Detective 2020 for PC — top best games in the Detective genre

Heavy Rain - a game in the Detective genre

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Interactive movie, Detective

Game released: PC → 18 June 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Heavy Rain is an interactive adventure movie with a third-person view from the creators of Fahrenheit. The events of the game take place in a small American town...

Chicken Police

Adventure, Indie, Visual novel, Detective

Game released: PC → 5 November 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Chicken Police is a noir adventure of two feathered cops, Sonny Featherland and Marty MacChicken, in a black-and-white detective novel full of satire and cynical...

Twin Mirror

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Detective

Game released: PC → 1 December 2020

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Twin Mirror is a psychological thriller with a third-person view from the creators of Vampyr and Life is Strange. The main character is a young man named Sam...

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...

Voyeur

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Adult game, Interactive movie, Detective, Point & Click, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 12 October 2020

Steam: 83/100

Voyeur is a first-person adventure with puzzle, adult and interactive cinema elements from developers Philips P.O.V. Entertainment Group. The main publisher of the...

Jessika

Interactive movie, First-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Simulation, Benchmark program, Indie, Detective

Game released: PC → 25 August 2020

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 67/100

Jessika is an interactive adventure game in the spirit of Her Story and Telling Lies. The player investigates the digital traces of a deceased girl named...

Simulacra 2

Adventure, Interactive movie, Puzzle, Horror, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 30 January 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Simulacra 2 is a continuation of an unusual detective puzzle with elements of interactive cinema. The game tells the story of the unusual death of a blogger, which...

At Dead of Night

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Point & Click, Survival horror, Detective, Horror, Strategy

Game released: PC → 19 November 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

The main heroine Maya finds herself trapped in a remote hotel run by the psychopath Jimmy Hall. Her friends are tied up and inside the building, while Jimmy patrols...

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...

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...

Dark Nights with Poe and Munro

Detective, Point & Click, Horror

Game released: PC → 19 May 2020

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This episodic supernatural story follows Poe and Munro, hosts at a local radio station. The player guides the pair through six TV-style episodes, where strange...

Murder by Numbers

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

Game released: PC → 6 March 2020

Players: 7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Murder by Numbers is an exciting puzzle game with elements of a visual novel in the Japanese style. The game takes place in Los Angeles in 1996. You will try on the...

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 opportunity. However...

Return of the Phantom

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...

The Flower Collectors

Indie, Adventure, Detective

Game released: PC → 21 April 2020

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Set in Barcelona in 1977, this detective game follows a former police officer in a wheelchair who witnesses a murder and joins forces with a young, ambitious...

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: 44/100

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...

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...

Detective

Best Games in the Detective genre of 2020 for PC (Game released)