Best Detective games on PC
Detective games center on investigating crimes, disappearances, or other mysteries by finding clues, questioning characters, and drawing conclusions from evidence.
- Clue gathering and investigation
- Mysteries solved through deduction
- Story-focused cases and suspects
Related: Mystery, Story Rich, Puzzle, Crime
1,180 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Phasmophobia
First-person co-op horror built around identifying hostile ghosts
95% positive
742K reviews
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
Choice-driven detective RPG built around dialogue and political intrigue
92% positive
126K reviews
Batman™: Arkham Knight
Open-world superhero action with stealth, combat, and a drivable Batmobile
92% positive
120K reviews
Persona 5 Royal
Story-driven turn-based JRPG about teenage thieves changing corrupt hearts
96% positive
99K reviews
Persona 4 Golden
Story-rich turn-based JRPG about friends investigating serial murders
97% positive
77K reviews
Demo Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition
Third-person superhero action with stealth, gadgets, and detective work
96% positive
68K reviews
Demo Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition
Open-world superhero action with stealth, brawling, and detective work
96% positive
61K reviews
Batman™: Arkham Origins
Open-world superhero action with stealth, brawling, and detective work
90% positive
49K reviews
Demo Firework
Chinese horror mystery told through exploration and puzzles
98% positive
43K reviews
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Murder-mystery visual novel built around investigations and class trials
96% positive
41K reviews
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Courtroom mystery adventure built around evidence and witness contradictions
97% positive
38K reviews
GeoGuessr Steam Edition
A geography puzzle game about identifying places from street-level clues
69% positive
Free
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
Anime mystery visual novel about investigating murders on a tropical island
96% positive
35K reviews
The Wolf Among Us
Episodic noir adventure about solving a murder among fairy-tale characters
98% positive
35K reviews
Return of the Obra Dinn
First-person detective mystery aboard an abandoned 1800s merchant ship
96% positive
34K reviews
L.A. Noire
Third-person detective adventure about solving crimes in 1947 Los Angeles
85% positive
33K reviews
Demo Chants of Sennaar
Language-decoding puzzle adventure about reconnecting five peoples in a tower
98% positive
32K reviews
Unheard - Voices of Crime
Audio-based detective puzzle about tracing voices through past crime scenes
96% positive
32K reviews
Demo Magical Girl Witch Trials
Gothic mystery visual novel about girls imprisoned as suspected witches
96% positive
32K reviews
Demo Heavy Rain
Cinematic detective thriller where choices decide who survives
85% positive
29K reviews
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
A visual novel about a murder mystery party aboard a train
97% positive
Free
Demo Contraband Police
First-person border checkpoint simulation with searches, chases, and shootouts
94% positive
27K reviews
Demo Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
Anime murder-mystery visual novel built around investigations and class trials
83% positive
25K reviews
The Test
Psychological question game with eerie prompts and a personal result
97% positive
20K reviews