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
3,791 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Contradiction: Spot The Liar
Live-action detective mystery built around catching suspects in contradictions
95% positive
2,905 reviews
METAL GEAR SOLID 4: Guns of the Patriots - Master Collection Version
Third-person stealth action in a world where war is business
96% positive
2,903 reviews
Demo Caravan SandWitch
Third-person exploration adventure searching a desert planet for your sister
88% positive
2,900 reviews
Home Safety Hotline
Analog horror hotline simulator about identifying strange household hazards
90% positive
2,889 reviews
Martha Is Dead
First-person psychological thriller about a twin's death in wartime Italy
78% positive
2,888 reviews
Arisen Force: Life Devotee - Initial Ver.
Free side-scrolling action RPG with counters, throws, and executions
95% positive
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Demo Folie Fatale
Romance horror visual novel with obsessive suitors and branching endings
86% positive
2,848 reviews
Demo Virginia
A first-person detective thriller told through film-style scene cuts
65% positive
2,847 reviews
The Complex: Expedition
Slow-paced psychological horror through a VHS camera in the Backrooms
90% positive
2,846 reviews
Kiosk
First-person cooking horror game with clues from late-night customers
88% positive
2,838 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
The Town of Light
First-person psychological adventure through a reconstructed Italian psychiatric hospital
79% positive
2,829 reviews
镇邪
Single-player Chinese folklore horror RPG with ghost hunts and tombs
87% positive
2,821 reviews
神都不良探 Underdog Detective
Live-action detective adventure about solving cases in ancient China
74% positive
2,810 reviews
Murderous Pursuits
Third-person stealth assassination matches where every hunter is hunted
64% positive
2,809 reviews
Tails Noir
A noir adventure following a raccoon detective into a personal case
68% positive
2,789 reviews
The Gardens Between
Time-bending puzzle adventure across islands built from childhood memories
94% positive
2,763 reviews
NUKITASHI 2
A dark comedy visual novel about friends entering a parallel world
98% positive
2,763 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
ONE PIECE ODYSSEY
Turn-based pirate RPG about reuniting a shipwrecked crew
79% positive
2,671 reviews