Detective for Android — top best games in the Detective genre

Disco Elysium - a game in the Detective genre

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

Game released: Android → 5 August 2025

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...

Servant of the Lake

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

Game released: Android → 13 August 2026

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 98/100

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...

Mindcop

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

Game released: Android → 22 January 2026

Steam: 94/100

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...

Case Solved: The London Files

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

Game released: Android → 29 July 2026

Steam: 65/100

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...

Crushed In Time

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Comedy, Detective

Game released: Android → 2026

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson return in an unusual adventure, where classic detective investigation meets absurd humor, meta-narrative, and time travel. This time...

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: Android → 11 June 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy is an anime visual novel. This episode takes place in a courtroom. You'll experience the thrill of protecting clients in the...

Strange Horticulture

Puzzle, Exploration, Detective, Adventure, Point & Click

Game released: Android → 26 March 2024

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...

Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged

Adventure, Detective, Indie, Point & Click, Historical

Game released: Android → 25 June 2025

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 84/100

A remaster of the original 1996 adventure Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars. The game received improved graphics and support for 4K resolution. The main...

The Case of the Golden Idol

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

Game released: Android → 9 February 2026

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Side view detective adventure game. The game takes place in an alternate 18th century England, where players will have to unravel 12 of the strangest and most...

Chicken Police

Adventure, Indie, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: Android → 30 June 2021

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...

Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Casual game, Comedy, Detective

Game released: Android → 27 November 2025

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A bright adventure about a duck detective, set in a campsite where ghosts may have appeared. You need to examine evidence, question suspects, and analyze the data...

Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: Android → 4 August 2022

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 76/100

Visual novel from the creators of Endless Summer. The main character is the son of a Soviet diplomat, who has lived in Japan since childhood. After his parents...

The Rise of the Golden Idol

Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration, Detective

Game released: Android → 13 November 2024

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

The story is about a hunter for a powerful artifact, which, according to legend, can change the world. The game takes place in the 70s, where the gamer investigates...

Duck Detective: The Secret Salami

Adventure, Puzzle, Detective, Comedy, Casual game

Game released: Android → 13 November 2024

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 78/100

The main character is a duck detective who uses his abilities to solve a complicated case. You need to look for clues at crime scenes, collect information and talk...

Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence

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

Game released: Android → 6 March 2026

Steam: 92/100

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...

Bear With Me

Adventure, Puzzle, , Hidden Objects, Detective

Game released: Android → 31 July 2019

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Bear With Me is a noir point and click adventure that tells the story of a little girl, Amber. She has to find her missing brother Flint and turns to Ted E., a...

Darkside Detective

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: Android → 8 August 2024

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...

The Isle Tide Hotel

Detective, Visual novel, Replayability, Exploration, Point & Click

Game released: Android → 12 September 2023

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 64/100

The game takes place in the Tidal Island Hotel, where a religious cult plans to perform a ritual with a girl. The main character must infiltrate the mansion to save...

Simulacra 2

Adventure, Interactive movie, Puzzle, Horror, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: Android → 11 December 2019

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Simulacra 2 is a continuation of an unusual detective puzzle with elements of interactive cinema. The game tells the story of the unusual death of a blogger, which...

Unheard

Indie, Adventure, Puzzle, Horror, Top-down view, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: Android → 25 February 2022

Steam: 91/100

Unheard is an indie horror adventure with puzzle elements and a top-down view. You have to put on headphones and go back in time. Use the voices you hear to return...

Prison Life

Detective, Online, Casual game, Cooperative (co-op), Tactics, Role-playing game, Indie, Free game

Game released: Android → 26 July 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 77/100

Prison Life is a multi-player co-op detective game with RPG and tactical elements. You'll be able to play alongside 3-11 other players, with each player given a...

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

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

Game released: Android → 8 August 2024

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...

Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story

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

Game released: Android → 21 September 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...

Detective: Shadows of Sin City

Detective, Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Text quest

Game released: Android → 31 July 2023

The player in the role of detective Michael Colt investigates the most complicated cases. At crime scenes, it is important to collect all the evidence that will...

Simulacra

Adventure, Puzzle, Horror, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: Android → 26 October 2017

Players: 9/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Simulacra is an unusual detective puzzle game for mobile platforms. You have found a phone belonging to a missing girl named Anna. In it you see a video of Anna...

Tiny Room Stories Town Mystery

Puzzle, Detective, Hidden Objects, Exploration, Indie, Point & Click, Logic

Game released: Android → 25 January 2019

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 86/100

The main character of the game is a private detective who went to a small town at the request of his father. All the residents of the city have disappeared, and...

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Detective

Game released: Android → 20 August 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This detective visual novel follows a school trip to the abandoned Jabberwock Island, where Monokuma restarts a deadly game. Students from Hope’s Peak Academy must...

Jekyll & Hyde

Detective, Puzzle, Visual novel

Game released: Android → 22 November 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 Centennial Case: A Shijima Story

Interactive movie, Adventure, Historical, Detective

Game released: Android → 25 April 2023

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 72/100

The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story is a Japanese-style interactive adventure where you investigate a series of mysterious murders that span a century. The four...

Voodoo Detective

Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click, Detective, Comedy

Game released: Android → 24 May 2022

Steam: 95/100

Voodoo Detective is a point and click adventure puzzle game. New Guinen: A small island town steeped in rich voodoo culture, overrun with chain stores and teeming...

Methods: Complete Edition

Visual novel, Detective, Puzzle

Game released: Android → 18 April 2025

A detective game where you examine clues and solve mysteries to solve crimes. You can examine crime scenes and talk to different characters. The complete edition...

Carmen Sandiego

Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration, Detective, Strategy

Game released: Android → 19 November 2025

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 70/100

The main character is the greatest thief in the world, who must track down a criminal syndicate before it can carry out its next big heist. Missions will take place...

Ghost Case

Detective, Adventure

Game released: Android → 23 October 2023

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 58/100

Detective Ren Larsen is investigating a terrible murder that happened 20 years ago. The main character explores different locations of the city, where he collects...

Methods 4: The Best Detective

Visual novel, Detective

Game released: Android → 15 November 2024

The fourth chapter of the Methods series. In the story, one hundred detectives compete against each other in a mysterious competition to solve crimes committed by...

Tangle Tower

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: Android → 27 September 2023

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...

BROK the InvestiGator

Adventure, Side view, Arcade, Detective, Post-apocalyptic, Point & Click, Visual novel

Game released: Android → 21 February 2024

Steam: 97/100

The game takes place in a futuristic world inhabited by humanoid animals. The rich live under a dome that protects them from environmental pollution. The main...

Kathy Rain: Director’s Cut

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

Game released: Android → 26 October 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...

Whispers of a Machine

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

Game released: Android → 17 April 2019

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Whispers of a Machine is an atmospheric "Point and Click" adventure in a retro style. You have to take control of Detective Vera and investigate a series of murders...

Cube Escape

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

Game released: Android → 6 July 2018

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...

Hidden Story

Adventure, Detective, Puzzle

Game released: Android → 29 April 2025

The player looks at various pictures in which he needs to look for hidden letters. You will have to make up a hidden word in order to advance through the plot. The...

Detective

Best Games in the Detective genre for Android (Game released)