Detective for Xbox Series X/S — top best games in the Detective genre

Silver Pines - a game in the Detective genre

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Exploration, Detective, Metroidvania, Survival horror

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 8 October 2026

Players: 8/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The main character is a private detective, Red Walker, who travels to the mysterious town of Silver Pines to investigate the disappearance of...

Disco Elysium

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Interactive movie, Detective

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 12 October 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Disco Elysium, an isometric text RPG with a point-and-click interface, earned worldwide acclaim for its story and unusual role-playing. Players can...

The Seance of Blake Manor

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Mysticism / Supernatural, Detective

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 27 October 2026

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 89/100

A first-person noir detective mystery. The events unfold in late 19th-century Ireland, within the walls of a mysterious hotel where a séance to...

The Sinking City 2

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Detective, Survival horror

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 18 August 2026

VGTimes: 6.8/10

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 76/100

A third-person survival horror adventure set in a Lovecraftian environment, taking place in flooded Arkham in the 1920s. The city with streets...

The Wolf Among Us Remastered

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Fantasy, Detective

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 29 October 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 85/100

An updated version of the iconic adventure from Telltale Games, based on the Fables comic series. The events unfold in a dark New York City, where...

MOUSE: P.I. For Hire

Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Old school, Action, Detective

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 16 April 2026

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A dynamic shooter made in the spirit of classic Disney cartoons of the 30s. The plot follows a private detective who tries to stop corrupt...

Pathologic 3

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Open world, Detective, Remake, Survival horror

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 23 January 2026

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 4/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The horror action takes place in a gloomy city, engulfed by a mysterious plague, and the main character will be the young doctor Daniil Dankovsky...

Nobody Wants to Die

Action, First-person view, Detective, Adventure, Science fiction, Cyberpunk

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 17 July 2024

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 77/100

The game takes place in the gloomy New York of 2329. The main character is detective James Carra, who, with the support of police officer Sarah Kaya...

The Precinct

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Sandbox, Open world, Old school, Detective

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 13 May 2025

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 69/100

The game takes place in 1983 in the fictional city of Averno, which is ruled by bandit gangs. The main character is rookie cop Nick Cordell, who...

The Occultist

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 8 April 2026

VGTimes: 6.8/10

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Psychological horror, where players will take on the role of a paranormal investigator and venture to the strange island of Godstone. The plot of the...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Adventure, Detective, Action

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 19 May 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Adventure role-playing game, which takes place in the Vampire: The Masquerade universe in accordance with the rules of the fifth edition of the board...

Sherlock Holmes Chapter One

Adventure, Puzzle, Action, Third-person view, Detective, Open world

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 16 November 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 74/100

An adventure detective story about the legendary Sherlock Holmes from the creators of The Sinking City. The game tells the story of the famous...

The End of the Sun

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Detective, Walking Simulator

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 4 November 2026

Players: 8/10

Steam: 97/100

An adventure game inspired by Slavic mythology and ancient culture. By exploring the world during major festivals that change with the seasons, you...

Back to the Dawn

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Side view, Detective

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 18 July 2025

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

An atmospheric adventure that takes you into the harsh reality of a maximum-security prison colony inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. Every day is...

Strange Horticulture

Puzzle, Exploration, Detective, Adventure, Point & Click

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 4 August 2023

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Welcome to Andermir — a quiet town surrounded by dense forests inhabited by witches and impenetrable mountains. The player plays the role of a...

Agatha Christie - Death on the Nile

Adventure, Third-person view, Exploration, Detective, Hidden Objects

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 25 September 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Detective adventure in the Agatha Christie series. The main action takes place in the 1970s. The plot tells how detectives Hercule Poirot and Jane...

The Case of the Golden Idol

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 9 July 2024

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Side view detective adventure game. The game takes place in an alternate 18th century England, where players will have to unravel 12 of the strangest...

Case Solved: The London Files

Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click, Casual game, Hidden Objects, Detective, Logic

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 29 July 2026

Steam: 65/100

A detective puzzle where each investigation is a standalone logical task with a single correct solution. You will need to gather evidence, analyze...

Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged

Adventure, Detective, Indie, Point & Click, Historical

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 19 September 2024

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 84/100

A remaster of the original 1996 adventure Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars. The game received improved graphics and support for 4K resolution...

Hope in the City

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Detective

Game in development: Xbox Series X/S → 11 November 2026

A detective adventure about a 17-year-old schoolgirl named Hope, who tries to uncover the mysterious disappearance of her parents in the Chinese city...

