Detective for PC — top best games in the Detective genre / Page 9

Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis - a game in the Detective genre

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 Sherlock Holmes. The...

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 murdered, and...

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...

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...

Tron: Identity

Detective, Visual novel, Adventure, Science fiction, Casual game

Game released: PC → 11 April 2023

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 71/100

A detective visual novel set in the Tron sci-fi universe, where you can interrogate suspects, explore the environment, solve puzzles, and interact with various...

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...

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...

Shanghai Summer

Adventure, Visual novel, Side view, Anime / Manga, Detective

Game released: PC → 7 February 2024

Steam: 89/100

The game takes place in Shanghai in 2003. Suddenly, Baichuan feels that something is wrong with his life — sometimes he thinks he can see his memories, so...

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 find clues that...

Casey Noir and Carved Pumpkin's Latte

Visual novel, Free game, Point & Click, Detective, Casual game

Game released: PC → 2 October 2025

Steam: 88/100

The game takes place in a Gothic hotel perched atop a lonely hill on Halloween night. The protagonist, an immortal ghost detective, must solve the murder of one of...

Broken Voyage

Horror, First-person view, Free game, Exploration, Detective

Game released: PC → 23 April 2026

Steam: 82/100

A detective adventure with a Lovecraftian atmosphere, set in 1921 on the abandoned ship "Emma". After receiving a distress signal, the hero arrives on the vessel...

Murders in Space

Adventure, Third-person view, Space, Detective

Game released: PC → 12 May 2020

Steam: 66/100

Set aboard the orbital station PEGASUS, this detective adventure tasks the player with finding a murderer before they strike again. There are 24 hours to solve the...

$Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure - a game in the Detective genre$

Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Interactive movie, Detective, Cyberpunk

Game released: PC → Q4 2013

Players: 3.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 68/100

A cyberpunk detective adventure set in post-World War III San Francisco, where private investigator Tex Murphy tries to recover memories of the seven years erased...

SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair

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

Game released: PC → 26 August 2016

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 91/100

A murder-mystery visual novel about ten friends gathered at a secluded mountain resort for Halloween. Their party turns into a night of horror when one of the...

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...

Word of the Law: Death Mask

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Visual novel, Logic, Casual game, Exploration, Hidden Objects, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: PC → 11 January 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Word of the Law: Death Mask is a visual novel in the genre of exploratory horror with elements of puzzles and adventure. You are a detective investigating serious...

Tenebrea

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Detective

Game in development: PC → 2026

The game transports you to the walls of an old dormitory in Valencia, where night has long ceased to be a time of peace. A worker died here. Since then, the...

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...

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...

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 colors. The...

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 loop and are...

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 the game...

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 and...

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 from prison at...

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 officials. You will...

Nancy Drew: Secret of the Scarlet Hand

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

Game released: PC → 12 August 2002

Steam: 88/100

Nancy Drew: Secret of the Scarlet Hand is a first-person adventure with a hint of puzzle from Her Interactive, Inc.. The game's primary publisher is Her...

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 in New Arcadia...

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...

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

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 be a suicide...

Законы Надрагии

Adventure, Simulation, Isometric, Visual novel, Comedy, Detective

Game in development: PC → 2026

A prosecutor simulator with elements of a detective visual novel. The game takes place in Nadragia, where the era of tyranny began after the revolution. Players in...

Fingered

Simulation, Indie, Casual game, Detective

Game released: PC → 18 August 2015

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 74/100

This police simulation casts the player as a detective tasked with identifying suspects from witness descriptions and cleaning up a crime-ridden city. Descriptions...

Seance

Detective, Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Comedy, Puzzle, Role-playing game, Exploration, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC → 29 May 2021

Steam: 94/100

Seance is a mystical visual novel with anime and puzzle elements. In this game, detective duo Kennedy (a 33-year-old retired agent) and Mia (a 16-year-old girl with...

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...

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 catch criminals...

Silver Creek Falls: Chapter 3

Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Detective

Game released: PC → 31 March 2016

Steam: 72/100

This detective adventure concludes the Silver Creek Falls trilogy as its heroes venture into the heart of a seemingly peaceful college town to uncover its sinister...

TEST TEST TEST

Puzzle, Top-down view, Detective

Game released: PC → 17 January 2024

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 91/100

An overworked office worker solves cryptic puzzles in an alternate reality to escape a time loop. To do this you need to find clues and collect useful information...

Dupery: A Game of Solo Deduction

Puzzle, Turn-based, Tactics, Roguelike, Casual game, Detective, Strategy

Game released: PC → 15 October 2026

An atmospheric deduction game set in a noir city taken over by a powerful criminal syndicate. As a detective, you’ll investigate complex cases, expose the...

POCKET MYSTERY EP DX

Top-down view, Detective, Puzzle, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC → 17 December 2024

Steam: 81/100

A surreal game about detective Walker Rylance, who is investigating the mysterious murder of four colleagues that occurred in a locked room. You need to explore the...

Brinkmanship

Adventure, Walking Simulator, Detective, First-person view, Science fiction, Space

Game released: PC → 11 May 2024

Steam: 84/100

A sci-fi mystery about a colony ship that secretly changed course. There are 30,000 people on board. The gamer must explore the premises to find out what is...

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Best Games in the Detective genre for PC