This comes with some caveats - the RNG at its core never really stops being frustrating, but if you're able to look past that, it's one of the deepest and most rewarding puzzle games out there.

A surprisingly effective Ace Attorney-like with some great puzzles and narrative beats.

Another great set of macabre murder puzzles that gets a lot of mileage out of its new setting and arresting story.

A really solid genealogy-based information game that wears its influences on its sleeve and has given me more genuine "a-ha" moments than anything else I've played in a long time.

Short, cozy, and charming, you play as a duck who is a detective. Quack.

Simogo at their best - an esoteric, stylised puzzle box with a fantastic atmosphere. An absolute must play for puzzle freaks like me.

The *other* great mystery game set at a monastery in medieval Europe and featuring an anchoress - a striking visual novel with a fantastic soundtrack that shows great promise for Volume Two.

A macabre horror/mystery VN that's got enough twists and scares to keep you engaged to the very end. Definitely one for fans of Zero Escape.

A gorgeous and richly textured story about how societies inevitably change, and the role of the truth in the stories we tell about ourselves, all wrapped in beautifully presented package.

A gleefully gruesome point and click mystery that doesn't hold your hand, but gives you just enough clues to piece each case together.