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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Umineko When They Cry - Answer Arcs
Mystery visual novel questioning whether an island's killer is human
95% positive
1,674 reviews
Puzzle Agent
A point-and-click detective adventure linking brainteasers to a town's secrets
89% positive
1,668 reviews
Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood
Point-and-click hidden-object mystery tracking a demonic preacher through Ravenwood Park
97% positive
1,614 reviews
Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
Political investigation game about surveillance and shaping public opinion
76% positive
1,591 reviews
Subsurface Circular
A text-based mystery solved through conversations on a robot subway
95% positive
1,576 reviews
노베나 디아볼로스
Survival mystery adventure with nine days to find the human
93% positive
1,570 reviews
Supraworld
First-person puzzle adventure where new abilities open interconnected paths
91% positive
1,558 reviews
Westerado: Double Barreled
A Western shooter where you can threaten anyone mid-conversation
92% positive
1,519 reviews
Scrutinized
Detective horror game about sorting reports while intruders stalk your home
89% positive
1,473 reviews
Demo Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集
Point-and-click murder mystery with animal suspects in a stormbound tavern
96% positive
1,471 reviews
Song of Farca
Dystopian detective adventure built around hacking and connected cases
77% positive
1,471 reviews
Bad Dream: Fever
Point-and-click horror with puzzles set inside a fever dream
82% positive
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Great God Grove
Puzzle adventure where you collect dialogue to settle divine disputes
98% positive
1,435 reviews
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
1990s point-and-click detective mystery following a grandfather's clues
92% positive
1,418 reviews
The Shell Part I: Inferno
Detective visual novel with branching choices and a dark mystery
90% positive
1,415 reviews
Demo Equinox: Homecoming
Online horse-riding RPG with an open-world island mystery
79% positive
1,409 reviews
The Blackwell Legacy
A point-and-click mystery pairing a new medium with a ghost
89% positive
1,408 reviews
Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard
A comedic point-and-click mystery with a frog on the case
98% positive
1,395 reviews
Demo Demons' Timeline
Text-based detective adventure about solving supernatural crimes through social media
97% positive
1,394 reviews
Autopsy Simulator
First-person autopsy simulation with forensic cases and psychological horror
49% positive
1,389 reviews
Jenny LeClue - Detectivu
2D detective adventure to clear your mother of murder
87% positive
1,388 reviews
Crushed In Time
A point-and-click detective comedy set inside a game's development
90% positive
1,383 reviews
Fallen girl - Black rose and the fire of desire
Adult visual novel with choices shaping a captive noblewoman's resistance
70% positive
1,382 reviews
Demo Trials of Innocence
Courtroom detective visual novel about exposing lies in murder trials
90% positive
1,355 reviews