Detective 2021 — top best games in the Detective genre

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...

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...

Erica

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Point & Click, Puzzle, Detective

August 19, 2019

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Erica is an interactive adventure with horror elements and an innovative storytelling style. At a young age, the main character has an accident, after which she...

Buried Stars

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Detective

July 30, 2020

Steam: 73/100

A detective adventure set at the site of a building collapse during a live broadcast of a survival show. Trapped beneath the rubble, the contestants and staff try...

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...

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 Sin

Visual novel, Text quest, Detective

May 20, 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 87/100

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...

Chicken Police

Adventure, Indie, Visual novel, Detective

November 5, 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Chicken Police is a noir adventure of two feathered cops, Sonny Featherland and Marty MacChicken, in a black-and-white detective novel full of satire and cynical...

Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Indie, Detective

October 18, 2021

Steam: 94/100

Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game is an unusual turn-based role-playing game that will take you back to the ancient times of Caledonia. Events will tell about...

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...

Ghost Exorcism INC.

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

July 16, 2021

Steam: 75/100

A cooperative horror game about hunting ghosts and exorcising supernatural entities. Exorcists go to castles, mansions, and abandoned houses, where they investigate...

Backbone

Adventure, Stealth, Indie, Side view, Detective, Visual novel

June 8, 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 65/100

Backbone is a noir detective role-playing game in the spirit of Wolf Among Us, where all the characters are anthropomorphic animals. The game tells the story of...

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

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

April 15, 2021

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark is a point and click adventure puzzle game with a side view. Twin Lakes is a damn town. Damned enough to pay attention...

Song of Farca

Adventure, Simulation, Futurism (Future), Interactive movie, Visual novel, Logic, Cyberpunk, Detective, Point & Click

July 22, 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Song of Farca is a detective adventure with visual novel elements in a cyberpunk setting. The game takes place in the near future, where technology has become...

Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo

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

December 16, 2021

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo is an interactive adventure game with a third-person perspective. The mysterious story of writer Ed Miller, who survived a car accident...

Lacuna — A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

Adventure, Detective, Side view, Science fiction, Cyberpunk

May 20, 2021

Steam: 92/100

A fascinating journey into the world of science fiction, cyberpunk and noir, where, in the role of detective Neil Conrad, the player faces complex moral choices...

AI: The Somnium Files

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Detective

September 17, 2019

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

AI: The Somnium Files is a Japanese-style adventure visual novel from the creators of the Danganronpa and Zero Escape series. The game takes place in near-future...

Sanity of Morris

Detective, First-person view, Survival horror

March 23, 2021

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 35/100

Sanity of Morris is a psychological horror adventure about searching for a father while trying to stay sane. The protagonist uses a flashlight to reveal clues and...

Pecaminosa - A Pixel Noir Game

Action, Indie, Role-playing game, Shooter, Top-down view, In real time, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Detective

May 27, 2021

Steam: 50/100

Pecaminosa — A Pixel Noir Game is a mystical indie action thriller with RPG elements in a noir-pixel style that will take you to the dark streets of the town...

The Wild Case

Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Point & Click, Detective

April 7, 2021

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 85/100

The Wild Case is an indie point and click adventure puzzle game with supernatural elements. In this game, players meet a variety of colorful characters, experience...

NUTS

First-person view, Adventure, Action, Simulation, Indie, Detective, Walking Simulator

January 22, 2021

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 67/100

NUTS is an indie action adventure game with simulation elements and a first-person view. Your mission briefing will give you a starting point, but it will be up to...

Dark Nights with Poe and Munro

Detective, Point & Click, Horror

May 19, 2020

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This episodic supernatural story follows Poe and Munro, hosts at a local radio station. The player guides the pair through six TV-style episodes, where strange...

Overboard!

Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Detective

June 2, 2021

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Overboard! is an adventure puzzle game in the style of a visual novel. Blackmailing a spy. Love. Killing an opponent. Deceptions. Witness drugs. Lies, friendship...

Don't Forget Me

Indie, Detective, Adventure

April 20, 2021

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 62/100

A jazz-punk adventure puzzle game about exploring patients’ memories and uncovering a conspiracy that threatens humanity. The player uses personal observations to...

Dahlia View

Puzzle, Adventure, Detective, Exploration, Interactive movie

November 2, 2021

Steam: 85/100

A game in which the gamer investigates the disappearance of a child in an apartment complex. A retired detective talks to neighbors and watches through the window...

Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness

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

March 23, 2021

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 68/100

A detective adventure in the spirit of Lovecraftian horror, inspired by the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. The story unfolds around private detective Lown...

Kathy Rain: Director’s Cut

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

October 26, 2021

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Kathy Rain: Director's Cut is a side-scrolling point and click adventure. Extended version of the plot: with a longer final part, hundreds of lines of additional...

Disjunction

Role-playing game, Action, Stealth, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Indie, Detective, Shooter

January 28, 2021

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Disjunction is an isometric action role-playing game inspired by cyberpunk style and old school games. The game takes place in 2048 in New York. You can decide for...

Silver Case

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

October 6, 2016

Players: 7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Silver Case — adventure visual novel in Japanese style. The game is dedicated to the investigation of a series of brutal murders that occurred in a city area...

The Good Life

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

October 15, 2021

Steam: 54/100

Metacritic: 58/100

The Good Life is a 3D third-person adventure with RPG elements from the creators of Deadly Premonition and D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die. The action takes place in...

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

Adventure, Arcade, Visual novel, Simulation, Detective

July 27, 2021

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is a collection of unusual adventure arcade games with visual novel elements, where the gameplay revolves around verbal battles in...

Noir Punk

Free game, Side view, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Detective, Steampunk

June 1, 2021

Steam: 87/100

Noir Punk is a free-to-play 2D detective game with puzzle and platform elements, set in a dark noir style. The game takes place in the future, where style and...

Tangle Tower

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Detective, Point & Click

September 19, 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Tangle Tower is a detective point and click adventure where you have to solve the exciting murder mystery of Freya Fellow. You'll explore a strange and mysterious...

The Rewinder

Indie, Adventure, Detective, Side view, Puzzle, Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural

September 10, 2021

Steam: 92/100

An adventure based on Chinese mythology. The main character's name is Yun, he is the last known "Rewinder" who can communicate with spirits and examine other...

Mutropolis

Adventure, Puzzle, Science fiction, Indie, Detective

February 18, 2021

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 71/100

A science fiction adventure set on the abandoned planet Earth in the year 5000. The protagonist and a team of archaeologists are exploring the ruins of an ancient...

A Bavarian Tale - Totgeschwiegen

Third-person view, Detective, Adventure, Exploration

September 15, 2021

Players: 6/10

Steam: 77/100

The game takes place in the picturesque Bavarian village of Wolpertshofen, full of dark secrets, unexplained events and social tensions, in 1866. A detective comes...

NoseBound

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

January 19, 2021

Steam: 86/100

NoseBound is a classic point and click side-scrolling adventure with a noir style. The game tells the story of private detective Ray Hammond, who is trying to catch...

Moonshot - The Great Espionage

Free game, Platformer, Puzzle, Detective, Old school, Stealth, Action

July 30, 2021

Steam: 96/100

A free fantasy platformer with stealth elements, set in an alternate 60s. The main character is a spy who must reveal classified NASA...

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...

SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair

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

August 26, 2016

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 91/100

A murder-mystery visual novel about ten friends gathered at a secluded mountain resort for Halloween. Their party turns into a night of horror when one of the...

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Best Games in the Detective genre of 2021