Best Games in the Detective genre of 2021 (Game released)
Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Xbox One, Android, Mac → 30 March 2021
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
90/100
Disco Elysium, a text-based RPG with an isometric camera and a point-and-click interface, received worldwide acclaim for its story and unusual role-playing...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5 → 5 November 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...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 → 27 July 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...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch → 17 March 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...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One X, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Android → 15 April 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...
Adventure, Simulation, Futurism (Future), Interactive movie, Visual novel, Logic, Cyberpunk, Detective, Point & Click
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 22 July 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...
Role-playing game, Action, Stealth, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Indie, Detective, Shooter
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 28 January 2021
Steam:
72/100
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...
Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android → 22 October 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...
Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 16 December 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...
Detective, Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Comedy, Puzzle, Role-playing game, Exploration, Mysticism / Supernatural
Game released: PC, Mac → 29 May 2021
Steam:
94/100
Seance is a mystical visual novel with anime and puzzle elements. In this game, detective duo Kennedy (a 33-year-old retired agent) and Mia (a 16-year-old girl with...
Action, Indie, Role-playing game, Shooter, Top-down view, In real time, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Detective
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Mac, Linux → 27 May 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...
