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
1,265 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Demo SCP Strategy
Global management strategy focused on finding and containing anomalous objects
82% positive
649 reviews
Lucifer Within Us
Isometric detective game about exposing lies and exorcising digital demons
73% positive
647 reviews
Demo Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
Noir detective adventure with live-action actors and branching story paths
90% positive
645 reviews
Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3
A turn-based detective RPG with supernatural mysteries and absurd comedy
84% positive
Free
The Advisor - Episode 1: Royal Pain
A question-driven RPG where your answers shape a villain's story
96% positive
637 reviews
Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
First-person point-and-click horror mystery about an occult-linked murder
73% positive
636 reviews
The Shivah
A point-and-click noir mystery about a rabbi investigating a death
83% positive
635 reviews
The Shell Part II: Purgatorio
Detective visual novel connecting a postwar curse to a prewar murder
94% positive
635 reviews
The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief
Point-and-click crime adventure following a jewel theft from both sides
75% positive
631 reviews
Aurora Hills: Chapter 2
Point-and-click mystery tracing a missing ranger's trail through Appalachian forests
99% positive
631 reviews
Paper Bride 5 Two Lifetimes
A horror puzzle adventure rooted in Chinese folklore and theater
85% positive
628 reviews
The Deed: Dynasty
Crime adventure about committing murder and framing someone else
86% positive
623 reviews
Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong
Narrative vampire RPG with three perspectives and consequential choices
63% positive
622 reviews
Puzzle Agent 2
A point-and-click puzzle mystery set in a strange Minnesota town
88% positive
618 reviews
Violent Horror Stories: anthology
Four short horror games with different takes on pursuit
82% positive
617 reviews
Demo A Case of Fraud
A nonlinear detective adventure built around paperwork and corporate fraud
96% positive
616 reviews
Demo A Case of Distrust
Narrative detective adventure about catching lies in 1924 San Francisco
82% positive
613 reviews
Legal Dungeon
A text-based police simulation about turning investigation reports into verdicts
77% positive
612 reviews
Demo Ghost Town
A VR puzzle adventure about guiding spirits to the afterlife
95% positive
603 reviews
Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate
A point-and-click detective comedy starring Strong Bad's noir alter ego
98% positive
602 reviews
Daemonologie
Folk horror investigation inspired by Scotland's seventeenth-century witch trials
93% positive
601 reviews
Demo Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit
Point-and-click mystery with art-inspired puzzles and four suspects to question
97% positive
600 reviews
√Letter - Root Letter -
A detective visual novel about a missing pen pal's past
79% positive
599 reviews
绝望监牢 / 絶望プリズン
A detective adventure where evidence guides your questions in trials
75% positive
Free