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.
Ultros
2D sci-fi exploration platformer with time loops and gardening
77% positive
1,268 reviews
Starsand
First-person survival crafting across an open desert beneath two moons
66% positive
1,267 reviews
True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1
Point-and-click horror mystery with puzzles and optional hidden-object scenes
92% positive
1,251 reviews
Wolvesville
Online social deduction matches where villagers and werewolves deceive each other
79% positive
Free
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[Chilla's Art] Aka Manto | 赤マント
First-person school horror with a relentless pursuer and no saves
88% positive
1,213 reviews
Cooking Companions
Psychological horror visual novel about survival in a mountain cabin
94% positive
1,211 reviews
Slitterhead
Horror-themed action adventure with body possession and blood weapons
78% positive
1,210 reviews
The Silver Case
First-person crime adventure investigating serial murders in Tokyo's 24 Wards
89% positive
1,206 reviews
Incantation
First-person horror mystery following a mother into a cult-filled village
74% positive
1,196 reviews
CINERIS SOMNIA
Third-person adventure through eerie places after a girl wakes alone
90% positive
1,186 reviews
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi
Psychological horror visual novel revisiting a deadly village mystery
98% positive
1,178 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
Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink
Steampunk hidden-object adventure tracking a scientist after strange earthquakes
92% positive
1,161 reviews
Evil Nun: The Broken Mask
First-person survival horror about solving puzzles while evading a nun
95% positive
1,153 reviews
Paper Bride 2 Zangling Village
Chinese folklore horror puzzle game set in a haunted village
91% positive
1,148 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Midnight in Salem
3D detective adventure investigating arson and hauntings in Salem
55% positive
1,143 reviews
Father's Day
First-person psychological horror told through three intersecting character stories
86% positive
1,133 reviews
Game of Fate: Chasing Through Time
First-person live-action mystery with time travel and branching endings
87% positive
1,127 reviews
Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms
Historical romance visual novel with branching routes and multiple endings
96% positive
1,117 reviews
SeaBed
Psychological mystery visual novel tracing love through fractured memories
97% positive
1,116 reviews
Escape First Alchemist ⚗️
First-person fantasy escape room with potion crafting and cooperative puzzles
83% positive
1,114 reviews
Lunar Mirror
Campus horror puzzle adventure investigating disappearances and midnight clubs
79% positive
1,112 reviews
Myst: Masterpiece Edition
First-person puzzle adventure across a mysterious island and linked worlds
86% positive
1,100 reviews