The best murder/mystery/deduction games 🔪🕵️♂️ 2021
In this list we have picked out the best mystery games 🔪🕵️♂️ for you. Included are board games, dice games and card games. We have selected and compared almost 100 mystery games 🕵️♂️ for you.
What are mystery board games?
Thriller games often involve one or more unsolved murders or crimes. These games usually require players to investigate these crimes and determine the criminal details and/or the perpetrator(s).
Thriller with dinner? Mystery Dinner!
There are also mystery games that involve an actual meal in the plot: so-called mystery dinners. We have created a separate list for this category: The Best Mystery Dinner Games.
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List with the best detective board games 2021 🔪🕵️♂️
In our comparison, the following 30 best mystery games 2021 came out:
Chronicles of Crime
Nominated for 12 awards and won 3.
More details for Chronicles of Crime
1 - 4 Players
60 - 90 Minutes
14+ years old
Complexity: easy
Video reviews for Chronicles of Crime
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases
Nominated for 4 awards and won 3.
Spiel des Jahres 1985
More details for Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases- 1 - 8 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Video reviews for Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases
Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game
Nominated for 14 awards and won 4.
Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 2019
More details for Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game- 1 - 5 Players
- 120 - 180 Minutes
- 16+ years old
- Complexity: medium
👍 Good price!30€ at
.deVideo reviews for Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game
Chronicles of Crime: Welcome to Redview
- 1 - 4 Players
- 30 - 90 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Complexity: easy
🔥 Great price!22€ at.deVideo reviews for Chronicles of Crime: Welcome to Redview
Holmes: Sherlock & Mycroft
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Holmes: Sherlock & Mycroft- 2 Players
- 20 - 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: easy
👍 Good price!7€ at.deVideo reviews for Holmes: Sherlock & Mycroft
Sherlock
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Sherlock- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 5+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Video reviews for Sherlock
Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game – Season One
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game – Season One- 1 - 5 Players
- 90 - 120 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Video reviews for Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game – Season One
Sherlock Holmes: The Card Game
- 3 - 8 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: very easy
Video reviews for Sherlock Holmes: The Card Game
Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game – Case 6: Suburbia
- 1 - 5 Players
- 90 - 120 Minutes
- 16+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Video reviews for Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game – Case 6: Suburbia
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Mansion Murders
- 1 - 6 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Video reviews for Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Mansion Murders
The Name of the Rose
- 2 - 5 Players
- 75 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Detective: Signature Series – Dig Deeper
- 1 - 5 Players
- 90 - 120 Minutes
- 16+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Detective: L.A. Crimes
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Detective: L.A. Crimes- 1 - 5 Players
- 120 - 180 Minutes
- 16+ years old
- Complexity: medium
👍 Good price!23€ at.deOrient Express
- 1 - 6 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Kreuzverhör: Krimi-Kartenspiel für zwei "Ermittler"
- 2 Players
- 40 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Queen's Park Affair
- 1 - 6 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Complexity: medium
Video reviews for Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Queen's Park Affair
Clue
- 2 - 6 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Video reviews for Clue
Mörderische Dinnerparty: Die Stimme aus dem Jenseits
- 6 - 8 Players
- 180 Minutes
- 18+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Mörderische Dinnerparty: Tod im London-Express
- 6 - 8 Players
- 180 Minutes
- 18+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Krimi Total Fall 3: Die zweifelhafte Welt der Märchen
- 8 - 15 Players
- 180 Minutes
- 18+ years old
- Complexity: easy
👍 Good price!27€ at.deKrimi Total Fall 7: Die Party der Intrigen
- 8 - 9 Players
- 180 Minutes
- 16+ years old
- Complexity: easy
Krimi Total Fall 2: Im Schatten der Premiere
🔥 Deal: 7% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!More details for Krimi Total Fall 2: Im Schatten der Premiere- 8 - 9 Players
- 180 Minutes
- 18+ years old
- Complexity: medium
🔥 Great price!23€ at.deKrimi Total Fall 1: Der Duft des Mordes
🔥 Deal: 7% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!More details for Krimi Total Fall 1: Der Duft des Mordes- 8 - 9 Players
- 180 Minutes
- 18+ years old
- Complexity: medium
🔥 Great price!23€ at.deKrimi Total Fall 6: Der verfluchte Schatz der Piraten
- 8 - 9 Players
- 240 Minutes
- Complexity: easy
Mörderische Dinnerparty: Der Fluch der grünen Dame
- 6 - 8 Players
- 240 Minutes
- 16+ years old
👍 Good price!28€ at.deMörderische Dinnerparty: Totentanz auf der Titanic
- 6 - 8 Players
- 240 Minutes
- 16+ years old
Mörderische Dinnerparty: Tödliches Alpenglühen
- 6 - 8 Players
- 16+ years old
Krimi Total Fall 13: Zum Geier mit dem Mord
- 6 - 7 Players
- 180 - 240 Minutes
- 16+ years old
🔥 Great price!24€ at.deMörderische Dinnerparty: Mord in Shanghai
- 6 - 8 Players
Krimi Total Fall 4: Jenseits der Schönheit
- 8 - 9 Players
- 180 Minutes
- 18+ years old
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