Mystery game recommendations

Piecing clues together, interrogating suspects and feeling genuinely smart when the case closes: mystery and detective games are hard to get right — and these got it right. The list brings the highest rated digital detectives in the catalog.

The 25 best mystery and detective games

1. 1

   The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006)

   PlayStation · PC — PS Store ↗ · Steam ↗

   94
2. 2

   Paper Lily - Chapter 1 (2023)

   PC

   93
3. 3

   Journey (2012)

   PlayStation · PC — PS Store ↗ · Steam ↗

   92
4. 4

   Lost in Play (2022)

   PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — Steam ↗

   92
5. 5

   Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County (2022)

   PC — Steam ↗

   92
6. 6

   Before Your Eyes (2021)

   PC — Steam ↗

   92
7. 7

   Sally Face (2016)

   PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — PS Store ↗ · Nintendo ↗

   92
8. 8

   Cube Escape Collection (2020)

   PC — Steam ↗

   92
9. 9

   The Case of the Golden Idol (2022)

   PC — Steam ↗

   92
10. 10

    The Drifter (2025)

    PC — Steam ↗

    92
11. 11

    The Room VR: A Dark Matter (2020)

    PlayStation · PC — PS Store ↗ · Steam ↗

    92
12. 12

    Beacon Pines (2022)

    Nintendo · PC

    92
13. 13

    Underground Blossom (2023)

    PC

    92
14. 14

    Monument Valley: Panoramic Edition (2022)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC

    92
15. 15

    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (2023)

    PC

    92
16. 16

    Don't Escape Trilogy (2019)

    PC

    92
17. 17

    Armored Head (2020)

    PC

    92
18. 18

    FEZ (2012)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — PS Store ↗ · Nintendo ↗

    91
19. 19

    Shadow of the Colossus (2011)

    PlayStation — PS Store ↗

    91
20. 20

    Impostor Factory (2021)

    PC — Steam ↗

    91
21. 21

    Until Then (2024)

    PlayStation · PC — Steam ↗

    91
22. 22

    Animal Well (2024)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — Steam ↗

    91
23. 23

    Dredge (2023)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — PS Store ↗ · Steam ↗

    91
24. 24

    The Baby in Yellow (2020)

    PC — Steam ↗

    91
25. 25

    BROK The InvestiGator (2022)

    PC — Steam ↗

    91

How this list was built: we start from a catalog of 20,827 PlayStation, Nintendo and PC games, then filter and sort by score — the critic score (Metacritic or IGDB) where it exists, the player score in the exceptions (hover a score to see its source). It is updated along with the catalog.