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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Deadly Trick
Anime-style social deduction where players choose which side to join
94% positive
160 reviews
Demo Red Line
A 2D horror mystery tracing tenants' secrets across different timelines
97% positive
159 reviews
PSYCHO-PASS: Mandatory Happiness
Detective visual novel about a society that predicts criminal behavior
76% positive
158 reviews
Root Letter Last Answer
Detective visual novel with a choice of illustrated or live-action storytelling
81% positive
158 reviews
Sea Chronicles
First-person puzzle adventure on a sinking ship with multiple endings
91% positive
157 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Trail of the Twister
Point-and-click detective adventure investigating accidents among storm chasers
69% positive
156 reviews
Detective Hayseed - The Cloning Madness
A point-and-click detective comedy set in a town of clones
96% positive
155 reviews
Demo Echoes Of The House
First-person psychological horror about a family visit that turns strange
77% positive
155 reviews
Demo Puzzle Spy International
A word-puzzle spy adventure where each solution reveals your destination
92% positive
155 reviews
If only I could go home early
Point-and-click puzzles about a wife who keeps playing dead
90% positive
154 reviews
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father®
Point-and-click mystery about voodoo and a curse in New Orleans
89% positive
153 reviews
The Low Road
A point-and-click adventure about corporate espionage, lies, and blackmail
75% positive
153 reviews
Demo Fei Duanmu VS Kobayashi 端木斐 VS 小林正雪
Detective visual novel pairing two investigators in Kowloon Walled City
89% positive
153 reviews
Lockheart Indigo
A detective thriller where persuasion takes the place of combat
97% positive
Free
Demo Night Cascades
A detective visual novel about occult fires and lesbian romance
94% positive
153 reviews
The Butterfly Sign
First-person detective adventure about solving crimes through recovered memories
70% positive
152 reviews
Demo The Zodiac Trial
Mystery visual novel where jurors choose between cooperation and betrayal
95% positive
152 reviews
ISOLAND4: The Anchor of Memory
Hand-drawn puzzle adventure with cryptic conversations and an island to explore
85% positive
152 reviews
XXX_CYBERRAT_XXX
Horror hacking simulation where dark web browsing fuels deadly hallucinations
95% positive
151 reviews
"I Know This Place..?" chapter I (prologue)
First-person puzzle adventure in an apartment where time seems frozen
88% positive
151 reviews
Detective Hayseed - Hollywood
A point-and-click detective comedy about Hollywood’s stolen Oscar winners list
96% positive
150 reviews
Classified Stories: Color Out of Space
First-person horror adventure with puzzles and a Lovecraft-inspired mystery
67% positive
Free
Unlock the Feelings
A free logic puzzle with emotion-themed monsters and arena clues
89% positive
Free
Demo Little Locked Rooms
A deduction game about impossible crimes in miniature scenes
87% positive
150 reviews