Summary

  • Mystery games can be cozy and cute, featuring unique art styles and humor.
  • Detective Pikachu Returns and Frog Detective series are examples of adorable and engaging mystery games.
  • Aviary Attorney and Inspector Waffles offer unique experiences with lawyer and cat detectives, respectively.

9 Most games out there have a mystery element to them, some unknown element that holds the story together, things to find out, and places to explore, but mystery games have📖 to do more than just that. They need to make you think. They tend not to have fighting or levels, making the genre fairly unique.

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But mysteries have a tendency to get gritty and grim. This doesn’t have to be the case. There are many cute mysteries out there featuring cute ℱart styles and humo✨r. If you want to shake things up in your cozy gaming life, one of these games may be worth trying.

8 Dete🔯cti🌳ve Pikachu Returns

Detective Pikachu Returns Detective Pikachu looks at Slowpoke in the Southern Ruins

Released
October 6, 2023 ♑
Publisher(s)
Nintendo, The Pokemon Company 💎
Platform(s)
Switch

While many fans of the Pokemon franchise are aware of the movie sharing the same title, few seem to remember the concept’s roots. While Pokemon isn’t quite considere𓃲d as being not cozy, it isn’t necessarily described as cozy either. In the realm of mystery games, however, this one fits in just fine.

Follow Tim Goodman and his Pikachu as they take on the case of a recent jewel theft while also still looking for Tim’s father in this absolutely adorable sequel. Explore the city, find clues, and interact with others as y🍨ou dive into the mystery.

7 ꧅ Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island

Frog Detective holding a lantern
Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery
Adventure
Mystery

Released
October 2🌠7, 2022 🌟
Publisher(s)
Worm Club

This explorative mystery game may just be what you need to get into a spooky state of mind. It has everything a cozy gamer could want. Frogs? Check. Cute animal 🅺characters? ☂They’re there. A cute ghost? Perhaps. With a stellar soundtrack, there’s nothing more you could possibly want.

Well, you could want more. More mysteries, that is, and that’s already taken care of. Frog Detective 2: The Invisible Wizard and Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County are also available to play, adding their own fun twists♕ to the series. You can also get them all as Frog Detective: The Complete Mystery, so you don’t have to get them all separately.

6 🧸 Detective Grimoire Secret Of T🅠he Swamp

Man in boat at an old dock. Clolors are muted greens and browns, there's fog in the background obscuring things from view.

It may seem hard to think that a murder mystery can be cozy, but this game may just change your mind. Follow Detective Grimoire into the swamp. A murder has taken place🦩, everyone is a suspect, including the monster that is believed to live there.

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This game combines investigation with simple puzzles, from figuring out clues to organizing the thoughts in Detective Grimoire’s head. If you want more of a challenge later in the serie𒐪s, the puzzles get amped up.🌳 The art style is whimsical, adding to the cozy vibe in what otherwise could be a moody story.

5 Duck Detective Th🧔e Secret Salami 🌊

A detective duck standing in the center of an office. A large painting is on the left, and a large bear is on the right.

Released
May 23🐭, 2024
Publisher(s)
🧔 Happy Broccoli Games

Can you Quack the case? 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Eugene McQuaklin is down on his luck. Recently divorced, a detective with n♑o cases, and a duck. Well, maybe bℱeing a duck has no effect on his circumstances, but it’s all about to change if he can solve this lunch theft case.

Enter a world of cute animal creatures as you interview suspects and chase down clues. Don’t worry—the mystery may ꦅkeep you on the edge of your seat, but nothing will scare you. The game is engaging and fun, with its office setting and word-focused gameplay. It is also fully voice-acted, which really adds to the experience.

4 ꦯ Lord Winklebottom Investigates ꧋

Lord Winklebottom giraffe with top hat talks about doing an autopsy to an axolotl in a suit to his associate Dr.Frumple a hippo

If you’re okay with murder in your cozy games but prefer non-humanoid characters, then this is t168澳洲幸运5开奖网:he noir-style detectivꦉe game of your dreams. Play as Lord Winklebottom as he takes on the case of the murder of an old friend in this point and click focused investigation game. Thi🎉s is a classic who-dun-it-style game with a dash of whimsy.

Although a murder is involved the silliness of the c﷽haraღcter design, names, and the voice acting keep it all on the light side. Lord Winklebottom is a giraffe in a suit, what more could you want in your murder mystery?

3 Aviary attꦡorney

Aviary Attorney courtroom scene

If detectꦯives aren’t really yꦓour speed, then a lawyer, Jayjay Falcon, who searches for the truth may be just up your alley. Take flight in this mystery adventure from the courtroom to prominent places in France. Interview other characters, bribe your way out if situations, and play it again and again for different outcomes.

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While this game is filled with bird puns, there are some pretty dark moments. So, take t꧃his as cozy with an edge. This 1840s French mystery is drawn in a style reminiscent of newspaper ar🎐t of the time, making it a unique visual experience.

2 Inspector Waffles ꩲ

Inspector Waffles (cat humanoid) stands in a kitchen.

Let this catterific game whisk-er you away in this pun filled cat mys🍨tery taking place in none other than cat town. This familiar style police detective who is tired of the job is called back to the scene since he’s the best they’ve got when a well-liked CEO turns up dead.

This pixel art game may play a classic noir trope when it comes to Waꦡffles’ attitude and state of mind, but the rest of the game is rather light, leading away from the dark side. It has different settings to allow for different difficulty levels, making this game accessible and keeping you from getting too frustrated.

1 ✱ Night In The Woods

Night In The Woods group of friends sat together

This may be an adventure game with a spooky vibe, but it is more than just that. Play as Mae, a cat who returns to her hometown after dropping out of college, just to realize something is off, although no one else seems to notice the changes in Possum Springs. It’s emotional with a strong mystery element that keeps you engaged🦋 and wanting to dig deeper.

This isn’t a traditional mystery game, not by a long shot. There’s no case, crime, or true investigation, but the desire for answers is almost unmatched. Don’t be surprised when 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:you think of this game for years after play🦩ing.

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