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Players can now truly live out their inner Sherlock Holmes fantasies to solve various cases by using new technology and gameplay mechanisms, either solo or with friends. From social deduction party games to game experiences involving an evil mastermind, these games can truly immerse gamers into the thrill of the hunt.

7 Tragedy Looper

Imagine Sherlock Holmes but set in Japan with time travel. Hailed as a scenario-based deduction board game for up to players, Tragedy Looper is a standard one vs all affair. The game puts players in a scenario in which one player becomes the evil mastermind whilst the others must work together to foil the mastermind’s actions. Roles are kept secret and the game opens up to four location boards and several character cards.

The game can be seen as a marriage of Sherlock Holmes with the Japanese light novel/anime Re: Zero. The mastermind will trigger tragedies that will occur via cards whilst the other players will be able to loop back in time to figure out the culprit and reason why the tragedy occurred. Players attempting to stop the mastermind win if they can mitigate the number of tragedies and figure them out. Meanwhile, the mastermind comes out on top should the others encounter their tragedies or run out of loops.

6 Watson And Holmes

Set in the amazing world created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Watson and Holmes is a game for up to seven aspiring detectives who must step into the shoes of Dr. Watson. Working alongside Holmes, players must scrutinize and attempt to connect the dots using Watson’s diaries.

The game features several cases set in the Victorian world. Players will visit locations within the game, unravel clues, and, hopefully, be the first to solve the mystery. The game involves players working together, but only one will emerge as Sherlock’s protege.

5 Chronicles Of Crime

Chronicles of Crime is a deduction game for up to four players and involves crime-solving with an app. Players will select a scenario and attempt to catch the killer in the shortest time possible. Using Scan&Play technology, each component has a unique QR code that will trigger different clues and branching narratives.

The game can also be played in VR if activated by a player’s phone. Players will need VR glasses to immerse themselves in a crime-filled virtual world. The base game itself comes with a tutorial case and five scenarios but more stories are always being added, allowing players to truly roleplay as modern-day detectives.

4 Mysterium

A party deduction game that can be quite trippy, Mysterium has players become psychics who must communicate with a ghost to deduce how it died. The game is a cooperative experience for up to seven players where one player takes on the role of the deceased ghost. In each game, the ghost will select several suspects, murder weapons, and location cards and randomly assign them to a player.

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Players will slowly narrow down the possible selections and work closer to figure out the real deal. The challenge is that the ghost player cannot utter a single word and must instead guide fellow players to choose the right combinations. Surreal but intense, Mysterium offers murder mystery enthusiasts a different kind of crime-solving adventure.

3 Deception: Murder In Hong Kong

A social deduction party game involving up to 12 players (14 with the expansion), Deception: Murder in Hong Kong will be familiar to players who’ve played other great social deduction games like Werewolf, Mafia, and Among Us. Set on the streets of the island metropolis, players assume the role of police detectives tasked with solving a case. The twist is that one of their own has committed the deed but no one knows who did it. At the beginning of each game, players are assigned four random means of murder cards (blue) and four key evidence cards (red). The murderer must select a combination of their own assigned cards (one means of murder and one key evidence card) at the beginning of the game.

It is then up to the other investigators to correctly deduce the right combination. Players are aided by a silent forensic scientist who must guide their fellow investigators with a series of clues that point to the right combination. If the investigators guess the correct combination within three rounds, they win. Deception features multiple roles such as the Murder Accomplice, Witness, and Inside Man that spice up the gameplay.

2 Letters From Whitechapel

Letters from Whitechapel is a hidden movement game in which one player will take on the role of Jack the Ripper and up to four others must stop him. Taking place on the grimy streets of 19th-century London, players are engaged in a cat-and-mouse hunt for Jack the Ripper as the policemen struggle to pick up the murderer’s trail.

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The game also features ‘the wretched’ (the poorest of the poor) that represent Jack’s victims. If Jack successfully murders all five of them, then Jack will emerge victorious. Although a departure from the murder mystery game genre, players attempting to foil Jack’s plans will feel like brow-beaten cops desperately trying to stop a madman.

1 Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases

Originally released back in 1982, Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective is as Sherlock as one can get. Despite being categorized as a board game, it also isn’t as there are no dice or luck. The game solely relies on the players and their deductive abilities, presenting several cases in which players must interview suspects, comb through newspapers, and compile the facts.

The game is truly the most immersive and authentic Sherlock experience available, as players will stretch their mental capacities to the limit. Players have been warned that this game isn’t for the faint of heart and is most definitely a hardcore experience. The game also has standalone expansions that revolve around the Jack the Ripper murders as well as a Lovecraftian take on the genre.

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