Detective

Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Detective, Role-playing game

June 29, 2026

Steam: 90/100

A hardcore text-based detective puzzle game where the investigation is built on careful analysis of numerous clues. After the director of the film crew is found...

Rainswept

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Detective, Visual novel, Walking Simulator

February 1, 2019

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Rainswept is a side-scrolling adventure detective game with a variety of puzzles. Detective Michael Anderson is sent to the small town of Pineview to help the local...

Methods: Detective Competition

Puzzle, Adventure, Visual novel, Detective

June 2, 2020

Players: 3.1/10

Steam: 91/100

Hundreds of detectives compete with each other to solve mysteries created by crime bosses. The winner receives a million dollars and a unique opportunity. However...

Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue

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

April 4, 2024

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Your House: A Hidden Truth

Adventure, Puzzle, Text quest, Detective, Visual novel

March 27, 2025

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 69/100

A game where puzzles and storytelling merge to tell a story about identity, ambition, and deception. The plot focuses on the intertwined destinies of two women: a...

The Deed: Dynasty

Adventure, Top-down view, Visual novel, Indie, Detective, Role-playing game

May 10, 2016

Steam: 86/100

A standalone story expansion for the game The Deed, developing its main concept. The player will still have to commit a murder, carefully plan their actions, plant...

Carmen Sandiego

Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration, Detective, Strategy

March 4, 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...

Among Us Story: On Guard

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

February 17, 2027

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...

Pandora Directive

Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Detective, Point & Click

June 30, 2009

Steam: 86/100

This first-person detective adventure takes place in April 2043, when private investigator Tex Murphy looks into rumors of a UFO crash in Roswell and investigates...

The Good Life

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

October 15, 2021

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 58/100

The Good Life is a 3D third-person adventure with RPG elements from the creators of Deadly Premonition and D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die. The action takes place in...

Lamplight City

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Detective

September 13, 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Lamplight City is a classic side-scrolling Point and Click adventure. The game takes place in the fictional town of Lamplight during the Victorian era with a hint...

Dark Nights with Poe and Munro

Detective, Point & Click, Horror

May 19, 2020

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This episodic supernatural story follows Poe and Munro, hosts at a local radio station. The player guides the pair through six TV-style episodes, where strange...

Chronique des Silencieux

Detective, Point & Click, Puzzle

January 29, 2024

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Set in southern France in the 1970s, this detective adventure follows a rookie private investigator trying to uncover the secrets of a stubborn old man. The player...

Bahnsen Knights

Visual novel, Detective, Old school, Adventure

December 14, 2023

Steam: 97/100

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...

Sockpuppet Noir

Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Comedy, Detective, Text quest

September 25, 2026

Steam: 88/100

An absurd detective quest about private investigator Frank Sokowski, a woolen sock, who investigates crimes in a city mired in corruption and vice. The dark streets...

Police Quest Collection

Adventure, Third-person view, Collection, Point & Click, Detective

September 15, 2006

Steam: 80/100

This collection brings together four detective adventures about police officers investigating murders and other crimes. In three stories, rookie cop Sonny Bonds...

Phoenix Springs

Adventure, Detective, Science fiction, Point & Click

October 7, 2024

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Neo-noir quest with elements of mysticism and investigation. Events immerse the player in a mysterious world where dark secrets and personal dramas are intertwined...

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Detective

March 13, 2018

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 68/100

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case is a continuation of the Japanese-style adventure visual novel Silver Case. The events of the game take place five years after the...

Tales of the Neon Sea

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

April 29, 2019

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 84/100

Tales of the Neon Sea is an unusual “point and click” adventure with a side view in cyberpunk style. You will find yourself in a neon city of the future, in which...

Town of Salem 2

Online, Side view, Fantasy, Survival, Detective, Puzzle, Casual game, Strategy

August 25, 2023

Players: 1/10

Steam: 68/100

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

Tintin Reporter: Cigars of the Pharaoh

Adventure, Detective, Action, Third-person view

November 7, 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 59/100

New adventures of the famous Tintin and his faithful four-legged friend Snowball. Having met Professor Cyclone on board a cruise ship in the Mediterranean, the...

