Detective

Simulation, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Detective

September 17, 2025

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

A mysterious antique shop in Andermere opens its doors to those who are ready to touch the secrets hidden between the world of the living and the otherworldly. The...

The Precinct

Action, Detective, Sandbox, Shooter, Top-down view, Open world, Old school

May 13, 2025

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

The game takes place in 1983 in the fictional city of Averno, which is ruled by bandit gangs. The main character is rookie cop Nick Cordell, who wants to solve the...

Demonologist

Action, Horror, Online, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Detective

March 27, 2023

Players: 8.8/10

A cooperative game in which up to 4 people explore cursed locations and try to identify the type of evil spirit in order to exorcise it. For this you can use...

Shadows of Doubt

First-person view, Indie, Detective, Adventure, Sandbox, Stealth, Action, Open world, Cyberpunk

April 24, 2023

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 68/100

The game takes place in an alternative 1980s, where it is not the police who solve crimes, but private corporations and mercenaries. Players take on the role of a...

Pathologic 3

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Open world, Detective, Survival horror

January 9, 2026

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 79/100

The horror action takes place in a gloomy city, engulfed by a mysterious plague, and the main character will be the young doctor Daniil Dankovsky, one of the...

Sister Ray

Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Survival, Detective

June 1, 2026

Players: 10/10

A dark two-dimensional RPG with survival elements, telling the story of an artist named Ray, who is trying to cope with addiction while taking care of her younger...

BLACKSAD: Under the Skin

Adventure, Detective

November 14, 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 64/100

BLACKSAD: Under the Skin is a fanatical point and click adventure based on the comic book of the same name about cat detective John Blacksad. In the 1950s in New...

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Detective

June 24, 2010

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 86/100

The main character is Sissel, the spirit of a deceased man, capable of inhabiting objects and controlling them. The goal of the game is to find out the cause of the...

The Inquisitor

Action, Third-person view, Medieval era, Adventure, Detective, Role-playing game

February 8, 2024

Players: 4.9/10

Metacritic: 58/100

A dark action game based on the novels of fantasy writer Jacek Piekara. In the world described in the books, Jesus did not die for the sins of mankind &mdash...

The Occultist

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Detective, Survival horror

April 8, 2026

VGTimes: 6.8/10

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Psychological horror, where players will take on the role of a paranormal investigator and venture to the strange island of Godstone. The plot of the game revolves...

Sherlock Holmes Chapter One

Adventure, Puzzle, Action, Third-person view, Detective

November 16, 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 74/100

An adventure detective story about the legendary Sherlock Holmes from the creators of The Sinking City. The game tells the story of the famous detective's earlier...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Adventure, Detective, Action

May 19, 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Adventure role-playing game, which takes place in the Vampire: The Masquerade universe in accordance with the rules of the fifth edition of the board game. Vampires...

Where Dolls Hang

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Survival, Open world, Detective, Survival horror

2026

A psychological horror game from the first person perspective with elements of survival and investigation. Players will encounter a dark story inspired by the...

Strange Horticulture

Puzzle, Exploration, Detective, Adventure

January 21, 2022

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Welcome to Andermir — a quiet town surrounded by dense forests inhabited by witches and impenetrable mountains. The player plays the role of a florist who...

Condemned: Criminal Origins

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Fighting, First-person view, Detective

November 16, 2005

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 80/100

A dark psychological thriller in which the hunt for killers gradually turns into a hunt for one's own sanity. FBI agent Ethan Thomas investigates a series of brutal...

Silver Pines

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Detective, Metroidvania

October 8, 2026

The main character is a private detective, Red Walker, who travels to the mysterious town of Silver Pines to investigate the disappearance of musician Eddie Velvet...

The Operator

Detective, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel

July 22, 2024

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

A detective simulator made in the format of an interactive quest. The player acts as an operative of a detective agency, searching for evidence and solving crimes...

Ghost Watchers

Adventure, Horror, Online, First-person view, Puzzle, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Demons, Detective

July 28, 2022

Players: 6.6/10

Ghost Watchers is a co-op survival horror game with puzzles and demons. Many abandoned houses are haunted. These could be the souls of suicides or demons. This...

Kona 2: Brume

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Exploration, Detective, Walking Simulator

October 18, 2023

Players: 8.6/10

The game takes place in Canada in 1970. A certain haze cut off a small mining village from the whole world. Private detective Karl Faber is trying to understand its...

Nobody Wants to Die

Action, First-person view, Detective, Adventure, Science fiction

July 17, 2024

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 77/100

The game takes place in the gloomy New York of 2329. The main character is detective James Carra, who, with the support of police officer Sarah Kaya, is...

