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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Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore A Fedora
Side-scrolling detective adventure with platforming and a cat partner
71% positive
76 reviews
Mystery Hotel: Hidden Objects
A hidden-object detective game about a murder in a hotel
79% positive
76 reviews
Demo Bahnsen Knights
A branching visual novel about an undercover investigation into a cult
95% positive
76 reviews
TOBOR
Text-driven surveillance mystery where your choices decide who lives
97% positive
76 reviews
808s&Genetics
A logic puzzle game combining nonograms with genetic inheritance
96% positive
76 reviews
Lighthouse of Guiding Flames
Fantasy visual novel with a story told in reverse
80% positive
75 reviews
On Dark Terms
Open-world co-op horror with dungeon investigations and a playable cat
67% positive
75 reviews
TEMPUS
First-person puzzle adventure through an island's changing future
72% positive
74 reviews
Ghosts of Miami
A detective visual novel about missing people in 1980s Miami
88% positive
73 reviews
Demo Coffee Noir - Business Detective Game
Coffee business management game with an undercover detective story
67% positive
73 reviews
EXIT The Game – Trial of the Griffin
A point-and-click escape room where puzzles extend into the menus
85% positive
73 reviews
IN THE BUILDING: CATS 2
A hidden-object game about finding cats tucked away inside houses
84% positive
73 reviews
Arsene Lupin - Once a Thief
Point-and-click adventure told from both sides of the law
68% positive
73 reviews
Pixel Noir
A detective JRPG where turn-based battles use timed button presses
71% positive
72 reviews
Times and Galaxy
A sci-fi reporting adventure where interviews shape your newspaper stories
85% positive
72 reviews
MeiQi 2019
First-person mystery adventure about solving cases by connecting evidence
67% positive
72 reviews
The Devilry Reservation
Side-view narrative adventure investigating trouble in a supernatural apartment block
90% positive
72 reviews
New Folder
A desktop puzzle mystery told through locked files and cryptic messages
89% positive
72 reviews
Riddlord: The Consequence
First-person puzzle adventure tying a kidnapping mystery to mystical riddles
55% positive
71 reviews
Murderous Muses
Detective puzzle adventure with living portraits and a changing culprit
75% positive
71 reviews
The Perfect Pencil
A surreal action platformer where analyzing your surroundings reveals secrets
68% positive
71 reviews
Demo 52Hertz
A narrative puzzle adventure about murders in a time loop
79% positive
71 reviews
Impostor Online
A multiplayer murder mystery built around bluffing and public accusations
69% positive
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Demo Insight
A retro-style horror mystery with multiple endings to uncover
87% positive
71 reviews