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Best Games in the Detective genre for PlayStation 4

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Virginia - a game in the Detective genre
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...
Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare - a game in the Detective genre
Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare
Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Detective
Game in development: PlayStation 4 → 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...
Edge of Sanity - a game in the Detective genre
Edge of Sanity
Survival horror, Exploration, Action, Crafting, Detective, Adventure, Side view, Horror
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 September 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...
Murders on the Yangtze River - a game in the Detective genre
Murders on the Yangtze River
Adventure, Puzzle, Detective
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 August 2026
Steam: 96/100
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...
Twin Mirror - a game in the Detective genre
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...
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story - a game in the Detective genre
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...
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy - a game in the Detective genre
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...
Simulacra - a game in the Detective genre
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...
The Shapeshifting Detective - a game in the Detective genre
The Shapeshifting Detective
Adventure, First-person view, Interactive movie, Indie, Detective
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 November 2018
Players: 5.2/10
Steam: 77/100
Metacritic: 72/100
The Shapeshifting Detective is an interactive adventure thriller with a first-person view. The game revolves around a detective who is trying to find...
Chicken Police - a game in the Detective genre
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...
Pneumata - a game in the Detective genre
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...
Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker - a game in the Detective genre
Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie, Detective
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 June 2018
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...
Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo - a game in the Detective genre
Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo
Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Detective, Exploration
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 September 2022
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...
Arsene Lupin - Once a Thief - a game in the Detective genre
Arsene Lupin - Once a Thief
Adventure, Visual novel, Exploration, Detective, Point & Click
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 October 2024
Steam: 69/100
Events take place in the enchanting and mysterious Paris of the early 20th century, where the player takes on the role of gentleman thief Arsene...
Kona 2: Brume - a game in the Detective genre
Kona 2: Brume
Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Exploration, Detective, Walking Simulator
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 October 2023
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 80/100
The game takes place in Canada in 1970. A certain haze cut off a small mining village from the whole world. Private detective Karl Faber is trying to...
BROK the InvestiGator - a game in the Detective genre
BROK the InvestiGator
Adventure, Side view, Arcade, Detective, Post-apocalyptic, Point & Click, Visual novel
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 1 March 2023
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...
Lacuna — A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure - a game in the Detective genre
Lacuna — A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
Adventure, Detective, Side view, Science fiction, Cyberpunk
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 December 2021
Steam: 92/100
A fascinating journey into the world of science fiction, cyberpunk and noir, where, in the role of detective Neil Conrad, the player faces complex...
Darkside Detective - a game in the Detective genre
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...
AI: The Somnium Files - a game in the Detective genre
AI: The Somnium Files
Adventure, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Detective
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 September 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...
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles - a game in the Detective genre
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Adventure, Arcade, Visual novel, Simulation, Detective
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 July 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...
BrokenLore: DON'T WATCH - a game in the Detective genre
BrokenLore: DON'T WATCH
Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Detective
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 August 2025
Steam: 82/100
Psychological horror from the Brokenlore series. Shinji - Hikikomori (young hermit), locked in his apartment in Tokyo. Debts are growing, the family...
Paradise Killer - a game in the Detective genre
Paradise Killer
Role-playing game, Adventure, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Open world, Exploration, Detective
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 March 2022
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Paradise Killer is an atmospheric adventure with role-playing elements and a first-person view. The events of the game take place in a surreal...
The Library of Babel - a game in the Detective genre
The Library of Babel
Puzzle, Platformer, Side view, Detective, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 7 April 2023
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 70/100
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...
The Peterson Case - a game in the Detective genre
The Peterson Case
Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Walking Simulator, Detective
Game canceled: PlayStation 4 → 2020
Anticipation Rating: 6.7/10
The Peterson Case is a first-person horror adventure with puzzle elements. The events of the game take place after the Roswell Incident, which...
Rough Justice: '84 - a game in the Detective genre
Rough Justice: '84
Strategy, Detective, Business / Management, Isometric, Old school, Board / Group Game, Indie
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 December 2023
Steam: 64/100
A strategy game inspired by board games. The gamer uses dice and cards to run a private security agency. It is necessary to hire new workers and send...
The Isle Tide Hotel - a game in the Detective genre
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...
Three Minutes to Eight - a game in the Detective genre
Three Minutes to Eight
Indie, Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Science fiction, Detective, Point & Click
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 December 2023
Steam: 63/100
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...
Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping - a game in the Detective genre
Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Casual game, Comedy, Detective
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 May 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...
Blues and Bullets - a game in the Detective genre
Blues and Bullets
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Detective
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 April 2016
Steam: 65/100
Blues and Bullets is a third-person, noir-style action-adventure episodic game. A long coat, booze, a gun, and talking to yourself are all part of...
The 25th Ward: The Silver Case - a game in the Detective genre
The 25th Ward: The Silver Case
Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Detective
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 March 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...
Hypnospace Outlaw - a game in the Detective genre
Hypnospace Outlaw
Adventure, Simulation, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Benchmark program, Point & Click, Detective
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 August 2020
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...
She Sees Red - a game in the Detective genre
She Sees Red
Interactive movie, Detective, Adventure, Indie
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 August 2020
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 76/100
An interactive detective story with live actors about a mysterious murder in a nightclub. The main character tries to figure out what happened, but...
The Gallery - a game in the Detective genre
The Gallery
Interactive movie, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Detective, Exploration
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 1 August 2022
Players: 6.5/10
Steam: 71/100
The Gallery is an interactive psychological thriller with elements of social drama. An art curator is being held hostage by a portrait artist who...
The Darkest Files - a game in the Detective genre
The Darkest Files
Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Detective, Historical
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 March 2025
Steam: 95/100
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...
Rainswept - a game in the Detective genre
Rainswept
Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Detective, Visual novel, Walking Simulator
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 July 2020
Steam: 84/100
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...
Backbone - a game in the Detective genre
Backbone
Adventure, Stealth, Indie, Side view, Detective, Visual novel
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 October 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...
Chicken Police: Into the HIVE! - a game in the Detective genre
Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Point & Click, Detective
Game in development: PlayStation 4 → 2027
Players: 10/10
Steam: 80/100
Metacritic: 77/100
Detectives Sonny and Marty from Chicken Police continue to do their job. During the investigation, the heroes end up in the Hive — a ghetto...
Bear With Me - a game in the Detective genre
Bear With Me
Adventure, Puzzle, , Hidden Objects, Detective
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 31 July 2019
Players: 6.2/10
Steam: 87/100
Metacritic: 68/100
Bear With Me is a noir point and click adventure that tells the story of a little girl, Amber. She has to find her missing brother Flint and turns to...
Decapolice - a game in the Detective genre
Decapolice
Adventure, Third-person view, Science fiction, Japanese role-playing game, Detective
Game in development: PlayStation 4 → 2027
Anticipation Rating: 7.5/10
Detective game with investigations in the virtual world. The main character, a rookie detective named Harvard, hunts down criminals in a huge...
Disjunction - a game in the Detective genre
Disjunction
Role-playing game, Action, Stealth, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Indie, Detective, Shooter
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 January 2021
Steam: 72/100
Metacritic: 69/100
Disjunction is an isometric action role-playing game inspired by cyberpunk style and old school games. The game takes place in 2048 in New York. You...
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