The Case of the Golden Idol is a deduction game by Ernests and Andrejs Kļaviņš. It was released for Mac and Windows in 2022, then ported to consoles and phones over the next two years. It takes a lot of inspiration from Lucas Pope’s…
Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon was designed by Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe, the “Two Guys from Andromeda,” and released by Sierra On-Line in March 1989. Following the events of the second game, Roger Wilco drifts through space,…
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is a narrative adventure game created by Don’t Nod Montréal. It was published in two parts or “Tapes,” released two months apart in early 2025. We’re invited to “Rewind back to the 90s and live the defining…
Myst was designed by Rand and Robyn Miller, developed by Cyan, and published in 1993 by Brøderbund. The original version was made in HyperCard for the Macintosh. It was later brought to a wide variety of systems including Windows, Sega…
Santa Fe Mysteries: The Elk Moon Murder is an FMV murder mystery game. It was created by Shannon Gilligan, who also created the Virtual Murder series, along with Sam Egan, writer and producer for Northern Exposure. It was developed and…
Caper in the Castro is the first LGBTQ game, created by C.M. Ralph and released in 1989. It’s a point-and-click murder mystery made with HyperCard. Ralph also made a straight version of the game called Murder on Main Street, without the…
Who Killed Brett Penance?: The Environmental Surfer is an FMV murder mystery game written and directed by Shannon Gilligan. It was developed and published by Creative Multimedia in 1994. This was originally part of the “Virtual Murder”…
Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill was developed by HeR Interactive and released in 1998 for Windows. This is the first in a long series of games that is still ongoing. Nancy takes a semester off from school to visit her Aunt Eloise in…