TOP 100 DETECTIVE / MYSTERY GAMES

Ah, the mystery and detective game genre! What's not to love about solving crimes, piecing together clues, and catching the bad guys? It's like playing a real-life game of Clue, except you get to be the detective! And let's be honest, who doesn't love feeling like Sherlock Holmes or Nancy Drew for a little while? Players love this genre because it's exciting and challenging. It requires critical thinking, observation skills, and a bit of creativity. Plus, it's always satisfying to solve a tricky case and bring justice to the world. If you're a fan of mystery and detective games, you've come to the right place! Here, we have a well-picked list of the top games in this genre. From classic whodunits to modern crime thrillers, there's something for everyone. So, grab your magnifying glass and a cup of tea (or whiskey, if that's your style), and let's get to solving some crimes!

#401	Cube Escape: Paradox License: n/a Platforms: iPhone / iPad, Mac, PC, Android Release: 2018 Rating: 8.4/10
#402	Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You License: n/a Platforms: Mac, PC, iPhone / iPad Release: 2016 Rating: 8.4/10
#403	Professor Layton and the Curious Village License: n/a Platforms: DS, iPhone / iPad, Android Release: 2007 Rating: 8.3/10
#404	The Messenger License: n/a Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One, iPhone / iPad Release: 2018 Rating: 8.3/10
#405	Unavowed License: n/a Platforms: PC, Switch, Mac Release: 2018 Rating: 8.3/10
#406	Strange Horticulture License: n/a Platforms: PC, Switch, Mac, XSX, PS4, iPhone / iPad, Xbox One Release: 2022 Rating: 8.3/10
#407	Impostor Factory License: n/a Platforms: Mac, PC Release: 2021 Rating: 8.3/10
#408	SeaBed License: n/a Platforms: PC, Switch Release: 2017 Rating: 8.3/10
#409	The Count Lucanor License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac, Switch, PS4, Xbox One Release: 2016 Rating: 8.3/10
#410	初颜 - The Prototype License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2018 Rating: 8.3/10
#411	Pinewood Island License: n/a Platforms: Mac, PC Release: 2017 Rating: 8.3/10
#412	Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2019 Rating: 8.3/10
#413	The Walsingham Files - Chapter 1 License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac Release: 2019 Rating: 8.3/10
#414	MAFIA: Family's Secret License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2022 Rating: 8.3/10
#415	First Class Escape 2: Head in the Clouds License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2022 Rating: 8.3/10
#416	EXIT - The Curse of Ophir License: n/a Platforms: iPhone / iPad, Android, PC, Mac Release: 2022 Rating: 8.3/10
#417	流言侦探 License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2021 Rating: 8.3/10
#418	Frequency Dissonance License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2022 Rating: 8.3/10
#419	MARY License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2022 Rating: 8.3/10
#420	The Mercury Man License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2018 Rating: 8.3/10
#421	Double Switch - 25th Anniversary Edition License: n/a Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch Release: 2018 Rating: 8.3/10
#422	Oneiros License: n/a Platforms: PC, Switch, Xbox One, XSX Release: 2020 Rating: 8.3/10
#423	Endless Fables 3: Dark Moor License: n/a Platforms: Mac, PC, Xbox One, Android, PS4, Switch Release: 2018 Rating: 8.3/10
#424	Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac, iPhone / iPad, Android Release: 2013 Rating: 8.3/10
#425	Nancy Drew: Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2005 Rating: 8.3/10
#426	Machinika Museum License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac, Switch, iPhone / iPad, Android Release: 2021 Rating: 8.3/10
#427	Jennifer Wilde: Unlikely Revolutionaries License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2022 Rating: 8.3/10
#428	Unmemory License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac, iPhone / iPad, Android Release: 2020 Rating: 8.3/10
#429	Hello Neighbor 2 Alpha 1 License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2020 Rating: 8.3/10
