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Are you too cool for horror? For all the gamers who want something beyond the scares, those who can be hyper-vigilant, critical thinkers and analytical detectives at heart who love solving mysteries, here are five games that we at Our Today are sure you’ll love.

1. Disco Elysium – The Final Cut

Disco Elysium is a 2019 non-traditional role-playing video game developed and published by ZA/UM. It features a distinctive oil painting art style and takes place in a fictional city. Players take the role of an amnesiac detective who has been tasked with solving a murder mystery; interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.

The expanded version that featured full voice lines and expanded content, called The Final Cut, was released on March 30, 2021.

Rating: 4.9/5 on the Epic Games store

Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 4 & 5, PC and MacOS

Price: US$15.99

2. The Return of the Obra Dinn

The Return of the Obra Dinn, is a 2018 indie puzzle and adventure-mystery game developed by Lucas Pope. The game is set in 1807, five years after a missing vessel mysteriously reappears on the shores of England. The player assumes the role of insurance inspector for the East India Company and is tasked with investigating what happened to the missing crew of 51 men.

Rating: 10/10 on Steam

Platforms: macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One

Price: US$19.99

3. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

For many young people, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter would very likely have been their first introduction to murder mysteries. In this 2014 game, set in 1973, the player is paranormal investigator Paul Prospero, who has received a fan letter from 12-year-old Ethan Carter, which inspires him to journey to Ethan’s hometown. You then learn that Ethan has gone missing and begin encountering unsettling paranormal phenomena, as well as evidence of recent violence in the tiny mining village.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter has been remade as recently as 2019 for the Nintendo Switch and still touted by many as one of the best murder-mystery games of all time.

Rating: 9/10 on Steam

Platforms: macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One

Price: US$19.99

4. Pentiment

Pentiment is a narrative adventure role-playing video game set in Bavaria in the 16th Century developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios released on November 15, 2022. The player, as the journeyman artist Andreas Maler, investigates the murder of a prominent person for which his friend has been accused. The story spans 25 years. The player is meant to accuse an individual based on either who they think did it or who most deserves punishment. Concurrent with the main murder plot are other crimes and conspiracies.

Rating: 10/10 on Steam

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

Price: US$ 19.99

5. What Remains of Edith Finch

What Remains of Edith Finch is a first-person, adventure game developed by Giant Sparrow and published by Annapurna Interactive in April 2017. The story follows the 17-year-old Edith Finch, the last surviving member of her family, as she returns to her ancestral home for the first time in seven years. Reexploring the house, she uncovers her family’s mysterious past and learns about the series of deaths that eventually caused the complete collapse of her family structure.

Rating: 10/10 on Steam

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 & 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and iOS

Price: US$5.99