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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Demo Shift At Midnight
Gas station horror where some customers are monsters in disguise
88% positive
12K reviews
Fate Seeker II
Open-world martial arts RPG mixing real-time combat and investigations
87% positive
12K reviews
The Forgotten City
First-person time-loop mystery where one person's sin dooms a Roman city
96% positive
12K reviews
Demo Species: Unknown
Co-op survival horror about completing contracts while an alien hunts you
90% positive
11K reviews
No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Text-based detective puzzle about reconstructing a missing girl's case
96% positive
11K reviews
The Roottrees are Dead
Detective puzzle game about reconstructing a wealthy family's bloodline
96% positive
10K reviews
Demo The Case of the Golden Idol
Point-and-click detective puzzles trace connected deaths and a mysterious idol
98% positive
10K reviews
Judgment
Third-person detective action with street fights and murder investigations
93% positive
10K reviews
We Were Here Too
First-person co-op puzzle adventure built around walkie-talkie communication
78% positive
9,682 reviews
Pentiment
Historical adventure investigating murders across decades in a Bavarian town
95% positive
9,596 reviews
Demo Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
Dystopian investigation game about deciding what security forces learn
90% positive
9,426 reviews
Bugsnax
First-person creature-collecting adventure about trapping edible bug-snack hybrids
97% positive
9,248 reviews
Back to the Dawn
Pixel-art prison escape RPG with branching routes and a deadline
92% positive
8,912 reviews
Her Story
Crime mystery built from searchable, out-of-order police interview clips
89% positive
8,697 reviews
Unfortunate Spacemen
Multiplayer social deduction with a shapeshifting monster in space
86% positive
Free
Demo The Precinct
Open-world police action sandbox with patrols and high-speed pursuits
87% positive
8,201 reviews
Far Away
Branching visual novel about a dockworker caught in city intrigue
95% positive
7,977 reviews
Lost Judgment
Detective action RPG mixing investigations with martial arts brawls
93% positive
7,943 reviews
Deceive Inc.
First-person spy shooter where disguised rivals race for the vault
81% positive
7,877 reviews
Demo Servant of the Lake
Point-and-click mystery mixing household chores with a family's alchemical experiments
98% positive
7,871 reviews
while True: learn()
Machine learning puzzles about building a translator for your cat
91% positive
7,697 reviews
Operation: Tango
Online co-op spy puzzles split between agent and hacker
86% positive
7,628 reviews
Hello Neighbor 2 Alpha 1.5
Open-world stealth horror with puzzles and a stalking creature
86% positive
Free
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Detective adventure about solving cases and choosing suspects' fates
89% positive
7,560 reviews