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

Whispers in the West - Co-op Murder Mystery

Cooperative (co-op), Online, Detective, Side view, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 25 July 2023

Steam: 68/100

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...

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...

Kill The Shadow

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Side view, Exploration, Old school, Detective, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 5 August 2026

Steam: 86/100

A role-playing adventure detective game in which the player investigates a series of strange murders that occurred in different areas of the city. To...

On Your Tail

Adventure, Detective, Action, Exploration, Open world, God Simulator, Simulation

Game released: PC → 16 December 2024

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 74/100

The game takes place in Borgo Marina, a picturesque coastal town where sunny days are filled with warmth and nights are filled with magic and...

Murders on the Yangtze River

Adventure, Puzzle, Detective

Game released: PC → 30 January 2024

Steam: 96/100

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...

Twin Mirror

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

Game released: PC → 1 December 2020

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Twin Mirror is a psychological thriller with a third-person view from the creators of Vampyr and Life is Strange. The main character is a young...

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...

The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story

Interactive movie, Adventure, Historical, Detective

Game released: PC → 12 May 2022

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 72/100

The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story is a Japanese-style interactive adventure where you investigate a series of mysterious murders that span a...

Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue

Free game, Simulation, First-person view, Action, Exploration, Comedy, Detective

Game released: PC → 4 April 2024

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Equinox: Homecoming

Role-playing game, Adventure, MMO, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Open world, Detective

Early Access: PC → 8 May 2025; Game released: PC → 5 March 2026

Steam: 80/100

The main character explores Alderwood Island and tries to find her missing mother. You can ride a horse and race with other players. You also need to...

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...

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...

Nancy Drew: Treasure in the Royal Tower

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: PC → 20 August 2001

Steam: 84/100

This first-person adventure mystery follows Nancy Drew, who is snowed in at a ski resort housed in Wickford Castle. The castle’s history and maze of...

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...

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: PC → 9 April 2019

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy is an anime visual novel. This episode takes place in a courtroom. You'll experience the thrill of protecting...

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...

The Shapeshifting Detective

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

Game released: PC → 6 November 2018

Players: 5.2/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 72/100

The Shapeshifting Detective is an interactive adventure thriller with a first-person view. The game revolves around a detective who is trying to find...

Chicken Police

Adventure, Indie, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: PC → 5 November 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Chicken Police is a noir adventure of two feathered cops, Sonny Featherland and Marty MacChicken, in a black-and-white detective novel full of satire...

前程似锦 Excellent Expectations

Indie, Detective, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 22 December 2017

Steam: 86/100

This detective puzzle adventure centers on finding evidence on the phone of a game company owner. The player retrieves apps on the reset device and...

Pneumata

Horror, First-person view, Survival, Detective, Action, Survival horror, Exploration

Game released: PC → 19 September 2024

Players: 1.5/10

Steam: 47/100

Metacritic: 52/100

In the role of a detective, the player explores a gloomy mansion and crime scenes to find the reason for the disappearances. We need to piece...

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...

Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders

Point & Click, Historical, Detective

Game released: PC → 1 May 2019

Steam: 88/100

This historical point-and-click detective adventure takes place in the capital of Tang Dynasty China. Newly appointed investigating magistrate Di...

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...

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...

Arsene Lupin - Once a Thief

Adventure, Visual novel, Exploration, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 17 October 2024

Steam: 69/100

Events take place in the enchanting and mysterious Paris of the early 20th century, where the player takes on the role of gentleman thief Arsene...

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...

Dahlia View

Puzzle, Adventure, Detective, Exploration, Interactive movie

Game released: PC → 2 November 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

A game in which the gamer investigates the disappearance of a child in an apartment complex. A retired detective talks to neighbors and watches...

Dodgy Deliveries

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

Game released: PC → 31 January 2025

Steam: 70/100

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...

Sherlock: Hidden Object & Match-3 Mystery

Puzzle, Match-3 (Three in a row), Cooperative (co-op), Hidden Objects, Detective, Casual game

Game released: PC → 28 July 2025

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 66/100

The adventures of the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes, who travels through the locations from the books, where he solves puzzles to find the...

The Silver Crow

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Old school, Medieval era, Detective

Game released: PC → 30 July 2026

Steam: 94/100

A classic quest with a detective plot set in 16th century Germany. The main character is the city executioner, Konrad, who is forced to investigate...

Art of Murder: Cards of Destiny

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

Game released: PC → 23 February 2010

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 57/100

This detective adventure, set in the tradition of police thrillers, follows FBI agent Nicole Bonnet as she faces a serial killer who leaves playing...

Return of the Phantom

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

Game released: PC → 7 August 2020

Steam: 97/100

This point-and-click detective adventure follows the return of the Phantom of the Opera. Inspector Raoul Montand pursues the Red Death into the past...

White Day 2: The Flower That Tells Lies

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

Game released: PC → 16 February 2023

Steam: 45/100

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...

Whispers of a Machine

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

Game released: PC → 17 April 2019

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Whispers of a Machine is an atmospheric "Point and Click" adventure in a retro style. You have to take control of Detective Vera and investigate a...

Jessika

Interactive movie, First-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Simulation, Benchmark program, Indie, Detective

Game released: PC → 25 August 2020

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 67/100

Jessika is an interactive adventure game in the spirit of Her Story and Telling Lies. The player investigates the digital traces of a deceased...

Kathy Rain: Director’s Cut

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

Game released: PC → 26 October 2021

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Kathy Rain: Director's Cut is a side-scrolling point and click adventure. Extended version of the plot: with a longer final part, hundreds of lines...

Katana-Ra: Shinobi Rising

Stealth, Cyberpunk, Adventure, Action, Open world, Futurism (Future), Detective, Isometric

Game released: PC → 25 April 2023

Steam: 25/100

The events of the game take place in an alternative Japan around a young shinobi who is trying to find the person responsible for the death of a...

Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past

First-person view, Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Detective, Casual game, Adventure, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 16 December 2025

Steam: 53/100

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...

The Deed: Dynasty

Adventure, Top-down view, Visual novel, Indie, Detective, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 10 May 2016

Steam: 86/100

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...

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...

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Best Games in the Detective genre for PC