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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Breakout 13
Live-action adventure with branching choices in a teen correctional center
87% positive
7,500 reviews
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
Story-driven visual novel pairing deadly choices with escape-room puzzles
93% positive
7,431 reviews
Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered
Supernatural murder mystery adventure with four perspectives and branching choices
80% positive
7,389 reviews
The Silent Age
Side-scrolling point-and-click adventure with puzzles across two time periods
93% positive
7,196 reviews
Unsolved Case
A cooperative detective escape room with clues split between partners
87% positive
Free
Demo The Rewinder
Chinese folklore puzzle adventure about entering memories and changing history
96% positive
7,080 reviews
The White Door
Point-and-click puzzle adventure built around daily routines and lost memories
94% positive
7,078 reviews
The House of Da Vinci
Renaissance puzzle adventure tracing Leonardo’s disappearance through mechanical contraptions
85% positive
6,900 reviews
Demo Tangle Tower
Point-and-click detective adventure about a murder in a strange mansion
95% positive
6,897 reviews
Demo Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Mystery puzzle adventure about a ghost solving his own murder
97% positive
6,727 reviews
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Short point-and-click mystery about a duck investigating a sausage conspiracy
95% positive
6,719 reviews
Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories
Free escape-room puzzles played alone or with up to four friends
83% positive
Free
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
A psychological horror questionnaire where your choices lead to different endings
98% positive
6,410 reviews
Demo Urban Myth Dissolution Center
Linear visual novel about investigating paranormal urban legends
88% positive
6,227 reviews
Demo Agent A: A puzzle in disguise
Point-and-click spy adventure built around clues and linked puzzles
95% positive
6,177 reviews
Nobody Wants to Die
First-person noir mystery tracking a killer in a city selling immortality
83% positive
6,168 reviews
The Painscreek Killings
Unguided detective mystery built on exploring and connecting clues
90% positive
6,094 reviews
The Council
Episodic mystery adventure with skill-based conversations and lasting consequences
84% positive
Free
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First-person cyberpunk horror adventure about investigating memories for clues
78% positive
5,934 reviews
The Test: Final Revelation
A psychological horror quiz built around increasingly personal questions
98% positive
5,831 reviews
Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
First-person cleaning simulator about erasing evidence at a crime scene
94% positive
Free
The Sinking City Remastered
Lovecraftian open-world detective adventure in a flooded, supernatural city
74% positive
5,819 reviews
This Is the Police 2
Police management strategy with investigations and turn-based tactical missions
76% positive
5,688 reviews
Blacksad: Under the Skin
Noir detective adventure about a missing boxer and consequential choices
83% positive
5,674 reviews