Casefile,
Five short mysteries today. Read the clues, accuse a suspect. Logic only — there is always one answer that fits every clue.
Daily Detective is a short mystery puzzle game. Every day you get five cases. Each one gives you a scene, a list of suspects, and a set of clues. Your job is to read through the clues carefully and decide which suspect is responsible. There is always exactly one answer that fits all of the clues at the same time. No guessing required if you pay attention.
The cases are PG-rated and suitable for anyone who enjoys logic puzzles. There is no graphic violence, no adult content, and nothing politically charged. The mysteries are written as clean deduction problems. A typical case takes between one and three minutes to work through.
Read the scene description at the top, then go through each clue one by one. Some clues rule suspects out. Others point directly to one person. When you are confident, tap the suspect you think is guilty. The game tells you immediately if you are right. If you are wrong, it shows you the correct answer and a short explanation.
Work by elimination. If a clue says someone has an alibi, cross them off your mental list. The remaining suspects narrow down quickly. The hardest cases have clues that sound similar but mean different things. Read each one twice before committing to an answer. The solution always follows from the clues, never from outside knowledge.
Yes. There are five new cases every morning at midnight. Your progress for the day is saved to your browser, so if you close the tab mid-session and come back later the same day, your answers are still there. Once midnight passes, the slate resets and a new set of five cases appears.
The cases are original puzzles written by the DailyBrain team. They are not generated by any tool. Each one is checked to make sure the answer follows logically from the clues and that no other suspect fits all the clues simultaneously. If you find a case with an ambiguous answer or a clue that does not make sense, the contact page is the right place to flag it. We fix mistakes quickly.