Detective for PlayStation 4 — top best games in the Detective genre

Strange Antiquities - a game in the Detective genre

Simulation, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 April 2026

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A mysterious antique shop in Andermere opens its doors to those who are ready to touch the secrets hidden between the world of the living and the otherworldly. The...

Disco Elysium

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 March 2021

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...

BLACKSAD: Under the Skin

Adventure, Detective, Exploration, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 December 2019

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 64/100

BLACKSAD: Under the Skin is a fanatical point and click adventure based on the comic book of the same name about cat detective John Blacksad. In the 1950s in New...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Adventure, Detective, Action

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 May 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Adventure role-playing game, which takes place in the Vampire: The Masquerade universe in accordance with the rules of the fifth edition of the board game. Vampires...

L.A. Noire

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Detective, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 November 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 82/100

L.A. Noire is a third-person action-adventure game set in an open world. The game will take you to 1947, to the city of Los Angeles. The protagonist Cole Phelps...

Call of Cthulhu

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 October 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Call of Cthulhu is an action-adventure game with a first-person view and horror elements. The game is filled with a dark and oppressive atmosphere of the Lovecraft...

Heavy Rain

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Interactive movie, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 4 March 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Heavy Rain is an interactive adventure movie with a third-person view from the creators of Fahrenheit. The events of the game take place in a small American town...

Sherlock Holmes Chapter One

Adventure, Puzzle, Action, Third-person view, Detective, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 April 2022

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 74/100

An adventure detective story about the legendary Sherlock Holmes from the creators of The Sinking City. The game tells the story of the famous detective's earlier...

The Wolf Among Us

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Point & Click, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 7 November 2014

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A detective thriller with adventure elements based on the Fables comics, The Wolf Among Us takes place in Fabletown, where characters from fairy tales, legends, and...

Erica

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Point & Click, Puzzle, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 August 2019

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Erica is an interactive adventure with horror elements and an innovative storytelling style. At a young age, the main character has an accident, after which she...

Buried Stars

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 July 2020

Steam: 73/100

A detective adventure set at the site of a building collapse during a live broadcast of a survival show. Trapped beneath the rubble, the contestants and staff try...

Pathologic 2

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Open world, Role-playing game, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 March 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A remake of a thriller set in an open world, released in 2005. Three very different doctors try to save an unusual steppe town from an epidemic of a deadly disease...

Strange Horticulture

Puzzle, Exploration, Detective, Adventure, Point & Click

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 February 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...

Telling Lies

Interactive movie, Adventure, First-person view, Detective, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 April 2020

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Telling Lies is an interactive adventure from the creators of the Her Story series. The game tells the story of four characters, one of whom is hiding a big lie...

Night Book

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 July 2021

Steam: 67/100

Night Book is an adventure horror game in the genre of interactive cinema with point and click elements. Lauralyn works night shifts remotely from home, translating...

Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 October 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments is a third-person adventure detective story based on the works of Arthur Conan Doyle. This time the famous detective will have...

Simulacra

Adventure, Puzzle, Horror, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 December 2019

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...

Kona

Adventure, First-person view, Survival, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 March 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Kona: Day One is a survival adventure game with a first-person perspective. The game takes place in 1970, in Northern Quebec. Private detective Carl Faubert, a war...

Murdered: Soul Suspect

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Detective, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 July 2014

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Murdered: Soul Suspect is an action-adventure game with a third-person view. The game will challenge you to investigate the most difficult case — your own...

Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The London Case

Hidden Objects, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 August 2023

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 67/100

A detective adventure about the theft of a painting of Mary Magdalene in London. Hercule Poirot joins forces with Lloyd's of London to oversee the painting’s...

The Case of the Golden Idol

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 July 2024

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...

Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 October 2016

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter is an action-adventure game with a third-person view. In the game you will find five cases that Sherlock Holmes and his famous...

Virginia

Adventure, First-person view, Walking Simulator, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 September 2016

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Virginia is a first-person adventure thriller inspired by Twin Peaks and True Detective. The game takes place in 1992 in the small town of Kingdom in Virginia...

Council

Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Interactive movie, Role-playing game, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 March 2018

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Council is an interactive adventure where you have to make difficult decisions and directly influence the plot. The game takes you to 1793. You will play as a...

The Isle Tide Hotel

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 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...

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 April 2019

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...

Twin Mirror

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 1 December 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...

Neon Blood

Cyberpunk, Role-playing game, Side view, Adventure, Science fiction, Indie, Detective, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 November 2024

Steam: 59/100

An adventure role-playing game set in the cyberpunk future of 2053. The main character is former police detective Axel McCoin, who must uncover a terrible...

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Action, Adventure, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Detective, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 July 2015

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view and horror elements. You take control of a detective searching for a missing boy...

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 January 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony is an adventure visual novel set in the Danganronpa universe. Welcome to the new world of Danganronpa. The most ambitious and...

The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story

Interactive movie, Adventure, Historical, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 May 2022

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...

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 June 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 86/100

The main character is Sissel, the spirit of a deceased man, capable of inhabiting objects and controlling them. The goal of the game is to find out the cause of the...

This Bed We Made

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 December 2023

Players: 9/10

Steam: 90/100

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...

Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged

Adventure, Detective, Indie, Point & Click, Historical

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 September 2024

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...

Pneumata

Horror, First-person view, Survival, Detective, Action, Survival horror, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 September 2024

Players: 1.5/10

Steam: 47/100

Metacritic: 52/100

In the role of a detective, the player explores a gloomy mansion and crime scenes to find the reason for the disappearances. We need to piece together the evidence...

Chicken Police

Adventure, Indie, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 November 2020

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...

The Gallery

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 1 August 2022

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 66/100

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...

Ace Attorney Investigations Collection

Adventure, Detective, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 September 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 83/100

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

Darkside Detective

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 April 2021

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...

Eternal Threads

Logic, Puzzle, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Detective

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 May 2024

Players: 9/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 73/100

is an adventure puzzle game where the whole point is tied to time manipulation. The story follows Forty-Three, a man from the future, sent to save six residents of...

Detective

Best Games in the Detective genre for PlayStation 4