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Ace Attorney Investigations Collection

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2024

Should you play it?

Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!

What works

  • Official localization of investigations 2
  • Updated hd graphics with toggle to original sprites
  • Engaging and well-written story with strong character development
  • Innovative investigation and deduction gameplay
  • Remastered soundtrack with option for original music

Things to keep in mind

  • First game has pacing issues and some cases drag
  • Localization contains occasional typos and grammar errors
  • Some mechanics like mind chess can feel obscure
  • Lack of multiplayer or cooperative features
  • Presence of drm (denuvo) on pc version

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Backstage Pass

  • AI: The Somnium Files

  • 1bitHeart

  • Heart Fragment

  • Best Served Cold

  • Mask of the Rose

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Ace Attorney Investigations Collection but with less of a community feel

  • 7'scarlet

  • SHUTEN ORDER

  • Runaway: A Twist of Fate

  • YU-NO: A girl who chants love at the bound of this world

  • Elisa: The Innkeeper - Prequel

  • Moebius: Empire Rising

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Ace Attorney Investigations Collection but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

  • Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

  • Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony

  • Zero Escape: The Nonary Games

  • Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition

  • Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma

Less fantastical

Games that feels like Ace Attorney Investigations Collection but with less imaginative fiction

  • BURIED STARS

  • Banter Schooldays!!三〇一室无一人

  • Trials of Innocence

  • LumineNight

  • School Years

  • Memories Off -Innocent Fille-

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy

  • The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

  • Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy

  • Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

  • Okami HD

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Similarity map

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Ace Attorney Investigations Collection: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fellowship, Thrill, Strategy.

Last update: 03/08/2026