Detective

Simulation, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Detective

September 17, 2025

Players: 8.7/10

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 Sinking City 2

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

August 18, 2026

VGTimes: 6.8/10

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

A third-person survival horror adventure set in a Lovecraftian environment, taking place in flooded Arkham in the 1920s. The city with streets covered in water...

Servant of the Lake

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Exploration, Detective

August 13, 2026

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 79/100

An adventure quest from the Rusty Lake series. The events take place in the Vanderboom family house, where a new guest is soon expected to arrive. The gameplay...

Danganronpa 2x2

Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Detective

2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A new storyline based on Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair. Familiar characters return, but one event triggers a completely different chain of events. The package...

Nobody Wants to Die

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

July 17, 2024

Players: 7.3/10

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...

The Precinct

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

May 13, 2025

Players: 8.8/10

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...

BLACKSAD: Under the Skin

Adventure, Detective

November 14, 2019

Players: 8.3/10

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...

Pathologic 3

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

January 9, 2026

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 4/10

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...

The Occultist

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

April 8, 2026

VGTimes: 6.8/10

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

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...

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...

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...

The Seance of Blake Manor

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Mysticism / Supernatural, Detective

October 27, 2025

Metacritic: 89/100

A first-person noir detective mystery. The events unfold in late 19th-century Ireland, within the walls of a mysterious hotel where a séance to summon spirits is...

Rehaunted

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Detective, Survival horror, Walking Simulator

September 14, 2026

A psychological detective horror where the investigation of a mysterious murder gradually turns into a journey through a maze of lies, contradictions, and hidden...

Mindcop

Adventure, Logic, Point & Click, Side view, Detective

November 15, 2024

A detective game with puzzles, set in a quiet village where a murder has occurred. The main character must interact with the locals and use their skills to solve...

[HERROR] Gas Station Case

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Detective, Walking Simulator

August 11, 2026

Players: 9.5/10

Main character Dan Cooper works night shifts at a gas station in Ohio, trying to start a new life after being fired from a uranium plant. However, after his friend...

Police Chief Simulator

Action, Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Detective

September 17, 2026

Management simulator where an entire police station of a modern city comes under your control. At the heart of the game is the daily work of the chief: hiring...

Shift At Midnight

Horror, Stealth, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Old school, Detective

July 22, 2026

Players: 10/10

The night shift at the gas station turns into a strange and unsettling trial, where routine gradually blends with paranoia. As the shift progresses, one must keep...

Case Solved: The London Files

Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click, Casual game, Hidden Objects, Detective

July 29, 2026

A detective puzzle where each investigation is a standalone logical task with a single correct solution. You will need to gather evidence, analyze the testimonies...

Pathologic 3: Quarantine

Adventure, First-person view, Free game, Indie, Detective, Survival horror, Open world

March 17, 2025

Players: 8.3/10

The beginning of the story of a young scientist from Pathologic 3. The main character sets off from a laboratory in the capital to a small town where a mysterious...

Ghost in the SQL Data

Educational game (Education), Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Text quest, Detective

2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A detective game where players will investigate crimes using the SQL programming language. Instead of the usual search for clues in locations, players need to work...

No Law

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Cyberpunk, Open world, Detective

2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A cyber-noir first-person shooter set in the grim port city of Port Desire, where laws have lost their power and every action has consequences. The player controls...

Titanic Escape Simulator

Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Historical, Survival, Detective

August 24, 2026

The game takes place on April 14, 1912. The player takes on the role of a private detective who finds themselves aboard the "Titanic" and investigates a suspicious...

The Incident at Galley House

Puzzle, Visual novel, Point & Click, Casual game, Detective

July 14, 2026

Metacritic: 84/100

A detective adventure where you will uncover the mystery of a strange crime that took place in an abandoned mansion in 1936. When the locals first entered the empty...

Batman: Caped Crusader - Chronicles

Adventure, Comics, Interactive movie, Cooperative (co-op), Detective

July 31, 2026

Players: 10/10

Cooperative detective game based on the animated series "Batman: Caped Crusader". Instead of the Dark Knight himself, the main characters are young detectives from...

Agatha Christie - Death on the Nile

Adventure, Third-person view, Exploration, Detective

September 25, 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Detective adventure in the Agatha Christie series. The main action takes place in the 1970s. The plot tells how detectives Hercule Poirot and Jane Royce track down...

Give Us A Sign

Action, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Detective

2026

Cooperative horror, where players will investigate paranormal phenomena in teams of one to four people. The main feature of the game is an advanced voice...

Silver Pines

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Detective, Metroidvania

October 8, 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

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...

Kill The Shadow

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Side view, Exploration, Old school, Detective

August 5, 2026

A role-playing adventure detective game in which the player investigates a series of strange murders that occurred in different areas of the city. To uncover the...

Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Detective

December 9, 2025

A pixel adventure in the spirit of 90s quests about a young writer named William, who is searching for inspiration. He goes to an abbey where the monks have taken a...

Vaudeville

Adventure, Detective, Procedural generation, Text quest

June 30, 2023

Players: 10/10

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...

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...

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 Sin

Visual novel, Text quest, Detective

May 20, 2021

Players: 9.2/10

The Sin is a visual novel based on popular mystical folklore about witches. The main character, the boy Roma, moves to the village with his family; his father wants...

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...

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...

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...

Strange Horticulture

Puzzle, Exploration, Detective, Adventure

January 21, 2022

Players: 9.4/10

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...

Neo Berlin 2087

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Detective

2026

Anticipation Rating: 7.4/10

The game takes place in Berlin in 2087. Due to the development of high technology, society has been divided into two classes, where the rich completely rule the...

TR-49

First-person view, Puzzle, Visual novel, Detective

January 21, 2026

Metacritic: 82/100

A World War II time machine, long hidden in the basement of a church, comes to life. Through a crackling speaker, a voice asks to find the stolen book. The player...

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...

Best Games in the Detective genre