Detective for PC — top best games in the Detective genre / Page 3

The Roottrees are Dead - a game in the Detective genre

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...

Loop Theory

Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Detective

Game released: PC → 26 March 2024

A short game that takes about 45 minutes to complete. The main character investigates a crime related to his past and paranormal events. You need to explore a...

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...

Jailbreak Lockdown

Free game, Action, Indie, Online, Detective

Game released: PC → 21 December 2018

A free multiplayer game in which one player tries to escape from prison, and the other needs to catch him. The main goal of the convict is to escape from prison at...

Combustion

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

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 5/10

An action-adventure RPG with anthropomorphic animals, inspired by old-school projects from the era of the first PlayStation. Norrune, a city of oil rigs, is...

Seance

Detective, Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Comedy, Puzzle, Role-playing game, Exploration, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC → 29 May 2021

Seance is a mystical visual novel with anime and puzzle elements. In this game, detective duo Kennedy (a 33-year-old retired agent) and Mia (a 16-year-old girl with...

Nut City Blues

Visual novel, Side view, Detective, Comedy

Game released: PC → 23 November 2023

Players: 10/10

A comedy game about Captain Fox, a raccoon detective and the dangers of pineapple pizza. The heroes will have to team up to explore the neon streets of Nut City...

Night Escape

Free game, Online, Third-person view, Survival horror, Exploration, Detective

Game released: PC → 5 December 2023

A free multiplayer horror game set in a gloomy mansion. One part of gamers acts as survivors, while the other player is a killer hunting for...

Police Chief Simulator

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

Game in development: PC → III квартал 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

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 chief: hiring...

Delete After Reading

Puzzle, Detective, Adventure, Visual novel, Comedy

Game released: PC → 14 March 2023

An interactive adventure in which the player solves puzzles in a tycoon's mansion and interacts with cartoon characters. The main character is trying to save the...

Conscience

Free game, First-person view, Horror, Adventure, Detective, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PC → 30 December 2024; Early Access: PC → 23 November 2024

Players: 7.2/10

Free noir horror about a private detective hired to uncover the truth about a mysterious murder. Players need to explore the victim's apartment and find clues that...

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...

Shift At Midnight

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

Game in development: PC → 18 June 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

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

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...

Crime Detective: Red Flags

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Old school, Detective

Game released: PC → 21 October 2025

Ordinary teenager Cody Harper finds himself under house arrest in suburban America in the 1980s. It seems like nothing serious: boring days, small part-time jobs in...

Duck Detective: The Secret Salami

Adventure, Puzzle, Detective, Comedy

Game released: PC → 23 May 2024

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 78/100

The main character is a duck detective who uses his abilities to solve a complicated case. You need to look for clues at crime scenes, collect information and talk...

FBI Agent Simulator

Adventure, Shooter, Third-person view, Stealth, Business / Management, Action, Detective, Indie

Frozen: PC → 2021

Anticipation Rating: 8.8/10

An action adventure with elements of management, where you have to work in the heart of the city of sin. Crime has flooded the streets: murders, thefts...

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...

Agatha Christie - Death on the Nile

Adventure, Third-person view, Exploration, Detective

Game released: PC → 25 September 2025

Players: 10/10

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...

Tenebrea

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Detective

Game in development: PC → 2026

The game transports you to the walls of an old dormitory in Valencia, where night has long ceased to be a time of peace. A worker died here. Since then, the...

Danganronpa 2x2

Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Detective

Game in development: PC → 2026

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. The package...

The Dark Rites of Arkham

Adventure, Point & Click, Exploration, Fantasy, Old school, Detective

Game released: PC → 3 February 2026

A detective quest inspired by the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. The game tells the story of detective Jack Foster, who returned to the police department after...

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...

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...

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...

White Day 2: The Flower That Tells Lies

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

Game released: PC → 16 February 2023

On the night of March 14, 2001, exactly the day after the accident at Yongdu High School, four boys return there to solve haunting mysteries. All people are talking...

Inworld Origins

Adventure, Free game, Interactive movie, Detective, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 27 July 2023

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 70/100

A free interactive film where the characters are based on artificial intelligence technology. The main action takes place in a futuristic city with people and...

Midnight Girl

Side view, Casual game, Puzzle, Detective

Game released: PC → 6 October 2023

The game takes place in France in the sixties. The plot, mood and style are inspired by Paris, Belgian comics and heist films of the time. After a failed robbery...

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...

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...

Negative Atmosphere: Emergency Room

Horror, Simulation, First-person view, Puzzle, Free game, Science fiction, Detective

Early Access: PC → 27 January 2023; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 6.7/10

Realistic and eerie surgeon simulator, serving as a prequel to the horror Negative Atmosphere. Samuel Edwards is the chief medical officer of the TRH Rusanov...

Terminal Madness: Awakening

Puzzle, Casual game, Comedy, Adventure, Detective

Game released: PC → 1 December 2023

Players: 3.2/10

The main character named Krypto is trying to become a hacker. He wants the Supreme Master to help him become the greatest expert in this field. But soon the hero...

Законы Надрагии

Adventure, Simulation, Isometric, Visual novel, Comedy, Detective

Game in development: PC → 2026

A prosecutor simulator with elements of a detective visual novel. The game takes place in Nadragia, where the era of tyranny began after the revolution. Players in...

Crime Screen: Detective Cases

Adventure, Puzzle, Detective

Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 9.9/10

The game takes place in the gloomy winter town of Frost Falls. The main character is a detective who investigates crimes using gadget screens. You need to collect...

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...

No Law

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Cyberpunk, Open world, Detective

Game in development: PC → 2026

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 player controls...

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...

DOOMED Detective Game

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

Game released: PC → 25 March 2025

A detective game in which all NPC is controlled by artificial intelligence, and the investigation is conducted through live communication through a microphone...

Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!

Adventure, Puzzle, Detective

Game released: PC → 7 November 2024

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Detectives Sonny and Marty from Chicken Police continue to do their job. During the investigation, the heroes end up in the Hive — a ghetto inhabited by insects...

Grave Seasons

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Detective, Farm Simulator

Game in development: PC → 14 August 2026

A narrative farming simulator where a peaceful life gradually turns into a troubling story. After escaping from prison, the hero finds refuge in the quiet town of...

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Best Games in the Detective genre for PC