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Outer Wilds

Explore a solar system and unravel its mysteries.

Pilot your mech squad through puzzly tactical encounters.

Set the stage for stories to come to life.

Solve puzzles across time and change fate in this narrative point-and-click game.

Create islands and connect rivers to solve relaxing Nurikabe logic puzzles.

What appears to be a difficult Souls-like adventure game hides layers of secrets and discoveries.

Scour the early internet to reconstruct the Roottree's family tree and identify the heirs to their fortune.

Help DadHog bring his hedgehog children home by sticking together (literally) and rotating through grid-based puzzles.

A genre-defining adventure across enigmatic worlds.

Help Jorge defeat monsters and slay the dragon in this Minesweeper-inspired strategy game.

Platform:Xbox Series X|S

Genre:Detective

The Rise of the Golden Idol
Three centuries after the whodunit mysteries of the Cloudsley family, a relic hunter seeks out an artifact of unimaginable power.
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Help the Duck Detective solve the mystery of a sinister sausage-based conspiracy.
Botany Manor
Explore the stately home of a botanist, uncovering the perfect growing conditions for exotic plants.
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Possess objects and solve adventure puzzles to save characters from their doomed fate.
The Case of the Golden Idol
The story of a mysterious artefact told through twelve whodunits.
Strange Horticulture
Acquire and identify plants in this atmospheric detective story.
Return of the Obra Dinn
A grisly detective mystery aboard a ghost, merchant ship.

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