The Best Investigation Games for PC Windows - Page 4

Update : Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer added at rank #13.
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Detective From The Crypt (2021)

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Linux Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows

Jane wakes up in a crypt as a ghost. You are investigating the death of her family together. Seeking and researching evidences. Building an accusation based on them. You have a laboratory to research evidences. Play and get the feeling of being a true Victorian detective.

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  • point-and-click
  • detective
  • logic
  • investigation
  • hidden-object
  • cats
  • hand-drawn
  • mystery
  • multiple-endings
  • atmospheric
  • old-school
  • exploration
  • cartoony
  • 2d
  • relaxing

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The Painscreek Killings (2017)

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PC Windows

Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?


  • detective
  • investigation
  • supernatural
  • mystery
  • walking-simulator
  • walking
  • open-world
  • atmospheric
  • conspiracy
  • exploration
  • story
  • narration
  • adventure
  • thriller
  • 3d

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House (2020)

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Android Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Explore the HOUSE, remember it & spot the changes !


  • horror
  • building
  • investigation
  • walking-simulator
  • simulation
  • gore
  • illustration
  • design
  • single-player
  • first-person
  • dark
  • atmospheric
  • detective
  • pixel
  • relaxing

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Trials of Innocence (2025)

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PC Windows

Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.

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  • lore
  • detective
  • fiction
  • anime
  • investigation
  • visual-novel
  • conversation
  • memes
  • interactive
  • crime
  • mystery
  • logic
  • point-and-click
  • multiple-endings
  • story

35

Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099 (2023)

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Android Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Step into the hilariously absurd and retro-futuristic world of Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099. Spy on subjects, manage hidden cameras, and even manipulate their lives. With its combination of narrative, investigation, surveillance, and resource management, this game will immerse you into a dystopian dreamland.


What we like:
  • Unique and perfect captures the spirit of Hitchcock's Rear window
  • Incredible atmosphere
  • Resource management
  • Sci-Fi setting
  • Incredible soundtrack
What could be improved:
  • Needs more cages

  • dystopian
  • simulation
  • sequel
  • resource-management
  • life
  • humor
  • investigation
  • management
  • multiple-endings
  • choices
  • dark
  • sci-fi
  • funny
  • story
  • pixel

36

A Perfect Day (2022)

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Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

Revisit the final moments of 1999 for an eternity. Come face to face with your dreams and regrets. Explore a deep and interwoven narrative, solve perplexing riddles, and even play a few nostalgic minigames. Immerse yourself in happiness and sorrow with friends of ages past in your Perfect Day.

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  • fiction
  • nostalgia
  • travel
  • visual-novel
  • narration
  • story
  • investigation
  • interactive
  • emotional
  • time
  • multiple-endings
  • 1990s
  • narrative
  • choices
  • time-management

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Machinika: Atlas (2024)

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IOS iPhone Android PC Windows

Machinika: Atlas is an indie puzzle game and is the direct sequel to Machinika: Museum, you play as a museum researcher who just land on Atlas. Will you unravel the mysteries of the alien vessel? Solve cryptic puzzles to find out what happened!

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  • point-and-click
  • hidden-object
  • sci-fi
  • space
  • investigation
  • mystery
  • dystopian
  • aliens
  • puzzle
  • science
  • logic
  • 3d
  • first-person
  • casual
  • atmospheric

38

A Bavarian Tale - Totgeschwiegen (2023)

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PC Windows

In a third-person RPG detective story, set in Bavaria in 1866, the medical student Valentin Schmidt travels to Wolpertshofen, when a sudden death causes turmoil in the village. Use your skills, find clues and question the villagers to stop the murders.

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  • dynamic
  • conversation
  • investigation
  • humor
  • narration
  • choices
  • multiple-endings
  • detective
  • hand-drawn
  • dark
  • action-adventure
  • third-person
  • historical
  • rpg
  • 3d

39

Meridian 157: Chapter 3 (2021)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS

You have ventured this far, now there is no turning back. Uncover the island’s dark history by travelling through crumbling caverns and mysterious laboratories, but be warned, some may not be too welcoming of your presence…

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  • exploration
  • cinematic
  • point-and-click
  • puzzle
  • lovecraftian
  • hidden-object
  • investigation
  • adventure
  • atmospheric
  • casual
  • detective
  • realistic
  • survival-horror
  • challenging
  • sci-fi

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Adventure Escape Mysteries (2020)

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Ed and Marie parachute into Occupied France to save two physicists from the Nazis. Plans go awry as the ruthless Major Kressler smashes their spy ring. Who's the traitor? Where are the scientists? Will Ed and Marie ever get a night alone?


  • investigation
  • detective
  • mystery
  • point-and-click
  • hand-drawn
  • multiple-endings
  • colourful
  • hidden-object
  • puzzle
  • 2d
  • inventory
  • story
  • adventure
  • mech

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