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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Demo Eternal Threads
First-person puzzle game changing past choices to save housemates
86% positive
909 reviews
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)
Detective adventure investigating disappearances tied to Lovecraftian horror
74% positive
907 reviews
Adam Wolfe
A hidden-object detective adventure linking crimes to the supernatural
91% positive
894 reviews
Grey Instinct
Cyberpunk point-and-click detective adventure with dating app side missions
95% positive
Free
Demo The House of Tesla: Definitive Edition
A point-and-click puzzle adventure through Tesla’s abandoned wireless electricity facility
72% positive
881 reviews
Lamplight City
Point-and-click detective adventure where wrong conclusions change later cases
89% positive
877 reviews
No Sleep For Kaname Date - From AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES
Detective visual novel with dream investigations and escape room puzzles
80% positive
863 reviews
新世界：暗影成双
Live-action spy adventure where two players hold different information
76% positive
855 reviews
Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery
Point-and-click mystery with escape-room puzzles and locations you can rotate
87% positive
850 reviews
Demo True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2
Point-and-click horror mystery with puzzles inside an asylum at night
92% positive
840 reviews
Demo We Escaped a Twisted Game
Two-player horror escape room where each partner holds different clues
94% positive
835 reviews
Accident: The Pilot
First-person car crash simulation with first aid and investigations
70% positive
Free
Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala
A hidden-object mystery that closes a supernatural detective trilogy
93% positive
820 reviews
Project Unknown
First-person co-op horror about finding cursed objects and exorcising ghosts
80% positive
818 reviews
Mercury Abbey
Side-scrolling mystery adventure investigating a curse at a mountain abbey
92% positive
810 reviews
Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of The Baskervilles
A hidden-object detective adventure centered on a supernatural family curse
90% positive
809 reviews
Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring
Point-and-click detective adventure investigating murders across Victorian London
59% positive
807 reviews
Demo Dinocop
A dinosaur detective adventure mixing crime solving with political satire
95% positive
802 reviews
The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood
Side-scrolling horror adventure switching between killer, detective, and avenger
95% positive
785 reviews
Demo CaseCracker2
Text-based detective puzzles link clues across separate cases
90% positive
781 reviews
Feed The Pit
Investigative horror where magical cards track targets while monsters hunt you
97% positive
775 reviews
Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
A point-and-click detective game tracing murders through show business
75% positive
773 reviews
Jack Orlando: Director's Cut
Point-and-click noir mystery about clearing a detective's name
72% positive
772 reviews
Demo Methods: The Detective Competition
Detective visual novel about a competition with parole at stake
91% positive
762 reviews