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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Responding
Open-world emergency services simulator with traffic stops, pursuits, and shootouts
47% positive
443 reviews
No Return
Psychological horror where Chinese folklore connects the living and dead
47% positive
439 reviews
Slaughter Horse 2
A strategy roguelite about murdering ponies while keeping your cover
96% positive
438 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Curse of Blackmoor Manor
First-person point-and-click mystery in a puzzle-filled English manor
88% positive
437 reviews
Playable Archive
First-person horror adventure exploring an archive of unexplained events
97% positive
Free
Demo Mindcop
Nonlinear detective adventure with mind-reading puzzles and a five-day deadline
94% positive
434 reviews
HoloTrials: Case Covered
A school mystery visual novel built around evidence and trials
99% positive
Free
Why Am I Dead At Sea
A shipboard mystery adventure where you possess people for clues
93% positive
429 reviews
Night Call
Noir visual novel about a taxi driver tracking a killer
76% positive
428 reviews
Dead Town Tales
Roguelite card battles in an ancient Chinese town of spirits
81% positive
426 reviews
Demo Mad Experiments: Escape Room
Escape-room puzzles across three chapters, solo or with friends
66% positive
423 reviews
Demo Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
Noir detective adventure uncovering a conspiracy in an insect underworld
81% positive
422 reviews
Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit
A modern-day point-and-click adventure built around European history and myths
78% positive
417 reviews
Demo On Your Tail
Cozy detective adventure mixing seaside mysteries with vacation activities
88% positive
414 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon
Point-and-click detective mystery aboard a train linked to a vanished prospector
96% positive
412 reviews
Demo Dry Drowning
Detective visual novel with moral choices that change the story
80% positive
410 reviews
Insecticide Part 1
Third-person detective adventure set in a city of mutant insects
75% positive
408 reviews
MetaPhysical
First-person ghost-hunting horror with co-op investigations and exorcisms
80% positive
407 reviews
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A text-based mystery game built around questions and deduction
93% positive
407 reviews
Demo Methods: The Canada Files
Detective visual novel with evidence-based puzzles in a Canadian competition
96% positive
406 reviews
The Mildew Children: Chapter 1
A folklore horror adventure set in a village of children
87% positive
Free
Rehaunted
First-person detective horror about reconstructing a crime from contradictory clues
71% positive
406 reviews
Demo Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One
Choice-driven fantasy novel mixing small-town detective work with vampire romance
91% positive
398 reviews
Demo Dark Nights with Poe and Munro
Live-action mystery adventure about radio hosts caught in supernatural trouble
75% positive
396 reviews