#430	The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac, PS4, Switch, Xbox One Release: 2017 Rating: 8.3/10
#431	Dead Town Tales License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2023 Rating: 8.3/10
#432	Mister Burnhouse License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2021 Rating: 8.3/10
#433	Hector: Episode 1 License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac Release: n/a Rating: 8.3/10
#434	Classified Stories: The Tome of Myrkah License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2021 Rating: 8.3/10
#435	Dreamwalker: Never Fall Asleep License: n/a Platforms: Android, PC, iPhone / iPad, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, Mac Release: 2018 Rating: 8.3/10
#436	Mountain Crime: Requital License: n/a Platforms: PC, iPhone / iPad, Mac, Android, PS3 Release: 2011 Rating: 8.3/10
#437	Echoes of the Fey Episode 0: The Immolation License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2017 Rating: 8.3/10
#438	Raging Loop License: n/a Platforms: PS4, Switch, PC, iPhone / iPad, Android Release: 2017 Rating: 8.3/10
#439	Hacknet License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac Release: 2015 Rating: 8.3/10
#440	Max Payne License: n/a Platforms: PC, PS2, Xbox 360, Mac, Console, iPhone / iPad, PS4, Android, PS3, Xbox One, XSX Release: 2001 Rating: 8.3/10
#441	Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney License: n/a Platforms: PC, Android, Wii, DS, iPhone / iPad, Wii U Release: 2005 Rating: 8.3/10
#442	LEGO City Undercover License: n/a Platforms: Wii, Switch, PC, PS4, Wii U, Xbox One Release: 2017 Rating: 8.3/10
#443	Subsurface Circular License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac, iPhone / iPad, Switch Release: 2017 Rating: 8.3/10
#444	Heart of the Woods License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac, Switch, XSX, PS5, PS4, Xbox One Release: 2019 Rating: 8.3/10
#445	Heavy Rain License: Commercial Platforms: Console, PS3, PS4, PC Release: 2020 Rating: 8.2/10
#446	The Castle License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac Release: 2019 Rating: 8.2/10
#447	Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments License: n/a Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox 360, PS3, Xbox One Release: 2014 Rating: 8.2/10
#448	Parasomnia Verum License: n/a Platforms: PC, Switch Release: 2021 Rating: 8.2/10
#449	Christmas Stories: Puss in Boots Collector's Edition License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2015 Rating: 8.2/10
#450	Police Quest™ Collection License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 1987 Rating: 8.2/10
#451	Dry Drowning License: n/a Platforms: PC, Switch, PS4 Release: 2019 Rating: 8.2/10
#452	New York Mysteries: Power of Art License: n/a Platforms: PC, Switch, Mac Release: 2023 Rating: 8.2/10
#453	Femida License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac Release: 2020 Rating: 8.2/10
#454	Kith - Tales from the Fractured Plateaus License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2017 Rating: 8.2/10
#455	Acolyte License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2022 Rating: 8.2/10
#456	记得我 License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2021 Rating: 8.2/10
#457	The Shadow You License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac, Switch Release: 2021 Rating: 8.2/10
#458	A Hand With Many Fingers License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2020 Rating: 8.2/10
#459	Green Elephant: Epilogue License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2020 Rating: 8.2/10
#460	In Her Eyes License: n/a Platforms: Mac, PC Release: 2020 Rating: 8.2/10
#461	Palindrome Syndrome: Escape Room License: n/a Platforms: PC, Switch, XSX, PS5, Xbox One Release: 2020 Rating: 8.2/10
#462	Contraband Police License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2023 Rating: 8.2/10
#463	Last Word License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac Release: 2015 Rating: 8.2/10
#464	The Eyes of Ara License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac, iPhone / iPad, Switch, Android Release: 2016 Rating: 8.2/10
#465	Nemezis: Mysterious Journey III Prologue License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2021 Rating: 8.2/10
