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 Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest Collector's Edition
Hidden-object adventure following a mother's rescue mission through an Indus-inspired world
89% positive
475 reviews
Lightracer: For Judge
Science fiction political sim about judging appeals under strict oversight
91% positive
472 reviews
Insects Awaken
Historical espionage visual novel with daily clues and branching endings
89% positive
471 reviews
Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game
A point-and-click detective puzzle game about solving everyday student problems
91% positive
470 reviews
Demo Black Lily's Tale
Yuri visual novel with time loops and typed choices
85% positive
467 reviews
Мафия Онлайн
Online social deduction where persuasion matters as much as logic
62% positive
Free
Ghostbane: Prologue
First-person co-op horror with evidence gathering and ghost-capturing rituals
53% positive
Free
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Detective Sherlock: Shadow Stalker
Detective adventure built around open-ended questioning of AI-driven suspects
89% positive
464 reviews
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REWIND
Text-based detective puzzles about linking clues and spotting conflicting statements
91% positive
Free
Meridian 157: Chapter 3
Point-and-click puzzle adventure tracing an anomaly to its source
96% positive
463 reviews
回门 Way Back Home
2D horror adventure about a missing family in 1920s China
70% positive
462 reviews
Kona II: Brume
First-person mystery adventure through a mining village transformed by mist
79% positive
462 reviews
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KunKunNest
Anomaly-spotting horror where eight correct calls in a row let you escape
96% positive
462 reviews
Prognostic
First-person detective horror where fortune-telling helps you solve crimes
94% positive
454 reviews
Quarantine Circular
Text-based sci-fi adventure about trusting an alien during a pandemic
88% positive
452 reviews
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse
Episodic point-and-click adventure with psychic powers and surreal humor
99% positive
451 reviews
Demo Radiolight
A mystery walking simulator where radio broadcasts guide your investigation
91% positive
450 reviews
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Uncover the Smoking Gun
First-person detective game built around questioning robot murder suspects
96% positive
450 reviews
Remnant Records
First-person horror investigations where a ghost's past guides its exorcism
80% positive
448 reviews
Demo Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
A detective visual novel mixing pixel portraits with pre-rendered backgrounds
93% positive
446 reviews
Demo The Simen Rumors
A horror visual novel built around misleading the reader
79% positive
446 reviews
Adventures of Bertram Fiddle 1: A Dreadly Business
A point-and-click mystery tracking a serial killer through Victorian London
86% positive
445 reviews
Nut City Blues
A point-and-click detective comedy starring a mismatched animal police duo
97% positive
Free
Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge
Point-and-click mystery about investigating a haunted Japanese inn
82% positive
443 reviews