Eternal Threads

Logic, Puzzle, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Detective

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 23 May 2024

Players: 9/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 73/100

is an adventure puzzle game where the whole point is tied to time manipulation. The story follows Forty-Three, a man from the future, sent to save...

No Law

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Cyberpunk, Open world, Detective, Role-playing game

Game in development: Xbox Series X/S → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A cyber-noir first-person shooter set in the grim port city of Port Desire, where laws have lost their power and every action has consequences. The...

The Sinking City Remastered

Action, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror, Third-person view, Detective, Exploration

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 13 May 2025

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 73/100

Remaster of the detective action holder The Sinking City. Private detective Charles Reed goes to the flooded city of Hagmont to understand a series...

Shadows of Doubt

First-person view, Indie, Detective, Adventure, Sandbox, Stealth, Action, Open world, Cyberpunk, Procedural generation

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 26 September 2024

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 68/100

The game takes place in an alternative 1980s, where it is not the police who solve crimes, but private corporations and mercenaries. Players take on...

The Inquisitor

Action, Third-person view, Medieval era, Adventure, Detective, Role-playing game, Fantasy

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 8 February 2024

Players: 4.9/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 58/100

A dark action game based on the novels of fantasy writer Jacek Piekara. In the world described in the books, Jesus did not die for the sins of...

Telling Lies

Interactive movie, Adventure, First-person view, Detective, Indie

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 28 April 2020

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Telling Lies is an interactive adventure from the creators of the Her Story series. The game tells the story of four characters, one of whom is...

Neon Blood

Cyberpunk, Role-playing game, Side view, Adventure, Science fiction, Indie, Detective, Exploration

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 26 November 2024

Steam: 60/100

An adventure role-playing game set in the cyberpunk future of 2053. The main character is former police detective Axel McCoin, who must uncover a...

Sherlock Holmes The Awakened

Detective, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Action, Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror, Open world

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 11 April 2023

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Remake of the 2007 adventure of the same name, in which the famous London detective confronts a mysterious cult worshiping Cthulhu. A young Sherlock...

Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 6 March 2026

Steam: 91/100

A pixel adventure in the spirit of 90s quests about a young writer named William, who is searching for inspiration. He goes to an abbey where the...

Give Us A Sign

Action, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Detective, Online

Game in development: Xbox Series X/S → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Cooperative horror, where players will investigate paranormal phenomena in teams of one to four people. The main feature of the game is an advanced...

The Thaumaturge

Isometric, Fantasy, Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Exploration, Detective

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 4 December 2024

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 78/100

The action takes place in an alternative Russian Empire, namely in Warsaw in 1905. The world is populated by both ordinary people and mysterious...

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 - Mysteria Ecclesiae

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, DLC, First-person view, Historical, Exploration, Open world, Medieval era, Crafting, Detective

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 11 November 2025

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 85/100

A story expansion that takes the action to the gloomy Sedlec Monastery, engulfed in a deadly epidemic. An atmosphere of anxiety and despair permeates...

This Bed We Made

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator, Detective

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 13 December 2023

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 90/100

An adventure detective story in which the main character is a hotel maid. The main action takes place in the 1950s. The heroine spies on hotel guests...

Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare

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

Game in development: Xbox Series X/S → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 4.6/10

Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare is an interactive horror adventure created from the script of Ruggero Deodato, a famous Italian film director who “ate the...

Edge of Sanity

Survival horror, Exploration, Action, Crafting, Detective, Adventure, Side view, Horror

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 13 September 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 68/100

A hand-drawn 2D psychological survival horror game set in the ruthless wilds of Alaska with the intense atmosphere of the Cthulhu Mythos. The main...

Pneumata

Horror, First-person view, Survival, Detective, Action, Survival horror, Exploration

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 20 September 2024

Players: 1.5/10

Steam: 47/100

Metacritic: 52/100

In the role of a detective, the player explores a gloomy mansion and crime scenes to find the reason for the disappearances. We need to piece...

Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo

Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Detective, Exploration

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 27 September 2022

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo is an interactive adventure game with a third-person perspective. The mysterious story of writer Ed Miller, who survived a...

Arsene Lupin - Once a Thief

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 17 October 2024

Steam: 69/100

Events take place in the enchanting and mysterious Paris of the early 20th century, where the player takes on the role of gentleman thief Arsene...

White Day 2: The Flower That Tells Lies

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Exploration, Detective, Action, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 15 August 2024

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...

Kona 2: Brume

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

Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 18 October 2023

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 80/100

The game takes place in Canada in 1970. A certain haze cut off a small mining village from the whole world. Private detective Karl Faber is trying to...

Detective

Best Games in the Detective genre for Xbox Series X/S