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Which detective games actually get played?

73 detective games owned in at least 30 of the libraries read here, ranked by the share of its Steam reviewers who recommend it. The typical one is recommended by 84%.

S5 games
  1. #1The Wolf Among Us98% recommend
  2. #2Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy98% recommend
  3. #3Return of the Obra Dinn97% recommend
  4. #4Hypnospace Outlaw97% recommend
  5. #5Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc96% recommend
A15 games
  1. #6The Forgotten City96% recommend
  2. #7Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair96% recommend
  3. #8Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard95% recommend
  4. #9Aviary Attorney95% recommend
  5. #10Chicken Police94% recommend
  6. #11Phasmophobia94% recommend
  7. #12The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles94% recommend
  8. #13The Darkside Detective94% recommend
  9. #14Do Not Feed the Monkeys94% recommend
  10. #15Whispers of a Machine93% recommend
  11. #16Paradise Killer93% recommend
  12. #17Disco Elysium93% recommend
  13. #18Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series92% recommend
  14. #19Kathy Rain92% recommend
  15. #20Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island92% recommend
B22 games
  1. #21The Sexy Brutale92% recommend
  2. #22Lacuna92% recommend
  3. #23The Painscreek Killings91% recommend
  4. #24Orwell90% recommend
  5. #25SIMULACRA90% recommend
  6. #26The Deed90% recommend
  7. #27Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments89% recommend
  8. #28Her Story89% recommend
  9. #29Puzzle Agent89% recommend
  10. #30Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse89% recommend
  11. #31The Vanishing of Ethan Carter88% recommend
  12. #32Gemini Rue88% recommend
  13. #33The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux88% recommend
  14. #34Puzzle Agent 287% recommend
  15. #35Tesla Effect87% recommend
  16. #36SIMULACRA 286% recommend
  17. #37MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™86% recommend
  18. #38L.A. Noire86% recommend
  19. #39Heavy Rain86% recommend
  20. #40Demonologist85% recommend
  21. #41Tales of the Neon Sea85% recommend
  22. #42Bear With Me - Collector's Edition84% recommend
C18 games
  1. #43Blacksad: Under the Skin83% recommend
  2. #44Nobody Wants to Die83% recommend
  3. #45Kona83% recommend
  4. #46Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony83% recommend
  5. #47Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller83% recommend
  6. #48Shadows of Doubt82% recommend
  7. #49Still Life82% recommend
  8. #50A Case of Distrust82% recommend
  9. #51Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper81% recommend
  10. #52Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders81% recommend
  11. #53The Testament of Sherlock Holmes80% recommend
  12. #54Gamedec - Definitive Edition80% recommend

And 6 more: Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter, Call of Cthulhu, Observer, Twin Mirror, The Shapeshifting Detective, Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.

D13 games
  1. #61The Sinking City Remastered75% recommend
  2. #62Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)75% recommend
  3. #63Night Call74% recommend
  4. #64The Detail72% recommend
  5. #65Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis71% recommend
  6. #66Alter Ego69% recommend
  7. #67A Detective's Novel67% recommend
  8. #68Tails Noir67% recommend
  9. #69Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut66% recommend
  10. #70Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?66% recommend
  11. #71Face Noir65% recommend
  12. #72The Occupation60% recommend

And 1 more: Still Life 2.

Counted from the Steam libraries read here, by the hours Steam has on each game; free games are left out, since Steam lists one as owned only once it has been played. Recommended is the share of each game’s Steam reviewers who recommend it.