

The first game in the Jinguuji Saburo series was released on the NES in 1987. The series told the different cases of a 32 years old detective named Saburo Jinguuji out to solve deadly crimes, that is supported by a cast which includes his assistant Yoko Misoni and local police inspector Sanzo Kumano.
In this game, Jingūji is tormented by hideous dreams of his past in New York. One day, he helped Nagata Yuka, a high-school friend of his assistant Yōko Misono, to solve the stalker problem. After he thought that he had already solved this case successfully, Nagata vanished. At the same time, a series of women missing cases were happening.

Tantei Jingūji Saburō ~ Mikan no Rupo is a Japanese style adventure game in the detective/mystery genre. It is the 5th game in the Jake Hunter / Tantei Jingūji Saburō series, being released between Toki no Sugiyuku Mama ni... (1990) and Yume no Owari ni (1998). While following the same formula of the previous titles, the game features a "Zapping System", allowing the player to see the story from the perspective of other characters as well as Jingūji. Also featured in this title is car chase and following suspects in the form of 3D mini-games, although these features would rarely be seen again in future releases.

The Adventures of Robin Lloyd is a detective adventure game mixed with some action RPG elements, set in 1926 London, You need to get the clues by talking to various people and interact with objects. The game's main character private detective Robin Lloyd, must solve countless mysterious! A key element of this game is its investigation system that lets you study objects that rouse your suspicion by looking at them from below or behind and even turning them upside down at times.

Tomisibi ga keinu ma ni (aka Touka ga Kienu Aidani) (lit. While the Light Remains) is the seventh game in the series. As with previous entries in the series, the game progresses mostly through menu selection, as you slowly piece together a solution to the case. The game features multiple endings.

Early Collection is a PlayStation compilation release that includes four early games from Tantei Jinguji series from NES era. In addition to four full games, the game features new opening video and with plenty of other extras accessible via main menu.

Puzzle / Adventure / Visual Novel / Mystery
This debut game from developer Goichi Suda (also known as Suda51) follows the investigation of a series of murders which appear to match the profile of the killer responsible for a high-profile series of government assassinations twenty years prior.

Point-and-click / Adventure / Mystery
The Suiri is a mystery solving adventure game where the player tries to solve 18 different cases. Each cases consists of searching various locations for clues and then making deductions and drawing conclusions. The game is viewed from 1st-person perspective with various zoomed-in areas of interest where player can often interact with in more detail.

Shooter / Adventure / Visual Novel / Action / Science fiction
Policenauts is an interactive movie/graphic novel/adventure game with a hard science fiction storyline, written and directed by Hideo Kojima, and published by Konami. It was initially released for the PC-9821 computer platform in 1994, followed by remade versions for the 3DO in 1995, and the PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1996. The game has never been officially released outside Japan, despite plans for an English localization of the Saturn version. On August 24, 2009 (in honor of the 46th birthday of the game designer, Hideo Kojima), an unofficial English translation patch was released onto the internet. The game is set in a primarily first person perspective and uses a point-and-click interface: the player can move the cursor and have the protagonist (Jonathan Ingram) analyze objects around his environment or talk to other characters in the game. Like in Snatcher, the game features shooting segments where the player must defend their character from incoming enemies. The player can use the shooting trainer at the police department to test their reflex and accuracy. There are numerous puzzles in the game, including an event where the player must dismantle a bomb by following their partner's instructions. The console versions of the game all include support for their respective mouse peripherals. The Saturn version features light gun support for the shooting segments. The game was notable for being an early example of extensive voice recording in video games. It also featured a theme revolving around space exploration and occasional full-motion video cut scenes. The gameplay was largely similar to Snatcher, but with the addition of a point-and-click interface and some first-person shooter segments. Policenauts also introduced summary screens, which act to refresh the player's memory of the plot upon reloading a save, an element Kojima would later use in Metal Gear Solid. The PlayStation version of Policenauts could also read the memory card and give some easter egg dialogues if a save file of Konami's dating sim Tokimeki Memorial is present, a technique Kojima would also later use in Metal Gear Solid.

Adventure / Visual Novel / Mystery
Mikagura Shoujo Tanteidan makes use of an inference trigger system in which players have to detect points that need attention or are contradictory during conversations and look for suspicious spots in crime scenes to find out the truth. Have fun playing detective with the Mikagura girl detectives today!