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Best Mystery games on PC

Games built around unanswered questions, hidden information, or events that the player gradually pieces together. Players explore, follow clues, and sometimes solve puzzles to uncover the story.

  • Clues and hidden information
  • Gradual story discoveries
  • Exploration and puzzle solving

Related: Exploration, Story Rich, Adventure, Puzzle

752 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

Occult
Occult
First-person co-op horror quests with puzzles and multiple endings
71% positive 1,961 reviews
Garten of Banban 4
Garten of Banban 4
First-person horror adventure searching an abandoned kindergarten for your child
77% positive 1,937 reviews
Mysterious School
Mysterious School
Co-op school horror about destroying cursed objects under changing rules
36% positive Free
Gemini Rue
Gemini Rue
Sci-fi noir point-and-click mystery following two playable characters
88% positive 1,890 reviews
Narita Boy
Narita Boy
2D action-adventure with sword fights across a retro digital kingdom
78% positive 1,850 reviews
Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered
Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered
Third-person puzzle-platforming through three remastered adventures with switchable visuals
87% positive 1,811 reviews
Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek
Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek
Hidden-object detective adventure following clues to a missing girl
85% positive 1,805 reviews
Trials of Innocence
Trials of Innocence
Courtroom detective visual novel about exposing lies in murder trials
92% positive 1,800 reviews
Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane
Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane
Fantasy courtroom visual novel about defending clients accused of magical crimes
97% positive 1,786 reviews
Magic Rampage
Magic Rampage
2D action RPG platformer with dungeon stages and online duels
95% positive Free
ISLAND
ISLAND
Branching mystery visual novel about romance and time travel
95% positive 1,775 reviews
King of the Bridge
King of the Bridge
Chess-based strategy game against a cheating bridge troll
95% positive 1,770 reviews
Ad Infinitum
Ad Infinitum
First-person horror between World War I trenches and a family manor
78% positive 1,741 reviews
Layers of Fear
Layers of Fear
First-person psychological horror linking two games through new chapters
79% positive 1,736 reviews
Twin Mirror
Twin Mirror
Psychological mystery adventure built around memory reconstructions and choices
77% positive 1,732 reviews
Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride
Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride
Hidden-object puzzle adventure about a mysterious wedding in Ravenbrook
95% positive 1,710 reviews
Murder by Numbers
Murder by Numbers
Detective visual novel where grid puzzles uncover murder clues
84% positive 1,690 reviews
STEINS;GATE ELITE
STEINS;GATE ELITE
Animated time-travel visual novel with branching paths and endings
90% positive 1,687 reviews
Down in Bermuda
Down in Bermuda
Point-and-click puzzle adventure helping a stranded pilot escape Bermuda
89% positive 1,667 reviews
Them and Us
Them and Us
Survival horror with fixed-camera or over-the-shoulder play and scarce supplies
75% positive 1,662 reviews
Garten of Banban 7
Garten of Banban 7
First-person horror adventure through monster-filled kindergarten levels and puzzles
83% positive 1,662 reviews
Secret of the Magic Crystals
Secret of the Magic Crystals
Fantasy horse farm management with breeding, training, and races
82% positive 1,655 reviews
Firmament
Firmament
Steampunk puzzle adventure across three realms of mysterious machines
72% positive 1,643 reviews
Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
Dark point-and-click adventure about a pandemic and broken time
83% positive 1,639 reviews