Best Investigation 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 investigation games.

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Trials of Innocence Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.

Price 16.49€
Rating 8.8
Release 25 Mar 2025
Unpossess: Exorcism Simulator Unpossess is a 1-4 co-op exorcism simulator game set in the early 1900s. Players take on the role of exorcists responsible for addressing cases of human possession.

Price 14.79€
Rating 7.1
Release 21 Mar 2025
Hidden Cats: City Go on a short but sweet adventure into the black and white world of an urban area! Enjoy the search for cats and recreate a colorful picture. 150 cute cats are waiting for you! Play and relax!

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 07 Mar 2025
Do No Harm Lovecraftian Doctor Simulator. Diagnose patients by analyzing unsettling symptoms and treat them using your Book of Medicine. Make moral choices — decide who to save or kill, discover whom to trust, and unlock multiple endings! Can you endure 30 days of perilous decisions?

Price 15.79€
Rating 7.1
Release 06 Mar 2025
BrokenLore: LOW BrokenLore: LOW is a psychological horror game set in a mist-covered, beautiful Japanese village, blending hyper-realistic graphics with low-poly elements. The main enemy is the Gashadokuro, a yokai from Japanese folklore.

Price -48% 4.64€
Rating 7.5
Release 20 Feb 2025
Project Hailstorm Step into the shoes of a researcher in the depths of the antarctic and uncover the mysteries behind Project Hailstorm.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 10 Feb 2025
Dreamcore Experience liminal spaces like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?

Price -61% 5.83€
Rating 8.3
Release 23 Jan 2025
The Shell Part III: Paradiso The coiling chains of obsession that began with The Shell now threaten to strangle Detective Reiji Tokisaka in the third and final entry in the trilogy. As old friends and foes rise up for one last confrontation, can anyone break the cycle—and can Reiji's heart ever be set free?

Price -48% 10.32€
Rating 9.0
Release 21 Jan 2025
The Roottrees are Dead A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.

Price 19.50€
Rating 9.3
Release 15 Jan 2025
Locked In Mind In Locked in Mind, you are trapped in a virtual escape room full of puzzles. Use your wits to solve them at your own pace without the pressure of a time limit. Perfect for players of all skill levels. Start your adventure today!

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 20 Dec 2024
Go Home Annie: An SCP Game A twisted psychological thriller and an original story set in the SCP universe. As an employee of the SCP Foundation, test artificially created paranormal events, solve puzzles, interact with anomalies, and uncover the secrets of the Replication Division.

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 10 Dec 2024
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Uncover one of history’s greatest mysteries in a first-person, single-player adventure. The year is 1937, sinister forces are scouring the globe for the secret to an ancient power connected to the Great Circle, and only one person can stop them - Indiana Jones™.

Price -26% 52.39€
Rating 8.8
Release 08 Dec 2024
Scauage Scauage is a short horror experience where you play as a scavenger looting an abandoned house, uncovering its dark secrets and collecting hidden treasures while facing what lurks within.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 06 Dec 2024
[Bober Bros] The Hole [Bober Bros] The Hole is a first-person horror game that explores the cracks in domestic life. Your neighbor’s drilling starts the nightmare, but the holes reveal dark secrets far deeper than any wall could hide. No cheap scares, only disturbing reality.

Price 2.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 05 Dec 2024
Enigma of Fear Become Mia, a paranormal detective searching for her missing father inside the Perimeter - a place that doesn't exist. Investigate clues like a real detective and unravel the mysteries behind the Enigma of Fear, defeating the terrible monsters who'll try to stop you.

Price -83% 4.27€
Rating 9.4
Release 28 Nov 2024
Mindlock - The Apartment Colin’s apartment maze has puzzles, dialogues, and some dry humor waiting for you. A surreal adventure of a special kind.

Price 14.79€
Rating 9.0
Release 26 Nov 2024
Follow the meaning Follow the meaning is a surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure. Join detective Paul Trilby as he works to unravel the mysteries of a peculiar town, seemingly ruled by the local Hospital. Over the wall and behind tightly shut gates, a dark secret lies in wait…

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 22 Nov 2024
Loco Motive There's been a murder aboard the Reuss Express, and you're the suspects! Prove your innocence in this comedy 'point n' click' murder mystery - packed with twists, laughs, and larger-than-life characters!

Price 17.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 21 Nov 2024
Once Alive A story-driven, first-person adventure game offering a cinematic experience. Embark on a journey to HaustVille, an abandoned settlement in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore your surroundings and uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of the last survivors.

Price -80% 2.35€
Rating 8.0
Release 18 Nov 2024
Great God Grove THE WORLD IS ENDING AND THE GODS ARE SQUABBLING! Suck up and launch dialogue in a world of puzzles, puppets, and weird gods… or THE RIFT WILL CONSUME US ALL!

Price -40% 11.70€
Rating 9.4
Release 15 Nov 2024
Mindcop Mindcop is a non-linear „whodunnit“ detective game. It mixes a story driven adventure with real-time puzzle gaming. As the infamous Mindcop, you can dive into the minds of your suspects to uncover their secrets and unravel their lies.

Price -74% 4.00€
Rating 8.7
Release 14 Nov 2024
The Rise of the Golden Idol The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.

Price -49% 10.07€
Rating 9.0
Release 12 Nov 2024
Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!

Price -72% 3.95€
Rating 9.0
Release 12 Nov 2024
Clock Tower: Rewind The 16-bit nightmare returns. Survive, hide, and avoid the deadly Scissorman in this legendary horror classic.

Price -11% 17.51€
Rating 8.2
Release 28 Oct 2024

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