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

Pathologic 2 - a game in the Detective genre

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 deadly disease...

Fatal Train

Online, First-person view, Puzzle, Trains, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Exploration, Detective

Game released: PC → 15 October 2026

Steam: 10/100

Multiplayer roguelite detective game where you need to solve a murder on a moving train. The main feature is procedural generation. Each time the train is arranged...

Dreadline Express

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Card game, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Detective

Game released: PC → 16 October 2026

Steam: 100/100

Psychological horror set aboard the last train racing through the ruins of a fallen world. The few survivors continue their journey into the unknown, while behind...

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 series of brutal...

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 florist who...

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 authors of...

The Thaumaturge

Isometric, Fantasy, Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Exploration, Detective

Game released: PC → 4 March 2024

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 78/100

The action takes place in an alternative Russian Empire, namely in Warsaw in 1905. The world is populated by both ordinary people and mysterious otherworldly...

Satellite Odyssey: Jupiter

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Science fiction, Exploration, Space, Survival horror, Detective

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Survival horror set in space, with events unfolding on a space station located on an icy moon of Jupiter. The grand opening of the complex turned into a disaster...

Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder

Visual novel, Detective, Text quest

Game released: PC → 26 May 2017

Steam: 82/100

A detective visual novel about a locked-room murder aboard a cruise ship setting out on its maiden voyage half a century after two passengers died there. Gilligan...

Telling Lies

Interactive movie, Adventure, First-person view, Detective, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 August 2019

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Telling Lies is an interactive adventure from the creators of the Her Story series. The game tells the story of four characters, one of whom is hiding a big lie...

The Inquisitor

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

Game released: PC → 8 February 2024

Players: 4.9/10

Steam: 65/100

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...

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 Royce track down...

Titanic Escape Simulator

Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Historical, Survival, Detective

Game released: PC → 24 August 2026

Steam: 56/100

The game takes place on April 14, 1912. The player takes on the role of a private detective who finds themselves aboard the "Titanic" and investigates a suspicious...

Vaudeville

Adventure, Detective, Procedural generation, Text quest, Sandbox, Exploration

Game released: PC → 30 June 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 47/100

An unusual detective adventure, the main feature of which is that dialogues with NPCs in it are generated in real time using artificial intelligence. The game takes...

The Sinking City Remastered

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

Game released: PC → 13 May 2025

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 73/100

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...

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 home, translating...

[Redacted] The Safehouse

Detective, Text quest, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 10 April 2026

Steam: 99/100

This detective game, combining text-adventure and walking-simulator elements, follows an investigation into the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. The player...

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

Steam: 83/100

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...

Simulacra 2

Adventure, Interactive movie, Puzzle, Horror, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 30 January 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Simulacra 2 is a continuation of an unusual detective puzzle with elements of interactive cinema. The game tells the story of the unusual death of a blogger, which...

Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments

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

Game released: PC → 29 September 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments is a third-person adventure detective story based on the works of Arthur Conan Doyle. This time the famous detective will have...

N.O.X.

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

Early Access: PC → 6 November 2025

Steam: 51/100

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...

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...

Directorate Novitiate

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Fantasy, Detective

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The main character is a sorceress with the pseudonym "Mercury", which is opposed to mystical criminals and groups in Los Angeles. The girl also wants to find a...

I AM RIPPER

Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Detective

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A dark game from the authors of Ether One, The Occupation and Dahlia View, set in the UK in 1988. We need to investigate a series of murders taking place in a...

Mindcop

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

Game released: PC → 15 November 2024

Steam: 94/100

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...

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 entered the empty...

Nancy Drew: The Shattered Medallion

Adventure, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: PC → 20 May 2014

Steam: 52/100

This point-and-click adventure follows detective Nancy Drew and George as they travel to New Zealand to compete in the reality show Pacific Run. Hosted by Sonny...

Simulacra

Adventure, Puzzle, Horror, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 26 October 2017

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 video of Anna...

The Last Case of John Morley

Adventure, Exploration, Detective

Game released: PC → 27 November 2025

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Set in the 1940s, this first-person narrative adventure follows detective John Morley as he investigates a long-unsolved murder. After months in hospital, the...

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Detective

Game released: PC → 18 April 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This detective visual novel follows a school trip to the abandoned Jabberwock Island, where Monokuma restarts a deadly game. Students from Hope’s Peak Academy must...

Kona

Adventure, First-person view, Survival, Detective

Game released: PC → 17 March 2017

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Kona: Day One is a survival adventure game with a first-person perspective. The game takes place in 1970, in Northern Quebec. Private detective Carl Faubert, a war...

The Pines

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

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...

Neo Berlin 2087

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

Game in development: PC → 2028

Anticipation Rating: 7.4/10

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...

The Operator

Detective, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Simulation

Game released: PC → 22 July 2024

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 89/100

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...

The Roottrees are Dead

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

Game released: PC → 15 January 2025

Steam: 96/100

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...

The Soul

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

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

An action adventure about the evil hunter Max Soul. The player will get the role not of the hero himself, but of his inner voice. Using a microphone, you can give...

Murdered: Soul Suspect

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

Game released: PC → 6 June 2014

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Murdered: Soul Suspect is an action-adventure game with a third-person view. The game will challenge you to investigate the most difficult case — your own...

Voyeur

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Adult game, Interactive movie, Detective, Point & Click, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 12 October 2020

Steam: 83/100

Voyeur is a first-person adventure with puzzle, adult and interactive cinema elements from developers Philips P.O.V. Entertainment Group. The main publisher of the...

Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The London Case

Hidden Objects, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 29 August 2023

Steam: 54/100

Metacritic: 67/100

A detective adventure about the theft of a painting of Mary Magdalene in London. Hercule Poirot joins forces with Lloyd's of London to oversee the painting’s...

The Sin

Visual novel, Text quest, Detective

Game released: PC → 20 May 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 87/100

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...

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Best Games in the Detective genre for PC