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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Demo NORCO
Point-and-click mystery about a missing brother in industrial Louisiana
92% positive
2,922 reviews
Contradiction: Spot The Liar
Live-action detective mystery built around catching suspects in contradictions
95% positive
2,905 reviews
Parcel Simulator
First-person warehouse simulation about inspecting parcels and building automated workflows
92% positive
2,904 reviews
Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse
Point-and-click mystery about a stolen painting and ancient conspiracy
89% positive
2,835 reviews
Riven
First-person puzzle adventure through a collapsing world of islands
91% positive
2,834 reviews
Tails Noir
A noir adventure following a raccoon detective into a personal case
68% positive
2,789 reviews
Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
Detective adventure tracing disappearances to a Lovecraftian cult
81% positive
2,746 reviews
Demo 再见断刀
Wuxia mystery visual novel with branching endings and evidence-based accusations
92% positive
2,720 reviews
Metel - Horror Escape
First-person horror escape game where you must cover your tracks
93% positive
2,712 reviews
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
First-person walking adventure across a deserted island with fragmented narration
79% positive
2,674 reviews
Demo The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
First-person survival horror with four perspectives and campus ghosts
93% positive
2,647 reviews
Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
Short detective adventure investigating a possibly haunted campsite
96% positive
2,646 reviews
Observer: System Redux
First-person cyberpunk horror built around searching minds for clues
84% positive
2,634 reviews
Demo Desktop Explorer
A point-and-click mystery hidden inside an old computer's files
96% positive
2,606 reviews
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Psychological horror escape room inside a stranger's old computer
98% positive
Free
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Point-and-click folk horror mystery centered on an English burial mound
93% positive
2,536 reviews
Demo Whisper Mountain Outbreak
Isometric survival horror with cooperative scavenging, puzzles, and monster waves
82% positive
2,529 reviews
Operation: Tango - Friend Pass
Two-player spy puzzler built around voice communication and separate roles
85% positive
Free
Unboxing the Cryptic Killer
Two-player point-and-click escape room with clues split between detectives
89% positive
2,452 reviews
Tales of Escape
First-person escape rooms where groups solve puzzles against the clock
59% positive
Free
White Noise 2
First-person horror pitting four investigators against a player-controlled creature
80% positive
2,447 reviews
The Death Game Report
Text-based mystery about reconstructing deaths from victims' final records
96% positive
2,428 reviews
Murder House
Retro survival horror with a killer stalking an abandoned house
94% positive
2,351 reviews
Detective Grimoire
Point-and-click murder mystery with a swamp creature as suspect
96% positive
2,348 reviews