Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In today's video I discuss my favorite detective and mystery games. This games often involve deduction, clues, and cooperation, resulting in a single solution.

Ambassadors: 221 B Baker Street, Awkward Guests, Beyond Baker Street, Blood on the Clocktower, Chronicles of Crime, Clue, Cryptid, Deception, Detective City of Angels, Exit, Here Lies, Hooky, Letters from Whitechapel, Mansions of Madness, MicroMacro, Mysterium, Mysterium Park, Search for Planet X, Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, The Initiative, The Shivers, TIME Stories, Unlock, Vantage

Aryn (solo gamer): The Search for Planet X
Dillon (heavy gamer): Pagan: Fate of Roanoke
Skiler (family gamer): Outfoxed and Blood on the Clocktower

Honorable mentions: Clue, Sherlock 13, Spy Club, Blood on the Clocktower, Mansions of Madness, Star Wars Rebellion

10. Cryptid
9. Deception: Murder in Hong Kong
8. Picture Perfect
7. TIME Stories
6. Kid Chronicles: Quest for the Moonstones
5. Sherlock Homes Consulting Detective
4. MicroMacro
3. Perspectives
2. Here Lies
1. Mysterium Park

00:00 - Ambassador Picks
06:14 - Top 4-10
18:30 - Top 3

Balance Is Boring: youtu.be/euxdDDTdbeo?si=3D2EtPZBVNR91PMi

Catch-Up Mechanisms: youtu.be/Im4l9M8JUAE?si=qmQvc_Rh4DqeHNWM

Difficulty Scaling: youtu.be/roKjldVTDYQ

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Intro animation by Jeff Payne vimeo.com/jaaronpayne