10 Mystery Games From Steam Next Fest You Should Definitely Play (February 2024)

Happy Mystery Monday!

Steam's latest Next Fest has already come and gone!

There were actually quite a lot of mystery games in this fest, so I had to spend some time digging deep and hand-picking a few that I personally enjoyed playing.

Below are 10 mystery games you should definitely play (in no particular order):

1. LumineNight

LumineNight is story rich detective adventure game. Play as Detective Foster and his daughter to solve a serial murders spanning over a decade. Interrogate, infiltrate, solve puzzles, and explore crime scenes to gather testimony and evidence. Truth hidden behind the serial murders will be revealed.

2. Duck Detective: The Secret Salami

Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open, in a narrative mystery adventure where nothing is quite as it seems.

3. Cyber Manhunt: New World

Discover a digital realm shrouded in mystery in Cyber Manhunt: New World. Sequel to the award-winning narrative puzzle game. Play as an AI assistant in a major corporation. Deploy intricate social engineering tactics and expose hidden truths in a world of ambition and high-tech deception.

4. Turlock Holmes

A detective narrative puzzler without pre-set options! Raise your questions at will, and an AI-host will answer only with 'yes' or 'no.' Drive the investigation with your curiosity; the path to solving the mystery lies in questions you ask. Can you dig out the truth through your questions?

5. TOKYO PSYCHODEMIC

Through forensic investigation, confront paranormal phenomenas! Realistic forensics investigation simulation game.

6. DAEMON MASQUERADE

An anime-inspired supernatural detective game. Uncover the identities and powers of your adversaries using a conspiracy board full of evidence.

7. Death Trick: Double Blind

The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.

8. Murder On Space Station 52

Murder On Space Station 52 is a point & click murder mystery adventure in space. Trapped on a space station with the Keychain Killer, Edward Locke must solve this mystery, or it will be his last.

9. The Posthumous Investigation

Travel to a noir Rio de Janeiro in 1937 and investigate the mystery behind the murder of Brás Cubas, famed character created by Machado de Assis. Until the truth is out, you'll be trapped in a time loop, amidst a plot full of conspiracy and treason.

10. DYSCHRONIA: Chronos Alternate

Solve an impossible murder case in the far-flung future in this VR & Non-VR investigation action adventure! Multi-awarded title DYSCHRONIA: Chronos Alternate - Dual Edition contains all three episodes from the acclaimed trilogy.

It was honestly a tough decision trying to figure out what to exclude from this list, so please don’t feel bad if your game didn’t make the cut!

There were a number of games I enjoyed that had really unique premises but felt really under-developed, as well as games with incredible visuals and music that lacked polish in other areas.

Regardless, I hope every mystery game this Next Fest achieves success.

It’s exciting to see so many unique ways you can make a mystery game!

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