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
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
Phasmophobia
Windows
TenseCo-op chaosMystery and detectiveMethodicalSolo contemplative
WORLD OF HORROR
WindowsmacOS
Cosmic horrorPixel artTurn-based combatAnime/mangaTense
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
Journey
Windows
MeditativeExplorationLinear storyCo-op chaosSolo contemplative
ANIMAL WELL
Windows
PlatformingTenseExplorationPuzzle solvingPixel art
Pacific Drive
Windows
Vehicle controlSandboxCraftingResource managementLinear story
Crystal Project
WindowsmacOSLinux
VoxelPixel artCollectionExplorationLinear story
The Forgotten City
Windows
Dialogue choicesOpen worldExplorationLinear storyMystery and detective
Telling Lies
WindowsmacOS
Open worldMystery and detectiveLinear storyExplorationPhotorealistic
Blankspace
WindowsLinux
Dialogue choicesExplorationLinear storyPuzzle solvingMystery and detective
Magical Delicacy
Windows
PlatformingPixel artCraftingFantasy mythologyExploration
The Case of the Golden Idol
WindowsmacOSLinux
Pixel artMystery and detectivePuzzle solvingLinear storyExploration
Botany Manor
Windows
Puzzle solvingExplorationMeditativeSolo contemplativeLinear story
FEZ
WindowsmacOSLinux
PlatformingPuzzle solvingPixel artExplorationSolo contemplative
Wytchwood
WindowsmacOS
CraftingExplorationLinear storyMystery and detectiveSolo contemplative
Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley
WindowsmacOS
Open worldExplorationStealthPuzzle solvingWhimsical
Flowers -Le volume sur ete-
Windows
Dialogue choicesAnime/mangaWar and conflictLinear storySolo contemplative
Old Man's Journey
WindowsmacOS
ExplorationLinear storyPick-up-and-playPuzzle solvingSolo contemplative
Flowers -Le volume sur automne-
Windows
Dialogue choicesAnime/mangaLinear storySolo contemplativeMystery and detective
Bugsnax
WindowsmacOS
ExplorationSandboxLinear storySolo contemplativePuzzle solving
SeaBed
Windows
Dialogue choicesAnime/mangaLinear storySolo contemplativeExploration
ARMORED HEAD
Windows
ShootingMinimalistExplorationSci-fi technologyStylized 3D
The Talos Principle
WindowsmacOSLinux
ExplorationPuzzle solvingSci-fi technologyLinear storySolo contemplative
Penko Park
WindowsmacOSLinux
CollectionTenseExplorationWhimsicalNature and ecology