Detective for PC — top best games in the Detective genre / Page 2

Strange Horticulture - a game in the Detective genre

Puzzle, Exploration, Detective, Adventure

Game released: PC → 21 January 2022

Players: 9.3/10

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...

N.O.X.

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

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

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...

Crushed In Time

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Comedy, Detective

Game released: PC → 10 June 2026

Metacritic: 76/100

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson return in an unusual adventure, where classic detective investigation meets absurd humor, meta-narrative, and time travel. This time...

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...

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...

KILLER INN

Action, Shooter, Stealth, Online, Third-person view, Detective

Early Access: PC → 12 February 2026; Game in development: PC → 2026

Atmospheric online shooter in the genre of social deduction. The events of the game take place in a castle. All players are divided into two roles: "wolves" and...

Silver Pines

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Detective, Metroidvania

Game in development: PC → 8 October 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

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...

Staffer Retro: A Supernatural Mystery Quest

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Point & Click, Mysticism / Supernatural, Casual game, Detective

Game released: PC → 22 July 2026

A detective adventure dedicated to investigating events related to supernatural abilities and mysterious artifacts called STAFF. The main character, Verita, leads...

The Silver Crow

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Old school, Medieval era, Detective

Game released: PC → 30 July 2026

A classic quest with a detective plot set in 16th century Germany. The main character is the city executioner, Konrad, who is forced to investigate the mysterious...

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...

Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence

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

Game released: PC → 9 December 2025

A pixel adventure in the spirit of 90s quests about a young writer named William, who is searching for inspiration. He goes to an abbey where the monks have taken a...

The Roottrees are Dead

Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: PC → 15 January 2025

Metacritic: 86/100

A detective adventure in the spirit of Return of the Obra Dinn, but set in the 90s. The main character is a young investigative journalist trying to establish the...

Sister Ray

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

Game released: PC → 1 June 2026

Players: 9.9/10

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...

City Legends: Trapped In Mirror

Hidden Objects, Puzzle, Detective

Game released: PC → 30 August 2022

To write a book about Bloody Mary, the main character goes to the Pennsylvania Museum, where there is a unique exhibit — a mirror. But the legend turns out to...

The Deed: Dynasty

Adventure, Top-down view, Visual novel, Indie, Detective

Game released: PC → 10 May 2016

A standalone story expansion for the game The Deed, developing its main concept. The player will still have to commit a murder, carefully plan their actions, plant...

They Are Here: Alien Abduction Horror

Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Indie, Science fiction, Exploration, Detective, Walking Simulator

Game in development: PC → 2026

Cinematic first-person horror inspired by classic sci-fi thrillers about alien abductions. The plot centers around journalist Taylor Fox, who goes to investigate...

Crowalt: Traces of the Lost Colony

Adventure, Point & Click, Side view, Detective, Old school

Game released: PC → 6 January 2022

Players: 5.5/10

A traditional quest where you need to search, combine, and use items to solve puzzles. The game's plot is based on one of the greatest mysteries in the history of...

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...

Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories

Free game, Puzzle, Adventure, Detective, Logic, Hidden Objects, Casual game

Game released: PC → 30 September 2022

Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories is a free collection of puzzles for fans of real-life quests. There is a single mode and online for up to five people. In each story...

Mini Murder Mysteries

Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game, Detective

Game released: PC → 23 June 2026

A casual detective puzzle game dedicated to investigating intricate crimes. As a detective, you will uncover nine standalone cases, where each solution is based on...

Demonologist

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

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

Players: 9/10

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...

Thimbleweed Park 2

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Comedy, Old school, Detective

Game in development: PC → 2028

An adventure quest that takes players back to the strange town of Thimbleweed Park, where yet another mysterious murder is just the beginning of a new dose of...

The Mermaid Mask

Adventure, Point & Click, Mysticism / Supernatural, Casual game, Comedy, Detective

Game released: PC → 16 July 2026

Metacritic: 85/100

A colorful quest from the creators of Tangle Tower and Crow Country, where a mysterious murder in a locked room turns into an investigation full of oddities...

Among Us Story: On Guard

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

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

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...

Agni: Village of Calamity

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Zombies, Detective, Survival horror

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The game's plot tells the story of Agni, a female investigator from a secret Indonesian police unit. She travels to a mysterious village to uncover its dark secrets...

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...

Katana-Ra: Shinobi Rising

Stealth, Cyberpunk, Adventure, Action, Open world, Futurism (Future), Detective, Isometric

Game released: PC → 25 April 2023

The events of the game take place in an alternative Japan around a young shinobi who is trying to find the person responsible for the death of a certain heiress. As...

Scene Investigators

Hidden Objects, Detective, Simulation, First-person view

Game released: PC → 24 October 2023

Players: 8.7/10

A detective game set in the future. The main character must unravel complex cases in order to pass the exam and become a real investigator. You need to explore the...

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...

Murders on the Yangtze River

Adventure, Puzzle, Detective

Game released: PC → 30 January 2024

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 resembles a...

Tiny Room Stories Town Mystery

Puzzle, Detective, Hidden Objects, Exploration, Indie

Game released: PC → 26 February 2021

Players: 9.7/10

The main character of the game is a private detective who went to a small town at the request of his father. All the residents of the city have disappeared, and...

Ace Attorney Investigations Collection

Adventure, Detective, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 6 September 2024

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 83/100

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

Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing - Prolog

Puzzle, Detective, Open world, Role-playing game, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 11 March 2025

The game takes place on a steamer located in the North Sea in 1870. The captain of the ship suddenly dies under mysterious circumstances. It is necessary to...

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...

Broken Sword - Parzival's Stone

Adventure, Indie, Detective

Game in development: PC → 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...

Prison Life

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

Game released: PC → 23 September 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Prison Life is a multi-player co-op detective game with RPG and tactical elements. You'll be able to play alongside 3-11 other players, with each player given a...

Sherlock: Hidden Object & Match-3 Mystery

Puzzle, Match-3 (Three in a row), Cooperative (co-op), Hidden Objects, Detective

Game released: PC → 28 July 2025

Players: 6.2/10

The adventures of the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes, who travels through the locations from the books, where he solves puzzles to find the criminal who...

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 Sin

Visual novel, Text quest, Detective

Game released: PC → 20 May 2021

Players: 9.2/10

The Sin is a visual novel based on popular mystical folklore about witches. The main character, the boy Roma, moves to the village with his family; his father wants...

Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue

Free game, Simulation, First-person view, Action, Exploration, Comedy, Detective

Game released: PC → 4 April 2024

Players: 9.8/10

A free prologue for Crime Scene Cleaner, featuring the everyday life of a crime scene cleaner. Players take on the role of a man who works for the mafia, literally...

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Best Games in the Detective genre for PC