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.
Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel
Point-and-click mystery of a stolen carousel horse and midnight rides
93% positive
255 reviews
Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo: Closure Edition
Story-driven puzzle adventure about freeing souls trapped in repeating days
99% positive
242 reviews
Nancy Drew®: The Captive Curse
Point-and-click mystery about a monster legend at a German castle
89% positive
234 reviews
Paper Perjury
Detective visual novel about a police clerk solving connected cases
89% positive
234 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Sea of Darkness
Point-and-click mystery adventure about a missing captain in Iceland
93% positive
232 reviews
Nancy Drew®: The Secret of Shadow Ranch
Point-and-click ranch mystery with horseback travel and ghostly rumors
89% positive
228 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Legend of the Crystal Skull
First-person mystery adventure investigating a death and missing crystal skull
91% positive
223 reviews
Nancy Drew®: The Haunting of Castle Malloy
Point-and-click mystery adventure investigating a missing groom at an Irish castle
82% positive
218 reviews
Nancy Drew®: The Phantom of Venice
First-person point-and-click mystery about tracking a thief through Venice
90% positive
210 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Scarlet Hand
First-person point-and-click mystery about thefts at a Washington museum
89% positive
208 reviews
Nancy Drew®: The Creature of Kapu Cave
First-person mystery adventure investigating destroyed experiments on Hawaii's Big Island
74% positive
193 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design
First-person point-and-click mystery involving a Paris fashion designer
83% positive
186 reviews
Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst®
Hidden-object detective game about finding a manor's missing diary pages
90% positive
186 reviews
Castle of Blackwater
Top-down social deduction matches with magic, tasks, and betrayal
91% positive
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Nancy Drew®: Trail of the Twister
Point-and-click detective adventure investigating accidents among storm chasers
70% positive
166 reviews
Sea Chronicles
First-person puzzle adventure on a sinking ship with multiple endings
91% positive
157 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Tomb of the Lost Queen
Point-and-click detective adventure investigating accidents at an Egyptian tomb
88% positive
141 reviews
Demonheart: The Cursed Trial
Dark fantasy otome visual novel about keeping your identity secret
91% positive
134 reviews
Saturnalia
Third-person horror adventure through a village reshaped when everyone dies
91% positive
133 reviews
Yokai Landlord: Monster Mystery!
Chapter-based mystery adventure about exposing disguised monsters among tenants
82% positive
122 reviews
Among The Whispers - Provocation
First-person ghost investigation across a four-story haunted mansion
82% positive
119 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Labyrinth of Lies
Point-and-click mystery about missing artifacts and Greek mythology
74% positive
111 reviews
100 Crime Cats
Hidden-object cat hunt across two hand-drawn, crime-themed levels
95% positive
111 reviews
Nancy Drew®: The Deadly Device
Point-and-click detective adventure about a suspicious death in a research lab
92% positive
97 reviews