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.
Lingo 2
First-person word puzzles in a winding, nonlinear world
93% positive
473 reviews
Who Is Mike - A Visual Novel
Mystery visual novel about confronting someone identical to you
91% positive
Free
Paper Bride 6 Nightmare
Chinese folklore horror puzzle game tracing nightmares through time
80% positive
465 reviews
BLACKSHARD
First-person exploration through a surreal megastructure shaped by your choices
92% positive
460 reviews
DATE A LIVE: Ren Dystopia
Anime romance visual novel with character routes and multiple endings
96% positive
456 reviews
Through Abandoned: The Forest
Point-and-click puzzle adventure through a forest in search of your brother
76% positive
455 reviews
I'm on Observation Duty 7
Surveillance horror puzzle game about spotting supernatural changes overnight
93% positive
453 reviews
Uncover the Smoking Gun
First-person detective game built around questioning robot murder suspects
96% positive
450 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Curse of Blackmoor Manor
First-person point-and-click mystery in a puzzle-filled English manor
88% positive
442 reviews
Hello Lady! - Complete Edition
Academy-set fantasy visual novel with romance and multiple endings
86% positive
432 reviews
DeathWatchers
Co-op horror investigation where spotting changes helps banish entities
86% positive
430 reviews
The Rewinder 2
Mythology-inspired action adventure exploring memories to free people from nightmares
64% positive
429 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge
Point-and-click mystery about investigating a haunted Japanese inn
82% positive
427 reviews
Mad Experiments: Escape Room
Escape-room puzzles across three chapters, solo or with friends
66% positive
423 reviews
Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
Noir detective adventure uncovering a conspiracy in an insect underworld
81% positive
422 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon
Point-and-click detective mystery aboard a train linked to a vanished prospector
97% positive
419 reviews
On Your Tail
Cozy detective adventure mixing seaside mysteries with vacation activities
88% positive
414 reviews
Rosewater
Point-and-click Western adventure where choices shape a treasure hunt
92% positive
413 reviews
MetaPhysical
First-person ghost-hunting horror with co-op investigations and exorcisms
80% positive
407 reviews
Knock Harder
Survival mystery about spotting clues to escape layered dreams
93% positive
397 reviews
Wanderland
Fairy-tale hidden-object adventure investigating the disappearance of Sleeping Beauty
59% positive
Free
Fairy Tale Mysteries 2: The Beanstalk
Fairy-tale hidden-object adventure searching for a giant's castle
76% positive
388 reviews
Curious Cases
First-person escape room puzzles in a missing scientist mystery
70% positive
387 reviews
Everholm
Island farming RPG with dungeons and a missing-sister mystery
77% positive
386 reviews