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Best Detective Games

Top 50 of 212 qualifying games — tagged Detective (community voting), 1,000+ reviews · ranked by Wilson lower bound on Steam review score · review data as of 2026-05-20.

1 Great God Grove (2024) Puzzle · Adventure · Funny · 20K–50K owners · $19.99 99.3%1,204 reviews 2 Threefold Recital (2025) Drama · Mystery · Visual Novel · 50K–100K owners · $14.99 98.9%3,475 reviews 3 Chants of Sennaar (2023) Puzzle · Adventure · Singleplayer · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 98.3%22,453 reviews 4 Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County (2022) Comedy · Funny · Short · 20K–50K owners · $4.99 98.7%1,824 reviews 5 The Case of the Golden Idol (2022) Mystery · Detective · Investigation · 500K–1M owners · $17.99 98.2%8,616 reviews 6 Cube Escape Collection (2020) Puzzle · Point & Click · Mystery · 200K–500K owners · $4.99 98.2%6,796 reviews 7 The Wolf Among Us (2013) Adventure · Detective · Story Rich · 1M–2M owners · $14.99 97.9%35,678 reviews 8 The Test: Final Revelation (2020) Simulation · Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter · 0–20K owners · $1.99 98.0%5,360 reviews 9 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (2019) Detective · Visual Novel · Story Rich · 1M–2M owners · $29.99 97.6%37,254 reviews 10 Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (2023) Puzzle · Adventure · Mystery · 100K–200K owners · $29.99 97.8%5,947 reviews 11 The Test: Hypothesis Rising (2020) Simulation · Multiple Endings · Choices Matter · 20K–50K owners · $1.99 97.7%5,893 reviews 12 Murders on the Yangtze River (2024) Detective · Adventure · Puzzle · 200K–500K owners · $14.99 97.3%18,192 reviews 13 Cube Escape: Paradox (2018) Puzzle · Free to Play · Psychological Horror · 500K–1M owners · Free 97.3%10,554 reviews 14 Persona 4 Golden (2020) JRPG · Great Soundtrack · Story Rich · 1M–2M owners · $19.99 97.0%78,346 reviews 15 The Roottrees are Dead (2025) Mystery · Puzzle · Detective · 100K–200K owners · $19.99 97.5%2,522 reviews 16 The Test (2020) Choose Your Own Adventure · Simulation · Multiple Endings · 500K–1M owners · $1.99 96.9%19,954 reviews 17 BROK the InvestiGator (2022) Adventure · Point & Click · Beat 'em up · 50K–100K owners · $19.99 97.7%1,088 reviews 18 Return of the Obra Dinn (2018) Detective · Mystery · Puzzle · 500K–1M owners · $19.99 96.8%29,016 reviews 19 Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane (2023) Visual Novel · Anime · Mystery · 50K–100K owners · $11.99 97.6%1,320 reviews 20 Ace Attorney Investigations Collection (2024) Adventure · Investigation · Mystery · 100K–200K owners · $39.99 97.2%3,077 reviews 21 No Case Should Remain Unsolved (2024) Interactive Fiction · Puzzle · Visual Novel · 200K–500K owners · $6.99 96.9%7,150 reviews 22 Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood (2014) Hidden Object · Adventure · Casual · 100K–200K owners · $14.99 97.4%1,551 reviews 23 Enigma of Fear (2024) Mystery · Investigation · Supernatural · 200K–500K owners · $29.99 96.8%9,093 reviews 24 Hypnospace Outlaw (2019) 1990's · Simulation · Point & Click · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 96.9%4,781 reviews 25 Backbone: Prologue (2019) Free to Play · Indie · Adventure · 200K–500K owners · Free 96.8%4,122 reviews 26 Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition (2010) Action · Stealth · Third Person · 2M–5M owners · $19.99 96.3%73,651 reviews 27 Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair (2016) Anime · Detective · Visual Novel · 500K–1M owners · $19.99 96.2%26,611 reviews 28 Unheard - Voices of Crime (2019) Detective · Puzzle · Mystery · 1M–2M owners · $6.99 96.2%31,309 reviews 29 Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition (2012) Action · Open World · Stealth · 2M–5M owners · $19.99 96.1%68,636 reviews 30 The Rewinder (2021) Adventure · Mystery · Pixel Graphics · 200K–500K owners · $14.99 96.3%6,957 reviews 31 Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (2016) Anime · Visual Novel · Mystery · 1M–2M owners · $19.99 96.1%30,431 reviews 32 Phasmophobia (2020) Horror · Online Co-Op · Multiplayer · 10M–20M owners · $13.99 95.8%768,779 reviews 33 Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition (2010) Action · Batman · Stealth · 50K–100K owners · $19.99 95.9%22,483 reviews 34 The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark (2021) Pixel Graphics · Detective · Point & Click · 0–20K owners · $14.99 96.3%1,716 reviews 35 Duck Detective: The Secret Salami (2024) Detective · Investigation · Casual · 100K–200K owners · $9.99 95.7%5,090 reviews 36 Unavowed (2018) Adventure · Point & Click · Indie · 100K–200K owners · $14.99 95.9%2,392 reviews 37 Tangle Tower (2019) Detective · Point & Click · Exploration · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 95.4%5,243 reviews 38 Pentiment (2022) Historical · Story Rich · Investigation · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 95.3%7,746 reviews 39 Agent A: A puzzle in disguise (2019) Logic · Point & Click · Puzzle · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 95.3%5,488 reviews 40 Detective Grimoire (2014) Exploration · Point & Click · Visual Novel · 200K–500K owners · $6.99 95.6%2,157 reviews 41 Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs (2016) Great Soundtrack · Visual Novel · Mystery · 20K–50K owners · $24.99 95.6%2,281 reviews 42 Contraband Police (2023) Open World · Simulation · First-Person · 500K–1M owners · $29.99 94.9%20,479 reviews 43 Contradiction: Spot The Liar (2015) Detective · Crime · FMV · 200K–500K owners · $12.99 95.3%3,131 reviews 44 Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard (2019) Comedy · Casual · Short · 100K–200K owners · $4.99 95.5%1,980 reviews 45 Strange Horticulture (2022) Mystery · Puzzle · Investigation · 500K–1M owners · $15.99 94.8%13,152 reviews 46 Umineko When They Cry - Answer Arcs (2017) Great Soundtrack · Visual Novel · Mystery · 0–20K owners · $29.99 95.6%1,261 reviews 47 Who's Lila? (2022) Horror · Psychological Horror · Choose Your Own Adventure · 200K–500K owners · $11.99 95.1%2,731 reviews 48 428: Shibuya Scramble (2018) Visual Novel · Adventure · Mystery · 100K–200K owners · $49.99 95.1%2,942 reviews 49 Persona 3 Reload (2024) JRPG · RPG · Anime · 1M–2M owners · $59.99 94.4%42,567 reviews 50 Roadwarden (2022) RPG · Text-Based · Adventure · 100K–200K owners · $10.99 94.9%4,218 reviews