Daily Detective

Daily Detective is a browser murder mystery with one case a day, the same for everyone. Each case starts with a briefing: an illustrated scene, the victim, the cause and time of death as far as they are known, and the persons of interest with portraits and their roles. On 19 October 2026 the case was Baxter Tower Lantern, the death of an archive director at the foot of a university tower stair.

Once you begin the investigation you have ten moves. Examining a piece of evidence or questioning a suspect costs one move, and each examination opens a written account of what you find. You can flag a clue as important or rule it out, and a notes tab keeps track of what you have learned. A deduction meter follows how close you are to the killer, the weapon and the motive; once each reaches half way you may make your accusation. Two hints are there per case.

The game shows a countdown to the next case, which arrives at midnight UTC, and a stats page and a streak follow how you do. The daily case is played at Easy, free and without an account. A Premium plan ($1.99 a month or $19.99 a year, with an account) adds five moves and two hints to every case, unlocks Medium and Hard difficulty, opens an archive of more than 240 past cases and gives weekly streak saves.

It suits players who like Clue-style mysteries but want something shorter than a novel and less grid-heavy than a logic puzzle: you choose where to spend your moves, and wasting them on the wrong lead is how cases are lost.