Overboard is a murder mystery narrative game played in reverse.

Overboard is a murder mystery narrative game played in reverse. You murder your husband at the start of the game and then try and get away with it.

Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney is a courtroom murder mystery series where you piece together clues to challenge testimonies and uncover the truth.

Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney is a courtroom murder mystery series where you piece together clues to challenge testimonies and uncover the truth. It’s like a visual novel, although you must interact with characters and evidence to progress.

Shadows of Doubt is an open-world detective game set in a fully simulated city of crime and corruption.

Shadows of Doubt is an open-world detective game set in a fully simulated city of crime and corruption. You explore the city to discover criminality, find clues, solve crimes and earn money to fund bringing a serial killer to justice.

Heavy Rain is from the same Quantic Dream studio who made Beyond: Two Souls and Detroit: Become Human.

Heavy Rain is from the same Quantic Dream studio who made Beyond: Two Souls and Detroit: Become Human. It preceded these games but shared the same branching narrative and photo-realistic aspirations.

Bully (Canis Canem Edit in Europe) is a role play adventure from the people who make Grand Theft Auto.

Bully (Canis Canem Edit in Europe) is a role play adventure from the people who make Grand Theft Auto. You play juvenile delinquent student Jimmy Hopkins who aims to rise through the ranks of the school system in order to put a stop to bullying.

Hidden Agenda is an adventure noir crime thriller.

Hidden Agenda is an adventure noir crime thriller. It's from the people who made Until Dawn, but uses the PlayLink technology to let multiple people play on the PlayStation using their smartphones to interact and make decisions.

Gerda: A Flame in Winter is a narrative adventure game set in the small Danish village.

Gerda: A Flame in Winter is a narrative adventure game set in the small Danish village. Gerda's quiet life is turned upside down during the World War 2 occupation of her home.

Adios is a narrative game about a farmer with a deal-gone-bad with a crime family.

Adios is a narrative game about a farmer with a deal-gone-bad with a crime family. Although the setting and scenario are macabre and could be pulled from shows like Ozark and Breaking Bad, the understated atmosphere and sombre tone powerfully communicate a personal story full of love and remorse.

This Bed We Made is a neo-noir adventure mystery game where you play a 1950s maid who stumbles into deadly secrets.

This Bed We Made is a neo-noir adventure mystery game where you play a 1950s maid who stumbles into deadly secrets. You go about your duties cleaning rooms, but soon notice strange clues about heartbreak and murder.

Hotel Dusk: Room 215 is a point-and-click adventure game about detective Kyle Hyde staying in a Twin-Peaks-like, rundown motel near 1979 Los Angeles.

Hotel Dusk: Room 215 is a point-and-click adventure game about detective Kyle Hyde staying in a Twin-Peaks-like, rundown motel near 1979 Los Angeles. You move around the hotel to find clues, talk to other guests and ultimately solve what happened to his former partner Brian Bradley.

Local News with Cliff Rockslide is an adventure where you play the camera operator of an independent reporting duo.

Local News with Cliff Rockslide is an adventure where you play the camera operator of an independent reporting duo. You follow the reporter around the town to capture all manner of wacky situations and colourful characters.

The Flower Collectors is a point-and-click game set in post-Franco Barcelona, about an ex-cop in a wheelchair, witnessing a murder.

The Flower Collectors is a point-and-click game set in post-Franco Barcelona, about an ex-cop in a wheelchair, witnessing a murder. Play is based in your apartment, using cameras and binoculars to observe and work out what happened.

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture lands you in a fictional deserted English village in 1984.

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture lands you in a fictional deserted English village in 1984. As you walk the streets of another era you discover bright human forms who re-enact events like a radio play.

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective is a narrative brain game where you play a ghost that can stop time to solve crimes and save lives.

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective is a narrative brain game where you play a ghost that can stop time to solve crimes and save lives. You can inhabit and control objects and possess corpses to alter what happens.

King Of The Castle is a narrative strategy game where you play a monarch battling nobles for power in a kingdom.

King Of The Castle is a narrative strategy game where you play a monarch battling nobles for power in a kingdom. The twist is that the nobles are controlled by other players who also have their own factions and objectives.

Barotrauma is a cooperative space-submarine adventure set after humanity has fled to Jupiter's moon.

Barotrauma is a cooperative space-submarine adventure set after humanity has fled to Jupiter's moon. You work with other players to steer your submarine, work the ageing machinery, fight monsters and fix the endless leaks.

Grand Theft Auto V is the latest in a series of action-adventure games where you travel around one large location taking part in different criminal activities: pulling off heists, with lots of shooting and stealing and driving a variety of cars and other vehicles.

Grand Theft Auto V is the latest in a series of action-adventure games where you travel around one large location taking part in different criminal activities: pulling off heists, with lots of shooting and stealing and driving a variety of cars and other vehicles. GTA V is considered a particularly technically impressive example of open-world games, which can be credited to its huge development team and budget.

Paradise Killer is a detective game set in the open world of Paradise Island.

Paradise Killer is a detective game set in the open world of Paradise Island. It's a strange place with quirky characters and an alien obsessed, demon worshiping world.

Closed Hands is a text adventure game set in the lead-up and aftermath of a terror attack in a fictional UK city.

Closed Hands is a text adventure game set in the lead-up and aftermath of a terror attack in a fictional UK city. You follow five core characters brought together by the same event.

