Detective for PC — top best games in the Detective genre / Page 4

Phantom Watcher - a game in the Detective genre

First-person view, Horror, Puzzle, Strategy, Detective

Game released: PC → 22 May 2024

The player controls the power distribution inside the haunted hospital to explore different rooms, gather information and survive. There are 10 different types of...

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: 5.5/10

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...

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...

A Bavarian Tale - Totgeschwiegen

Third-person view, Detective

Game released: PC → 2 February 2023; Early Access: PC → 15 September 2021

Players: 6/10

The game takes place in the picturesque Bavarian village of Wolpertshofen, full of dark secrets, unexplained events and social tensions, in 1866. A detective comes...

Whispers in the West - Co-op Murder Mystery

Cooperative (co-op), Online, Detective, Side view

Game released: PC → 25 July 2023

A detective game for playing together with friends. The game takes place in the far reaches of the Old West. A series of crimes shook the Wild West, the mystery of...

Shadow Sacrament: The Roots of Evil

Horror, Stealth, Side view, Survival, Detective, Metroidvania

Game in development: PC → 2026

A dark pixel game set in the 19th century. The main character is a detective haunted by a recent loss. He must solve a terrible crime and survive in an ancient...

Allelon

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Indie, Free game, Exploration, Detective

Game released: PC → 5 May 2026

A free third-person stealth detective game set in the futuristic city of Andropolis, where human consciousness has migrated into robot bodies. The story intertwines...

Agent of Strange

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Sandbox, Detective

Game in development: PC → 2026

An RPG from the creators of The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante, set in an old winter European city of the early 20th century. This city is cut off from the...

100 Cats Lost In Poland Find & Color

Puzzle, Detective, Casual game, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 1 August 2025

A co-op game where the player tries to find 100 cats in a detailed image. The player also needs to color the picture by numbers using a variety of colors. The...

Brinkmanship

Adventure, Walking Simulator, Detective, First-person view, Science fiction, Space

Game released: PC → 11 May 2024

A sci-fi mystery about a colony ship that secretly changed course. There are 30,000 people on board. The gamer must explore the premises to find out what is...

Moonshot - The Great Espionage

Free game, Platformer, Puzzle, Detective, Old school

Game released: PC → 30 July 2021

A free fantasy platformer with stealth elements, set in an alternate 60s. The main character is a spy who must reveal classified NASA...

The Bureau of Fantastical & Arcane Affairs

Adventure, First-person view, Casual game, Comedy, Fantasy, Open world, Detective, Role-playing game

Game in development: PC → 2026

An action role-playing game in which you need to inspect a fantasy world for suitability for adventures. Players will have to join a special Bureau of Fantastic and...

Dodgy Deliveries

Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Horror, Indie, Adventure, Exploration, Detective, Casual game

Game released: PC → 31 January 2025

In the game, you need to run your own delivery service with your friends, fulfilling orders all over the city to collect enough money to pay the rent. The city...

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...

Sleight of Hand

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Detective

Game in development: PC → 2026

A stealth game about a detective-occultist, set in a gloomy rainy city, where you need to eliminate a witch coven. The character uses his deck of unique cards as...

Artificial Detective

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Comedy, Detective

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

An adventure action game where the story of humanity's disappearance is revealed through the eyes of a robot detective. Waking up without memories in a decopunk...

Fatal Train

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

Game in development: PC → 24 July 2026

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...

Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping

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

Game released: PC → 22 May 2025

Metacritic: 82/100

A bright adventure about a duck detective, set in a campsite where ghosts may have appeared. You need to examine evidence, question suspects, and analyze the data...

Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery

Comedy, Detective, Adventure, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 27 October 2022

Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery is a humorous detective adventure with cartoon graphics. In the game you will try on the role of a frog Detective who is...

Predefined

Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Detective

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The events of the game take place in the near dystopian future, teetering on the edge of cyberpunk. This is a world where advanced technology coexists with archaic...

Broken Voyage

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

Game released: PC → 23 April 2026

A detective adventure with a Lovecraftian atmosphere, set in 1921 on the abandoned ship "Emma". After receiving a distress signal, the hero arrives on the vessel...

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...

POCKET MYSTERY EP DX

Top-down view, Detective, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 17 December 2024

A surreal game about detective Walker Rylance, who is investigating the mysterious murder of four colleagues that occurred in a locked room. You need to explore the...

Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past

First-person view, Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Detective

Game released: PC → 16 December 2025

The main character finds themselves in a mysterious mansion, from which they must find a way out. The character is constantly haunted by the feeling that someone...

Casey Noir and Carved Pumpkin's Latte

Visual novel, Free game, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: PC → 2 October 2025

The game takes place in a Gothic hotel perched atop a lonely hill on Halloween night. The protagonist, an immortal ghost detective, must solve the murder of one of...

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...

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...

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Best Games in the Detective genre for PC