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. 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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The Advisor - Episode 1: Royal Pain The Advisor Series is a player-driven narrative where your choices & decisions, both in the game, and out of the game, determine how future episodes unfold. Play the role of villain protagonist Magnus the Magician, as he wreaks havoc across the land, one well-placed fireball at a time!

Price -20% 2.39€
Rating 9.0
Release 31 May 2021
Fallen girl - Black rose and the fire of desire The lady of the noble was taken to prison by the countess "I don't want to be reduced to a plaything without consciousness." ——In the face of the bad taste of the countess, how to use their body and wisdom, in order to avoid suffering? "Before I lose my mind, I want to find that life."

Price 12.49€
Rating 6.9
Release 28 May 2021
幽灵高校(Ghost College) An average college girl takes an elective class and everything is different. Death, spooky, enveloped her, uncovering the truth, looking for clues, making the right choice was the only way.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 28 May 2021
Erica Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 25 May 2021
Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.

Price -97% 0.53€
Rating 8.8
Release 20 May 2021
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.

Price -98% 0.42€
Rating 9.1
Release 15 Apr 2021
Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins Uncover the dark secrets of Wester Drumlins and confront a new evil in a thrilling found-phone mystery from the award-winning creators of Sara Is Missing and SIMULACRA.

Price -35% 3.95€
Rating 8.4
Release 18 Mar 2021
The Sinking City Remastered Powered by Unreal Engine 5, The Sinking City Remastered brings the eerie, atmospheric world of Oakmont back to life with enhanced gameplay and fully relit environments, perfect for both newcomers and returning players.

Price -66% 13.94€
Rating 7.3
Release 26 Feb 2021
Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery Everybody are missing in a town. Find the answers of town mystery in a point and click adventure game with escape the room mechanics

Price 8.19€
Rating 8.3
Release 25 Feb 2021
HellSign HellSign is an investigative action RPG that pits you against the horrors of the afterlife, let loose on a small town. As a hunter, you’ll plan, hunt, and kill to pay the bills and piece together the fragments to your past. Just remember - a smart hunter is always prepared.

Price -75% 4.99€
Rating 6.7
Release 24 Feb 2021
Suicide Countdown: 7 Days Only 7 days remain until death embraces you -- the everyday life of a young boy begins to distort little by little, unfolding into a bizarre and ghastly series of events... When fate comes knocking, will you have the courage to make a choice?

Price 2.39€
Rating 7.8
Release 12 Feb 2021
NUTS NUTS is a single-player walking simulator surveillance mystery. Record the squirrels, report your findings, and piece together what’s really going on in Melmoth Forest.

Price -87% 3.33€
Rating 8.3
Release 04 Feb 2021
Boodunnit Boodunnit?! is an adventure-sandbox game where you play as a ghost that has to solve the mystery of her own murder!

Price Free to play
Rating 6.5
Release 03 Feb 2021
Cyber Manhunt Cyber Manhunt is a story-oriented puzzle game focusing on big data, hacking, citizen privacy, and social workers. It focuses on social issues such as cyber violence and privacy breaches.

Price -68% 2.88€
Rating 9.1
Release 02 Feb 2021
Down in Bermuda An unnatural storm leaves an adventurous aviator stranded for decades within the infamous Bermuda. Overcome creatures of the deep and unravel the islands secrets in search of a way back home.

Price 16.79€
Rating 8.5
Release 14 Jan 2021
Hello Neighbor 2 Alpha 1 Alpha 1 of Hello Neighbor 2 is back! It is a Stealth Horror Game where you’re being stalked by a mysterious creature as you try to track down Mr. Peterson who has disappeared after the events of the first game. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI that adapts to your every move.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 29 Dec 2020
Sam & Max Save the World An open-and-shut case of petty vandalism balloons into a far-flung mind-control conspiracy involving former child stars, the media, the mafia, the government, the internet, and the bright side of the moon. Telltale's episodic classic, lovingly remastered by members of the original development team.

Price -87% 2.19€
Rating 8.9
Release 02 Dec 2020
Summerland Summerland is a first-person narrative game about morality and the afterlife. You take control of Matthew, a detective reliving the events of his past, being questioned on his morals along the way. In every door lies another memory, and every memory unlocks another door.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 01 Dec 2020
Observer: System Redux The year is 2084. In a dark cyberpunk world shattered by plagues and wars, become a neural police detective and hack into the jagged minds of others. Make use of anything they felt, thought, or remembered to solve the case and catch the elusive killer.

Price -73% 8.20€
Rating 8.3
Release 10 Nov 2020
Stowaway An 10 player online social deduction game inspired by games like Among Us & Town of Salem, where the stowaway is tasked with killing the crew before they reach land!

Price 3.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 06 Nov 2020
Chicken Police - Paint it RED! A wild tale of love, death, chickens, and redemption! Chicken Police is a buddy-cop noir adventure with a carefully crafted world, a gritty story, and absurd humor. The game mixes classic adventure games with visual novel-style storytelling, presented in a beak-droppingly unique art style.

Price -94% 1.31€
Rating 9.1
Release 05 Nov 2020
The Case Book of Arne A vampire and a girl... who are they? The two of them have a secret and solve a strange case... In a world where paranormal activity takes place, "Player" solves a case in which a non-human becomes a suspect. Such a "detective adventure" is coming to STEAM.

Price 8.19€
Rating 8.3
Release 28 Oct 2020
Transient: Extended Edition H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.

Price -49% 9.99€
Rating 6.7
Release 28 Oct 2020
Lucifer Within Us Solve 3 increasingly intricate murders by examining the evidence -- find the motive, the means, and the opportunity. Use testimonies of the suspects as evidence by examining every detail for contradictions... and signs of sin. Purify the possessed. Purge the daemons.

Price -84% 3.13€
Rating 7.2
Release 15 Oct 2020