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Return of the Phantom - a game in the Detective genre

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

Game released: PC → 7 August 2020

Steam: 97/100

Return of the Phantom is a third-person adventure with a touch of puzzle from MicroProse Software, Inc.. The game is published by MicroProse Software, Inc...

Chinatown Detective Agency

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Side view, Detective, Point & Click, Exploration

Game released: PC → 7 April 2022

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Chinatown Detective Agency is an atmospheric adventure with a side view in a cyberpunk setting. It's midnight in Singapore. Your contact is a no-show, your client...

Floor 13: Deep State

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: PC → 2 November 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 32/100

Floor 13: Deep State is a text adventure thriller inspired by the classic 90's game Floor 13. In a free society, citizens can make their own decisions, argue with...

Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!

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 inhabited by insects...

Combustion

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Old school, Detective, Arcade

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 5/10

An action-adventure RPG with anthropomorphic animals, inspired by old-school projects from the era of the first PlayStation. Norrune, a city of oil rigs, is...

Agent of Strange

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

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...

About Fishing

Adventure, Horror, Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, Third-person view, Old school, Detective, Exploration

Game in development: PC → 2026

An unusual adventure that starts as a measured fishing simulator but gradually turns into a psychological thriller with the atmosphere of a surreal detective story...

Lamplight City

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: PC → 13 September 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Lamplight City is a classic side-scrolling Point and Click adventure. The game takes place in the fictional town of Lamplight during the Victorian era with a hint...

Tangle Tower

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 22 October 2019

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Tangle Tower is a detective point and click adventure where you have to solve the exciting murder mystery of Freya Fellow. You'll explore a strange and mysterious...

Devi: A light in the dark

Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie, Detective, Exploration

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 6.7/10

Devi: A light in the dark is an open-world role-playing simulator about a young girl from a rural village in India. She must escape from slavery, into which she was...

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

Adventure, Arcade, Visual novel, Simulation, Detective

Game released: PC → 27 July 2021

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is a collection of unusual adventure arcade games with visual novel elements, where the gameplay revolves around verbal battles in...

A Bavarian Tale - Totgeschwiegen

Third-person view, Detective, Adventure, Exploration

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

Players: 6/10

Steam: 77/100

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...

Flowers -Le volume sur printemps-

Visual novel, Detective, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 17 August 2016

Steam: 92/100

This detective visual novel follows Suoh Shirahane, a shy student with a mysterious past, as she begins her first year at Saint Angraecum Academy, an all-girls...

D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die

Action, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Tactics, Detective, Comedy

Game released: PC → 5 June 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This episodic detective adventure follows David Young, a private investigator searching for his wife’s murderer. Two years earlier, an unknown assailant killed her...

Phoenix Springs

Adventure, Detective, Science fiction, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 7 October 2024

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Neo-noir quest with elements of mysticism and investigation. Events immerse the player in a mysterious world where dark secrets and personal dramas are intertwined...

Voodoo Detective

Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click, Detective, Comedy

Game released: PC → 25 May 2022

Steam: 95/100

Voodoo Detective is a point and click adventure puzzle game. New Guinen: A small island town steeped in rich voodoo culture, overrun with chain stores and teeming...

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: 85/100

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 and not get...

Terminal Madness: Awakening

Puzzle, Casual game, Comedy, Adventure, Detective

Game released: PC → 1 December 2023

Players: 3.2/10

The main character named Krypto is trying to become a hacker. He wants the Supreme Master to help him become the greatest expert in this field. But soon the hero...

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 journey. The main...

BROK the InvestiGator

Adventure, Side view, Arcade, Detective, Post-apocalyptic, Point & Click, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 26 August 2022

Steam: 97/100

The game takes place in a futuristic world inhabited by humanoid animals. The rich live under a dome that protects them from environmental pollution. The main...

The Rewinder

Indie, Adventure, Detective, Side view, Puzzle, Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC → 10 September 2021

Steam: 92/100

An adventure based on Chinese mythology. The main character's name is Yun, he is the last known "Rewinder" who can communicate with spirits and examine other...

