Detective

Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Detective

March 26, 2024

A short game that takes about 45 minutes to complete. The main character investigates a crime related to his past and paranormal events. You need to explore a...

NCIS: Hidden Crimes

Detective, Adventure, Hidden Objects, Isometric

September 14, 2016

The player joins the heroes of the NCIS series to investigate murders and espionage related to the US Navy and Marine Corps. The gamer finds hidden objects...

Nut City Blues

Visual novel, Side view, Detective, Comedy

November 23, 2023

Players: 10/10

A comedy game about Captain Fox, a raccoon detective and the dangers of pineapple pizza. The heroes will have to team up to explore the neon streets of Nut City...

Brinkmanship

Adventure, Walking Simulator, Detective, First-person view, Science fiction, Space

May 11, 2024

A sci-fi mystery about a colony ship that secretly changed course. There are 30,000 people on board. The gamer must explore the premises to find out what is...

Phantom Watcher

First-person view, Horror, Puzzle, Strategy, Detective

May 22, 2024

The player controls the power distribution inside the haunted hospital to explore different rooms, gather information and survive. There are 10 different types of...

Find Joe: two of us

Adventure, Point & Click, Detective

December 19, 2025

Heroes embark on an unforgettable journey to find their friend Joe. The characters use their analytical skills to search for clues that help solve puzzles. In the...

Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery

Comedy, Detective, Adventure, Casual game, Indie

October 27, 2022

Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery is a humorous detective adventure with cartoon graphics. In the game you will try on the role of a frog Detective who is...

The Great Sneeze

Detective, Puzzle, Adventure

March 18, 2025

A colorful adventure in which three friends - Kaspar, David and Friederike - must save an art exhibition where an incident has occurred. They will have to solve...

Methods 4: The Best Detective

Visual novel, Detective

November 15, 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...

Negative Atmosphere: Emergency Room

Horror, Simulation, First-person view, Puzzle, Free game, Science fiction, Detective

January 27, 2023

Players: 6.7/10

Realistic and eerie surgeon simulator, serving as a prequel to the horror Negative Atmosphere. Samuel Edwards is the chief medical officer of the TRH Rusanov...

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...

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...

Directorate Novitiate

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Fantasy, Detective

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The main character is a sorceress with the pseudonym "Mercury", which is opposed to mystical criminals and groups in Los Angeles. The girl also wants to find a...

Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue

Free game, Simulation, First-person view, Action, Exploration, Comedy, Detective

April 4, 2024

Players: 9.8/10

A free prologue for Crime Scene Cleaner, featuring the everyday life of a crime scene cleaner. Players take on the role of a man who works for the mafia, literally...

Sherlock: Hidden Object & Match-3 Mystery

Puzzle, Match-3 (Three in a row), Cooperative (co-op), Hidden Objects, Detective

July 28, 2025

Players: 5.5/10

The adventures of the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes, who travels through the locations from the books, where he solves puzzles to find the criminal who...

POCKET MYSTERY EP DX

Top-down view, Detective, Puzzle

December 17, 2024

A surreal game about detective Walker Rylance, who is investigating the mysterious murder of four colleagues that occurred in a locked room. You need to explore the...

Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing - Prolog

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

March 11, 2025

The game takes place on a steamer located in the North Sea in 1870. The captain of the ship suddenly dies under mysterious circumstances. It is necessary to...

Broken Sword - Parzival's Stone

Adventure, Indie, Detective

2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A new adventure between the extravagant journalist Nico Collard and the fearless American George Stobbart. The heroes try to uncover a conspiracy involving Nazis...

Ghost Case

Detective, Adventure

October 23, 2023

Players: 8.3/10

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...

Tiny Room Stories Town Mystery

Puzzle, Detective, Hidden Objects, Exploration, Indie

January 25, 2019

Players: 9.7/10

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...

Dodgy Deliveries

Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Horror, Indie, Adventure, Exploration, Detective, Casual game

January 31, 2025

In the game, you need to run your own delivery service with your friends, fulfilling orders all over the city to collect enough money to pay the rent. The city...

A Bavarian Tale - Totgeschwiegen

Third-person view, Detective

September 15, 2021

Players: 6/10

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...

Moonshot - The Great Espionage

Free game, Platformer, Puzzle, Detective, Old school

July 30, 2021

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

Young Detective: The Mutation

Detective, Adventure, Puzzle

November 26, 2024

Players: 1/10

The game is about a brave young detective who entered the creepy house of a serial killer to uncover the truth about the terrible murders. You need to move around...

Predefined

Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Detective

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The events of the game take place in the near dystopian future, teetering on the edge of cyberpunk. This is a world where advanced technology coexists with archaic...

Shadow Sacrament: The Roots of Evil

Horror, Stealth, Side view, Survival, Detective, Metroidvania

2026

A dark pixel game set in the 19th century. The main character is a detective haunted by a recent loss. He must solve a terrible crime and survive in an ancient...

Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping

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

May 22, 2025

Metacritic: 82/100

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...

Murders on the Yangtze River

Adventure, Puzzle, Detective

January 30, 2024

A detective game in the style of the Ace Attorney series, set in early 20th-century China. The protagonist's brother has been murdered, and the crime resembles a...

TEST TEST TEST

Puzzle, Top-down view, Detective

January 17, 2024

Players: 9.2/10

An overworked office worker solves cryptic puzzles in an alternate reality to escape a time loop. To do this you need to find clues and collect useful information...

Crowalt: Traces of the Lost Colony

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

January 6, 2022

Players: 5.5/10

A traditional quest where you need to search, combine, and use items to solve puzzles. The game's plot is based on one of the greatest mysteries in the history of...

100 Cats Lost In Poland Find & Color

Puzzle, Detective, Casual game, Cooperative (co-op)

August 1, 2025

A co-op game where the player tries to find 100 cats in a detailed image. The player also needs to color the picture by numbers using a variety of colors. The...

Whispers in the West - Co-op Murder Mystery

Cooperative (co-op), Online, Detective, Side view

July 25, 2023

A detective game for playing together with friends. The game takes place in the far reaches of the Old West. A series of crimes shook the Wild West, the mystery of...

Casey Noir and Carved Pumpkin's Latte

Visual novel, Free game, Point & Click, Detective

October 2, 2025

The game takes place in a Gothic hotel perched atop a lonely hill on Halloween night. The protagonist, an immortal ghost detective, must solve the murder of one of...

Dream Detective: Merge Game

Adventure, Exploration, Detective, Top-down view, Casual game, Puzzle

October 10, 2023

Steam: 73/100

A creative casual game that combines object search and match-3 puzzles. The main character explores a long-abandoned detective academy and tries to uncover...

The Bureau of Fantastical & Arcane Affairs

Adventure, First-person view, Casual game, Comedy, Fantasy, Open world, Detective, Role-playing game

2026

An action role-playing game in which you need to inspect a fantasy world for suitability for adventures. Players will have to join a special Bureau of Fantastic and...

Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence

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

December 9, 2025

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...

Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past

First-person view, Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Detective

December 16, 2025

The main character finds themselves in a mysterious mansion, from which they must find a way out. The character is constantly haunted by the feeling that someone...

Hidden Story

Adventure, Detective, Puzzle

April 29, 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: Shadows of Sin City

Detective, Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Text quest

July 31, 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...

Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club

Adventure, Visual novel, Detective, Anime / Manga

August 29, 2024

Metacritic: 74/100

The hero investigates the murder of a student whose head was covered with a paper bag with a creepy laughing face. The mysterious case turns out to be connected to...

Best Games in the Detective genre