Detective

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Exploration, Detective, Metroidvania, Survival horror

October 8, 2026

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 86/100

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...

Strange Antiquities

Simulation, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Detective, Point & Click

September 17, 2025

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Disco Elysium

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Interactive movie, Detective

October 15, 2019

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Disco Elysium, an isometric text RPG with a point-and-click interface, earned worldwide acclaim for its story and unusual role-playing. Players can expect a...

The Sinking City 2

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

August 18, 2026

VGTimes: 6.8/10

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 83/100

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...

MOUSE: P.I. For Hire

Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Old school, Action, Detective

April 16, 2026

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A dynamic shooter made in the spirit of classic Disney cartoons of the 30s. The plot follows a private detective who tries to stop corrupt politicians from seizing...

Incredulity

Action, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Free game, Old school, Detective, Walking Simulator

October 16, 2026

Steam: 100/100

A free horror game with elements of a psychological detective story, inviting players to enter the mind of Detective Zara Moreland and unravel a series of strange...

Pathologic 3

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

January 9, 2026

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 4/10

Steam: 85/100

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...

Nobody Wants to Die

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

July 17, 2024

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 82/100

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...

BLACKSAD: Under the Skin

Adventure, Detective, Exploration, Puzzle, Point & Click

November 14, 2019

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 78/100

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...

The Precinct

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

May 13, 2025

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 89/100

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...

Servant of the Lake

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

August 13, 2026

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

The Wolf Among Us Remastered

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Fantasy, Detective

October 29, 2026

Anticipation Rating: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 84/100

An updated version of the iconic adventure from Telltale Games, based on the Fables comic series. The events unfold in a dark New York City, where characters from...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong

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

May 19, 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 64/100

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...

The Occultist

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

April 8, 2026

VGTimes: 6.8/10

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 74/100

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...

Sherlock Holmes Chapter One

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

November 16, 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 75/100

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

Steam: 94/100

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...

L.A. Noire

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

May 17, 2011

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 82/100

L.A. Noire is a third-person action-adventure game set in an open world. The game will take you to 1947, to the city of Los Angeles. The protagonist Cole Phelps...

Pathologic 3: Quarantine

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

March 17, 2025

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

Heavy Rain

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Interactive movie, Detective

February 23, 2010

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Heavy Rain is an interactive adventure movie with a third-person view from the creators of Fahrenheit. The events of the game take place in a small American town...

Dupery: A Game of Solo Deduction

Puzzle, Turn-based, Tactics, Roguelike, Casual game, Detective, Strategy

October 15, 2026

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 83/100

An atmospheric deduction game set in a noir city taken over by a powerful criminal syndicate. As a detective, you’ll investigate complex cases, expose the...

Back to the Dawn

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Side view, Detective

November 3, 2023

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

An atmospheric adventure that takes you into the harsh reality of a maximum-security prison colony inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. Every day is a survival...

Call of Cthulhu

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

October 29, 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Call of Cthulhu is an action-adventure game with a first-person view and horror elements. The game is filled with a dark and oppressive atmosphere of the Lovecraft...

[HERROR] Gas Station Case

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

August 11, 2026

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

The Wolf Among Us

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Point & Click, Detective, Visual novel

October 11, 2013

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A detective thriller with adventure elements based on the Fables comics, The Wolf Among Us takes place in Fabletown, where characters from fairy tales, legends, and...

Strange Horticulture

Puzzle, Exploration, Detective, Adventure, Point & Click

January 21, 2022

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Tangerine Antarctic

Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Isometric, Indie, Open world, Detective

2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

An adventure role-playing game from the creators of Disco Elysium. The action takes place in 2086 in Antarctica. The player takes on the role of operative Dinora...

Ghost Watchers

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

July 28, 2022

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 81/100

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...

Case Solved: The London Files

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

July 29, 2026

Steam: 64/100

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...

Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Detective

January 28, 2015

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered is an improved edition of the third-person interactive adventure Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy. A bank teller in a trance kills...

Vaudeville

Adventure, Detective, Procedural generation, Text quest, Sandbox, Exploration

June 30, 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 47/100

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...

Police Chief Simulator

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

September 17, 2026

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 74/100

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...

The Listener

First-person view, Free game, Detective, Casual game, Simulation

October 5, 2026

Steam: 53/100

A free detective game set during the Cold War. The main character accidentally stumbles upon secret frequencies. Using radio equipment, players must intercept...

Condemned: Criminal Origins

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

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...

Still Life

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Detective

April 14, 2005

Players: 9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Still Life is a detective adventure with quest elements and mini-games about an FBI employee who is investigating a series of bloody murders from the authors of...

Council

Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Interactive movie, Role-playing game, Detective

March 13, 2018

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Council is an interactive adventure where you have to make difficult decisions and directly influence the plot. The game takes you to 1793. You will play as a...

Danganronpa 2x2

Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Detective

January 14, 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...

Telling Lies

Interactive movie, Adventure, First-person view, Detective, Indie

August 23, 2019

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Telling Lies is an interactive adventure from the creators of the Her Story series. The game tells the story of four characters, one of whom is hiding a big lie...

Night Book

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Detective

July 27, 2021

Steam: 67/100

Night Book is an adventure horror game in the genre of interactive cinema with point and click elements. Lauralyn works night shifts remotely from home, translating...

No Law

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Cyberpunk, Open world, Detective, Role-playing game

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...

DUAL PROTOCOL: The Case of Eva & Miles

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

October 2, 2026

Steam: 56/100

A co-op noir detective game: one player explores the mansion, while the other works with archives and terminals. You can solve the murder only by working together...

Best Games in the Detective genre