The Best Investigation Games

Update : Maze of Thorns added at rank #1.
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Maze of Thorns (2026)

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Android IOS iPhone Mac OS PC Windows

Explore the mist-shrouded town of Rose Harbor in an atmospheric point-and-click puzzle adventure. Collect and use unusual items, unravel riddles, solve handcrafted puzzles, and follow the tangled clues behind a celebrated rose gardener’s mysterious disappearance.


  • investigation
  • point-and-click
  • mystery
  • nonlinear
  • detective
  • puzzle
  • atmospheric
  • adventure
  • relaxing
  • casual
  • family-friendly
  • 2d
  • first-person

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Buenos Aires Mirror Line (2026)

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PC Windows

Carefully observe your sorroundings and come back to your reality by finding what doesn't fit. If something's wrong take the bus back from across the street. A game situated in the haze of Buenos Aires.

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  • investigation
  • horror
  • immersive
  • walking-simulator
  • hidden-object
  • simulation
  • surreal
  • multiple-endings
  • psychological
  • 3d
  • pixel
  • first-person
  • story
  • mystery
  • atmospheric

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Whispers in the Dark (2025)

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PC Windows

Whispers in the Dark is an online cooperative RPG horror game mixing exploration phases of haunted and management places. Improve your character, his knowledge of the paranormal, his skills and his tools thanks to a research system.

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  • investigation
  • horror
  • survival-horror
  • rpg
  • class
  • customization
  • idler
  • gun
  • supernatural
  • resource-management
  • 3d
  • heist
  • character
  • realistic
  • action

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Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer (2025)

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In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…


  • point-and-click
  • detective
  • investigation
  • noir
  • thriller
  • mystery
  • conspiracy
  • 1990s
  • fiction
  • interactive
  • pixel
  • atmospheric
  • 2d
  • adventure
  • story

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The Brothers Hotel (2025)

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PC Windows

When your memory betrays you, how do you find the truth? Graffiti artist Gabriel discovers forgotten dark secrets and a mysterious past while painting the walls of an abandoned hotel. Psychological horror, mind games, and an inescapable labyrinth... Do you think you can escape?

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  • horror
  • psychological
  • investigation
  • thriller
  • detective
  • survival-horror
  • mystery
  • multiple-endings
  • demons
  • choices
  • surreal
  • fiction
  • exploration
  • dark
  • realistic

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The Horror At Highrook (2025)

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PC Windows

The Horror at Highrook is an occult card crafting narrative RPG. Explore a haunted mansion with your team of investigators, summon dark entities, craft powerful protections, uncover the fate of the missing family, and choose your own path through the darkness.

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  • board-game
  • lovecraftian
  • card
  • investigation
  • nonlinear
  • mystery
  • gothic
  • horror
  • comic
  • crafting
  • hand-drawn
  • card-crafting
  • eldritch-horror
  • cluedo
  • book

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Detective Dotson (2025)

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Nintendo Switch Android Linux PC Windows Mac OS Xbox Series X

A cozy mystery game about a detective with Bollywood dreams. It's the first adventure game set in the colorful streets of India. Engage with adorable 2D characters living in a 3D world. Find clues and solve the evidence board. With each case, a larger mystery unfolds.

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  • cozy
  • foreign
  • episodic
  • investigation
  • nonlinear
  • detective
  • character
  • fiction
  • comedy
  • point-and-click
  • customization
  • stylized
  • cute
  • funny
  • mystery

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Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 (2025)

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PC Windows

MATCH DNA BUBBLES IN AN UNDERGROUND LAB TO KEEP YOUR PSYCHIC CLONE FROM INVADING YOUR MIND AND TURNING YOU INTO A CANNIBAL. This is the match-3 survival horror comedy RPG metroidvania you didn't know you needed.

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  • match-three
  • survival-horror
  • escape
  • room
  • investigation
  • visual-novel
  • comedy
  • cyberpunk
  • mystery
  • narrative
  • rpg
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • exploration
  • horror

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Shoot The Wall (2025)

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Android PC Windows

Shoot the wall!   Simple, right? Use your gun to blast your way through the wall, upgrade and change your weapons so you can shoot your way through the wall even faster!  I mean come on, you've gotta know what's behind that wall, right? 4 Parts 4 Walls 4 Endings Free DLC on the way!


  • investigation
  • casual
  • first-person
  • shooter
  • exploration
  • 3d

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Detective - The Test (2025)

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Playstation 5 PC Windows

Test your detective instincts across three challenging cases. No hints, no help—just you, your intuition, and your ability to piece together the truth. Can you solve the mystery?

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  • investigation
  • crime
  • walking-simulator
  • detective
  • mystery
  • simulation
  • immersive
  • realistic
  • logic
  • noir
  • drama
  • first-person
  • exploration
  • 3d

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