Best Mystery Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated mystery games.

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VirtuaVerse VirtuaVerse is a challenging old school cyberpunk point & click adventure set in a future not so far away narrating tales of technomancers, AVR graffiti writers, hacker groups, tribes of cryptoshamans, digital archeology, epic cyberwars and virtual reality debauchery.

Price -61% 5.87€
Rating 7.9
Release 12 May 2020
Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure Delores is back home and working as a photographer for the Nickel News. Thimbleweed Park hasn’t changed at all in the year she’s been away… or has it? Sample Ron Gilbert’s new adventure game engine in this free prototype that uses “found art” from the award-winning Thimbleweed Park.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 09 May 2020
Enemy On Board Online (6v2) social deduction game that will ruin your friendships. 6 crew members, 2 murderous shape-shifting aliens. Trust No One.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.0
Release 08 May 2020
Adventure Escape Mysteries Play a story-driven room escape game with unique puzzles enjoyed by tens of millions of players. Solve mysteries, puzzle through escape rooms, and find the clue that will crack the case in a critically acclaimed puzzle adventure game!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 05 May 2020
Wintermoor Tactics Club Wintermoor Tactics Club is a story about surviving high school, with gameplay inspired by tactics RPGs and visual novels.

Price -96% 0.70€
Rating 8.3
Release 05 May 2020
Lucid Dream Lucid Dream is Point and Click horror game. The girl dream of being trapped in a weird place even though you fell asleep as always. Collect the item and Find clues! Escape and wake up from the dream!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 04 May 2020
Cat in the Box Cat in the Box is a horror adventure game. Help the poor girl explore the mansion and escape from unknown entities that are pursuing her. Use a variety of tools and your wits to overcome any challenges you face. At times, you'll even have to wake yourself from nightmares to survive.

Price 6.89€
Rating 8.9
Release 01 May 2020
Samsara Room You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.4
Release 29 Apr 2020
The Test: Hypothesis Rising The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

Price 1.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 27 Apr 2020
Knock Harder The only way to wake up is to die. The player must decide for himself whether he is inside a dream or is in reality.

Price 8.19€
Rating 8.7
Release 27 Apr 2020
Locked Up The game “Locked Up" is the first project developed in 2020 by the studio EMIKA_GAMES consisting of one person.

Price 10.79€
Rating 7.5
Release 23 Apr 2020
No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.

Price 5.69€
Rating 8.4
Release 21 Apr 2020
Mad Experiments: Escape Room Award-nominated escape game. Alone or with up to 5 players, explore 3 unique rooms, solve mind-bending puzzles, and unravel the dark secrets of the Professor Cheshire and his experiments.

Price -93% 1.13€
Rating 6.3
Release 16 Apr 2020
Heal Guide an old man through the dark and atmospheric world of Heal in this abstract 2D puzzle-adventure point-and-click game.

Price -89% 0.75€
Rating 7.9
Release 10 Apr 2020
We Went Back We Went Back is a time-looping horror game in which you wake up in an abandoned space station utterly alone. The exit door is locked and you must find a way to escape what lurks within. Find clues, experience dynamically changing environments and confront terror in order to find a way out.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 03 Apr 2020
In Other Waters Play as an Artificial Intelligence guiding a stranded xenobiologist through a beautiful and mysterious alien ocean. A non-violent sci-fi story, enter a world of wonder, fear and vulnerability, unraveling the history and ecology of an impossible planet. What will you discover together?

Price -95% 0.78€
Rating 8.3
Release 03 Apr 2020
The Complex After a major bio-weapon attack on London, two scientists find themselves in a locked-down laboratory with time, and air, running out. The Complex is an interactive sci-fi thriller movie where your decisions lead to one of eight suspenseful endings.

Price -83% 2.52€
Rating 7.5
Release 31 Mar 2020
The Room VR: A Dark Matter The British Institute of Archaeology, London, 1908: The disappearance of an esteemed Egyptologist prompts a Police investigation into the unknown. Explore cryptic locations, examine fantastic gadgets and uncover an otherworldly discovery which blurs the line between reality and illusion.

Price 24.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 26 Mar 2020
Murder by Numbers Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues. Use those clues to interrogate witnesses. Work your way to the truth... ...and uncover the mystery of Murder by Numbers!

Price -96% 0.61€
Rating 8.0
Release 06 Mar 2020
THE LONGING An unusual mix of adventure and idle game. In utter loneliness deep below the surface, it's your task to wait for the awakening of your king... for 400 days.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 05 Mar 2020
Return to Shironagasu Island A mystery adventure game and visual novel set on solitary Shironagasu Island. Discover its secrets, solve its mysteries, and escape from the ominous island!

Price 3.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 02 Mar 2020
Iris and the Giant Iris and The Giant is a fusion of the CCG, RPG and roguelike genres. You play as Iris, who must brave her fears in her imaginary world. Dive into a melancholic and gripping adventure, filled with cute monsters and buried memories. Ready to face your inner demons?

Price -97% 0.57€
Rating 8.4
Release 27 Feb 2020
BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.

Price -96% 0.64€
Rating 7.4
Release 26 Feb 2020
The Test You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

Price 1.99€
Rating 9.5
Release 24 Feb 2020
DreadOut 2 A third-person horror adventure that draws inspiration from Indonesian urban legend. Play as Linda, a high school student with the ability to sense and see ghosts. This spine-chilling sequel expands on the cult hit original, making DreadOut 2 another terrifying addition to the horror genre.

Price -89% 2.26€
Rating 7.3
Release 21 Feb 2020
The Suicide of Rachel Foster Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.

Price -95% 0.86€
Rating 6.7
Release 19 Feb 2020
Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集 Roman, the wolf detective plans to spend his Christmas vacation in his favorite tavern, but murder cases happened in the tavern put him to work again.

Price 8.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 19 Feb 2020
[Chilla's Art] The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.

Price -20% 2.39€
Rating 8.1
Release 17 Feb 2020
LUNA The Shadow Dust LUNA The Shadow Dust is a fully hand-animated Point&Click puzzle adventure, brought to life through wordless storytelling, beautiful cinematics and a breathtaking original soundtrack.

Price -2% 19.79€
Rating 8.6
Release 13 Feb 2020
Metaphobia Metaphobia is an investigative mystery game in the style of classic 1990’s point-and-click adventures. Take control of Richard Elmstat in his journey to solve his father's murder.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 10 Feb 2020
Kill or Love A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 07 Feb 2020
Nyakori's Rabbit Doll Waking up in the beautiful night, maiden with cat’s ears whose name is Nyarutoru finds her friends nowhere. What are they waiting her ahead?

Price 2.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 02 Feb 2020
The Pedestrian I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?

Price -97% 0.70€
Rating 9.3
Release 29 Jan 2020
The Supper The Supper is a short adventure game about the darkest side of the human soul. Ms. Appleton was always a wellspring of kindness, until The Voice started talking to her.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.5
Release 28 Jan 2020
Wardwell House A storm washed you upon the shore of a mysterious island with a horrific past. A terrifying first-person atmospheric horror game.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 14 Jan 2020
Knock Harder: Useless The only way to wake up is to die. The player must decide for himself whether he is inside a dream or is in reality.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 13 Jan 2020

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