Best Investigation games on PC
Games centered on gathering clues and examining environments, evidence, or behavior to solve mysteries, crimes, or hidden threats.
- Clue gathering and careful observation
- Deduction from collected evidence
- Mysteries, crimes, or hidden threats
Related: Detective, Mystery, Puzzle, Crime
258 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Phasmophobia
First-person co-op horror built around identifying hostile ghosts
94% positive
840K reviews
PEAK
First-person co-op climbing where each mistake threatens the whole ascent
94% positive
373K reviews
Content Warning
Online co-op horror where friends film monsters for viral views
94% positive
163K reviews
MECCHA CHAMELEON
Online hide-and-seek party game where hiders paint themselves to blend in
88% positive
89K reviews
L.A. Noire
Third-person detective adventure about solving crimes in 1947 Los Angeles
86% positive
37K reviews
Unheard - Voices of Crime
Audio-based detective puzzle about tracing voices through past crime scenes
96% positive
34K reviews
We Were Here
Two-player castle escape puzzles built around voice communication
89% positive
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Heavy Rain
Cinematic detective thriller where choices decide who survives
86% positive
31K reviews
Demonologist
First-person co-op horror about identifying and exorcising evil spirits
85% positive
24K reviews
Police Simulator: Patrol Officers
Open-world police simulation focused on patrols, procedures, and investigations
74% positive
23K reviews
Murders on the Yangtze River
Side-scrolling detective adventure solving murders in early twentieth-century China
97% positive
21K reviews
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
First-person adventure mixing exploration, puzzles, stealth, and whip-based combat
90% positive
21K reviews
Blue Prince
First-person puzzle roguelite in a manor that resets each dawn
86% positive
20K reviews
The Test
Psychological question game with eerie prompts and a personal result
97% positive
20K reviews
LOCKDOWN Protocol
First-person social deduction where teamwork hides sabotage and betrayal
86% positive
20K reviews
Escape Simulator
First-person escape-room puzzles with online co-op and community levels
94% positive
19K reviews
Project Winter
Multiplayer survival and social deduction with hidden traitors in the snow
82% positive
19K reviews
Sanfu
2D mystery adventure tracing a strange television broadcast
83% positive
18K reviews
We Were Here Together
Two-player escape-room adventure built around walkie-talkie communication and teamwork
82% positive
18K reviews
Strange Horticulture
Cozy occult puzzle adventure about identifying mysterious plants
94% positive
16K reviews
Cyber Manhunt
Cyber detective puzzle game about uncovering secrets through online clues
92% positive
16K reviews
Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
Dystopian investigation game about deciding what security forces learn
90% positive
16K reviews
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
Third-person detective adventure mixing London mysteries with action sequences
80% positive
15K reviews
Fate Seeker II
Open-world martial arts RPG mixing real-time combat and investigations
89% positive
14K reviews