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Best Detective Games

Top 50 of 239 qualifying games — tagged Detective (community voting), 1,000+ reviews · ranked by Wilson lower bound on Steam review score · review data as of 2026-08-06.

1 Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County (2022) Comedy · Funny · Short · $4.99 98.7%2,083 reviews 2 Chants of Sennaar (2023) Puzzle · Adventure · Singleplayer · $19.99 98.2%33,485 reviews 3 Threefold Recital (2025) Drama · Mystery · Visual Novel · $14.99 98.3%5,703 reviews 4 The Wolf Among Us (2013) Adventure · Detective · Story Rich · $14.99 97.9%39,944 reviews 5 Great God Grove (2024) Puzzle · Adventure · Funny · $19.99 98.4%1,543 reviews 6 Cube Escape Collection (2020) Puzzle · Point & Click · Mystery · $4.99 98.0%7,822 reviews 7 The Case of the Golden Idol (2022) Mystery · Detective · Investigation · $17.99 97.8%10,864 reviews 8 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (2019) Detective · Visual Novel · Story Rich · $29.99 97.6%44,525 reviews 9 The Test: Final Revelation (2020) Simulation · Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter · $1.99 97.8%5,368 reviews 10 The Test: Hypothesis Rising (2020) Simulation · Multiple Endings · Choices Matter · $1.99 97.6%5,923 reviews 11 Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (2023) Puzzle · Adventure · Mystery · $29.99 97.5%8,451 reviews 12 Persona 4 Golden (2020) JRPG · Great Soundtrack · Story Rich · $19.99 97.0%86,565 reviews 13 Murders on the Yangtze River (2024) Detective · Adventure · Puzzle · $14.99 97.0%21,037 reviews 14 Cube Escape: Paradox (2018) Puzzle · Free to Play · Psychological Horror · Free 97.0%12,079 reviews 15 Return of the Obra Dinn (2018) Detective · Mystery · Puzzle · $19.99 96.7%34,863 reviews 16 The Test (2020) Choose Your Own Adventure · Simulation · Multiple Endings · $1.99 96.7%20,130 reviews 17 Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood (2014) Hidden Object · Adventure · Casual · $14.99 97.2%1,610 reviews 18 Enigma of Fear (2024) Mystery · Investigation · Supernatural · $29.99 96.6%10,220 reviews 19 Ace Attorney Investigations Collection (2024) Adventure · Investigation · Mystery · $39.99 96.8%4,707 reviews 20 Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition (2010) Action · Stealth · Third Person · $19.99 96.4%86,516 reviews 21 Hypnospace Outlaw (2019) 1990's · Simulation · Point & Click · $19.99 96.7%5,524 reviews 22 The Roottrees are Dead (2025) Mystery · Puzzle · Detective · $19.99 96.6%9,583 reviews 23 BROK the InvestiGator (2022) Adventure · Point & Click · Beat 'em up · $19.99 97.2%1,283 reviews 24 Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping (2025) Casual · Adventure · Detective · $9.99 96.8%2,756 reviews 25 No Case Should Remain Unsolved (2024) Interactive Fiction · Puzzle · Visual Novel · $6.99 96.5%10,443 reviews 26 Backbone: Prologue (2019) Free to Play · Indie · Adventure · Free 96.7%4,104 reviews 27 Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition (2012) Action · Open World · Stealth · $19.99 96.2%77,506 reviews 28 Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane (2023) Visual Novel · Anime · Mystery · $11.99 96.9%1,705 reviews 29 Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (2016) Anime · Visual Novel · Mystery · $19.99 96.0%38,027 reviews 30 Unheard - Voices of Crime (2019) Detective · Puzzle · Mystery · $6.99 96.0%33,784 reviews 31 Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair (2016) Anime · Detective · Visual Novel · $19.99 95.8%32,336 reviews 32 The Rewinder (2021) Adventure · Mystery · Pixel Graphics · $14.99 95.9%7,346 reviews 33 Detective Grimoire (2014) Exploration · Point & Click · Visual Novel · $6.99 96.1%2,501 reviews 34 Contraband Police (2023) Open World · Simulation · First-Person · $29.99 95.0%25,378 reviews 35 The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark (2021) Pixel Graphics · Detective · Point & Click · $14.99 95.7%2,001 reviews 36 Agent A: A puzzle in disguise (2019) Logic · Point & Click · Puzzle · $19.99 95.3%6,225 reviews 37 Unavowed (2018) Adventure · Point & Click · Indie · $14.99 95.6%2,598 reviews 38 Pentiment (2022) Historical · Story Rich · Investigation · $19.99 95.1%9,642 reviews 39 Tangle Tower (2019) Detective · Point & Click · Exploration · $19.99 95.0%6,551 reviews 40 Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer (2025) Atmospheric · Investigation · 2D · $19.99 95.7%1,325 reviews 41 Umineko When They Cry - Answer Arcs (2017) Great Soundtrack · Visual Novel · Mystery · $29.99 95.6%1,540 reviews 42 Phasmophobia (2020) Horror · Online Co-Op · Multiplayer · $13.99 94.4%836,255 reviews 43 Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs (2016) Great Soundtrack · Visual Novel · Mystery · $24.99 95.2%2,802 reviews 44 Duck Detective: The Secret Salami (2024) Detective · Investigation · Casual · $9.99 94.9%6,675 reviews 45 Contradiction: Spot The Liar (2015) Detective · Crime · FMV · $12.99 95.1%3,242 reviews 46 Persona 3 Reload (2024) JRPG · RPG · Anime · $59.99 94.4%60,870 reviews 47 Strange Horticulture (2022) Mystery · Puzzle · Investigation · $15.99 94.5%15,907 reviews 48 Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard (2019) Comedy · Casual · Short · $4.99 95.1%2,185 reviews 49 Back to the Dawn (2025) RPG · Story Rich · Pixel Graphics · $23.99 94.5%10,296 reviews 50 428: Shibuya Scramble (2018) Visual Novel · Adventure · Mystery · $49.99 94.6%3,905 reviews