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Best Detective Games on Steam

Filter the Steam catalog for top-rated Detective games. Every title listed here is aggregated based on positive community reviews and active player feedback. Compare current discounts below to get the best deal on your next game.

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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
Price -94% 1.80€
Rating 8.6
Release 29 Sep 2014
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
Price -85% 3.01€
Rating 8.6
Release 25 Sep 2014
The Journey Down: Chapter Two Chapter Two of The Journey Down, a classic point-and-click saga with an Afro-Caribbean vibe. Get ready to embark on an epic journey of brain-teasing adventure!
Hidden gem
Price -91% 1.23€
Rating 8.9
Release 25 Aug 2014
Detective Grimoire Detective Grimoire has been called to investigate a murder. The owner of a small tourist attraction, seemingly killed by the mythical creature his attraction is based around... Explore the area, inspect the crime scene, grill suspects, solve puzzles, hunt for clues & uncover the secret of the swamp!
Price -21% 5.49€
Rating 9.2
Release 18 Aug 2014
9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek Save your missing friend and reveal the corruption of the town’s citizens to stop an evil plot to bring the evil Snake God back to our world.
Price -88% 1.86€
Rating 8.6
Release 10 Jul 2014
Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood Enter Ravenwood Park and discover the secrets hidden in the mists…
Price -66% 5.14€
Rating 9.2
Release 05 Jun 2014
Murdered: Soul Suspect MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.
Price -91% 1.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 05 Jun 2014
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure Tex Murphy is the last of the hard-boiled gumshoe detectives living in dystopian post-World War III San Francisco in the 2050s. Tex is an honest and good-natured private investigator with a penchant for bourbon, cigarettes and getting himself into trouble.
Price -96% 0.84€
Rating 8.3
Release 08 May 2014
Blackwell Epiphany The last game in the Blackwell series.
Price -74% 2.67€
Rating 9.2
Release 24 Apr 2014
Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse From multi-award winning Revolution Software comes the latest explosive episode in this classic series. Playing as intrepid American George Stobbart and sassy French journalist Nico Collard, you find yourself on the trail of a stolen painting – and a murderous conspiracy...
Price -93% 1.62€
Rating 8.5
Release 04 Dec 2013
The Cat Lady The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
Price -34% 5.85€
Rating 9.1
Release 04 Dec 2013
The Last Express Gold Edition Step aboard the 1914 Orient Express in this award-winning mystery adventure from Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner. Described as one of the best adventure games of all time, The Last Express is an intrigue-filled adventure set aboard the luxurious Orient Express.
Price -47% 3.75€
Rating 7.4
Release 21 Nov 2013
The Shivah Russell Stone is a Jewish Rabbi at a poor synagogue in New York City. He is a devout man with a problem. Membership is way down and he lacks the funds to keep his synagogue open. Things are looking very bleak, and he has grown progressively more cynical and bitter with the passage of time.
Price -90% 0.54€
Rating 7.7
Release 21 Nov 2013
Contrast CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.
Price 9.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 15 Nov 2013
Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut Play as special agent Francis York Morgan in this open-world action-adventure as you solve the case of the Red Seed Murders and survive in a small, quirky American mountain town where supernatural creatures and a mysterious raincoat-clad, axe-wielding killer seek to end his investigation for good.
Price -35% 16.24€
Rating 6.5
Release 29 Oct 2013
Batman : Arkham Origins As of December 4, 2016, the online services portion of Batman: Arkham Origins has been retired. We thank those that have joined us to battle. The Single player campaign may still be played and enjoyed offline. For any questions relating to Batman: Arkham Origins, please contact WB Games customer service.
Price 19.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 24 Oct 2013
Face Noir A moody tale that combines the intrigue and atmosphere of a Raymond Chandler novel or Humphrey Bogart film with classic point-and-click adventure gameplay, Face Noir follows private eye Jack Del Nero as he’s falsely accused of murdering the man who left a little girl in his protection.
Price -81% 1.95€
Rating 6.3
Release 17 Oct 2013
The Wolf Among Us From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
