Themes
Best Mystery and detective Games
Investigation, clues, solving cases
48 games ranked by mystery and detective intensity
Persona 5 Royal
Windows
Dialogue choicesMystery and detectiveAnime/mangaTurn-based combatLinear story
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
WindowsmacOSLinux
Anime/mangaDialogue choicesMystery and detectiveLinear storySolo contemplative
Pathologic 2
Windows
Dialogue choicesMystery and detectiveOpen worldLinear storySkill mastery
Persona 4 Golden
Windows
Mystery and detectiveDialogue choicesAnime/mangaTurn-based combatLinear story
Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition
Windows
Dialogue choicesMystery and detectiveAnime/mangaTurn-based combatLinear story
The Last Express Gold Edition
WindowsmacOS
Mystery and detectiveDialogue choicesExplorationLinear storySolo contemplative
Return of the Obra Dinn
WindowsmacOS
Mystery and detectivePuzzle solvingLinear storyMeditativeSolo contemplative
Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls
Windows
Anime/mangaDialogue choicesMystery and detectiveShootingLinear story
Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition
Windows
Open worldStealthMystery and detectiveSandboxExploration
Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition
Windows
StealthOpen worldMystery and detectiveTenseExploration
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Windows
Mystery and detectiveShootingLinear storySolo contemplativeExploration
Max Payne
Windows
Mystery and detectiveShootingLinear storyTenseSolo contemplative
Chants of Sennaar
Windows
Mystery and detectiveFantasy mythologyStealthPuzzle solvingExploration
Great God Grove
WindowsmacOS
Mystery and detectivePuzzle solvingExplorationLinear storyWhimsical
Her Story
WindowsmacOS
Mystery and detectiveDialogue choicesLinear storyExplorationPuzzle solving
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
WindowsmacOS
Dialogue choicesMystery and detectiveOpen worldLinear storySolo contemplative
IMMORTALITY
WindowsmacOS
Dialogue choicesMystery and detectiveOpen worldPhotorealisticLinear story
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
WindowsmacOSLinux
Anime/mangaMystery and detectiveDialogue choicesLinear storySolo contemplative
Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs
WindowsmacOSLinux
Dialogue choicesMystery and detectiveAnime/mangaLinear storySolo contemplative
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Windows
Dialogue choicesMystery and detectiveAnime/mangaLinear storySolo contemplative
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Windows
Mystery and detectiveDialogue choicesAnime/mangaLinear storySolo contemplative
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
Windows
Dialogue choicesMystery and detectiveTenseAnime/mangaLinear story
Persona 3 Reload
Windows
Dialogue choicesMystery and detectiveAnime/mangaTurn-based combatLinear story
Alone in the Dark
Windows
Cosmic horrorMystery and detectiveTenseExplorationLinear story
Batman™: Arkham Knight
Windows
Open worldStealthMystery and detectiveMelee combatSandbox
Batman™: Arkham Origins
Windows
Open worldStealthMystery and detectiveSandboxExploration
The Wolf Among Us
Windows
Mystery and detectiveDialogue choicesExplorationLinear storySolo contemplative
Hacknet
WindowsmacOSLinux
Puzzle solvingDialogue choicesMystery and detectiveAutomation designSolo contemplative
Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
WindowsmacOSLinux
Dialogue choicesMystery and detectiveDiplomacyPolitical intrigueLinear story
Outer Wilds
Windows
ExplorationOpen worldTenseSci-fi technologyMystery and detective
Graveyard Keeper
WindowsmacOSLinux
Pixel artSandboxCraftingResource managementSolo contemplative
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
WindowsmacOSLinux
Cosmic horrorTenseExplorationMeditativeSolo contemplative
DELTARUNE
WindowsmacOS
FranticLinear storyPixel artWhimsicalSolo contemplative
Stray
WindowsmacOS
ExplorationOpen worldStealthSci-fi technologySolo contemplative
Amnesia: Rebirth
WindowsLinux
StealthCosmic horrorExplorationPuzzle solvingLinear story
SOMA
WindowsmacOSLinux
Cosmic horrorTenseMeditativeLinear storyExploration
Alan Wake
Windows
TenseExplorationLinear storySolo contemplativeMystery and detective
Lolita Expedition
Windows
Open worldCosmic horrorPixel artSandboxRoguelike loops
Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
WindowsmacOS
5-minute runsWhimsicalMystery and detectiveMeditativeExploration
Strange Horticulture
WindowsmacOS
Dialogue choicesCosmic horrorMystery and detectivePuzzle solvingNature and ecology
Seen
Windows
PlatformingTenseExplorationLinear storySolo contemplative
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
WindowsmacOS
TenseOpen worldExplorationMeditativeSolo contemplative
The Witness
WindowsmacOS
Open worldPuzzle solvingExplorationSolo contemplativeMeditative
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
WindowsmacOSLinux
Dialogue choicesTenseExplorationMeditativeSolo contemplative
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WindowsmacOSLinux
Dialogue choicesLinear storyMeditativeSolo contemplativeExploration
Life is Strange 2
WindowsmacOSLinux
Dialogue choicesLinear storyExplorationSolo contemplativeMeditative
What Remains of Edith Finch
Windows
Dialogue choicesLinear storyMeditativeExplorationSolo contemplative
Atomic Heart
Windows
ShootingTenseOpen worldSolo contemplativePuzzle solving