Detective for PlayStation 5 — top best games in the Detective genre

The Precinct - a game in the Detective genre

Action, Detective, Sandbox, Shooter, Top-down view, Open world, Old school

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 13 May 2025

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 69/100

The game takes place in 1983 in the fictional city of Averno, which is ruled by bandit gangs. The main character is rookie cop Nick Cordell, who wants to solve the...

Pathologic 3

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 9 January 2026

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 79/100

The horror action takes place in a gloomy city, engulfed by a mysterious plague, and the main character will be the young doctor Daniil Dankovsky, one of the...

Shadows of Doubt

First-person view, Indie, Detective, Adventure, Sandbox, Stealth, Action, Open world, Cyberpunk

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 26 September 2024

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 68/100

The game takes place in an alternative 1980s, where it is not the police who solve crimes, but private corporations and mercenaries. Players take on the role of a...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 19 May 2022

Players: 5.5/10

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...

Sherlock Holmes Chapter One

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 16 November 2021

Players: 7.2/10

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 Occultist

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Detective, Survival horror

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 8 April 2026

VGTimes: 6.8/10

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Psychological horror, where players will take on the role of a paranormal investigator and venture to the strange island of Godstone. The plot of the game revolves...

Sherlock Holmes The Awakened

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 11 April 2023

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Remake of the 2007 adventure of the same name, in which the famous London detective confronts a mysterious cult worshiping Cthulhu. A young Sherlock investigates a...

The Inquisitor

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 8 February 2024

Players: 4.9/10

Metacritic: 58/100

A dark action game based on the novels of fantasy writer Jacek Piekara. In the world described in the books, Jesus did not die for the sins of mankind &mdash...

Nobody Wants to Die

Action, First-person view, Detective, Adventure, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 17 July 2024

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 77/100

The game takes place in the gloomy New York of 2329. The main character is detective James Carra, who, with the support of police officer Sarah Kaya, is...

DEATH NOTE Killer Within

Online, Detective, Casual game, Cooperative (co-op), Tactics

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 5 November 2024

Players: 10/10

Detective thriller based on the cult manga and anime Death Note. The player is immersed in a world where every mistake can be fatal, and every step is part of a...

Kona 2: Brume

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Exploration, Detective, Walking Simulator

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 18 October 2023

Players: 8.6/10

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 understand its...

The Case of the Golden Idol

Adventure, Side view, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 23 July 2024

Players: 9.2/10

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...

The Sinking City Remastered

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 13 May 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Remaster of the detective action holder The Sinking City. Private detective Charles Reed goes to the flooded city of Hagmont to understand a series of strange...

Pneumata

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 20 September 2024

Players: 1.5/10

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...

Edge of Sanity

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 13 September 2024

Players: 10/10

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...

Neo Berlin 2087

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Detective

Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 7.2/10

The game takes place in Berlin in 2087. Due to the development of high technology, society has been divided into two classes, where the rich completely rule the...

Neon Blood

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 26 November 2024

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...

Silver Pines

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Detective, Metroidvania

Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 2026

A dark game set in a small American town. A private detective investigates the disappearance of a missing musician. You will need to solve puzzles, search for...

The Shadow Syndicate

Detective, Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Comics, Adventure

Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 2026

An adventure stealth action game set in an alternate universe with anthropomorphic animals. The story takes place in 1930s Brooklyn. The main character is Sam...

BROK the InvestiGator

Adventure, Side view, Arcade, Detective, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 1 March 2023

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...

This Bed We Made

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 1 November 2023

Players: 9/10

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 19 September 2024

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...

Decapolice

Adventure, Third-person view, Science fiction, Japanese role-playing game, Detective

Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 2026

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 crime-ridden city...

Mindcop

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 November 2024

A detective game with puzzles, set in a quiet village where a murder has occurred. The main character must interact with the locals and use their skills to solve...

White Day 2: The Flower That Tells Lies

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 August 2024

On the night of March 14, 2001, exactly the day after the accident at Yongdu High School, four boys return there to solve haunting mysteries. All people are talking...

Arsene Lupin - Once a Thief

Adventure, Visual novel, Exploration, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 17 October 2024

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 Lupin. As you...

Bahnsen Knights

Visual novel, Detective, Old school

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 18 January 2024

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...

The Library of Babel

Puzzle, Platformer, Side view, Detective, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 7 April 2023

Players: 5.5/10

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 investigates a...

Tintin Reporter: Cigars of the Pharaoh

Adventure, Detective, Action, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 7 November 2023

Players: 10/10

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...

The Isle Tide Hotel

Detective, Visual novel, Replayability

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 12 September 2023

Players: 7/10

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...

Tenebrea

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Detective

Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 2026

The game transports you to the walls of an old dormitory in Valencia, where night has long ceased to be a time of peace. A worker died here. Since then, the...

No Law

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Cyberpunk, Open world, Detective

Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A cyber-noir first-person shooter set in the grim port city of Port Desire, where laws have lost their power and every action has consequences. The player controls...

Duck Detective: The Secret Salami

Adventure, Puzzle, Detective, Comedy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 23 May 2024

Players: 7.9/10

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...

Three Minutes to Eight

Indie, Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Science fiction, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 21 December 2023

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 cheat death and...

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 - Mysteria Ecclesiae

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, DLC, First-person view, Historical, Exploration, Open world, Medieval era, Crafting, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 11 November 2025

Metacritic: 85/100

A story expansion that takes the action to the gloomy Sedlec Monastery, engulfed in a deadly epidemic. An atmosphere of anxiety and despair permeates every hall of...

Lacuna — A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

Adventure, Detective, Side view, Science fiction, Cyberpunk

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 21 December 2021

A fascinating journey into the world of science fiction, cyberpunk and noir, where, in the role of detective Neil Conrad, the player faces complex moral choices...

Agatha Christie - Death on the Nile

Adventure, Third-person view, Exploration, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 25 September 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Detective adventure in the Agatha Christie series. The main action takes place in the 1970s. The plot tells how detectives Hercule Poirot and Jane Royce track down...

Carmen Sandiego

Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 4 March 2025

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...

Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!

Adventure, Puzzle, Detective

Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 2026

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...

Broken Sword - Parzival's Stone

Adventure, Indie, Detective

Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Detective

Best Games in the Detective genre for PlayStation 5