game

The Truth Is Pretty Out There. Only you can decipher the mystery of Boomtown USA. Comb a mysterious government base for evidence, investigate the set of a ghost hunt, and unravel the truth, no matter how ridiculous it may be!

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Night Call

75% 👍 OF 746
About This Game

Friend. Confidant. Therapist. Voyeur. As a cab driver working the Paris night shift, you are many things to different people. Your gift is getting people to talk; and in order to catch the serial killer who left you for dead, that’s exactly what you’ll need to do.

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Detective Grimoire

96% 👍 OF 2.5K
About This Game

Detective Grimoire has been called to investigate a murder. The owner of a small tourist attraction, seemingly killed by the mythical creature his attraction is based around... Explore the area, inspect the crime scene, grill suspects, solve puzzles, hunt for clues & uncover the secret of the swamp!

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Trials of Innocence

92% 👍 OF 1.8K
About This Game

Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.