Detective 2018 — top best games in the Detective genre

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...

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...

Darkside Detective

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Detective

July 27, 2017

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Darkside Detective is a noir adventure detective story that contains references to the popular TV series Twin Peaks and True Detective. The events take place in the...

Kona

Adventure, First-person view, Survival, Detective

March 17, 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Kona: Day One is a survival adventure game with a first-person perspective. The game takes place in 1970, in Northern Quebec. Private detective Carl Faubert, a war...

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Action, Adventure, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Detective, Walking Simulator, Exploration

September 25, 2014

Players: 7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view and horror elements. You take control of a detective searching for a missing boy...

Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story

Adventure, Puzzle, Interactive movie, Text quest, Indie, Casual game, Detective

September 20, 2017

Steam: 91/100

Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story is an unusual adventure for mobile platforms. The game is based on the gameplay where all the events take place on someone's phone...

Cube Escape

Puzzle, Horror, Adventure, Detective, Online, Free game, Point & Click

June 9, 2009

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Return of the Obra Dinn

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

October 18, 2018

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Return of the Obra Dinn is an adventure detective from the creator papers, please, which will tell about the Dinn Disablast, which hides many secrets. You have to...

Subsurface Circular

Arcade, Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Detective, Text quest

August 17, 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Subsurface Circular is an unusual adventure with elements of a visual novel and a text game from the creator of Thomas Was Alone. You take on the role of a robot...

A Case of Distrust

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Detective, Point & Click

February 8, 2018

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 77/100

An interactive detective story set in San Francisco in 1924. The main character is detective Phyllis Cadence Malone. She investigates various criminal cases...

The Raven Remastered

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

March 13, 2018

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The Raven Remastered is a re-release of the adventure detective The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief. The game offers you completely redesigned animations, lighting...

Jekyll & Hyde

Detective, Puzzle, Visual novel

November 22, 2017

Players: 8.9/10

A text-based game based on the original story of Jekyll and Hyde, set in 19th century London. The player collects clues and solves puzzles to solve the crime. The...

The Shapeshifting Detective

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

November 5, 2018

Players: 5.2/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 72/100

The Shapeshifting Detective is an interactive adventure thriller with a first-person view. The game revolves around a detective who is trying to find those...

Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker

Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie, Detective

May 19, 2017

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 62/100

This FMV detective story with elements of psychological horror follows a psychiatrist investigating the murder of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker while treating...

Clue/Cluedo: The Classic Mystery Game

Tactics, Indie, Board / Group Game, Mysticism / Supernatural, Online, Isometric, Top-down view, Strategy, Casual game, Detective

December 26, 2016

Steam: 87/100

Clue/Cluedo: The Classic Mystery Game is an indie tactical board game with mystical elements and an isometric view. You will join Scarlett, Mustard, Peacock, Green...

SpyParty

Arcade, Online, Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Detective, Strategy

April 12, 2018

Players: 7/10

Steam: 77/100

SpyParty is an interactive arcade game that is a variation on the theme of the Turing test. SpyParty is played by two people — a sniper and a spy. The first...

Lamplight City

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Detective

September 13, 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Lamplight City is a classic side-scrolling Point and Click adventure. The game takes place in the fictional town of Lamplight during the Victorian era with a hint...

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Detective

March 13, 2018

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 68/100

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case is a continuation of the Japanese-style adventure visual novel Silver Case. The events of the game take place five years after the...

Jailbreak Lockdown

Free game, Action, Indie, Online, Detective

December 21, 2018

Steam: 80/100

A free multiplayer game in which one player tries to escape from prison, and the other needs to catch him. The main goal of the convict is to escape from prison at...

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Best Games in the Detective genre of 2018