Detective for PC — top best games in the Detective genre

Strange Antiquities - a game in the Detective genre

Simulation, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Detective

Game released: PC → 17 September 2025

Players: 8.5/10

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...

The Precinct

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

Game released: PC → 13 May 2025

Players: 8.5/10

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...

Demonologist

Action, Horror, Online, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Detective

Early Access: PC → 27 March 2023; Game released: PC → 25 September 2023

Players: 8.8/10

A cooperative game in which up to 4 people explore cursed locations and try to identify the type of evil spirit in order to exorcise it. For this you can use...

Shadows of Doubt

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

Early Access: PC → 24 April 2023; Game released: PC → 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...

Pathologic 3

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Sister Ray

Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Survival, Detective

Game released: PC → 1 June 2026

Players: 10/10

A dark two-dimensional RPG with survival elements, telling the story of an artist named Ray, who is trying to cope with addiction while taking care of her younger...

The Occultist

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

Game released: PC → 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...

BLACKSAD: Under the Skin

Adventure, Detective

Game released: PC → 14 November 2019

Players: 8.4/10

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...

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Detective

Game released: PC → 30 June 2023

Players: 10/10

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...

Sherlock Holmes Chapter One

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

Game released: PC → 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 Inquisitor

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

Game released: PC → 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...

The Operator

Detective, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 22 July 2024

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

A detective simulator made in the format of an interactive quest. The player acts as an operative of a detective agency, searching for evidence and solving crimes...

Strange Horticulture

Puzzle, Exploration, Detective, Adventure

Game released: PC → 21 January 2022

Players: 9.7/10

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...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Condemned: Criminal Origins

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

Game released: PC → 23 April 2009

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 80/100

A dark psychological thriller in which the hunt for killers gradually turns into a hunt for one's own sanity. FBI agent Ethan Thomas investigates a series of brutal...

Ghost Watchers

Adventure, Horror, Online, First-person view, Puzzle, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Demons, Detective

Early Access: PC → 28 July 2022; Game released: PC → 24 July 2025

Players: 6.6/10

Ghost Watchers is a co-op survival horror game with puzzles and demons. Many abandoned houses are haunted. These could be the souls of suicides or demons. This...

Sherlock Holmes The Awakened

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Among Us Story: On Guard

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

Game in development: PC → 2026

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...

Nobody Wants to Die

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Where Dolls Hang

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

Game in development: PC → 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...

DeTechtive 2112

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

Game released: PC → 29 January 2025

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...

Rough Justice: '84

Strategy, Detective, Business / Management, Isometric, Old school

Game released: PC → 13 March 2023

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 them to...

The Case of the Golden Idol

Adventure, Side view, Detective

Game released: PC → 13 October 2022

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...

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: PC → 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...

The Pines

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

Game in development: PC → 2027

Psychological role-playing horror, where the line between reality and madness becomes thinner with each new discovery. After a failed investigation, former...

DEATH NOTE Killer Within

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

Game released: PC → 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...

The Sinking City Remastered

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Security 51

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

Game in development: PC → 2026

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...

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Adventure, Horror, Point & Click, Old school, Detective

Game released: PC → 28 September 2022

Metacritic: 82/100

Atmospheric pixel art point-and-click quest set in Victorian England, which has become one of the most unexpected hits in the indie genre. The main character is a...

Anonymous Hacker Simulator

Simulation, First-person view, Detective, Cyberpunk

Game released: PC → 3 April 2024

Players: 6/10

The main character is a hacker who confronts an organization that collects people's data. We need to find vulnerabilities in enemy services and prevent them from...

She Sees Red

Interactive movie, Detective

Game released: PC → 11 July 2019

Players: 7.7/10

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 owner of the...

Neon Blood

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Kona 2: Brume

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

Game released: PC → 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 Darkest Files

Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Detective

Game released: PC → 25 March 2025

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 the...

Silver Pines

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Detective, Metroidvania

Game in development: PC → 8 October 2026

The main character is a private detective, Red Walker, who travels to the mysterious town of Silver Pines to investigate the disappearance of musician Eddie Velvet...

This Bed We Made

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

Game released: PC → 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...

The Rise of the Golden Idol

Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration, Detective

Game released: PC → 12 November 2024

Metacritic: 85/100

The story is about a hunter for a powerful artifact, which, according to legend, can change the world. The game takes place in the 70s, where the gamer investigates...

N.O.X.

First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Detective, Survival horror

Game in development: PC → 2026

A co-op horror game about supernatural investigations, where every mission turns into a test of endurance and composure. The player assumes the role of an...

Pneumata

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

Game released: PC → 19 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...

REARVIEW MIRROR

Visual novel, Indie, Comics, Detective

Game released: PC → 23 October 2024; Early Access: PC → 25 January 2024

A detective visual novel in which the player is constantly in a car and gives rides to various passengers, communicating with them and observing through the...

Detective

Best Games in the Detective genre for PC