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

The Listener - a game in the Detective genre

First-person view, Free game, Detective, Casual game, Simulation

Game released: PC → 5 October 2026

Steam: 53/100

A free detective game set during the Cold War. The main character accidentally stumbles upon secret frequencies. Using radio equipment, players must...

Inspector Waffles

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

Game released: PC → 23 March 2021

Steam: 95/100

A detective adventure with pixel art. The main character is Inspector Waffles, an experienced police cat from Cat Town, who is assigned to...

The Case of the Golden Idol

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

Game released: PC → 13 October 2022

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 98/100

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...

Nine Noir Lives

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

Game released: PC → 7 September 2022

Steam: 88/100

A noir-style comedy adventure set in Meow Meow Murrington, the feline capital and a true hotbed of crime. The main character is Clogsworth...

L.A. Noire: Complete Edition

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Collection, Logic, Detective, Open world

Game released: PC → 11 November 2011

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Set in post-war Los Angeles during Hollywood’s Golden Age, this detective adventure follows Cole Phelps, an LAPD detective. Amid corruption and...

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...

Case Solved: The London Files

Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click, Casual game, Hidden Objects, Detective, Logic

Game released: PC → 29 July 2026

Steam: 65/100

A detective puzzle where each investigation is a standalone logical task with a single correct solution. You will need to gather evidence, analyze...

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...

Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: PC → 4 August 2022

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 76/100

Visual novel from the creators of Endless Summer. The main character is the son of a Soviet diplomat, who has lived in Japan since childhood. After...

Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged

Adventure, Detective, Indie, Point & Click, Historical

Game released: PC → 19 September 2024

Steam: 93/100

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...

Hope in the City

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

Game in development: PC → 11 November 2026

A detective adventure about a 17-year-old schoolgirl named Hope, who tries to uncover the mysterious disappearance of her parents in the Chinese city...

Eternal Threads

Logic, Puzzle, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Detective

Game released: PC → 19 May 2022

Players: 9/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 73/100

is an adventure puzzle game where the whole point is tied to time manipulation. The story follows Forty-Three, a man from the future, sent to save...

No Law

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Cyberpunk, Open world, Detective, Role-playing game

Game in development: PC → 2027

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...

Titanic Escape Simulator

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

Game released: PC → 24 August 2026

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 55/100

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...

Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Detective

Game released: PC → 28 January 2015

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered is an improved edition of the third-person interactive adventure Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy. A bank teller in...

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...

Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express

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

Game released: PC → 26 April 2010

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This third-person detective adventure reimagines Agatha Christie’s classic Murder on the Orient Express in 2023. After a murder takes place aboard...

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Detective

Game released: PC → 30 June 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

Shadows of Doubt

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

Early Access: PC → 24 April 2023; Game released: PC → 26 September 2024

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 81/100

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 Sin

Visual novel, Text quest, Detective

Game released: PC → 20 May 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

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...

Danganronpa 2x2

Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Detective

Game in development: PC → 14 January 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A new storyline based on Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair. Familiar characters return, but one event triggers a completely different chain of events...

Dreadline Express

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

Game released: PC → 16 October 2026

Steam: 98/100

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

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: PC → 26 September 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony is an adventure visual novel set in the Danganronpa universe. Welcome to the new world of Danganronpa. The most...

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Action, Adventure, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Detective, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: PC → 25 September 2014

Players: 7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view and horror elements. You take control of a detective searching for...

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: 66/100

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...

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...

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...

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...

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

Arcade, Visual novel, Logic, Anime / Manga, Detective

Game released: PC → 18 February 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc is a visual novel with elements of a Japanese-style dating simulator. Only the most talented students in any field...

Neon Blood

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

Game released: PC → 26 November 2024

Steam: 60/100

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...

Sherlock Holmes The Awakened

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

Game released: PC → 11 April 2023

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 81/100

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...

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...

Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence

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

Game released: PC → 9 December 2025

Steam: 91/100

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...

Her Story

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

Game released: PC → 24 June 2015

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Her Story is a mystical indie adventure with a first-person view. In this game, you sit in front of a mothballed desktop computer that is registered...

Give Us A Sign

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

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Cooperative horror, where players will investigate paranormal phenomena in teams of one to four people. The main feature of the game is an advanced...

At Dead of Night

Strategy, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Point & Click, Detective, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 19 November 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 94/100

The main heroine Maya finds herself trapped in a remote hotel run by the psychopath Jimmy Hall. Her friends are tied up and inside the building...

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...

The Testament of Sherlock Holmes

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

Game released: PC → 27 September 2012

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Set in London in 1898, this detective adventure with logic puzzles follows Sherlock Holmes as he comes under suspicion in a case involving theft...

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...

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Best Games in the Detective genre for PC