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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MeteoriteFall
A survival RPG about building shelter on an undead-infested campus
75% positive
677 reviews
Panic Room: House of secrets
Free-to-play hidden-object mystery about escaping a puzzle-filled mansion
60% positive
Free
全网公敌：诡村
Supernatural investigation puzzles built around web searches and live-action footage
89% positive
Free
Blackwell Unbound
A point-and-click mystery pairing a medium with a spirit guide
94% positive
667 reviews
Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure
A point-and-click adventure about solving puzzles for newspaper photos
87% positive
Free
The Shell Part III: Paradiso
A detective visual novel about a murder mirroring a painting
96% positive
667 reviews
Demo Sniper Killer
Retro horror thriller where you play both detective and killer
86% positive
664 reviews
Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition
Point-and-click detective adventure with a story that unfolds in real time
73% positive
654 reviews
Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins
A found-phone mystery involving a disappearance and the Weeping Angels
91% positive
653 reviews
Demo Shelve the Potions!
Potion-sorting puzzle game with clues to each shelf's correct order
87% positive
653 reviews
Blackwell Deception
Point-and-click mystery about a psychic investigating deaths and restless spirits
96% positive
649 reviews
Demo SCP Strategy
Global management strategy focused on finding and containing anomalous objects
82% positive
649 reviews
Lucifer Within Us
Isometric detective game about exposing lies and exorcising digital demons
73% positive
647 reviews
Demo Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
Noir detective adventure with live-action actors and branching story paths
90% positive
645 reviews
Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3
A turn-based detective RPG with supernatural mysteries and absurd comedy
84% positive
Free
The Advisor - Episode 1: Royal Pain
A question-driven RPG where your answers shape a villain's story
96% positive
637 reviews
Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
First-person point-and-click horror mystery about an occult-linked murder
73% positive
636 reviews
The Shivah
A point-and-click noir mystery about a rabbi investigating a death
83% positive
635 reviews
The Shell Part II: Purgatorio
Detective visual novel connecting a postwar curse to a prewar murder
94% positive
635 reviews
The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief
Point-and-click crime adventure following a jewel theft from both sides
75% positive
631 reviews
Aurora Hills: Chapter 2
Point-and-click mystery tracing a missing ranger's trail through Appalachian forests
99% positive
631 reviews
Paper Bride 5 Two Lifetimes
A horror puzzle adventure rooted in Chinese folklore and theater
85% positive
628 reviews
The Deed: Dynasty
Crime adventure about committing murder and framing someone else
86% positive
623 reviews
Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong
Narrative vampire RPG with three perspectives and consequential choices
63% positive
622 reviews