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 The Mildew Children
2D adventure about a young witch's ritual in a children-only village
93% positive
524 reviews
A Hand With Many Fingers
First-person investigative thriller about tracing a conspiracy through archival records
84% positive
523 reviews
Fayburrow
Third-person mystery adventure following a detective and her fairy companion
81% positive
Free
Hope Lake
Hidden-object detective adventure investigating disappearances at an abandoned boarding school
72% positive
521 reviews
Demo Athanasy
Biopunk horror visual novel set in a sunless underground city
97% positive
521 reviews
Demo Crime O'Clock
Point-and-click hidden-object game tracking crimes across changing timelines
69% positive
520 reviews
Security 51
Security guard simulation where suspicious visitors may not be human
70% positive
518 reviews
Palindrome Syndrome: Escape Room
A spaceship escape room built around linked puzzles and clues
82% positive
517 reviews
Go Home Annie: An SCP Game
First-person horror adventure testing replicas of dangerous paranormal entities
81% positive
512 reviews
Stowaway
First-person social deduction aboard a pirate ship with hidden killers
76% positive
511 reviews
The Beekeeper's Picnic - A Sherlockian Adventure
Cozy point-and-click adventure where mysteries interrupt Holmes's picnic plans
97% positive
511 reviews
夏末白夜
Visual novel mystery about a high school rumor of August 32
95% positive
510 reviews
Still Life 2
Point-and-click mystery split between an FBI agent and a captive
45% positive
508 reviews
SEVERANCE
Co-op paranormal investigation horror where players can become the ghost
70% positive
505 reviews
Lost & Found: A This Bed We Made Story
A detective adventure mixing cabin cleaning with snooping into secrets
92% positive
504 reviews
First Class Escape: The Train of Thought
Escape-room puzzle game about escaping a vintage luxury train
71% positive
503 reviews
Demo TOUQI
A psychological horror visual novel with detective and word-game elements
89% positive
502 reviews
Kill The Shadow
Detective RPG with a memory-reading creature and choice-driven investigations
86% positive
495 reviews
The Detail
A comic-style noir adventure built around branching moral choices
71% positive
494 reviews
Metamorphosis
A first-person puzzle platformer where you explore as a tiny insect
83% positive
493 reviews
Demo Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game
A choice-driven RPG where emotions influence combat and conversation
94% positive
488 reviews
Kvark
Retro first-person shooting inside a heavily guarded Cold War research complex
85% positive
488 reviews
Demo Elroy and the Aliens
Point-and-click puzzle adventure tracing a missing archaeologist across planets
97% positive
487 reviews
Demo 幽灵高校(Ghost College)
A side-scrolling horror adventure about uncovering a university's paranormal secrets
74% positive
Free