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
318 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Phasmophobia
First-person co-op horror built around identifying hostile ghosts
94% positive
840K reviews
Batman™: Arkham Knight
Open-world superhero action with stealth, combat, and a drivable Batmobile
90% positive
160K reviews
Persona 5 Royal
Story-driven turn-based JRPG about teenage thieves changing corrupt hearts
96% positive
140K reviews
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
Choice-driven detective RPG built around dialogue and political intrigue
93% positive
131K reviews
Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition
Third-person superhero action with stealth, gadgets, and detective work
96% positive
88K reviews
Persona 4 Golden
Story-rich turn-based JRPG about friends investigating serial murders
97% positive
87K reviews
Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition
Open-world superhero action with stealth, brawling, and detective work
96% positive
78K reviews
Batman™: Arkham Origins
Open-world superhero action with stealth, brawling, and detective work
90% positive
66K reviews
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Courtroom mystery adventure built around evidence and witness contradictions
98% positive
45K reviews
Firework
Chinese horror mystery told through exploration and puzzles
98% positive
44K reviews
The Wolf Among Us
Episodic noir adventure about solving a murder among fairy-tale characters
98% positive
40K reviews
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Murder-mystery visual novel built around investigations and class trials
96% positive
39K reviews
L.A. Noire
Third-person detective adventure about solving crimes in 1947 Los Angeles
86% positive
37K reviews
Return of the Obra Dinn
First-person detective mystery aboard an abandoned 1800s merchant ship
97% positive
35K reviews
Chants of Sennaar
Language-decoding puzzle adventure about reconnecting five peoples in a tower
98% positive
35K reviews
Unheard - Voices of Crime
Audio-based detective puzzle about tracing voices through past crime scenes
96% positive
34K reviews
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
Anime mystery visual novel about investigating murders on a tropical island
96% positive
33K reviews
Heavy Rain
Cinematic detective thriller where choices decide who survives
86% positive
31K reviews
Hacknet
Terminal-based hacking simulation built around a dead hacker's instructions
94% positive
26K reviews
Contraband Police
First-person border checkpoint simulation with searches, chases, and shootouts
95% positive
26K reviews
Demonologist
First-person co-op horror about identifying and exorcising evil spirits
85% positive
24K reviews
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
Anime murder-mystery visual novel built around investigations and class trials
83% positive
23K reviews
Murders on the Yangtze River
Side-scrolling detective adventure solving murders in early twentieth-century China
97% positive
21K reviews
The Test
Psychological question game with eerie prompts and a personal result
97% positive
20K reviews