Best Investigation games on PC

Transient: Extended Edition

A cyberpunk adventure combining clue hunting, hacking, and cosmic horror

67% positive 300 reviews

CLeM

Eerie puzzle adventure exploring a house with crafted magical toys

91% positive 300 reviews

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AKIBA LOST

Live-action mystery adventure told through several characters’ connected stories

86% positive 300 reviews

HELLSEED: All Chapters

First-person horror investigation of a disappearance in 1980s Italy

72% positive 299 reviews

The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass

Mystery visual novel about untangling strange events inside a sealed tower

87% positive 299 reviews

1998: The Toll Keeper Story

A narrative toll inspection sim set amid a national crisis

89% positive 298 reviews

Nancy Drew®: Danger on Deception Island

First-person mystery adventure investigating sabotage on a Pacific Northwest island

91% positive 294 reviews

Burn Me Twice

A detective adventure where a witch relives her last day

82% positive Free

Pricolage -IDOLIZED-

A detective adventure about tracing a missing idol through social media

73% positive 293 reviews

Nancy Drew®: Message in a Haunted Mansion

Point-and-click detective adventure about suspicious accidents in a haunted mansion

86% positive 292 reviews

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MAKOTO WAKAIDO’s Case Files TRILOGY DELUXE

Pixel-art detective adventure across four short, eerie mystery cases

80% positive 291 reviews

Dahlia View

A detective adventure about a missing child and suspicious neighbors

85% positive 289 reviews

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The Inquisitor

A detective adventure under a Church that preaches vengeance

68% positive 288 reviews

First Class Escape 2: Head in the Clouds

Solo or co-op escape-room puzzles aboard a luxury airship

81% positive 286 reviews

Californium

First-person exploration where reality shifts around a struggling science fiction writer

71% positive 285 reviews

Dofamine

First-person sci-fi puzzle game about a research experiment gone wrong

82% positive 285 reviews

Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss

First-person investigative horror set in an ancient city beneath the ocean

54% positive 284 reviews

Tron: Identity

A sci-fi detective visual novel where your choices shape the outcome

80% positive 283 reviews

Nothing To Declare

Airport security simulator where you decide which bags to investigate

76% positive 279 reviews

Cursed 3

First-person horror adventure combining puzzles, spellcasting, and real-time monster combat

97% positive Free

Noch

First-person action adventure in a world without dawn

79% positive 275 reviews

Escape First 2

Escape room puzzles with cooperative play and competitive escape races

53% positive 274 reviews

Mask of the Rose

A gothic visual novel mixing murder theories with matchmaking

72% positive 274 reviews

Nancy Drew®: Treasure in the Royal Tower

Point-and-click mystery uncovering a royal secret in a snowbound castle

84% positive 272 reviews