Non Criminal Detective Games
Detective fiction is dominated by murder investigations, kidnapping, etc. And those are cool of course but I want to give more exposure to the games that get away from that type of thing. I should clarify, non criminal doesnt necessarily mean your investigation never uncovers any criminal activity but more so you are not investigating from the context of a criminal investigation, official or not. This is going to get kind of hair-splitting but hopefully my own examples help illustrate what I mean
16 Games
Haven't played it yet but I trust Drax's word on it
Suggested by @ZapRowsower
A stand in for all the frog detective games.
Admittedly there is some crime in here but its more about uncovering a conspiracy than a strict criminal investigation in the conventional sense
In a similar vein, its an archeological/historical detective game
Most of the game is about being a website moderator, admittedly copyright violations can be criminal but c'mon be real
Suggested by @ZapRowsower
Suggested by @Cowboy_Josh
Im not the biggest fan of the game but I think it counts
Suggested by @DeemonAndGames
I'm actually attempting something similar for my final uni project; i.e an epidemiological detective game. Being a doctor/disease tracker is basically like being a detective anyways.
Looking into the mystery of an inheritance. Presumably other layton games are also like this but I havent played em
Suggested by @Corrugated_Fox
Suggested by @ThinkingFella
Investigating disappearances, but they are robot disappearances and the whole game is about their conflict and rights vs humans so Im counting it here, also I want to shout it out.
suggested by @Kaeruk
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I love this idea for a list!
The Touch Detective games might fit!(?) The crimes are all a bit on the silly side (theft of dreams, murder of a flea, etcetera).
The Touch Detective games might fit!(?) The crimes are all a bit on the silly side (theft of dreams, murder of a flea, etcetera).
@kaeruk Thanks. Sure, that sounds cool
Puzzle Agent would work here.
@Corrugated_Fox Yep, thanks
Rad list and rad collection of games. I also belive that Pathologic could count for similar reasons that Pawls of Coal does; in two of the campaigns you are a doctor that is triying to find the origins of a disiease and a cure to fight back against it, that plus some missions within the game and I think it fits on here.
"Sethian" and "The Gostak" or both also about deciphering a fictional language or text like heaven vault and chants of sennaar. idk if they fit just for that tho
Great list! I want to say Norco fits here but it's been a while since I played it; I might be forgetting some criminal elements. You're not like a cop or anything though and you're investigating for the purpose of your own elucidation, not like trying to "crack the case".
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Such a great idea :D
great choices as well~
great choices as well~
@JapaniKatti Thanks, I'm glad more people were interested in this topic
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