Detective for PC — top best games in the Detective genre / Page 7

Chicken Police: Into the HIVE! - a game in the Detective genre

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

Game released: PC → 7 November 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 77/100

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

Your House: A Hidden Truth

Adventure, Puzzle, Text quest, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 27 March 2025

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 69/100

A game where puzzles and storytelling merge to tell a story about identity, ambition, and deception. The plot focuses on the intertwined destinies 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...

Cube Escape

Puzzle, Horror, Adventure, Detective, Online, Free game, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 9 June 2009

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 95/100

A detective named Dale Vandermeer finds himself in a strange room and cannot remember how he got here. He must solve all the puzzles to get free and...

Sherlock Holmes: Secret of the Silver Earring

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

Game released: PC → 13 August 2008

Steam: 56/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This third-person detective adventure with point-and-click controls is set in London in 1895, where a wealthy construction tycoon has been murdered...

Under a Killing Moon

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: PC → 16 June 2009

Players: 1/10

Steam: 96/100

This detective adventure with elements of a comedy thriller unfolds in a futuristic world in December 2042. Private investigator Tex Murphy must stop...

The Island: Into The Mist

Anime / Manga, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 31 January 2019

Steam: 65/100

This adventure visual novel follows Nautilus, the scuba diving club at Hankook University, whose trip to Baek Island ends in a shipwreck. The group...

Night Escape

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

Game released: PC → 5 December 2023

Steam: 62/100

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...

Methods: Detective Competition

Puzzle, Adventure, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: PC → 2 June 2020

Players: 3.1/10

Steam: 91/100

Hundreds of detectives compete with each other to solve mysteries created by crime bosses. The winner receives a million dollars and a unique...

Grave Seasons

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Detective, Farm Simulator, Role-playing game

Game in development: PC → 9 March 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

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

Sinking Island

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

Game released: PC → 2 September 2008

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 68/100

A detective adventure with puzzles unfolds on Sagorah Island, where American billionaire Walter Jones has died. His death may have been an accident...

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...

Alt-Frequencies

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

Game released: PC → 16 May 2019

Steam: 86/100

Alt-Frequencies is a text adventure set in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell a mysterious story in which all people are stuck in the same time...

Tiny Room Stories Town Mystery

Puzzle, Detective, Hidden Objects, Exploration, Indie, Point & Click, Logic

Game released: PC → 26 February 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

Inworld Origins

Adventure, Free game, Interactive movie, Detective, Science fiction, Role-playing game

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...

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...

Siberian Way

Visual novel, Adventure, Historical, Indie, Detective, Horror

Game released: PC → 4 March 2025

Steam: 73/100

Detective visual short story with a gloomy history. The events of the game unfold at the end of the 19th century, and the plot tells about the...

Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Point & Click, Side view, Science fiction, Space, Detective

Game released: PC → 25 March 2024

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A sci-fi detective adventure set aboard the Zephyr — the first interstellar ship sent by humanity to another star. The main character, security chief...

Puzzle Agent 2

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

Game released: PC → 30 June 2011

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Puzzle Agent 2 is a continuation of the humorous puzzle game, where you again have to help the extraordinary agent Nelson Teters. This time the game...

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...

$Tex Murphy: Overseer - a game in the Detective genre$

Tex Murphy: Overseer

Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 21 July 2009

Steam: 50/100

This first-person detective adventure follows private investigator Tex Murphy as he looks into the death of his client’s father. The case appears to...

Disjunction

Role-playing game, Action, Stealth, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Indie, Detective, Shooter

Game released: PC → 28 January 2021

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Disjunction is an isometric action role-playing game inspired by cyberpunk style and old school games. The game takes place in 2048 in New York. You...

Crimepunk Detective

Role-playing game, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Adult game, Cyberpunk, Indie, Detective

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 6.7/10

Detective adventure action in a cyberpunk setting. Players find themselves in the shoes of a private detective who survives in a gloomy metropolis of...

Long Live Caesar

Indie, Role-playing game, Tactics, Historical, Roguelike, Side view, Puzzle, Detective, Simulation

Game released: PC → 16 December 2024

Steam: 78/100

A step -by -step role -playing strategy with elements of a crogue in which the fate of the Roman Empire depends on the decisions of one person...

Kara no Shojo

Visual novel, Detective, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 22 October 2018

Steam: 92/100

Set in post-war Japan, this detective visual novel follows a private investigator handling several connected cases, including a series of murders...

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...

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...

Jailbreak Lockdown

Free game, Action, Indie, Online, Detective

Game released: PC → 21 December 2018

Steam: 80/100

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...

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...

Who's Lila?

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

Game released: PC → 24 February 2022

Steam: 94/100

William's classmate Tanya Kennedy has disappeared, and he is the last person who saw her before her disappearance. During conversations, the player...

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...

Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集

Visual novel, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 19 February 2020

Steam: 95/100

This detective visual novel with point-and-click elements follows Roman, a wolf detective hoping to spend his vacation at a tavern. A severe storm...

Mysteryville

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

Game released: PC → 18 January 2007

Steam: 100/100

Mysteryville is a first-person adventure with a hint of puzzle from developers from NevoSoft studio. The game is published by Reflexive Entertainment...

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...

West Hunt

Online, Cooperative (co-op), Stealth, Detective, Tactics, Casual game, Indie, Action, Role-playing game, Hidden Objects

Early Access: PC → 15 June 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 84/100

West Hunt is a multi-player cooperative stealth role-playing game in the detective genre. Playing as a criminal, you have to complete all missions...

Grunnd

Visual novel, Side view, Detective, Walking Simulator, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 26 January 2023

Steam: 64/100

A detective adventure in which the character travels through a gloomy city. Here he meets strange people and uncovers secrets that change his...

Anonymous Hacker Simulator: Prologue

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

Game released: PC → 28 August 2023

Steam: 90/100

Free prologue to the game Anonymous Hacker Simulator, representing the opening chapter of the full version. The gamer, in the role of an anonymous...

Lost and Hound

Casual game, Indie, Adventure, Third-person view, Detective

Game released: PC → 17 August 2022

Steam: 89/100

A detective adventure in which the protagonist uses his heightened sense of hearing and smell to find and rescue people in trouble, as well as to...

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...

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...

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Best Games in the Detective genre for PC