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.
BROK the InvestiGator
Point-and-click detective adventure with beat-'em-up fights and branching choices
97% positive
1,297 reviews
Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express
Third-person detective adventure investigates a train murder from two perspectives
84% positive
1,285 reviews
The Silver Case
First-person crime adventure investigating serial murders in Tokyo's 24 Wards
89% positive
1,206 reviews
The Talos Principle: Reawakened
First-person puzzle adventure in a simulation with philosophical questions
91% positive
1,189 reviews
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition
Point-and-click murder mystery linking New Orleans killings to family secrets
91% positive
1,177 reviews
Adventure Escape Mysteries
Story-driven escape-room collection with mysteries, hidden objects, and puzzles
87% positive
Free
L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files
VR detective adventure with hands-on crime scene investigation
48% positive
1,167 reviews
Nucleares
First-person power plant simulator about controlling a nuclear reactor
84% positive
1,167 reviews
Ghost Janitors
First-person co-op horror about cleaning haunted buildings while evading ghosts
87% positive
1,149 reviews
[Chilla's Art] Shinkansen 0 | 新幹線 0号
First-person horror game about spotting anomalies aboard a Japanese bullet train
86% positive
1,144 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Midnight in Salem
3D detective adventure investigating arson and hauntings in Salem
55% positive
1,143 reviews
Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099
Dystopian surveillance sim where you investigate and influence strangers
70% positive
1,142 reviews
Myths of Rules
Horror puzzles about surviving urban legends by reading their rules
88% positive
1,047 reviews
Old Skies
Point-and-click adventure supervising clients on trips into the past
93% positive
1,042 reviews
Scene Investigators
Detective puzzles about examining crime scenes and filling evidence gaps
75% positive
1,036 reviews
Hello Neighbor 2 Alpha 1
Open-world stealth horror with puzzles and an adaptive pursuer
85% positive
Free
Conrad Stevenson's Paranormal P.I.
First-person ghost-hunting simulation built around patient, repeat investigations
93% positive
987 reviews
Hard Time III
Open-world prison sim with wrestling-style fights and police work
85% positive
963 reviews
The Inheritance of Crimson Manor
First-person escape-room mystery across a secret-filled Victorian manor
87% positive
957 reviews
Do No Harm
First-person doctor simulation with medical decisions and reality-warping horror
75% positive
949 reviews
Project Unknown
First-person co-op horror about finding cursed objects and exorcising ghosts
83% positive
925 reviews
Eternal Threads
First-person puzzle game changing past choices to save housemates
86% positive
909 reviews
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)
Detective adventure investigating disappearances tied to Lovecraftian horror
74% positive
907 reviews
FAKEBOOK
Point-and-click mystery investigating secrets across a virtual social network
91% positive
863 reviews