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.
The Eyes of Ara
First-person puzzle adventure through a castle broadcasting a mysterious signal
82% positive
854 reviews
I'm on Observation Duty 4
Surveillance horror where you spot and report changes before dawn
97% positive
853 reviews
Repair this!
Point-and-click repair shop sim with phones and privacy choices
88% positive
839 reviews
How 2 Escape
Two-player escape-room puzzles split between a train and companion app
71% positive
837 reviews
Sherlock Holmes - Nemesis
First-person detective adventure solving a burglar's riddles across London
71% positive
782 reviews
Methods: The Detective Competition
Detective visual novel about a competition with parole at stake
91% positive
762 reviews
The Darkest Files
Historical detective game about prosecuting Nazi-era crimes in postwar Germany
96% positive
757 reviews
Best Served Cold
Speakeasy detective visual novel about serving drinks and solving mysteries
88% positive
742 reviews
Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong
Narrative vampire RPG with three perspectives and consequential choices
63% positive
738 reviews
I'm on Observation Duty 6
Surveillance horror puzzle where missed anomalies can end your night
94% positive
695 reviews
The Shell Part II: Purgatorio
Detective visual novel connecting a postwar curse to a prewar murder
95% positive
694 reviews
Cursed Digicam | 呪われたデジカメ
Short psychological horror game about photographing ghosts in a Japanese park
79% positive
666 reviews
I Expect You To Die 3: Cog in the Machine
First-person VR spy puzzles across six escape-room locations
92% positive
641 reviews
A Case of Distrust
Narrative detective adventure about catching lies in 1924 San Francisco
82% positive
613 reviews
Machinika: Atlas
First-person sci-fi puzzle adventure aboard a crashed alien ship
77% positive
613 reviews
Panic Room: House of secrets
Free-to-play hidden-object mystery about escaping a puzzle-filled mansion
60% positive
Free
The Devourer: Hunted Souls
First-person co-op horror with puzzles in a cursed forest
77% positive
606 reviews
The Alien Cube
First-person horror adventure investigating a missing uncle's occult past
81% positive
593 reviews
LumineNight
1950s detective adventure tracing a decade of unsolved murders
89% positive
592 reviews
Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town
Point-and-click pirate adventure about solving puzzles in Bone Town
88% positive
582 reviews
Clue/Cluedo
Digital murder mystery board game with several deduction modes
89% positive
568 reviews
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise
Open-world survival horror mystery spanning Boston and Louisiana
70% positive
558 reviews
H.I.A: Horror Investigation Agency
Co-op horror investigation with evidence to find and monsters to evade
50% positive
Free
Lost Lullabies: The Orphanage Chronicles
First-person co-op horror with ghost hunts and story-based exorcisms
71% positive
538 reviews