Detective for PC — top best games in the Detective genre / Page 8

Buried Stars - a game in the Detective genre

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: PC → 29 November 2021

Steam: 73/100

A detective adventure set at the site of a building collapse during a live broadcast of a survival show. Trapped beneath the rubble, the contestants...

Chronicle of Innsmouth

Adventure, Point & Click, Horror, Detective

Game released: PC → 5 May 2017

Steam: 77/100

A point-and-click adventure inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft, Chronicle of Innsmouth follows an investigation into the secrets of a cursed...

Nancy Drew: The Shattered Medallion

Adventure, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: PC → 20 May 2014

Steam: 52/100

This point-and-click adventure follows detective Nancy Drew and George as they travel to New Zealand to compete in the reality show Pacific Run...

Silver Creek Falls: Chapter 2

Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Detective

Game released: PC → 30 September 2015

Steam: 77/100

This mystery adventure takes place in the North Carolina town of Silver Creek Falls. One week after a series of eerie events, an FBI agent is...

The Raven Remastered

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

Game released: PC → 13 March 2018

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The Raven Remastered is a re-release of the adventure detective The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief. The game offers you completely redesigned...

NUTS

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

Game released: PC → 4 February 2021

Steam: 88/100

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...

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...

Overboard!

Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: PC → 2 June 2021

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Overboard! is an adventure puzzle game in the style of a visual novel. Blackmailing a spy. Love. Killing an opponent. Deceptions. Witness drugs...

Negative Atmosphere: Emergency Room

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

Game released: PC → 27 January 2023

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...

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...

Town of Salem 2

Online, Side view, Fantasy, Survival, Detective, Puzzle, Casual game, Strategy

Game released: PC → 25 August 2023

Players: 1/10

Steam: 68/100

Multiplayer deduction game. 15 gamers explore the city and complete various tasks to identify and eliminate opponents. Each role has its own tasks...

Combustion

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

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 6.7/10

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

Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo

Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration, Detective

Game released: PC → 16 May 2025

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 99/100

A vibrant adventure to explore Limbo, a Latin American underworld full of danger, intrigue and humor. You need to help the characters you meet solve...

Fatal Train

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

Game released: PC → 15 October 2026

Steam: 9/100

Multiplayer roguelite detective game where you need to solve a murder on a moving train. The main feature is procedural generation. Each time the...

Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy

Adventure, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: PC → 1 November 2008

Steam: 28/100

Metacritic: 59/100

A point-and-click detective adventure follows Sherlock Holmes as he investigates the death of Lord Montcalfe at the nobleman’s manor. After the...

Space Bar

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: PC → 1997

Steam: 100/100

Space Bar is an adventure with a dash of puzzle from the masters at Boffo Games, Inc.. The game is published by Bomico Entertainment Software...

NoseBound

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

Game released: PC → 19 January 2021

Steam: 86/100

NoseBound is a classic point and click side-scrolling adventure with a noir style. The game tells the story of private detective Ray Hammond, who is...

Crime O'Clock

Hidden Objects, Detective, Adventure

Game released: PC → 21 July 2023

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Crime O'Clock is an investigation and time-exploration game about a detective preventing crimes that threaten the continuity of time. Its story links...

IDID:IT

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

Game released: PC → 10 December 2020

IDID:IT (Inexplicable Deaths In Damipolis: Inner Thoughts) is a first-person noir adventure in the spirit of old black and white films. The plot of...

Conscience

Free game, First-person view, Horror, Adventure, Detective, Indie, Exploration, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 30 December 2024; Early Access: PC → 23 November 2024

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Free noir horror about a private detective hired to uncover the truth about a mysterious murder. Players need to explore the victim's apartment and...

100 Cats Lost In Poland Find & Color

Puzzle, Detective, Casual game, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 1 August 2025

Steam: 90/100

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...

Loop Theory

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

Game released: PC → 26 March 2024

Steam: 64/100

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...

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...

Police Quest Collection

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

Game released: PC → 18 January 2011

Steam: 80/100

This collection brings together four detective adventures about police officers investigating murders and other crimes. In three stories, rookie cop...

Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis

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

Game released: PC → 7 August 2008

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 71/100

This first- and third-person detective adventure is set in 19th-century London, where French burglar Arsène Lupin challenges Scotland Yard and...

Jenny LeClue - Detectivu

Adventure, Detective, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 19 September 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

Jenny LeClue — Detectivu is an episodic adventure in which you will play as a girl detective Jenny LeClue. The game takes place in the small...

The Lighthouse

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Detective

Early Access: PC → 31 October 2019; Game in development: PC → 2027

Steam: 64/100

The Lighthouse is a first-person horror adventure. Events begin on February 19, 1964. You'll take on the role of James Irwin, a former detective...

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...

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...

Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The London Case

Hidden Objects, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 29 August 2023

Steam: 54/100

Metacritic: 67/100

A detective adventure about the theft of a painting of Mary Magdalene in London. Hercule Poirot joins forces with Lloyd's of London to oversee the...

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...

Modavuj Save The Babies

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Roguelike, Shooter, Detective

Game released: PC → 17 April 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 65/100

The protagonist tries to break into a well-protected industrial zone where criminals are holding the kidnapped children of important government...

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...

Nancy Drew: Message in a Haunted Mansion

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

Game released: PC → 15 November 2000

Steam: 85/100

This first-person detective adventure combines puzzles with point-and-click controls in a haunted Victorian mansion in San Francisco. Nancy Drew...

Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Turn-based, Comics, Japanese role-playing game, Detective, Comedy

Game released: PC → 25 June 2012

Steam: 85/100

This turn-based role-playing game combines detective fiction with humor: a detective agency is called into action by a mysterious caller. The threats...