Hidden Detective Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated detective games. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play Detective games on Steam.

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Remove: 범죄는 흔적을 남긴다 Let’s recall the memory before the accident and erase the traces of your crime.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 15 Dec 2023
MetaPhysical Supernatural phenomena are on the rise. In MetaPhysical you and up to 5 other friends can go on the hunt for eerie creatures to put an end to their sinister activities! Whether it's an ordinary ghost or a demon, your task is to identify the rumbling creature and then finish it off.

Price 14.79€
Rating 7.6
Release 09 Dec 2023
Nut City Blues A comedy-mystery visual novel about Captain Fox, Detective Raccoon and the danger of pineapple pizza.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 23 Nov 2023
Scene Investigators Scene Investigators is a hardcore deductive reasoning game for fans of the "true crime" genre. Step into re-created crime scenes, observe closely for pieces of evidence, analyze possible motives behind the crimes, and uncover what truly happened.

Price 22.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 24 Oct 2023
Black Lily's Tale Perhaps it was the curse of a black lily that bloomed too early in the winter...Before graduation, a girl falls in love with another girl... But her pure feelings are torn apart by a "loop of tragedy."By [interrupting choices] and [typing in words], you will weave her feelings into the story.

Price 18.49€
Rating 8.0
Release 23 Oct 2023
Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express Step on board the legendary Orient Express and immerse yourself in the most famous detective suit in a race against the clock to unmask the murderer.

Price -69% 12.70€
Rating 8.1
Release 19 Oct 2023
Kona II: Brume Northern Québec, 1970. A bizarre mist —the Brume— is disconnecting a rural mining village from its quiet reality. Step into the shoes of Detective Carl Faubert as he unfolds the mysteries haunting the region while battling for his own survival.

Price -82% 5.52€
Rating 7.7
Release 18 Oct 2023
The Mildew Children: Chapter 1 Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel. Chapter 1 is the very beginning of the grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 17 Oct 2023
Conrad Stevenson's Paranormal P.I. I made this first-person single player ghost hunting simulation game, trying to take an authentic approach at investigating ghosts. Use essential paranormal tools to help your community alleviate their concerns and put their minds at ease.

Price -88% 1.26€
Rating 8.8
Release 28 Sep 2023
Escape From Mystwood Mansion In this first-person puzzle escape room game, you are trapped in the mysterious Mystwood mansion. Explore the mansion and find hidden compartments while solving puzzles and deciphering codes to find a way out. Will you escape or linger to uncover the mansion's final secret?

Price -96% 0.74€
Rating 8.9
Release 27 Sep 2023
Clue/Cluedo Experience a fresh take on the classic crime-solving board game. Step into new mysteries and use your skills of deduction to find out whodunit, with what weapon and where.

Price -66% 4.86€
Rating 8.3
Release 23 Aug 2023
Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate Join Dangeresque, the world's greatest private eye/crooked cop, as he puzzles his way through 3 bite-sized roomisodes in this classic-style point n' click adventure.

Price 7.79€
Rating 9.1
Release 11 Aug 2023
Mandemon Decaying Japanese school buildings, a series of bizarre incidents, eerie Mandemon legends. Lies and truths intertwine, love and hate entwined in the mist. What should one do? Whom should one believe? Welcome to this cruel world filled with deception and harm —

Price 3.00€
Rating 8.2
Release 01 Aug 2023
The Shell Part I: Inferno Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.

Price -64% 7.10€
Rating 8.7
Release 27 Jul 2023
Nodes Escape The game presents realistic game graphics through sound effects, narration and imagination. The level design is subtle and challenging, allowing players to challenge their intelligence and logic skills in solving puzzles.

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 14 Jul 2023
[Chilla's Art] Night Security | 夜間警備 Night Security | 夜間警備 is a Japanese psychological horror game about night security.

Price 7.79€
Rating 8.5
Release 16 Jun 2023
Mask of the Rose A marvellous romance with a hint of murder, where every playthrough is different! Seek love, friendship, or more... intimate encounters. Help a murdered man find justice. And watch out for the bats.

Price -97% 0.76€
Rating 7.3
Release 08 Jun 2023
Dead Town Tales Dead Town Tales is a game that focuses on strategy card building and core Roguelike gameplay. You can learn about this romantic and mysterious world by fighting and exploring, meeting people, ghosts and monsters in Dead Town and experiencing the unknown and making choices together with them.

Price 11.79€
Rating 7.8
Release 25 May 2023
Mohism: Battle of Words Mohism: Battle of Words is a detective game set in the world of wuxia. The game follows Zhang Xiaochen, investigates unsolved cases and comes into his own as a hero. He must rely on his wits and razor-sharp tongue to best his opponents, find the culprit and ensure justice prevails!

Price 9.75€
Rating 7.4
Release 17 Apr 2023
The Test: Secrets of the Soul 2 You will answer questions that will reveal things deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to once again unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."

Price Free to play
Rating 9.2
Release 10 Apr 2023
目盲/Blind 「Sometimes what the eye can't tell, the heart can.」 《Blind》 is a light fantasy game for girls set in a modern city. After a childhood accident that left me with a strange face blindness, I was introduced to a profession called "watchman" and since then, the world has taken on a whole new dimension.

Price -40% 1.43€
Rating 8.2
Release 26 Nov 2022
Agarta Agarta has been designed to show you how valuable and important every decision you make in your individual life, every choice you make is. Because every choice you make is also a renunciation and you cannot undo any decision.

Price -59% 1.23€
Rating 6.8
Release 21 Oct 2022
Paper Bride 3 Unresolved Love Paper Bride 3 is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game This is the third horror puzzle game from our team. This time the story takes place in Moshui Village, which is near Zangling Village, and Fulu City, a small town nearby.

Price 8.19€
Rating 8.7
Release 28 Sep 2022
Betrayal At Club Low Tonight you're on a rescue mission, infiltrating a nightclub that was once a coffin factory. Will you succeed? Will you fail? Or will your night take an unexpected detour? Roll the Pizza Dice and find out!

Price 9.75€
Rating 9.0
Release 09 Sep 2022