Back in 2017 I made a video about detective game design. And I had to dig deep to find good crime-solving games to talk about - like old PC games from the 90s and obscure indie titles on Itch. But in the last five years we’ve seen an explosion of great detective games - so it’s time to revisit the topic and ask, again, what makes a good detective game?
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=== Chapters ===
00:00 - Intro
01:42 - Deduction Style
05:26 - Contradiction Style
07:40 - Investigation Style
12:15 - The Accusation
14:14 - Tester Design
19:07 - Assisting the Player
21:30 - Other Games
22:27 - Outro
=== Games Shown ===
L.A. Noire (2011)
The Wolf Among Us (2013)
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments (2013)
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective (1991)
The Blackwell Legacy (2006)
Return Of The Obra Dinn (Demo) (2016)
Her Story (2015)
Return Of The Obra Dinn (2018)
Shadows of Doubt (In Early Access)
Lucifer Within Us (2020)
The Case of the Golden Idol (2022)
Scene Investigators (Unreleased)
Detective Grimoire (2014)
Telling Lies (2019)
Tangle Tower (2019)
Disco Elysium (2019)
Lost Judgment (2021)
Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island (2018)
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (2023)
Murder by Numbers (2020)
Murdered: Soul Suspect (2014)
Strange Horticulture (2022)
Riley & Rochelle (2022)
Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaire’s Conspiracy (2017)
Contradiction: Spot the Liar! (2015)
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (2021)
Papers, Please (2013)
A Hand With Many Fingers (2020)
Do Not Feed the Monkeys (2018)
Hypnospace Outlaw (2019)
Outer Wilds (2019)
Immortality (2022)
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (2010)
Paradise Killer (2020)
Whispers in the West (2023)
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter (2016)
Detroit: Become Human (2018)
Gotham Knights (2022)
Discworld Noir (1999)
Pentiment (2022)
Overboard! (2021)
Silicon Dreams (2021)
Among Us (2018)
Mind Diver (Unreleased)
AI Tech Preview: The Portopia Serial Murder Case (2023)
=== Credits ===
Music from L.A. Noire, by Andrew and Simon Hale
Music from Disco Elysium, by Sea Power
Music from Return of the Obra Dinn , by Lucas Pope
Music from Layton’s Mystery Journey, by Tomohito Nishiura
Music from Lucifer Within Us, by FX Bilodeau
Music from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies, by Noriyuki Iwadare
Music from Shadows of Doubt
Music from Her Story, by Chris Zabriskie
Music from Paradise Killer, by Barry Topping
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