Detective

Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie, Detective

May 19, 2017

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 62/100

This FMV detective story with elements of psychological horror follows a psychiatrist investigating the murder of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker while treating...

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...

Hypnospace Outlaw

Adventure, Simulation, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Benchmark program, Point & Click, Detective

March 12, 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Hypnospace Outlaw is an unusual 90s internet simulator with pixel graphics and text game elements. The player explores various websites, monitors mail receipts, 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...

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...

The Isle Tide Hotel

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

September 12, 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...

Edge of Sanity

Survival horror, Exploration, Action, Crafting, Detective, Adventure, Side view, Horror

September 13, 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 68/100

A hand-drawn 2D psychological survival horror game set in the ruthless wilds of Alaska with the intense atmosphere of the Cthulhu Mythos. The main character is a...

The Roottrees are Dead

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

January 15, 2025

Steam: 96/100

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...

Where Dolls Hang

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Survival, Open world, Detective, Survival horror

2026

A psychological horror game from the first person perspective with elements of survival and investigation. Players will encounter a dark story inspired by the...

Staffer Retro: A Supernatural Mystery Quest

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Point & Click, Mysticism / Supernatural, Casual game, Detective, Logic

July 22, 2026

Steam: 89/100

A detective adventure dedicated to investigating events related to supernatural abilities and mysterious artifacts called STAFF. The main character, Verita, leads...

Nancy Drew: The Shattered Medallion

Adventure, Point & Click, Detective

May 20, 2014

Steam: 52/100

This point-and-click adventure follows detective Nancy Drew and George as they travel to New Zealand to compete in the reality show Pacific Run. Hosted by Sonny...

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...

Devi: A light in the dark

Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie, Detective, Exploration

2026

Anticipation Rating: 6.7/10

Devi: A light in the dark is an open-world role-playing simulator about a young girl from a rural village in India. She must escape from slavery, into which she was...

Tiny Room Stories Town Mystery

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

January 25, 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...

Supernormal

Adventure, Horror, Survival, First-person view, Detective, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration

January 9, 2024

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 72/100

Atmospheric horror inspired by Allison Road. The main character is Detective Wyatt, who is trying to solve the disappearance of a girl. To do this, the gamer...

DeTechtive 2112

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

January 29, 2025

Steam: 45/100

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...

Duck Detective: The Secret Salami

Adventure, Puzzle, Detective, Comedy, Casual game

May 23, 2024

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

The Bureau of Fantastical & Arcane Affairs

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

2027

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...

Hope in the City

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Detective

November 11, 2026

A detective adventure about a 17-year-old schoolgirl named Hope, who tries to uncover the mysterious disappearance of her parents in the Chinese city of Shenyang...

Twin Mirror

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Detective

December 1, 2020

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Twin Mirror is a psychological thriller with a third-person view from the creators of Vampyr and Life is Strange. The main character is a young man named Sam...

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...

Jessika

Interactive movie, First-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Simulation, Benchmark program, Indie, Detective

August 25, 2020

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 67/100

Jessika is an interactive adventure game in the spirit of Her Story and Telling Lies. The player investigates the digital traces of a deceased girl named...

The Gallery

Interactive movie, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Detective, Exploration

August 1, 2022

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 70/100

The Gallery is an interactive psychological thriller with elements of social drama. An art curator is being held hostage by a portrait artist who threatens to...

Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories

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

September 30, 2022

Steam: 83/100

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...

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...

BROK the InvestiGator

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

August 26, 2022

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...

Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past

First-person view, Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Detective, Casual game, Adventure, Role-playing game

December 16, 2025

Steam: 53/100

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...

Blood in the Ice

Adventure, Visual novel, Detective, Role-playing game

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...

Aviary Attorney

Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Visual novel, Indie, Detective

December 21, 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Aviary Attorney is a phantasmagorical visual novel that takes players to Paris in 1848, during the era of the revolutionary movement. Playing as a falcon-lawyer, we...

Whispers of a Machine

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

April 17, 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...

Crimepunk Detective

Role-playing game, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Adult game, Cyberpunk, Indie, Detective

2026

Anticipation Rating: 6.7/10

Detective adventure action in a cyberpunk setting. Players find themselves in the shoes of a private detective who survives in a gloomy metropolis of the future. In...

Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Detective

2027

Anticipation Rating: 4.6/10

Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare is an interactive horror adventure created from the script of Ruggero Deodato, a famous Italian film director who “ate the dog” in horror...

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...

Seance

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

May 29, 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...

Katana-Ra: Shinobi Rising

Stealth, Cyberpunk, Adventure, Action, Open world, Futurism (Future), Detective, Isometric

April 25, 2023

Steam: 25/100

The events of the game take place in an alternative Japan around a young shinobi who is trying to find the person responsible for the death of a certain heiress. As...

Grunnd

Visual novel, Side view, Detective, Walking Simulator, Puzzle, Point & Click

January 26, 2023

Steam: 64/100

A detective adventure in which the character travels through a gloomy city. Here he meets strange people and uncovers secrets that change his journey. The main...

Methods: Complete Edition

Visual novel, Detective, Puzzle

April 18, 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...

Sublustrum Remake

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Steampunk, Exploration, Detective, Remake, Walking Simulator, Point & Click

Q1 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A remake of the psychological adventure game Sublustrum from 2008. The plot centers around a writer investigating the disappearance of his scientist brother and...

Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping

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

May 22, 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...

Security 51

Simulation, Point & Click, Science fiction, Casual game, Detective, Puzzle

August 12, 2026

Players: 8/10

Steam: 71/100

A document verification simulator from the studio, inspired by the games Papers, Please and Mind Scanners. The action takes place at a checkpoint of the secret...

Best Games in the Detective genre