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Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game - a game in the Detective genre

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Indie, Detective

Early Access: PC → 18 October 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026

Steam: 94/100

Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game is an unusual turn-based role-playing game that will take you back to the ancient times of Caledonia. Events will tell about...

The Rise of the Golden Idol

Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration, Detective

Game released: PC → 12 November 2024

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

The story is about a hunter for a powerful artifact, which, according to legend, can change the world. The game takes place in the 70s, where the gamer investigates...

Duck Detective: The Secret Salami

Adventure, Puzzle, Detective, Comedy, Casual game

Game released: PC → 23 May 2024

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

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

Steam: 58/100

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...

Sister Ray

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

Game released: PC → 1 June 2026

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Mini Murder Mysteries

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

Game released: PC → 23 June 2026

Steam: 96/100

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...

Sherlock Holmes: Night Stalker

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Visual novel, Detective, Exploration

Early Access: PC → 21 August 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

Steam: 88/100

A detective adventure set in the gloomy atmosphere of 19th century London. On the outskirts of the city, shrouded in fog, a mysterious murder of Sir Charles...

The Slaughter: Act One

Detective, Adventure, Historical

Game released: PC → 28 January 2016

Steam: 84/100

This noir detective adventure is set in Victorian London, where private investigator Sydney Emerson takes up the trail of a killer. The case pulls him out of his...

Black Closet

Detective, Strategy, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 16 September 2015

Steam: 91/100

This detective strategy game with role-playing elements is set in an elite boarding school where reputation and political rivalry matter. The player directs...

Darkside Detective

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: PC → 27 July 2017

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Darkside Detective is a noir adventure detective story that contains references to the popular TV series Twin Peaks and True Detective. The events take place in the...

Eternal Threads

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

Game released: PC → 19 May 2022

Players: 9/10

Steam: 86/100

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 six residents of...

The Children of Clay

Puzzle, Horror, Detective, Adventure

Game released: PC → 7 March 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 98/100

A short archaeological game in which you need to study the ancient artifact in order to reveal its dark secret. There are different tools, for example, a magnifier...

Ghost Exorcism INC.

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

Early Access: PC → 16 July 2021; Game in development: PC → 2027

Steam: 75/100

A cooperative horror game about hunting ghosts and exorcising supernatural entities. Exorcists go to castles, mansions, and abandoned houses, where they investigate...

The Occupation

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Detective, Stealth

Game released: PC → 5 March 2019

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 67/100

The Occupation is an adventure game with a first-person perspective. The plot of the game will take you to Great Britain in the 1980s. The country suffered from...

Tokyo Dark

Adventure, Horror, Anime / Manga, Side view, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: PC → 7 September 2017

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Tokyo Dark is a side-scrolling crime-psychological adventure in the Japanese style. You will take on the role of detective Ayami Ito, who is searching for her...

The Raven Remastered

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

Game released: PC → 13 March 2018

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The Raven Remastered is a re-release of the adventure detective The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief. The game offers you completely redesigned animations, lighting...

Backbone

Adventure, Stealth, Indie, Side view, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 8 June 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 65/100

Backbone is a noir detective role-playing game in the spirit of Wolf Among Us, where all the characters are anthropomorphic animals. The game tells the story of...

Repo Man

Action, Simulation, First-person view, Role-playing game, Detective, Stealth

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 8.7/10

Repo Man is an unusual simulator with a first-person view, where you, in the role of a collector, have to extract debts from different people, using all available...

Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare

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

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 4.6/10

Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare is an interactive horror adventure created from the script of Ruggero Deodato, a famous Italian film director who “ate the dog” in horror...

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

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

Game released: PC → 15 April 2021

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark is a point and click adventure puzzle game with a side view. Twin Lakes is a damn town. Damned enough to pay attention...

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Adventure, Horror, Point & Click, Old school, Detective

Game released: PC → 28 September 2022

Steam: 92/100

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...

Crushed In Time

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

Game released: PC → 10 June 2026

Steam: 90/100

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...

REWIND

Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Detective, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 29 June 2026

Steam: 90/100

A hardcore text-based detective puzzle game where the investigation is built on careful analysis of numerous clues. After the director of the film crew is found...

The Painscreek Killings

Detective, Exploration, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 27 September 2017

Steam: 88/100

This detective puzzle game follows Janet, a journalist sent to the abandoned town of Painscreek to investigate the deaths of its residents. Expecting to find a...

Anonymous Hacker Simulator

Simulation, First-person view, Detective, Cyberpunk, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 3 April 2024

Players: 8/10

Steam: 85/100

The main character is a hacker who confronts an organization that collects people's data. We need to find vulnerabilities in enemy services and prevent them from...

Tintin Reporter: Cigars of the Pharaoh

Adventure, Detective, Action, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 7 November 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 59/100

New adventures of the famous Tintin and his faithful four-legged friend Snowball. Having met Professor Cyclone on board a cruise ship in the Mediterranean, the...

The Dark Rites of Arkham

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

Game released: PC → 3 February 2026

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker

Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie, Detective

Game released: PC → 19 May 2017

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 62/100

This FMV detective story with elements of psychological horror follows a psychiatrist investigating the murder of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker while treating...

Song of Farca

Adventure, Simulation, Futurism (Future), Interactive movie, Visual novel, Logic, Cyberpunk, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 22 July 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Song of Farca is a detective adventure with visual novel elements in a cyberpunk setting. The game takes place in the near future, where technology has become...

Unheard

Indie, Adventure, Puzzle, Horror, Top-down view, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: PC → 29 March 2019

Steam: 91/100

Unheard is an indie horror adventure with puzzle elements and a top-down view. You have to put on headphones and go back in time. Use the voices you hear to return...

Three Minutes to Eight

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

Game released: PC → 23 October 2023

Steam: 63/100

A pixel game set in the near future. The main character should die at exactly 19:57, but the gamer still tries to save him. We need to find ways to cheat death and...

Edge of Sanity

Survival horror, Exploration, Action, Crafting, Detective, Adventure, Side view, Horror

Game released: PC → 13 September 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 67/100

A hand-drawn 2D psychological survival horror game set in the ruthless wilds of Alaska with the intense atmosphere of the Cthulhu Mythos. The main character is a...

The Flower Collectors

Indie, Adventure, Detective

Game released: PC → 21 April 2020

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Set in Barcelona in 1977, this detective game follows a former police officer in a wheelchair who witnesses a murder and joins forces with a young, ambitious...

Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo

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

Game released: PC → 16 December 2021

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo is an interactive adventure game with a third-person perspective. The mysterious story of writer Ed Miller, who survived a car accident...

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 investigates a...

Crime Detective: Red Flags

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

Game released: PC → 21 October 2025

Steam: 61/100

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...

Crowalt: Traces of the Lost Colony

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

Game released: PC → 6 January 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 77/100

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...

Foghorns Drown

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

Game released: PC → 20 July 2026

Steam: 77/100

A short psychological thriller inspired by Silent Hill, Twin Peaks, and Mouthwashing. The main character works as a ferry operator, transporting passengers across...

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 are accepted...

SpyParty

Arcade, Online, Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Detective, Strategy

Early Access: PC → 12 April 2018

Players: 7/10

Steam: 77/100

SpyParty is an interactive arcade game that is a variation on the theme of the Turing test. SpyParty is played by two people — a sniper and a spy. The first...

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Best Games in the Detective genre for PC