Masterpiece
Price -46% 8.23€
Rating 9.5
Release 11 Oct 2013
Jack Orlando: Director's Cut 1933 will go down in the history books as the year America passed the 21st Amendment to the Constitution. Prohibition is over. To the delight of millions, alcohol can now flow freely across the thirsty land. Two days before the official announcement, bars and clubs across the land are stocking up on quality whiskey.
Price -90% 0.69€
Rating 6.6
Release 04 Oct 2013
Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller FBI agent Erica Reed has an uncanny talent: she can see the past and piece together how a crime unfolded. But not even this sixth sense could save her younger brother, Scott, from a brutal serial killer. Three years later, the investigation into Scott’s murder has gone cold -- but Erica’s work has only just begun.
Price -90% 1.64€
Rating 7.8
Release 19 Sep 2013
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes Become the greatest detective of all time in The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, a twisting, turning investigation game set in a faithfully-reproduced London of 1898. As Sherlock Holmes, you must find clues, interrogate suspects and unveil a mystery in a story full of twists!
Price -96% 0.80€
Rating 7.7
Release 20 Sep 2012
Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition Get Batman: Arkham City and all DLC for one low price with the release of the GOTY Edition!
Masterpiece
Price 19.99€
Rating 9.5
Release 07 Sep 2012
Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 The Startling Developments Detective Agency springs into action as On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 begins, set in motion by a call from a mysterious source. The ever escalating perils on the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will season our tender heroes to their very core!
Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 25 Jun 2012
Alan Wake's American Nightmare A thrilling new storyline, hordes of creepy enemies, serious firepower and beautiful Arizona locations, combined with a fun and challenging new game mode!
Price -90% 0.92€
Rating 7.2
Release 22 May 2012
Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of The Baskervilles Help Sherlock Holmes, the famed detective, investigate the legend of a supernatural hound on the fog-shrouded moorland in England of the 19th century. Immerse yourself into the dangerous world of diabolical curse and discover the truth of the monstrous creature.
Price -96% 0.46€
Rating 8.3
Release 23 Apr 2012
Blackwell Deception Street psychics. Their blinking neon signs are everywhere, promising love and wealth and happiness. They make a fortune preying on the gullible and milking them dry. So when these victims begin dying and leaving confused spirits behind, it can only take a genuine psychic (and her wayward spirit guide) to clean up the mess.
Price -72% 2.56€
Rating 8.9
Release 13 Jan 2012
Blackwell Convergence The third game in the Blackwell series
Hidden gem
Price -62% 1.75€
Rating 8.9
Release 13 Jan 2012
Blackwell Unbound The year is 1973. The sound of a lone, ethereal saxophone drifts over the Roosevelt Island promenade, while a series of accidents plague a midtown construction site. The citizens of Manhattan take no notice of these events, let alone think they are connected.
Hidden gem
Price -54% 2.11€
Rating 8.8
Release 13 Jan 2012
The Blackwell Legacy When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.
Price -52% 2.17€
Rating 8.5
Release 13 Jan 2012
L.A. Noire In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.
Price 19.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 08 Nov 2011
Gemini Rue Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.
Price -76% 1.97€
Rating 8.2
Release 26 Oct 2011
Nancy Drew : Shadow at the Water's Edge Confront Terrifying Secrets in a Haunted Japanese Inn!
Price 19.50€
Rating 7.6
Release 15 Sep 2011
Nancy Drew : Secrets Can Kill REMASTERED Play the Game that Started the Award-Winning Series!
Price 19.50€
Rating 7.3
Release 25 Jul 2011
Puzzle Agent 2 Agent Nelson Tethers just solved his biggest case yet. So why isn't he satisfied? Venture back to eerie Scoggins, Minnesota to solve the mystery of "the Hidden People" once and for all!
Price -82% 0.86€
Rating 8.2
Release 30 Jun 2011
Still Life Still Life 2 also now available!
Price -88% 0.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 01 Jun 2011
Puzzle Agent Created with indie comic artist Graham Annable's unique narrative and visual sensibilities, delivered with the distinctive Telltale storytelling style, Puzzle Agent is sure to challenge, thrill and engage in more ways than you can shake a cryptogram at!
Price -81% 0.91€
Rating 8.5
Release 07 Jul 2010

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