DeTechtive 2112

Detective, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Adventure, Isometric, Exploration, Cooperative (co-op)

January 29, 2025

Action adventure in a cyberpunk setting with an isometric camera. The main action takes place in 2112, namely in the England of the future. The main character is...

Security 51

Simulation, Point & Click, Science fiction, Casual game, Detective

2026

A document verification simulator from the studio, inspired by the games Papers, Please and Mind Scanners. The action takes place at a checkpoint of the secret...

Rough Justice: '84

Strategy, Detective, Business / Management, Isometric, Old school

March 13, 2023

A strategy game inspired by board games. The gamer uses dice and cards to run a private security agency. It is necessary to hire new workers and send them to...

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Adventure, Horror, Point & Click, Old school, Detective

September 28, 2022

Metacritic: 82/100

Atmospheric pixel art point-and-click quest set in Victorian England, which has become one of the most unexpected hits in the indie genre. The main character is a...

Sherlock Holmes The Awakened

Detective, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Action, Mysticism / Supernatural

April 11, 2023

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Remake of the 2007 adventure of the same name, in which the famous London detective confronts a mysterious cult worshiping Cthulhu. A young Sherlock investigates a...

The Case of the Golden Idol

Adventure, Side view, Detective

October 13, 2022

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Side view detective adventure game. The game takes place in an alternate 18th century England, where players will have to unravel 12 of the strangest and most...

DEATH NOTE Killer Within

Online, Detective, Casual game, Cooperative (co-op), Tactics

November 5, 2024

Players: 10/10

Detective thriller based on the cult manga and anime Death Note. The player is immersed in a world where every mistake can be fatal, and every step is part of a...

Detective Pikachu Returns

Adventure, Detective, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game

October 6, 2023

Metacritic: 66/100

Continuation of the detective quest Detective Pikachu. The main characters are once again young Tim Goodman and his talking Pokémon Pikachu. The heroes interact...

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 - Mysteria Ecclesiae

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, DLC, First-person view, Historical, Exploration, Open world, Medieval era, Crafting, Detective

November 11, 2025

Metacritic: 85/100

A story expansion that takes the action to the gloomy Sedlec Monastery, engulfed in a deadly epidemic. An atmosphere of anxiety and despair permeates every hall of...

She Sees Red

Interactive movie, Detective

July 11, 2019

Players: 7.7/10

An interactive detective story with live actors about a mysterious murder in a nightclub. The main character tries to figure out what happened, but the owner of the...

The Roottrees are Dead

Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Point & Click, Detective

January 15, 2025

Metacritic: 86/100

A detective adventure in the spirit of Return of the Obra Dinn, but set in the 90s. The main character is a young investigative journalist trying to establish the...

The Sinking City Remastered

Action, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror, Third-person view, Detective

May 13, 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Remaster of the detective action holder The Sinking City. Private detective Charles Reed goes to the flooded city of Hagmont to understand a series of strange...

The Darkest Files

Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Detective

March 25, 2025

Metacritic: 80/100

The game unfolds in 1956 in Germany. In the role of a young prosecutor, it is necessary to investigate the crimes of the times of Nazism and look for the...

Pneumata

Horror, First-person view, Survival, Detective, Action

September 19, 2024

Players: 1.5/10

Metacritic: 52/100

In the role of a detective, the player explores a gloomy mansion and crime scenes to find the reason for the disappearances. We need to piece together the evidence...

Neon Blood

Cyberpunk, Role-playing game, Side view, Adventure, Science fiction, Indie, Detective, Exploration

November 26, 2024

An adventure role-playing game set in the cyberpunk future of 2053. The main character is former police detective Axel McCoin, who must uncover a terrible...

Anonymous Hacker Simulator

Simulation, First-person view, Detective, Cyberpunk

April 3, 2024

Players: 6/10

The main character is a hacker who confronts an organization that collects people's data. We need to find vulnerabilities in enemy services and prevent them from...

The Rise of the Golden Idol

Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration, Detective

November 12, 2024

Metacritic: 85/100

The story is about a hunter for a powerful artifact, which, according to legend, can change the world. The game takes place in the 70s, where the gamer investigates...

Cube Escape

Puzzle, Horror, Adventure, Detective, Online

June 9, 2009

Players: 8.8/10

A detective named Dale Vandermeer finds himself in a strange room and cannot remember how he got here. He must solve all the puzzles to get free and get his...

Vaudeville

Adventure, Detective, Procedural generation, Text quest

June 30, 2023

An unusual detective adventure, the main feature of which is that dialogues with NPCs in it are generated in real time using artificial intelligence. The game takes...

This Bed We Made

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator, Detective

November 1, 2023

Players: 9/10

An adventure detective story in which the main character is a hotel maid. The main action takes place in the 1950s. The heroine spies on hotel guests to reveal...

Best Games in the Detective genre