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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Sam & Max Hit the Road
Point-and-click comedy adventure tracking a runaway carnival bigfoot across America
95% positive
1,036 reviews
Lucid9: Inciting Incident
Choice-driven mystery visual novel about murders at a school
90% positive
Free
Demo Dimhaven - The Lost Source
First-person puzzle adventure tracing a disappearance on an isolated island
87% positive
1,018 reviews
Demo Follow the meaning
A point-and-click detective adventure where hospital patients return without memories
94% positive
1,018 reviews
GET EVEN
First-person psychological thriller about piecing together a mercenary's lost memories
76% positive
1,008 reviews
Staffer Reborn
Detective visual novel about ending an old man's cycle of resurrection
96% positive
1,007 reviews
Blackwell Epiphany
Supernatural point-and-click mystery about a force destroying souls
98% positive
1,005 reviews
目盲/Blind
A romance visual novel blending urban legends with mild horror
86% positive
996 reviews
Demo Scene Investigators
Detective puzzles about examining crime scenes and filling evidence gaps
75% positive
994 reviews
The Necromancer's Tale
A narrative RPG about a noble's gradual descent into necromancy
91% positive
994 reviews
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
Point-and-click mystery tracing a Templar conspiracy across Europe and the Middle East
93% positive
994 reviews
Conrad Stevenson's Paranormal P.I.
First-person ghost-hunting simulation built around patient, repeat investigations
93% positive
987 reviews
Unforeseen Incidents
Point-and-click mystery about a handyman investigating a deadly disease
86% positive
984 reviews
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[Chilla's Art] Night Security | 夜間警備
First-person psychological horror about working security on a night shift
88% positive
960 reviews
Still Life
Point-and-click detective adventure linking serial murders across two generations
82% positive
953 reviews
前程似锦 Excellent Expectations
A detective puzzle game played through a game executive's phone
86% positive
948 reviews
Ticy Adventure Club : Queen of the Spring
A psychological horror RPG with puzzles and parallel investigations
99% positive
Free
Dupery: A Game of Solo Deduction
Solo deduction roguelite where you expose lies and arrest criminals
84% positive
942 reviews
NUTS
First-person puzzle adventure about tracking squirrels with surveillance cameras
88% positive
932 reviews
Demo Turlock Holmes
Single-player mystery puzzles solved by asking questions and testing keywords
80% positive
932 reviews
1bitHeart
Side-scrolling mystery adventure about investigating a town and making friends
91% positive
926 reviews
Paper Bride 3 Unresolved Love
Chinese horror puzzle adventure shaped by Zangling Village’s marriage warning
92% positive
924 reviews
Demo 我的恋爱逃生攻略 Love to Live
Romance visual novel about escaping deadly dreams with three companions
86% positive
922 reviews
Escape From Mystwood Mansion
First-person escape room puzzles inside a locked mansion
92% positive
921 reviews