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The Case of the Golden Idol (2022)

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The Case of the Golden Idol
Game
8.6/10on IGDB
Released
This PS5 version lets you work backward from a frozen scene. Gather names, verbs and objects, then decide what belongs in the account of what happened. Choose it if you want to supply the conclusion yourself from the evidence on the screen.
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Shadows of Doubt (2024)

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Shadows of Doubt
Game
6.4/10on IGDB
Released
On PS5, follow records and people through a generated city. Put fingerprints, addresses and other leads on an evidence board and decide which connection to follow. This is a strong choice if you want to decide where to look next instead of visiting a fixed series of crime scenes.
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Paradise Killer (2020)

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Paradise Killer
Game
8.7/10on IGDB
Released
The PS5 release gives you a whole island to investigate. Take notes on what might contradict each suspect and decide when you have enough to call a trial. Choose it if working out whom to accuse should be as much a part of play as finding the clue.
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Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One (2021)

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Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One
Game
7.6/10on IGDB
Released
Use the PS5 version to follow witnesses and objects across Cordona. Collect the details you need to make connections in the Mind Palace, where more than one explanation can seem plausible. This fits players who like cases with room for an interpretation before they have to act.
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The Rise of the Golden Idol (2024)

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The Rise of the Golden Idol
Game
8.3/10on IGDB
Released
The PS5 sequel gives you more cases spaced across a conspiracy. Fill in an account with words you collect from scenes, then see whether a clue from one event changes your view of another. Choose it if you want the connections between cases to matter.
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Return of the Obra Dinn (2018)

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Return of the Obra Dinn
Game
9.0/10on IGDB
Released
The PS4 version runs on PS5. Step through the last moments of people on a ship and decide what happened to each of them. Pay attention to accents, uniforms, and which jobs people do, because the notebook leaves their names for you to work out.
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Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (2024)

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Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
Game
8.9/10on IGDB
Released
The PS5 version sends you through a hotel where an old note can answer a puzzle several rooms away. Dates, layouts and codes matter more than a physical trail of footprints. Choose it if you want the feeling of building an evidence file while solving a larger puzzle.
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Pentiment (2022)

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Pentiment
Game
8.7/10on IGDB
Released
The PS5 release makes you choose whom to interview and which local detail to follow when time is short. The game leaves some uncertainty even after you accuse someone. Try it if you want witness accounts to carry as much weight as what you find at the scene.
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Disco Elysium: The Final Cut (2021)

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Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
Game
9.4/10on IGDB
Released
On PS5, learn about a body and the neighborhood by questioning people and testing details around the scene. The detective's skills affect the clues he notices and how conversations go. Choose it if the person doing the investigation should influence what the case looks like.
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Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery (2022)

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Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery
Game
7.0/10on IGDB
Released
The PS5 collection has three short cases. Walk around, ask everyone what they saw, and use small clues to get them to talk again. Choose it for an accessible first detective game and a few mysteries you can complete separately.
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Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2023)

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Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Game
8.0/10on IGDB
Released
The 2023 PS5 remake uses crime scenes and clue connections to take Holmes and Watson toward a supernatural mystery. Reconstruct events and match evidence to the questions it can answer. Choose this edition for a focused investigation with increasingly unsettling locations.
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Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express (2023)

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Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express
Game
7.0/10on IGDB
Released
The modern PS5 version adds investigative work to the familiar train story. Review testimony and make connections in Poirot's mind, with a new investigator contributing to the case. Try it if you want a small group of suspects and room to check what each one says.
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L.A. Noire (2017)

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L.A. Noire
Game
8.5/10on IGDB
Released
Play the 2017 PS4 release on PS5. Search a crime scene and use what you find to press an interview when an answer sounds off. Choose it if you like carrying something specific from the room where it happened into the conversation afterward.
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Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile (2025)

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Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile
Game
Released
The PS5 adaptation uses a case board to connect observations as the story moves along the Nile. Different investigative perspectives feed the same story. Pick it for a recognizable mystery where there are reasons to compare accounts before calling someone a liar.
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Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The London Case (2023)

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Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The London Case
Game
5.9/10on IGDB
Released
On PS5, follow Poirot through a London museum case and place observations and suspect statements in his mental map. Links between details matter when someone challenges a conclusion. Choose it when you want a detective game organized around interviewing and connecting testimony.
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Ace Attorney Investigations Collection (2024)

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Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
Game
8.0/10on IGDB
Released
Run the PS4 version on PS5. Follow Miles Edgeworth as he works through crime scenes, connects what he notices and confronts people with the result. Start here if you want more of the evidence work to happen outside the courtroom.
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Blacksad: Under the Skin (2019)

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Blacksad: Under the Skin
Game
7.6/10on IGDB
Released
Use the PS5 edition for a private investigator's case set around a boxing gym. Talk to people and use Blacksad's senses to notice new details, then connect what you've found in deductions. Approach it for the changing relationships as much as the culprit.
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Nobody Wants to Die (2024)

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Nobody Wants to Die
Game
7.4/10on IGDB
Released
On PS5, sift through a future New York scene with time-reconstruction and other tools. Use the changes in a room to track what could have happened before you arrived. Choose it for a first-person crime story built around examining one scene closely.
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The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story (2022)

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The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story
Game
Released
The PS5 live-action mystery asks you to separate the clue from the performance. Review a family's stories from different times, form hypotheses, and put their evidence in order. Choose it if you want to make the deduction before the recorded actors play the answer.
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The Sinking City Remastered (2025)

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The Sinking City Remastered
Game
Released
Choose this PS5 remaster to track addresses, reconstruct scenes and test theories about what happened in Oakmont. It fits players who want the trail to turn up strange things, with horror and combat breaking up the inquiry.
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Unheard: Voices of Crime Edition (2023)

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Unheard: Voices of Crime Edition
Game
Released
Run the PS4 edition on PS5. Rewind recordings of a scene, move between rooms and decide which voice belongs to which person. Pick it when you want the sounds themselves to supply the evidence, without relying on a visible face to identify the speaker.
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