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.
Nodes Escape
Text-based escape-room puzzles about finding clues and unlocking doors
85% positive
554 reviews
Phantasmagoria
Point-and-click horror mystery with live-action video and a female lead
87% positive
545 reviews
The 25th Ward: The Silver Case
Surreal detective visual novel told through three perspectives
92% positive
545 reviews
The Succession of Changing Kings
Turn-based medieval kingdom management with faction politics and deadly choices
86% positive
543 reviews
Lost Lullabies: The Orphanage Chronicles
First-person co-op horror with ghost hunts and story-based exorcisms
71% positive
538 reviews
Gordian Rooms 1: A curious heritage
Point-and-click puzzle adventure about an uncle’s mysterious inheritance
86% positive
537 reviews
Escape Memoirs: Mansion Heist
Reverse escape-room puzzles as a thief breaking into a mansion
86% positive
536 reviews
Broken Sword 4 - the Angel of Death (2006)
Third-person mystery adventure with puzzles and an ancient artifact
42% positive
534 reviews
Mojika - Truth Rears Its Ugly Head
Dark visual novel about mind-reading, revenge, and branching choices
77% positive
527 reviews
The Mildew Children
2D adventure about a young witch's ritual in a children-only village
93% positive
524 reviews
Crime O'Clock
Point-and-click hidden-object game tracking crimes across changing timelines
69% positive
520 reviews
The Emerald Maiden: Symphony of Dreams
Hidden-object adventure in an undersea complex with family secrets
85% positive
519 reviews
Go Home Annie: An SCP Game
First-person horror adventure testing replicas of dangerous paranormal entities
81% positive
512 reviews
The Beekeeper's Picnic - A Sherlockian Adventure
Cozy point-and-click adventure where mysteries interrupt Holmes's picnic plans
97% positive
511 reviews
夏末白夜
Visual novel mystery about a high school rumor of August 32
95% positive
510 reviews
ASYLUM
First-person horror adventure investigating a mental hospital's past
84% positive
505 reviews
First Class Escape: The Train of Thought
Escape-room puzzle game about escaping a vintage luxury train
71% positive
503 reviews
ENCODYA
Cyberpunk point-and-click adventure about an orphan and her robot guardian
75% positive
499 reviews
All in Abyss: Judge the Fake
Poker RPG with special skills and cheating witch bosses
57% positive
498 reviews
The Horror at Highrook
Card-based occult investigation with team management and ritual crafting
90% positive
491 reviews
98xx
Point-and-click horror inside a glitching retro computer desktop
81% positive
487 reviews
Elroy and the Aliens
Point-and-click puzzle adventure tracing a missing archaeologist across planets
97% positive
487 reviews
Hachishaku
First-person stalker horror about restoring shrines while evading a spirit
85% positive
480 reviews
Midnight Murder Club
Multiplayer party shooter in a dark mansion with proximity chat
65% positive
477 reviews