Call of the Sea is a narrative adventure set in the 1930s.

Call of the Sea is a narrative adventure set in the 1930s. As Nora, you explore an island in the Southern Pacific to find your missing husband.

Thousand Threads is an open-world game of consequences.

Thousand Threads is an open-world game of consequences. You are free to interact with the world, animals and people however you like, give, take, save, kill, inform, hide, befriend, and betray.

Disco Elysium The Final Cut is a role-playing game set in the fictional city of Revachol where you play Harrier "Harry" Du Bois who must solve a complex murder.

Disco Elysium The Final Cut is a role-playing game set in the fictional city of Revachol where you play Harrier "Harry" Du Bois who must solve a complex murder. Unusually, your choices and actions not only determine how the story unfolds but affect Harry's mental cacophony of competing personalities.

June's Journey is a puzzle game where you search for objects hidden amongst the scenery that help you solve a murder.

June's Journey is a puzzle game where you search for objects hidden amongst the scenery that help you solve a murder. You play as June, a 1920s detective investigating the recent murder of her sister and her husband.

Aviary Attorney is a courtroom drama set in nineteenth-century Paris, populated with beautifully drawn animals.

Aviary Attorney is a courtroom drama set in nineteenth-century Paris, populated with beautifully drawn animals. Guiding JayJay Falcon, defence attorney, you help investigate each case before each of the four court dates; combing crime scenes, interrogating suspects and gathering evidence ready to pull out during cross-examination.

Argument Wars is an adventure game where you play a lawyer in a U.S.

Argument Wars is an adventure game where you play a lawyer in a U.S. Supreme Court.

The Darkside Detective is a point-and-click adventure with a British sensibility where you take on investigations as Detective Francis McQueen.

The Darkside Detective is a point-and-click adventure with a British sensibility where you take on investigations as Detective Francis McQueen. Play is the usual combining of objects and moving from location to location, but unlike similar games the humour is understated and the puzzles are always logical.

The Magnificent Trufflepigs is a narrative game where you use a metal detector to explore an old farm.

The Magnificent Trufflepigs is a narrative game where you use a metal detector to explore an old farm. As you do you retread old relationships in the English countryside.

Frog Detective is a comedy adventure game where you play a character, named (unsurprisingly) "Frog Detective".

Frog Detective is a comedy adventure game where you play a character, named (unsurprisingly) "Frog Detective". In the first mystery, The Haunted Island, you get a call about a ghost on the island.

Ambition: A Minuet in Power is a text adventure that offers a historical twist on the dating game genre.

Ambition: A Minuet in Power is a text adventure that offers a historical twist on the dating game genre. You play a young woman far from home, abandoned by the love of her life in the city of Paris.

Pitch Black: A Detective's Demise is an adventure game set in a technological noir-detective world.

Pitch Black: A Detective's Demise is an adventure game set in a technological noir-detective world. You play using sound alone which offers voice acting and environmental sound effects to enable you to navigate.

Sludge Life is an open world adventure where you play as Ghost, a graffiti artist determined to put his tag all over Sludge City.

Sludge Life is an open world adventure where you play as Ghost, a graffiti artist determined to put his tag all over Sludge City. You play in an adult world full of lived-in locations and intriguing characters.

Murder by Numbers is a detective game where you find clues by solving math-square nonogram-style logic puzzles.

The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog is a narrative game where you investigate who killed Sonic at a murder mystery party.

The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog is a narrative game where you investigate who killed Sonic at a murder mystery party. You talk to guests, uncover clues and find evidence of the murderer's identity, then make your case to everyone else.

Back To The Dawn is a role-play game where you play a wrongly convicted reporter who must win favour and escape to clear his name.

Back To The Dawn is a role-play game where you play a wrongly convicted reporter who must win favour and escape to clear his name. Play involves exploring the prison, forging alliances, completing mini-games for money and working towards a plan to get out.

Kraken Academy is a narrative adventure where it's your first day at high school.

Kraken Academy is a narrative adventure where it's your first day at high school. No ordinary high school though, it's a melting pot of wacky personalities and fantasy goings-on: ghosts fill the art department, cultists meet below the monkey bars and now crocodiles are eating children.

Pig Detective 3: Death on Detox Island is a point-and-click adventure.

Pig Detective 3: Death on Detox Island is a point-and-click adventure. You play as Pig Detective who has been invited to Relax Island for a holiday, but soon his investigation skills are needed.

DataJack 2020 is a stealth action game where you play a mercenary in the dystopian underworld of the East Coast Hub.

DataJack 2020 is a stealth action game where you play a mercenary in the dystopian underworld of the East Coast Hub. Drawing inspiration from cyber-hacking role-play of games like Shadowrun and Syndicate, you take contracts to steal data by hacking defences, picking locks, hotwiring tech, defeating guards or blowing a new entrance with explosives.

Freak Crossing is a simulation adventure where an accident has made you the head of a lawless village.

Freak Crossing is a simulation adventure where an accident has made you the head of a lawless village. Play involves exploring and talking to the locals to sort out their anti-social (and sometimes illegal) behaviour by taking on mini-games.

The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story is a point-and-click narrative game where you investigate crimes to solve a chain of murders spanning 100 years.

The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story is a point-and-click narrative game where you investigate crimes to solve a chain of murders spanning 100 years. Play is a matter of observing the crimes unfold in real time and then clicking to investigate and interrogate suspects.