Nut City Blues

Visual novel, Side view, Detective, Comedy, Point & Click

November 23, 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

The End of the Sun: Prologue

Free game, Adventure, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Fantasy, Walking Simulator, Exploration, Open world, Detective

July 18, 2025

Steam: 93/100

Free prologue for your Slavic detective adventure The End of the Sun. Players assume the role of the Ash Priest and explore a mysterious village. In the prologue...

Nancy Drew: Secret of the Scarlet Hand

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Detective

August 12, 2002

Steam: 88/100

Nancy Drew: Secret of the Scarlet Hand is a first-person adventure with a hint of puzzle from Her Interactive, Inc.. The game's primary publisher is Her...

Jekyll & Hyde

Detective, Puzzle, Visual novel

November 22, 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...

SpyParty

Arcade, Online, Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Detective, Strategy

April 12, 2018

Players: 7/10

Steam: 77/100

SpyParty is an interactive arcade game that is a variation on the theme of the Turing test. SpyParty is played by two people — a sniper and a spy. The first...

Fingered

Simulation, Indie, Casual game, Detective

August 18, 2015

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 74/100

This police simulation casts the player as a detective tasked with identifying suspects from witness descriptions and cleaning up a crime-ridden city. Descriptions...

Nancy Drew: Midnight in Salem

Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click, Detective

December 3, 2019

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 54/100

Nancy Drew: Midnight in Salem is a continuation of the series of adventure detectives in the "hidden object" genre. This time, Nancy Drew finds herself in Salem...

Long Live Caesar

Indie, Role-playing game, Tactics, Historical, Roguelike, Side view, Puzzle, Detective, Simulation

December 16, 2024

Steam: 78/100

A step -by -step role -playing strategy with elements of a crogue in which the fate of the Roman Empire depends on the decisions of one person. Playing for Guy...

City Legends: Trapped In Mirror

Hidden Objects, Puzzle, Detective, Horror

August 30, 2022

Steam: 86/100

To write a book about Bloody Mary, the main character goes to the Pennsylvania Museum, where there is a unique exhibit — a mirror. But the legend turns out to...

Shanghai Summer

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

February 7, 2024

Steam: 89/100

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...

Dahlia View

Puzzle, Adventure, Detective, Exploration, Interactive movie

November 2, 2021

Steam: 85/100

A game in which the gamer investigates the disappearance of a child in an apartment complex. A retired detective talks to neighbors and watches through the window...

The Painscreek Killings

Detective, Exploration, Puzzle

September 27, 2017

Steam: 88/100

This detective puzzle game follows Janet, a journalist sent to the abandoned town of Painscreek to investigate the deaths of its residents. Expecting to find a...

Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller

Point & Click, Adventure, Detective

September 19, 2013

Steam: 83/100

This point-and-click detective adventure follows FBI agent Erica Reed, who can see the past and piece together how crimes unfolded. Three years after the murder of...

Murders in Space

Adventure, Third-person view, Space, Detective

May 12, 2020

Steam: 66/100

Set aboard the orbital station PEGASUS, this detective adventure tasks the player with finding a murderer before they strike again. There are 24 hours to solve the...

Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Role-playing game, Detective

April 30, 2009

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper — London, 1888. A wave of brutal murders keeps the entire city in terror. Polly, a young prostitute, was murdered in the...

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

Adventure, Arcade, Visual novel, Simulation, Detective

July 27, 2021

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is a collection of unusual adventure arcade games with visual novel elements, where the gameplay revolves around verbal battles in...

Don't Forget Me

Indie, Detective, Adventure

April 20, 2021

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 62/100

A jazz-punk adventure puzzle game about exploring patients’ memories and uncovering a conspiracy that threatens humanity. The player uses personal observations to...

Let Bions Be Bygones

Detective, Side view, Adventure, Cyberpunk, Role-playing game, Point & Click

April 30, 2024

Steam: 69/100

The game takes place on the futuristic planet Terrahive. The planet is gradually dying, because it has been captured by the most terrible disease — humanity...

Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Turn-based, Comics, Japanese role-playing game, Detective, Comedy

June 25, 2012

Steam: 85/100

This turn-based role-playing game combines detective fiction with humor: a detective agency is called into action by a mysterious caller. The threats in New Arcadia...

Best Games in the Detective genre