The best murder/mystery/deduction games 🔪🕵️♂️ 2023
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 2023 🔪🕵️♂️
In our comparison, the following 30 best mystery games 2023 came out:
Chronicles of Crime
Nominated for 15 awards and won 5.
More details for Chronicles of Crime- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Chronicles of Crime
Chronicles of Crime: 1900
- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!29€ at
.deChronicles of Crime: Noir
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Chronicles of Crime: Noir- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Chronicles of Crime: Noir
Chronicles of Crime: 1400
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Chronicles of Crime: 1400- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!29€ at.deSherlock 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
- Medium difficulty
👍 Good price!50€ at.deVideo reviews for Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases
Chronicles of Crime: 2400
- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!29€ at.deChronicles of Crime: Welcome to Redview
- 1 - 4 Players
- 30 - 90 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!23€ at.deVideo reviews for Chronicles of Crime: Welcome to Redview
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
- Medium difficulty
👍 Good price!30€ at.deVideo reviews for Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game
Holmes: Sherlock & Mycroft
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Holmes: Sherlock & Mycroft- 2 Players
- 20 - 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Holmes: Sherlock & Mycroft
Sherlock
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Sherlock- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 5+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Sherlock
Mystery Rummy: Jekyll & Hyde
- 2 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Vienna Connection
- 1 - 5 Players
- 120 - 180 Minutes
- 16+ years old
- Easy to learn
Mystery Rummy: Murders in the Rue Morgue
- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 - 40 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game – Case 6: Suburbia
- 1 - 5 Players
- 90 - 120 Minutes
- 16+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game – Case 6: Suburbia
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
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game – Season One
Sherlock Holmes: The Card Game
- 3 - 8 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Sherlock Holmes: The Card Game
Detective: Signature Series – Dig Deeper
- 1 - 5 Players
- 90 - 120 Minutes
- 16+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Mansion Murders
- 1 - 6 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Video reviews for Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Mansion Murders
The Name of the Rose
- 2 - 5 Players
- 75 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!70€ at.deDetective: L.A. Crimes
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Detective: L.A. Crimes- 1 - 5 Players
- 120 - 180 Minutes
- 16+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Orient Express
- 1 - 6 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Kreuzverhör: Krimi-Kartenspiel für zwei "Ermittler"
- 2 Players
- 40 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!11€ at.deSherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Queen's Park Affair
- 1 - 6 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Video reviews for Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Queen's Park Affair
Clue
- 2 - 6 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!24€ at.deVideo reviews for Clue
Dune: House Secrets
- 1 - 4 Players
- 90 - 180 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Immediately playable
Mörderische Dinnerparty: Die Stimme aus dem Jenseits
- 6 - 8 Players
- 180 Minutes
- 18+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!27€ at.deMörderische Dinnerparty: Tod im London-Express
- 6 - 8 Players
- 180 Minutes
- 18+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!27€ at.deKrimi Total Fall 3: Die zweifelhafte Welt der Märchen
🔥 Deal: 14% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!
More details for Krimi Total Fall 3: Die zweifelhafte Welt der Märchen- 8 - 15 Players
- 180 Minutes
- 18+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!23€ at.deSieben unter Verdacht
- 1 - 5 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Unlock!: Timeless Adventures – Arsène Lupin und der große weiße Diamant
- 1 - 6 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
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