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
1,230 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Nancy Drew®: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake
First-person point-and-click mystery about glowing-eyed dogs in remote woods
91% positive
305 reviews
Demo 咒影 Curse of the Shadow
Horror visual novel about strange shadows appearing in photographs
84% positive
305 reviews
Terminal 81
A supermarket job simulator with a neighborhood kidnapping mystery
95% positive
302 reviews
12 Memory Lane
First-person mystery with object-placement puzzles in a constantly changing mansion
94% positive
Free
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
Demo 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
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Vaudeville
Detective adventure built around questioning suspects with AI-generated dialogue
48% positive
297 reviews
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Demonsomnia
Co-op bodycam horror where a pursuer hears your microphone
33% positive
295 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
Demo 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
Demo 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