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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Art of Murder - FBI Confidential
Point-and-click detective work on the trail of a serial killer
74% positive
210 reviews
Lord Winklebottom Investigates
Point-and-click murder mystery starring a gentleman giraffe detective
91% positive
210 reviews
Demo 孤岛海妖 The Sea-demon
Detective visual novel with seven proposed solutions to one mystery
86% positive
210 reviews
Silent Love
A horror detective adventure combining puzzle solving with film footage
72% positive
210 reviews
Yuletide Legends: Who Framed Santa Claus
A hidden-object detective adventure about proving Santa innocent of theft
87% positive
209 reviews
Karisvale
Top-down detective mystery where hidden flowers reveal a town's past
93% positive
Free
Demo The Good Life
Open-world detective life sim with photography and animal transformations
75% positive
208 reviews
Adventures of Bertram Fiddle 2: A Bleaker Predicklement
A point-and-click mystery mixing Victorian murder investigations with British wordplay
76% positive
207 reviews
中国式地雷女
Romance visual novel about an office worker's complicated dating choices
72% positive
207 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Scarlet Hand
First-person point-and-click mystery about thefts at a Washington museum
87% positive
206 reviews
Истории ужасов: Воскрешение
First-person horror about a writer seeking contact with his dead wife
70% positive
Free
The Riese Project - Prologue
First-person puzzle adventure tracing a disappearance to a Nazi complex
74% positive
Free
MineSweeper Rush
Minesweeper-style logic puzzles with rising rows and an accelerating pace
87% positive
Free
Demo Graces: Posthumous Wish
Horror visual novel about a curse and a classmate's death
93% positive
204 reviews
Amber Alert
First-person survival horror where every death restarts the search
63% positive
204 reviews
Star Apprentice: Magical Murder Mystery
Detective adventure where suspect confrontations turn into bullet hell battles
94% positive
Free
Riddles Of The Past
Hidden-object detective adventure in an abandoned town populated by robots
77% positive
201 reviews
Escape First 3
Escape-room puzzles for solo play, teamwork, or races against friends
64% positive
201 reviews
Edge of Sanity
Psychological survival horror where trauma changes dialogue and crafting options
69% positive
200 reviews
Spellchanted 2D Hidden Object Puzzle Adveture Tile-Matching
A fairy-tale puzzle game about matching objects against the clock
73% positive
Free
Markus Ritter - The Lost Family
A 1990s-style point-and-click mystery built around live-action video
85% positive
Free
Harthorn
First-person psychological horror on a high school security shift
84% positive
198 reviews
ESPIONAGE: Mafia Evolved
Team-based social deduction built around trust, suspicion, and hidden roles
78% positive
Free
Time Trap - Hidden Objects Puzzle Game
A hidden-object mystery set inside an abandoned town's quarantine zone
72% positive
196 reviews