What Makes a Good Detective Game? | Game Maker’s Toolkit

Note! This video contains puzzle spoilers for Life is Strange, The Shivah, and Discworld Noir.

Detective video games promise to turn us into Sherlock Holmes - but why do so many of them bungle the execution? In this video I mine ancient DOS games, forgotten mobile apps, quirky indie titles, and games that aren’t even about solving crimes, for good murder mystery mechanics.