#466	PROZE: Prologue License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2018 Rating: 8.2/10
#467	Heliophobia License: n/a Platforms: Mac, PC Release: 2018 Rating: 8.2/10
#468	Frankenstein: Master of Death License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac, iPhone / iPad Release: 2015 Rating: 8.2/10
#469	Rendezvous License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2023 Rating: 8.2/10
#470	Burn Me Twice License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2020 Rating: 8.2/10
#471	Persian Nights 2: The Moonlight Veil License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac, Switch, PS4, XSX, iPhone / iPad, Android, Xbox One Release: 2020 Rating: 8.2/10
#472	Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac, Android Release: 2017 Rating: 8.2/10
#473	Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac, iPhone / iPad, PS4, Switch, Xbox One Release: 2014 Rating: 8.2/10
#474	Regeria Hope Episode 1 License: n/a Platforms: Mac, PC, Android Release: 2016 Rating: 8.2/10
#475	Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask License: n/a Platforms: 3DS Release: 2011 Rating: 8.2/10
#476	Professor Layton and the Unwound Future License: n/a Platforms: DS, iPhone / iPad Release: 2008 Rating: 8.2/10
#477	Nancy Drew®: The Secret of Shadow Ranch License: n/a Platforms: PC, iPhone / iPad Release: 2004 Rating: 8.2/10
#478	Knights and Bikes License: n/a Platforms: PS4, PC, Mac, Switch, Xbox One Release: 2019 Rating: 8.2/10
#479	Alter Ego License: n/a Platforms: PC, iPhone / iPad, Wii, Android, Mac Release: 2023 Rating: 8.2/10
#480	Condemned 2: Bloodshot License: n/a Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3 Release: 2008 Rating: 8.2/10
#481	Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box License: n/a Platforms: DS, iPhone / iPad, Android Release: 2007 Rating: 8.2/10
#482	Whispers of a Machine License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac, iPhone / iPad, Android Release: 2019 Rating: 8.2/10
#483	Kathy Rain License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac, iPhone / iPad, Switch, Android Release: 2016 Rating: 8.2/10
#484	Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac, iPhone / iPad, Switch, Android Release: 2016 Rating: 8.2/10
#485	Blackwell Unbound License: n/a Platforms: PC, iPhone / iPad, Mac, Android Release: 2012 Rating: 8.2/10
#486	Aviary Attorney License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac, Switch Release: 2015 Rating: 8.2/10
#487	Spycraft: The Great Game License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac Release: 1996 Rating: 8.1/10
#488	The Witness License: n/a Platforms: PC, PS4, iPhone / iPad, Mac, Android, Xbox One Release: 2016 Rating: 8.1/10
#489	Alicia Griffith – Lakeside Murder License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac Release: 2016 Rating: 8.1/10
#490	ESPIONAGE: Mafia Evolved License: n/a Platforms: Mac, PC, Android, iPhone / iPad Release: 2022 Rating: 8.1/10
#491	IKO 39 License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2022 Rating: 8.1/10
#492	Interrogation: You will be deceived License: n/a Platforms: Mac, PC, Switch, iPhone / iPad Release: 2019 Rating: 8.1/10
#493	Discolored License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac, iPhone / iPad, Switch, Xbox One, XSX Release: 2019 Rating: 8.1/10
#494	Endless Jade Sea -Midori no Umi- License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2019 Rating: 8.1/10
#495	Dance of Death: Du Lac & Fey License: n/a Platforms: PC, Switch, PS4, Xbox One, XSX Release: 2019 Rating: 8.1/10
#496	Keyword: A Spider's Thread License: n/a Platforms: Mac, PC Release: 2021 Rating: 8.1/10
#497	Curse of the Old Gods License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2017 Rating: 8.1/10
#498	Earthworms License: n/a Platforms: PC, Switch Release: 2018 Rating: 8.1/10
#499	Myths Of Orion: Light From The North License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac, Switch, iPhone / iPad, Android Release: 2014 Rating: 8.1/10
#500	Westerado: Double Barreled License: n/a Platforms: PC, Xbox One, Mac Release: 2015 Rating: 8.1/10