Themes
Best Mystery and detective Games
Investigation, clues, solving cases
48 games ranked by mystery and detective intensity
The Last Express Gold Edition
WindowsmacOS
Mystery and detectiveDialogue choicesExplorationLinear storySolo contemplative
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Windows
Mystery and detectiveShootingLinear storySolo contemplativeExploration
Batman™: Arkham Knight
Windows
Open worldStealthMystery and detectiveMelee combatSandbox
The Wolf Among Us
Windows
Mystery and detectiveDialogue choicesExplorationLinear storySolo contemplative
Pathologic 2
Windows
Dialogue choicesMystery and detectiveOpen worldLinear storySkill mastery
Max Payne
Windows
Mystery and detectiveShootingLinear storyTenseSolo contemplative
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
WindowsmacOSLinux
Anime/mangaMystery and detectiveDialogue choicesLinear storySolo contemplative
Alone in the Dark
Windows
Cosmic horrorMystery and detectiveTenseExplorationLinear story
Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
WindowsmacOSLinux
Dialogue choicesMystery and detectiveDiplomacyPolitical intrigueLinear story
Return of the Obra Dinn
WindowsmacOS
Mystery and detectivePuzzle solvingLinear storyMeditativeSolo contemplative
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
Windows
Dialogue choicesMystery and detectiveTenseAnime/mangaLinear story
Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs
WindowsmacOSLinux
Dialogue choicesMystery and detectiveAnime/mangaLinear storySolo contemplative
Chants of Sennaar
Windows
Mystery and detectiveFantasy mythologyStealthPuzzle solvingExploration
Persona 4 Golden
Windows
Mystery and detectiveDialogue choicesAnime/mangaTurn-based combatLinear story
Her Story
WindowsmacOS
Mystery and detectiveDialogue choicesLinear storyExplorationPuzzle solving
IMMORTALITY
WindowsmacOS
Dialogue choicesMystery and detectiveOpen worldPhotorealisticLinear story
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Windows
Dialogue choicesMystery and detectiveAnime/mangaLinear storySolo contemplative
Persona 3 Reload
Windows
Dialogue choicesMystery and detectiveAnime/mangaTurn-based combatLinear story
Batman™: Arkham Origins
Windows
Open worldStealthMystery and detectiveSandboxExploration
Hacknet
WindowsmacOSLinux
Puzzle solvingDialogue choicesMystery and detectiveAutomation designSolo contemplative
Persona 5 Royal
Windows
Dialogue choicesMystery and detectiveAnime/mangaTurn-based combatLinear story
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
WindowsmacOSLinux
Anime/mangaDialogue choicesMystery and detectiveLinear storySolo contemplative
Great God Grove
WindowsmacOS
Mystery and detectivePuzzle solvingExplorationLinear storyWhimsical
Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition
Windows
Dialogue choicesMystery and detectiveAnime/mangaTurn-based combatLinear story
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Windows
Mystery and detectiveDialogue choicesAnime/mangaLinear storySolo 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
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
WindowsmacOS
Dialogue choicesMystery and detectiveOpen worldLinear storySolo contemplative
Crystal Project
WindowsmacOSLinux
VoxelPixel artCollectionExplorationLinear story
Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
WindowsmacOS
5-minute runsWhimsicalMystery and detectiveMeditativeExploration
Lolita Expedition
Windows
Open worldCosmic horrorPixel artSandboxRoguelike loops
DELTARUNE
WindowsmacOS
FranticLinear storyPixel artWhimsicalSolo contemplative
Atomic Heart
Windows
ShootingTenseOpen worldSolo contemplativePuzzle solving
Alan Wake
Windows
TenseExplorationLinear storySolo contemplativeMystery and detective
What Remains of Edith Finch
Windows
Dialogue choicesLinear storyMeditativeExplorationSolo contemplative
while True: learn()
WindowsmacOSLinux
SandboxAutomation designPuzzle solvingBase managementMethodical
Life is Strange 2
WindowsmacOSLinux
Dialogue choicesLinear storyExplorationSolo contemplativeMeditative
SOMA
WindowsmacOSLinux
Cosmic horrorTenseMeditativeLinear storyExploration
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
WindowsmacOSLinux
Cosmic horrorTenseExplorationMeditativeSolo contemplative
The Talos Principle
WindowsmacOSLinux
ExplorationPuzzle solvingSci-fi technologyLinear storySolo contemplative
ARMORED HEAD
Windows
ShootingMinimalistExplorationSci-fi technologyStylized 3D
SeaBed
Windows
Dialogue choicesAnime/mangaLinear storySolo contemplativeExploration
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WindowsmacOSLinux
Dialogue choicesLinear storyMeditativeSolo contemplativeExploration
Bugsnax
WindowsmacOS
ExplorationSandboxCollectionLinear storySolo contemplative
Penko Park
WindowsmacOSLinux
CollectionTenseExplorationWhimsicalNature and ecology
Flowers -Le volume sur automne-
Windows
Dialogue choicesAnime/mangaLinear storySolo contemplativeMystery and detective
Flowers -Le volume sur ete-
Windows
Dialogue choicesAnime/mangaWar and conflictLinear storySolo contemplative