Detective

Adventure, Side view, Arcade, Detective, Post-apocalyptic

August 26, 2022

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...

KILLER INN

Action, Shooter, Stealth, Online, Third-person view, Detective

February 12, 2026

Atmospheric online shooter in the genre of social deduction. The events of the game take place in a castle. All players are divided into two roles: "wolves" and...

Pathologic 3: Quarantine

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

March 17, 2025

Players: 8.3/10

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...

Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged

Adventure, Detective, Indie

September 19, 2024

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...

Ace Attorney Investigations Collection

Adventure, Detective, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

September 6, 2024

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 83/100

The collection combines two exciting games, offering a unique perspective on crime investigation. Instead of the courtroom, protagonist Miles Edgeworth, a...

Crushed In Time

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

June 10, 2026

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...

DeTechtive 2112

Detective, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Adventure, Isometric, Exploration, Cooperative (co-op)

January 29, 2025

Action adventure in a cyberpunk setting with an isometric camera. The main action takes place in 2112, namely in the England of the future. The main character is...

The Rise of the Golden Idol

Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration, Detective

November 12, 2024

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...

The Sin

Visual novel, Text quest, Detective

May 20, 2021

Players: 9.2/10

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...

DEATH NOTE Killer Within

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

November 5, 2024

Players: 10/10

Detective thriller based on the cult manga and anime Death Note. The player is immersed in a world where every mistake can be fatal, and every step is part of a...

Detective Pikachu Returns

Adventure, Detective, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game

October 6, 2023

Metacritic: 66/100

Continuation of the detective quest Detective Pikachu. The main characters are once again young Tim Goodman and his talking Pokémon Pikachu. The heroes interact...

Police Chief Simulator

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

III квартал 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

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 Seance of Blake Manor

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Mysticism / Supernatural, Detective

October 27, 2025

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...

The Darkest Files

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

March 25, 2025

Metacritic: 80/100

The game unfolds in 1956 in Germany. In the role of a young prosecutor, it is necessary to investigate the crimes of the times of Nazism and look for the...

No Law

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Cyberpunk, Open world, Detective

2026

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...

Vaudeville

Adventure, Detective, Procedural generation, Text quest

June 30, 2023

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...

Mercury Abbey

Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Detective, Science fiction

November 22, 2024

An atmospheric detective game that tells an intriguing story in a noir style with pixel graphics. Players follow the adventures of Harrod, a seasoned detective, and...

The Library of Babel

Puzzle, Platformer, Side view, Detective, Post-apocalyptic

April 7, 2023

Players: 5.5/10

The game takes place in a dystopian future where humanity has long since died out and the world is populated by high-tech robots. The main character investigates a...

This Bed We Made

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator, Detective

November 1, 2023

Players: 9/10

An adventure detective story in which the main character is a hotel maid. The main action takes place in the 1950s. The heroine spies on hotel guests to reveal...

Lacuna — A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

Adventure, Detective, Side view, Science fiction, Cyberpunk

May 20, 2021

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...

Give Us A Sign

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

октябрь 2026

Cooperative horror, where players will investigate paranormal phenomena in teams of one to four people. The main feature of the game is an advanced voice...

Scene Investigators

Hidden Objects, Detective, Simulation, First-person view

October 24, 2023

Players: 8.7/10

A detective game set in the future. The main character must unravel complex cases in order to pass the exam and become a real investigator. You need to explore the...

On Your Tail

Adventure, Detective, Action, Exploration, Open world, God Simulator

December 16, 2024

Metacritic: 74/100

The game takes place in Borgo Marina, a picturesque coastal town where sunny days are filled with warmth and nights are filled with magic and tranquility. The main...

Silver Pines

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Detective, Metroidvania

October 8, 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

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...

Blood in the Ice

Adventure, Visual novel, Detective

May 30, 2026

The game's plot unfolds aboard the fictional whaling ship Mercy of Hull in 1859. The main character is Dr. Elias Ward, whose first journey began with a sailor found...

Bahnsen Knights

Visual novel, Detective, Old school

December 14, 2023

The game takes place in 1986 in Tornado Alley, USA. The main character is an undercover agent who has infiltrated a religious cult known as the Knights of Banzen...

Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!

Adventure, Puzzle, Detective

November 7, 2024

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Detectives Sonny and Marty from Chicken Police continue to do their job. During the investigation, the heroes end up in the Hive — a ghetto inhabited by insects...

Town of Salem 2

Online, Side view, Fantasy, Survival, Detective, Puzzle

August 25, 2023

Players: 1/10

Multiplayer deduction game. 15 gamers explore the city and complete various tasks to identify and eliminate opponents. Each role has its own tasks and...

Shanghai Summer

Adventure, Visual novel, Side view, Anime / Manga, Detective

February 7, 2024

The game takes place in Shanghai in 2003. Suddenly, Baichuan feels that something is wrong with his life — sometimes he thinks he can see his memories, so...

Among Us Story: On Guard

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Point & Click, Casual game, Comedy, Space, Detective

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A narrative adventure in the universe of Among Us, where life aboard a spaceship turns out to be much more dangerous than it seems at first glance. As part of the...

Siberian Way

Visual novel, Adventure, Historical, Indie, Detective

March 4, 2025

Detective visual short story with a gloomy history. The events of the game unfold at the end of the 19th century, and the plot tells about the detective Ilya...

Loco Motive

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Comedy, Detective

November 21, 2024

Metacritic: 77/100

A humorous side-scrolling adventure in which the heroes investigate the mysterious death of Lady Unterwald. To find the culprit, you need to meet eccentric...

The Roottrees are Dead

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

January 15, 2025

Metacritic: 86/100

A detective adventure in the spirit of Return of the Obra Dinn, but set in the 90s. The main character is a young investigative journalist trying to establish the...

Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories

Free game, Puzzle, Adventure, Detective, Logic, Hidden Objects, Casual game

September 30, 2022

Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories is a free collection of puzzles for fans of real-life quests. There is a single mode and online for up to five people. In each story...

Three Minutes to Eight

Indie, Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Science fiction, Detective

October 23, 2023

A pixel game set in the near future. The main character should die at exactly 19:57, but the gamer still tries to save him. We need to find ways to cheat death and...

Seance

Detective, Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Comedy, Puzzle, Role-playing game, Exploration, Mysticism / Supernatural

May 29, 2021

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...

Tron: Identity

Detective, Visual novel, Adventure, Science fiction, Casual game

April 11, 2023

A detective visual novel set in the Tron sci-fi universe, where you can interrogate suspects, explore the environment, solve puzzles, and interact with various...

The Shadow Syndicate

Detective, Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Comics, Adventure

2026

An adventure stealth action game set in an alternate universe with anthropomorphic animals. The story takes place in 1930s Brooklyn. The main character is Sam...

DOOMED Detective Game

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

March 25, 2025

A detective game in which all NPC is controlled by artificial intelligence, and the investigation is conducted through live communication through a microphone...

Sister Ray

Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Survival, Detective

June 1, 2026

Players: 9.9/10

A dark two-dimensional RPG with survival elements, telling the story of an artist named Ray, who is trying to cope with addiction while taking care of her younger...

Best Games in the Detective genre