Detective for PC — top best games in the Detective genre

Silver Pines - a game in the Detective genre

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Exploration, Detective, Metroidvania, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 8 October 2026

Players: 8/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 84/100

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

Strange Antiquities

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

Game released: PC → 17 September 2025

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...

Disco Elysium

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

Game released: PC → 30 March 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Disco Elysium, an isometric text RPG with a point-and-click interface, earned worldwide acclaim for its story and unusual role-playing. Players can...

The Seance of Blake Manor

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Mysticism / Supernatural, Detective

Game released: PC → 27 October 2025

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 89/100

A first-person noir detective mystery. The events unfold in late 19th-century Ireland, within the walls of a mysterious hotel where a séance to...

The Sinking City 2

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

Game released: PC → 18 August 2026

VGTimes: 6.8/10

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 76/100

A third-person survival horror adventure set in a Lovecraftian environment, taking place in flooded Arkham in the 1920s. The city with streets...

The Wolf Among Us Remastered

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Fantasy, Detective

Game released: PC → 29 October 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 85/100

An updated version of the iconic adventure from Telltale Games, based on the Fables comic series. The events unfold in a dark New York City, where...

Agent of Strange

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Horror, In real time, Sandbox, Detective

Game in development: PC → 2027

An RPG from the creators of The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante, set in an old winter European city of the early 20th century. This city is cut off...

MOUSE: P.I. For Hire

Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Old school, Action, Detective

Game released: PC → 16 April 2026

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A dynamic shooter made in the spirit of classic Disney cartoons of the 30s. The plot follows a private detective who tries to stop corrupt...

Pathologic 3

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

Game released: PC → 9 January 2026

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 4/10

Steam: 85/100

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...

BLACKSAD: Under the Skin

Adventure, Detective, Exploration, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 14 November 2019

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 78/100

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...

Nobody Wants to Die

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

Game released: PC → 17 July 2024

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 82/100

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...

The Precinct

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

Game released: PC → 13 May 2025

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 89/100

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...

The Occultist

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

Game released: PC → 8 April 2026

VGTimes: 6.8/10

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 69/100

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...

Servant of the Lake

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

Game released: PC → 13 August 2026

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 79/100

An adventure quest from the Rusty Lake series. The events take place in the Vanderboom family house, where a new guest is soon expected to arrive...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong

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

Game released: PC → 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...

L.A. Noire

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

Game released: PC → 8 November 2011

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...

Heavy Rain

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

Game released: PC → 18 June 2020

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...

Sherlock Holmes Chapter One

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

Game released: PC → 16 November 2021

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...

Pathologic 3: Quarantine

Adventure, First-person view, Free game, Indie, Detective, Survival horror, Open world, Role-playing game, Simulation

Game released: PC → 17 March 2025

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 88/100

The beginning of the story of a young scientist from Pathologic 3. The main character sets off from a laboratory in the capital to a small town...

Call of Cthulhu

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

Game released: PC → 29 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 End of the Sun

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

Game released: PC → 29 January 2025

Players: 8/10

Steam: 97/100

An adventure game inspired by Slavic mythology and ancient culture. By exploring the world during major festivals that change with the seasons, you...

The Wolf Among Us

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

Game released: PC → 11 October 2013

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...

Pathologic 2

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

Game released: PC → 28 May 2019

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...

[HERROR] Gas Station Case

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

Game released: PC → 11 August 2026

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Main character Dan Cooper works night shifts at a gas station in Ohio, trying to start a new life after being fired from a uranium plant. However...

Back to the Dawn

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Side view, Detective

Game released: PC → 18 July 2025; Early Access: PC → 3 November 2023

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

An atmospheric adventure that takes you into the harsh reality of a maximum-security prison colony inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. Every day is...

Curse of Resthaven

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Roguelike, Side view, Exploration, Detective

Game released: PC → 29 October 2026

Steam: 98/100

An adventure roguelike with settlement management, set on the cursed island of Resthaven. The protagonist takes charge of the colony after their...

Condemned: Criminal Origins

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

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...

Strange Horticulture

Puzzle, Exploration, Detective, Adventure, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 21 January 2022

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...

Erica

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

Game released: PC → 25 May 2021

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...

Shift At Midnight

Horror, Stealth, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Old school, Detective

Game released: PC → 22 July 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

The night shift at the gas station turns into a strange and unsettling trial, where routine gradually blends with paranoia. As the shift progresses...

Agatha Christie - Death on the Nile

Adventure, Third-person view, Exploration, Detective, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 25 September 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

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...

Incredulity

Action, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Free game, Old school, Detective, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 16 October 2026

Steam: 100/100

A free horror game with elements of a psychological detective story, inviting players to enter the mind of Detective Zara Moreland and unravel a...

The Incident at Galley House

Puzzle, Visual novel, Point & Click, Casual game, Detective

Game released: PC → 14 July 2026

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 84/100

A detective adventure where you will uncover the mystery of a strange crime that took place in an abandoned mansion in 1936. When the locals first...

Radiolight

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Walking Simulator, Detective

Game released: PC → 24 October 2025

Steam: 90/100

Radiolight is a mystical, atmospheric adventure with a first-person view. The game will tell about the events in the small town of Ashwood Creek...

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

Steam: 81/100

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...

Still Life

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

Game released: PC → 3 September 2008

Players: 9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Still Life is a detective adventure with quest elements and mini-games about an FBI employee who is investigating a series of bloody murders from the...

Police Chief Simulator

Action, Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Detective

Game released: PC → 17 September 2026

Players: 5.6/10

Steam: 74/100

Management simulator where an entire police station of a modern city comes under your control. At the heart of the game is the daily work of the...

Council

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

Game released: PC → 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...

Ghost in the SQL Data

Educational game (Education), Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Text quest, Detective, Strategy, Simulation

Game released: PC → 29 October 2026

Steam: 76/100

A detective game where players will investigate crimes using the SQL programming language. Instead of the usual search for clues in locations...

Night Book

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: PC → 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...

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Best Games in the Detective genre for PC