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.
Pacify
First-person co-op horror missions where paranormal entities hunt you
86% positive
43K reviews
Life is Strange 2
Episodic narrative adventure where choices shape two brothers’ road trip
88% positive
Free
The Wolf Among Us
Episodic noir adventure about solving a murder among fairy-tale characters
98% positive
40K reviews
Mouthwashing
First-person psychological horror aboard a wrecked space freighter with dwindling supplies
95% positive
39K reviews
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Murder-mystery visual novel built around investigations and class trials
96% positive
39K reviews
Journey
Exploration adventure through ancient ruins with chance online companions
94% positive
39K reviews
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Choice-driven prequel adventure about Chloe and Rachel's friendship
93% positive
38K reviews
Bendy and the Ink Machine
First-person cartoon horror adventure in an abandoned animation studio
89% positive
37K reviews
L.A. Noire
Third-person detective adventure about solving crimes in 1947 Los Angeles
86% positive
37K reviews
Town of Salem
Multiplayer social deduction built on lies, accusations, and public trials
88% positive
36K reviews
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
First-person comedy adventure built around choices and contradictory endings
94% positive
36K reviews
Return of the Obra Dinn
First-person detective mystery aboard an abandoned 1800s merchant ship
97% positive
35K reviews
Chants of Sennaar
Language-decoding puzzle adventure about reconnecting five peoples in a tower
98% positive
35K reviews
SIGNALIS
Psychological survival horror with scarce resources and a cosmic mystery
97% positive
35K reviews
Unheard - Voices of Crime
Audio-based detective puzzle about tracing voices through past crime scenes
96% positive
34K reviews
We Were Here
Two-player castle escape puzzles built around voice communication
89% positive
Free
The Talos Principle
First-person puzzle adventure through ruins and questions about consciousness
95% positive
33K reviews
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
Anime mystery visual novel about investigating murders on a tropical island
96% positive
33K reviews
The Room
First-person puzzle game about unlocking layered mechanical boxes
98% positive
32K reviews
Heavy Rain
Cinematic detective thriller where choices decide who survives
86% positive
31K reviews
Sally Face - Episode One
Hand-drawn point-and-click horror mystery about speaking with the dead
97% positive
30K reviews
Layers of Fear (2016)
First-person psychological horror through a painter’s constantly shifting home
88% positive
28K reviews
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Third-person action adventure with stealth and supernatural rat swarms
91% positive
27K reviews
STEINS;GATE
Science-fiction visual novel where phone choices alter a time-travel story
97% positive
27K reviews