Crime Screen: Detective Cases

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

Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 9.9/10

The game takes place in the gloomy winter town of Frost Falls. The main character is a detective who investigates crimes using gadget screens. You need to collect...

Mutropolis

Adventure, Puzzle, Science fiction, Indie, Detective

Game released: PC → 18 February 2021

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 71/100

A science fiction adventure set on the abandoned planet Earth in the year 5000. The protagonist and a team of archaeologists are exploring the ruins of an ancient...

Pandora Directive

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

Game released: PC → 30 June 2009

Steam: 86/100

This first-person detective adventure takes place in April 2043, when private investigator Tex Murphy looks into rumors of a UFO crash in Roswell and investigates...

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case

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

Game released: PC → 13 March 2018

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 68/100

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case is a continuation of the Japanese-style adventure visual novel Silver Case. The events of the game take place five years after the...

Chronique des Silencieux

Detective, Point & Click, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 29 January 2024

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Set in southern France in the 1970s, this detective adventure follows a rookie private investigator trying to uncover the secrets of a stubborn old man. The player...

Nancy Drew: Midnight in Salem

Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: PC → 3 December 2019

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 54/100

Nancy Drew: Midnight in Salem is a continuation of the series of adventure detectives in the "hidden object" genre. This time, Nancy Drew finds herself in Salem...

Mask of the Rose

Visual novel, Interactive movie, Adventure, Detective, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 8 June 2023

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Detective visual novel from the creators suns Sea: zubmariner edition and suns skies. The game is a background for all events in the Fallen London universe. Its...

Negative Atmosphere: Emergency Room

Horror, Simulation, First-person view, Puzzle, Free game, Science fiction, Detective

Early Access: PC → 27 January 2023; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 6.7/10

Realistic and eerie surgeon simulator, serving as a prequel to the horror Negative Atmosphere. Samuel Edwards is the chief medical officer of the TRH Rusanov...

Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Role-playing game, Detective

Game released: PC → 24 September 2009

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper — London, 1888. A wave of brutal murders keeps the entire city in terror. Polly, a young prostitute, was murdered in the...

Interrogation: You will be Deceived

Simulation, Indie, Strategy, Role-playing game, Adventure, Business / Management, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 5 December 2019

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Interrogation: You will be Deceived is a thrilling noir detective story with role-playing elements, where you take control of a special police department tasked...

The Beast of Stormy Forest

Puzzle, Virtual Reality (VR), Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Futurism (Future), Detective

Game released: PC → 30 September 2020

Steam: 47/100

The Beast of Stormy Forest is an adventure puzzle game with a first-person view and virtual reality elements. You are Detective Cromwell, one of the last survivors...

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 disappeared, and...

Let Bions Be Bygones

Detective, Side view, Adventure, Cyberpunk, Role-playing game, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 30 April 2024

Steam: 69/100

The game takes place on the futuristic planet Terrahive. The planet is gradually dying, because it has been captured by the most terrible disease — humanity...

Nut City Blues

Visual novel, Side view, Detective, Comedy, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 23 November 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

A comedy game about Captain Fox, a raccoon detective and the dangers of pineapple pizza. The heroes will have to team up to explore the neon streets of Nut City...

Supernormal

Adventure, Horror, Survival, First-person view, Detective, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration

Game released: PC → 9 January 2024

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 72/100

Atmospheric horror inspired by Allison Road. The main character is Detective Wyatt, who is trying to solve the disappearance of a girl. To do this, the gamer...

Phantom Watcher

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

Game released: PC → 22 May 2024

Steam: 78/100

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

Loop Theory

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

Game released: PC → 26 March 2024

Steam: 66/100

A short game that takes about 45 minutes to complete. The main character investigates a crime related to his past and paranormal events. You need to explore a...

Blood in the Ice

Adventure, Visual novel, Detective, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 30 May 2026

The game's plot unfolds aboard the fictional whaling ship Mercy of Hull in 1859. The main character is Dr. Elias Ward, whose first journey began with a sailor found...

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 people are talking...

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Best Games in the Detective genre for PC