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.
MetaPhysical
First-person ghost-hunting horror with co-op investigations and exorcisms
80% positive
407 reviews
Methods: The Canada Files
Detective visual novel with evidence-based puzzles in a Canadian competition
96% positive
406 reviews
Curious Cases
First-person escape room puzzles in a missing scientist mystery
70% positive
387 reviews
Logiart Grimoire
Picture logic puzzles with clue-based combinations that unlock new grids
95% positive
384 reviews
Logic Town
Procedurally generated logic puzzles help animals redecorate their town
92% positive
371 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Warnings at Waverly Academy
Point-and-click mystery investigating threats at a girls' boarding school
90% positive
353 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Mystery of the Seven Keys™
First-person detective adventure about a stolen necklace in Prague
57% positive
352 reviews
Epigraph
Single-player language puzzle about decoding inscriptions on seven artifacts
87% positive
348 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Secrets Can Kill REMASTERED
First-person detective adventure investigating a murder at a school
78% positive
338 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Ghost of Thornton Hall
Point-and-click detective mystery about a missing bride and family secrets
93% positive
331 reviews
The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight® Mystery
Live-action point-and-click adventure investigating murders linked to werewolves
92% positive
314 reviews
Escape Memoirs: Safe House
Escape-room puzzle game about breaking into a locked safe house
90% positive
311 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake
First-person point-and-click mystery about glowing-eyed dogs in remote woods
92% positive
307 reviews
CLeM
Eerie puzzle adventure exploring a house with crafted magical toys
91% positive
300 reviews
The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass
Mystery visual novel about untangling strange events inside a sealed tower
87% positive
299 reviews
HELLSEED: All Chapters
First-person horror investigation of a disappearance in 1980s Italy
72% positive
299 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Danger on Deception Island
First-person mystery adventure investigating sabotage on a Pacific Northwest island
92% positive
295 reviews
Saint Kotar
Point-and-click horror mystery with two protagonists and occult rituals
74% positive
293 reviews
Alter Ego
Point-and-click murder mystery seen through a detective and thief
69% positive
288 reviews
First Class Escape 2: Head in the Clouds
Solo or co-op escape-room puzzles aboard a luxury airship
81% positive
286 reviews
Airport X-Ray Simulator
Airport security sim about scanning luggage for prohibited items
82% positive
280 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Alibi in Ashes
Point-and-click detective mystery where friends investigate a hometown arson
90% positive
277 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Treasure in the Royal Tower
Point-and-click mystery uncovering a royal secret in a snowbound castle
84% positive
275 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Old Clock
Point-and-click detective mystery surrounding a millionaire's will in 1930
90% positive
263 reviews