mystery game
Solve the crime
A mystery game is a game centered on solving a puzzle, crime, or unexplained event—typically a murder.
Players gather clues, interrogate suspects, and piece together what happened.
The term covers board games like Clue, video games, and live-action experiences like escape rooms or murder mystery dinners: We're hosting a mystery game this weekend where guests play suspects.
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- private eyeHired investigator, unlicensed
- clueSolving aid
- crime sceneLocation of an offense
- puzzleChallenge testing ingenuity
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- text gamestext adventure, interactive fiction, word puzzle, Zork, parser
- game narrativestory, narrative, plot, storyline, dialogue tree
mystery gamesports game
Organized athletic competition
racing game · fighting game · rhythm game · trivia game · button masher
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