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.
Road 96: Mile 0
Narrative adventure about two friends with choices and musical rides
68% positive
2,146 reviews
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Point-and-click detective comedy with paranormal cases in a cursed town
96% positive
2,024 reviews
Dreamcore
First-person exploration of eerie, empty spaces without a guide
89% positive
2,006 reviews
Hello Neighbor Alpha 3
First-person stealth horror about uncovering a neighbor's basement secret
74% positive
Free
A Perfect Day
Time-loop narrative adventure about changing lives in 1990s China
85% positive
1,833 reviews
Trials of Innocence
Courtroom detective visual novel about exposing lies in murder trials
92% positive
1,800 reviews
Accident
First-person accident simulation with first aid and crash investigation
77% positive
1,766 reviews
[Chilla's Art] Parasocial | パラソーシャル
Psychological horror adventure about a livestreamer facing unwanted attention
94% positive
1,717 reviews
Murder by Numbers
Detective visual novel where grid puzzles uncover murder clues
84% positive
1,690 reviews
BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION
Multiplayer Backrooms horror with a shapeshifter hiding among scientists
83% positive
1,662 reviews
Firmament
Steampunk puzzle adventure across three realms of mysterious machines
72% positive
1,643 reviews
Botany Manor
First-person puzzle game about growing rare plants in a manor
95% positive
1,578 reviews
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
1990s point-and-click detective mystery following a grandfather's clues
92% positive
1,553 reviews
Escape From Mystwood Mansion
First-person escape room puzzles inside a locked mansion
93% positive
1,445 reviews
Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases
Isometric detective adventure about connecting clues in a snowbound manor
76% positive
1,441 reviews
JudgeSim
Text-based courtroom simulation balancing case verdicts and family finances
85% positive
1,441 reviews
Equinox: Homecoming
Online horse-riding RPG with an open-world island mystery
81% positive
1,405 reviews
The House of Da Vinci 3
Renaissance point-and-click puzzle adventure with mechanical contraptions and time travel
89% positive
1,389 reviews
Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
Point-and-click mystery where a broke detective investigates serial murders
96% positive
1,381 reviews
Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper
Historical detective adventure tracking a serial killer through Whitechapel
81% positive
1,380 reviews
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
Point-and-click mystery tracing a Templar conspiracy across Europe and the Middle East
94% positive
1,364 reviews
Telling Lies
Video mystery pieced together by searching private conversations
63% positive
1,325 reviews
沉默的蟋蟀
Cricket collecting simulation with training and tactical one-on-one fights
90% positive
1,307 reviews
Loco Motive
Point-and-click comedy mystery aboard a train with three protagonists
93% positive
1,306 reviews