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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Alter Ego
Point-and-click murder mystery seen through a detective and thief
69% positive
288 reviews
Crime Secrets: Crimson Lily
Hidden-object detective adventure following a murder at a snowbound hotel
75% positive
288 reviews
Demo The Inquisitor
A detective adventure under a Church that preaches vengeance
68% positive
288 reviews
《奇门遁甲》
Text-based fortune-telling simulation built around a traditional Chinese divination system
87% positive
288 reviews
Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals
Point-and-click adventure in dystopian France beneath a pyramid-shaped ship
61% positive
287 reviews
Explorer of Yggdrasil
A dungeon RPG about climbing a tower to recover memories
86% positive
287 reviews
First Class Escape 2: Head in the Clouds
Solo or co-op escape-room puzzles aboard a luxury airship
81% positive
286 reviews
Demo New York Mysteries: High Voltage Collector's Edition
Hidden-object detective adventure about murders linked to mysterious lightning
91% positive
285 reviews
Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
First-person investigative horror set in an ancient city beneath the ocean
54% positive
284 reviews
Dance of Death
Hidden-object adventure tracing a missing child through a Venetian mansion
60% positive
283 reviews
Tron: Identity
A sci-fi detective visual novel where your choices shape the outcome
80% positive
283 reviews
Touhou: Fading Illusion
A visual novel with branching choices in a supernatural world
92% positive
Free
佩尔霍宁
An underground adventure mixing visual novel storytelling, puzzles, and shooting
89% positive
Free
Nancy Drew®: Alibi in Ashes
Point-and-click detective mystery where friends investigate a hometown arson
91% positive
278 reviews
DUAL PROTOCOL: The Case of Eva & Miles
Co-op detective puzzles where each partner holds different clues
53% positive
278 reviews
Dominique Pamplemousse
A stop-motion detective adventure where most dialogue is sung
86% positive
274 reviews
Mask of the Rose
A gothic visual novel mixing murder theories with matchmaking
72% positive
274 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Treasure in the Royal Tower
Point-and-click mystery uncovering a royal secret in a snowbound castle
84% positive
272 reviews
Rabbit Hole
Third-person survival horror with monsters that hunt by sight and sound
77% positive
271 reviews
Demo Ceiba
A biopunk visual novel about artificial explorers and alien ruins
94% positive
271 reviews
小林正雪復仇之密室重制版 Cheney Wood The Ultimate Revenge
A story-driven detective adventure built around deduction and locked-room puzzles
87% positive
267 reviews
Stillwater
A detective visual novel about investigating an old family curse
96% positive
Free
Crowalt: Traces of the Lost Colony - Prologue
Point-and-click adventure prologue about investigating a colony's disappearance
82% positive
Free
Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Old Clock
Point-and-click detective mystery surrounding a millionaire's will in 1930
90% positive
263 reviews