Best 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.

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Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala is the final chapter in the blockbuster trilogy, an exciting detective story rife with adventure, puzzles, and ancient mystery. Follow the trail of a demonic preacher and unravel the secrets of Karkhala Peak!

Price -94% 1.00€
Rating 8.8
Release 11 Aug 2016
Bear With Me - Episode One Bear With Me is an episodic noir adventure game. Amber is trying to find her missing brother while being aided by her trusty teddy, Ted E. Bear.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 08 Aug 2016
Batman - The Telltale Series Enter the fractured psyche of Bruce Wayne and discover the powerful and far-reaching consequences of your choices as the Dark Knight.

Price -93% 1.13€
Rating 8.5
Release 02 Aug 2016
This Is the Police This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse?

Price -95% 0.80€
Rating 8.1
Release 02 Aug 2016
A Detective's Novel On a cold November night in a desolate estate deep in the mountains an innocent life has prematurely perished and its up to the player to find out who did it.

Price -91% 0.19€
Rating 6.6
Release 28 Jul 2016
Crime Secrets: Crimson Lily Stop the mysterious killer!

Price -95% 0.74€
Rating 7.0
Release 14 Jul 2016
Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs Umineko When They Cry is the 2nd series of Sound Novel released by 07th Expansion. The steam version features renewed character sprites which is swappable from the classic art.

Price 22.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 08 Jul 2016
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…

Price -97% 1.16€
Rating 7.8
Release 10 Jun 2016
Hope Lake The Hope Lake Boarding School was abandoned long ago, when one of its teachers drowned by accident. Many years later, all of the female students began to disappear, one by one. Visit the place where it all began. Try to pick up the maniac's trail and put a stop to his crime spree.

Price 7.99€
Rating 6.9
Release 03 Jun 2016
The Deed: Dynasty Getting away with murder has never been easy. These three members of a proud and noble family are separated by five centuries, but have in common a vengeful and murderous intent. Plans must be formed, blood must be spilled and evidence must be planted ...

Price -95% 0.15€
Rating 8.1
Release 10 May 2016
Kathy Rain Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.

Price -91% 0.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 05 May 2016
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Jabberwock Island—You and your classmates were ready for fun in the sun until Monokuma returned to restart his murderous game! Trapped in a kill-or-be-killed situation, your only hope rests in solving the island’s mysteries.

Price -40% 11.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 18 Apr 2016
Lucid9: Inciting Incident Lucid9 is a visual novel focused on a web of intricate mysteries set in the fictional 2018 metropolis of Isamu. Lucid9: Inciting Incident is the first part of the story, focused on a string of disappearances that occur at a prestigious, uppity boarding academy.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 14 Apr 2016
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.

Price -40% 11.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 18 Feb 2016
Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders The ABC Murders is an adventure and investigation game adapted from the classic Agatha Christie novel. You are the famous private detective Hercule Poirot and, once again, you find yourself up against a mysterious serial killer who goes by the name of "ABC".

Price -98% 0.42€
Rating 7.9
Release 04 Feb 2016
Dance of Death A mysterious and fascinating quest in Hidden Object genre.

Price 3.99€
Rating 6.1
Release 21 Dec 2015
Aviary Attorney The hottest bird lawyering game to come out of 1840s France! Join Jayjay Falcon and his witty apprentice, Sparrowson, as the two take on clients, interview witnesses, collect evidence, and deliver justice to the guilty.

Price -96% 0.64€
Rating 9.0
Release 21 Dec 2015
Contract With The Devil Welcome to the world where mysticism and reality, past and present, good and evil are united in a single whole!

Price -70% 4.43€
Rating 6.8
Release 11 Dec 2015
The Deed A keenly dark twist on the traditional murder mystery setting, The Deed is an Adventure/RPG game about getting away with murder. Arran Bruce, the rightful heir to Dunshiel House, returns home to settle a score with his estranged family.

Price -77% 0.23€
Rating 8.7
Release 23 Nov 2015
Fingered GUILTY! THEY ARE ALL GUILTY! FINGERED is a "whodunit" hyperrealisic police sim where you must finger the guilty and clean up this darn city using the descriptions of the local busy bodies. but everyone's perspective is different: one man's fat is another man's sexy! send him to the chair!!!

Price 1.87€
Rating 7.2
Release 18 Aug 2015
Silver Creek Falls: Chapter 1 Two city detectives are sent to a small idyllic town in North Carolina called ‘Silver Creek Falls” to investigate a strange series of events that the local sheriff can’t seem to get his mind around. What initially seems like an open-and-shut case unfolds into a truly terrifying mystery that will leave the detectives wondering what is...

Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 12 Aug 2015
Hacknet Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.

Price -94% 0.63€
Rating 9.2
Release 12 Aug 2015
Blues and Bullets Blues and Bullets is a dark and violent crime thriller. Set in an alternative Eliot Ness & Al Capone story, Blues and Bullets blends a stunning script with detective work to deliver an amazing interactive experience.

Price -61% 1.98€
Rating 6.1
Release 22 Jul 2015
Contradiction: Spot The Liar Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!

Price 12.79€
Rating 9.1
Release 10 Jul 2015

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