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
1,134 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Staffer Reborn
Detective visual novel about ending an old man's cycle of resurrection
96% positive
1,007 reviews
Hard Time III
Open-world prison sim with wrestling-style fights and police work
83% positive
998 reviews
Demo Scene Investigators
Detective puzzles about examining crime scenes and filling evidence gaps
75% positive
994 reviews
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
Point-and-click mystery tracing a Templar conspiracy across Europe and the Middle East
93% positive
994 reviews
Conrad Stevenson's Paranormal P.I.
First-person ghost-hunting simulation built around patient, repeat investigations
93% positive
987 reviews
Demo The Inheritance of Crimson Manor
First-person escape-room mystery across a secret-filled Victorian manor
87% positive
957 reviews
Still Life
Point-and-click detective adventure linking serial murders across two generations
82% positive
953 reviews
Scauage
Short psychological horror about scavenging an abandoned house for valuables
90% positive
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Dupery: A Game of Solo Deduction
Solo deduction roguelite where you expose lies and arrest criminals
84% positive
942 reviews
Sigma Theory: Global Cold War
Turn-based spy management with diplomacy and a global research race
77% positive
936 reviews
Demo Do No Harm
First-person doctor simulation with medical decisions and reality-warping horror
74% positive
932 reviews
Escape From Mystwood Mansion
First-person escape room puzzles inside a locked mansion
92% positive
921 reviews
A Guidebook of Babel
Point-and-click adventure about rewriting the past to solve puzzles
92% positive
911 reviews
Demo Eternal Threads
First-person puzzle game changing past choices to save housemates
86% positive
909 reviews
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)
Detective adventure investigating disappearances tied to Lovecraftian horror
74% positive
907 reviews
1666: Amsterdam
Third-person action-adventure with witchcraft and a playable cat
65% positive
884 reviews
Demo The House of Tesla: Definitive Edition
A point-and-click puzzle adventure through Tesla’s abandoned wireless electricity facility
72% positive
881 reviews
No Sleep For Kaname Date - From AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES
Detective visual novel with dream investigations and escape room puzzles
80% positive
863 reviews
I'm on Observation Duty 4
Surveillance horror where you spot and report changes before dawn
97% positive
851 reviews
Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery
Point-and-click mystery with escape-room puzzles and locations you can rotate
87% positive
850 reviews
Repair this!
Point-and-click repair shop sim with phones and privacy choices
89% positive
847 reviews
[Bober Bros] The Hole
First-person psychological horror about strange holes in your apartment walls
85% positive
841 reviews
Demo Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest
A werewolf visual novel about the struggle to protect nature
83% positive
839 reviews
Demo How 2 Escape
Two-player escape-room puzzles split between a train and companion app
71% positive
837 reviews