Detective for PC — top best games in the Detective genre / Page 5

Subsurface Circular - a game in the Detective genre

Arcade, Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Detective, Text quest

Game released: PC → 17 August 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Subsurface Circular is an unusual adventure with elements of a visual novel and a text game from the creator of Thomas Was Alone. You take on the role of a robot...

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 those...

Kona 2: Brume

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Exploration, Detective, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 18 October 2023

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 80/100

The game takes place in Canada in 1970. A certain haze cut off a small mining village from the whole world. Private detective Karl Faber is trying to understand its...

Lacuna — A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

Adventure, Detective, Side view, Science fiction, Cyberpunk

Game released: PC → 20 May 2021

Steam: 92/100

A fascinating journey into the world of science fiction, cyberpunk and noir, where, in the role of detective Neil Conrad, the player faces complex moral choices...

The Bureau of Fantastical & Arcane Affairs

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

Game in development: PC → 2027

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...

Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping

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

Game released: PC → 22 May 2025

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

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...

Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence

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

Game released: PC → 9 December 2025

Steam: 92/100

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 monks have taken a...

Vampire: The Masquerade — ETERNAL WHISPERS

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Mysticism / Supernatural, Fantasy, Detective

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A narrative role-playing game set in the World of Darkness universe. Players will encounter a rich story, the development of which depends on certain choices. The...

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 his parents...

Return of the Obra Dinn

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

Game released: PC → 18 October 2018

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Return of the Obra Dinn is an adventure detective from the creator papers, please, which will tell about the Dinn Disablast, which hides many secrets. You have to...

AI: The Somnium Files

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: PC → 17 September 2019

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

AI: The Somnium Files is a Japanese-style adventure visual novel from the creators of the Danganronpa and Zero Escape series. The game takes place in near-future...

FBI Agent Simulator

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

Frozen: PC → 2021

Anticipation Rating: 8.5/10

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...

The Darkest Files

Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Detective, Historical

Game released: PC → 25 March 2025

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The game unfolds in 1956 in Germany. In the role of a young prosecutor, it is necessary to investigate the crimes of the times of Nazism and look for the...

KILLER INN

Action, Shooter, Stealth, Online, Third-person view, Detective

Early Access: PC → 12 February 2026; Game in development: PC → 2026

Steam: 43/100

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...

Bear With Me

Adventure, Puzzle, , Hidden Objects, Detective

Game released: PC → 8 August 2016

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Bear With Me is a noir point and click adventure that tells the story of a little girl, Amber. She has to find her missing brother Flint and turns to Ted E., a...

Sanity of Morris

Detective, First-person view, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 23 March 2021

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 35/100

Sanity of Morris is a psychological horror adventure about searching for a father while trying to stay sane. The protagonist uses a flashlight to reveal clues and...

Rainswept

Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Detective, Visual novel, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 1 February 2019

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Rainswept is a side-scrolling adventure detective game with a variety of puzzles. Detective Michael Anderson is sent to the small town of Pineview to help the local...

Clue/Cluedo: The Classic Mystery Game

Tactics, Indie, Board / Group Game, Mysticism / Supernatural, Online, Isometric, Top-down view, Strategy, Casual game, Detective

Game released: PC → 18 May 2018

Steam: 87/100

Clue/Cluedo: The Classic Mystery Game is an indie tactical board game with mystical elements and an isometric view. You will join Scarlett, Mustard, Peacock, Green...

Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories

Free game, Puzzle, Adventure, Detective, Logic, Hidden Objects, Casual game, Online

Game released: PC → 30 September 2022

Steam: 83/100

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...

She Sees Red

Interactive movie, Detective, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 July 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 76/100

An interactive detective story with live actors about a mysterious murder in a nightclub. The main character tries to figure out what happened, but the owner of the...

Hope in the City

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

Game in development: PC → 10 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 of Shenyang...

Lucifer Within Us

Detective, Demons, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 15 October 2020

Steam: 73/100

Set in the last human city, this detective adventure follows a digital exorcist investigating three murders in a world of daemons and soul-scanning technology...

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 rising crime, he...

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (Remastered Edition)

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

Game released: PC → 6 August 2009

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 74/100

This detective adventure with horror elements follows Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they investigate strange disappearances seemingly connected to a secret sect...

Paradise Killer

Role-playing game, Adventure, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Open world, Exploration, Detective

Game released: PC → 4 September 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Paradise Killer is an atmospheric adventure with role-playing elements and a first-person view. The events of the game take place in a surreal reality, in which...

Pecaminosa - A Pixel Noir Game

Action, Indie, Role-playing game, Shooter, Top-down view, In real time, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Detective

Game released: PC → 27 May 2021

Steam: 50/100

Pecaminosa — A Pixel Noir Game is a mystical indie action thriller with RPG elements in a noir-pixel style that will take you to the dark streets of the town...

The Wild Case

Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: PC → 7 April 2021

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 85/100

The Wild Case is an indie point and click adventure puzzle game with supernatural elements. In this game, players meet a variety of colorful characters, experience...

Delete After Reading

Puzzle, Detective, Adventure, Visual novel, Comedy, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 14 March 2023

Steam: 89/100

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...

Scene Investigators

Hidden Objects, Detective, Simulation, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic

Game released: PC → 24 October 2023

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 74/100

A detective game set in the future. The main character must unravel complex cases in order to pass the exam and become a real investigator. You need to explore the...

A Case of Distrust

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

Game released: PC → 8 February 2018

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 77/100

An interactive detective story set in San Francisco in 1924. The main character is detective Phyllis Cadence Malone. She investigates various criminal cases...

Shadow Sacrament: The Roots of Evil

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

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, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 5 May 2026

Steam: 66/100

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...

Among Us Story: On Guard

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Point & Click, Casual game, Comedy, Space, Detective

Game in development: PC → 17 February 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A narrative adventure in the universe of Among Us, where life aboard a spaceship turns out to be much more dangerous than it seems at first glance. As part of 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 the mysterious...

Still Life 2

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

Game released: PC → 11 August 2009

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 44/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Still Life 2 is a continuation of the detective adventure with many puzzles and an exciting plot. The events of the game continue the story told in Still Life...

Aviary Attorney

Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Visual novel, Indie, Detective

Game released: PC → 21 December 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Aviary Attorney is a phantasmagorical visual novel that takes players to Paris in 1848, during the era of the revolutionary movement. Playing as a falcon-lawyer, we...

NUTS

First-person view, Adventure, Action, Simulation, Indie, Detective, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 4 February 2021

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 67/100

NUTS is an indie action adventure game with simulation elements and a first-person view. Your mission briefing will give you a starting point, but it will be up to...

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy

Collection, Adventure, Visual novel, Detective, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 25 January 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Detective visual novel in the Ace Attorney series, where players take on the role of a lawyer and investigate various cases. The action takes place several years...

DEATH NOTE Killer Within

Online, Detective, Casual game, Cooperative (co-op), Tactics, Strategy

Game released: PC → 5 November 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

Detective thriller based on the cult manga and anime Death Note. The player is immersed in a world where every mistake can be fatal, and every step is part of a...

Go Home Annie

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

Game released: PC → 10 December 2024

Players: 8/10

Steam: 79/100

A psychological game about Annie, an employee of the SCP Foundation. This organization studies anomalies and supernatural events, and also protects people from...

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Best Games in the Detective genre for PC