Best Detective / Mystery Games

Every Detective / Mystery game The Belly has scored, ranked from the highest verdict down. Browse games with a Detective / Mystery setting or subject and see where each one landed.

Games with a Detective / Mystery theme, ranked by Belly Score. Theme tags capture the subject matter and setting of a game — distinct from genre — so this list pulls together titles that share a Detective / Mystery world or aesthetic regardless of how they play. See which Detective / Mystery-themed games earned The Belly's top marks and which fell short.

Best Detective / Mystery Games rankings

9.8

Community

10.0

1 rating

Umineko When They Cry

Visual Novel · Horror

Windows · Mac · Linux

Detective / MysterySupernaturalPsychological+1

MysteriousSuspensefulThought-Provoking+2

9.8

TSUKIHIME -A piece of blue glass moon-

Adventure · Visual Novel

PlayStation 4 · Nintendo Switch

Urban FantasySupernaturalDetective / Mystery+1

MysteriousAtmosphericCinematic+2

9.8

Community

9.8

1 rating

Outer Wilds

Adventure · Puzzle

Windows · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiSpaceDetective / Mystery+1

AdventurousDiscovery-DrivenMysterious+3

9.7

Persona 4 Golden

RPG · Adventure

PlayStation Vita · PC · PlayStation 4 · Nintendo Switch · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S

ModernDetective / MysterySchool / Academy+1

ImmersiveMysteriousEmotional+3

9.7

Community

4.3

1 rating

Disco Elysium

RPG · Adventure · Simulation

Windows · macOS · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Nintendo Switch · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · Stadia · Android

Detective / MysteryNoirPsychological+1

AtmosphericThought-ProvokingWeird+3

9.7

STEINS;GATE

Adventure · Visual Novel

Xbox 360 · PC · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Vita · Android · iOS

Sci-FiPsychologicalDetective / Mystery

MysteriousSuspensefulThought-Provoking+3

9.4

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

Adventure · Strategy · RPG

Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4

Sci-FiRobots / MechsDetective / Mystery+1

MysteriousCinematicThought-Provoking+2

9.4

Murder Mystery 2

Survival · Horror · Action

Roblox

CrimeDetective / Mystery

SuspensefulTenseCompetitive+3

9.4

Persona 4

RPG · Adventure · Simulation

PlayStation 2 · PlayStation Vita · Windows · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S

Urban FantasyDetective / MysterySchool / Academy+1

ImmersiveMysteriousEmotional+3

9.4

Lost Judgment

Action-Adventure · RPG

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · PC · Amazon Luna

Detective / MysteryCrimeSchool / Academy+1

AtmosphericIntenseCinematic+2

9.4

Resident Evil

Action · Adventure

PlayStation · Sega Saturn · PC

ZombiesMonstersDetective / Mystery+1

CreepyEerieTense+3

9.3

The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure

RPG

PlayStation Portable · Microsoft Windows · PlayStation Vita · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Nintendo Switch · Nintendo Switch 2

ModernDetective / MysteryMilitary+1

ImmersiveStrategicTactical+3

9.3

Fallen Aces

Shooter · Action

PC

NoirCrimeDetective / Mystery

AtmosphericGrittySatisfying+2

9.3

Pathologic 2

Adventure · RPG · Survival

Microsoft Windows · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

Dark / GrimPsychologicalSurreal+1

CreepyDarkBleak+3

9.3

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon

Action RPG

PlayStation 2

Detective / MysterySupernaturalOccult+1

MysteriousAtmosphericStrategic+2

9.3

CrossCode

Action · RPG · Puzzle

PC · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Nintendo Switch · Xbox One

Sci-FiFantasyDetective / Mystery

AdventurousChallengingAtmospheric+2

9.1

Pathologic 3

Horror · RPG · Survival

PC · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S

Detective / MysteryPsychologicalSurreal+1

MysteriousUnsettlingThought-Provoking+3

9.1

Ace Attorney

Adventure · Visual Novel

Game Boy Advance · Nintendo DS · Windows · Wii · iOS · Android · Nintendo 3DS · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

Detective / MysteryComedyCrime

FunnyQuirkyCharming+2

9.1

LA-MULANA 2

Action · Adventure · Platformer

PC · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

MythologyDetective / MysteryMonsters+1

Discovery-DrivenChallengingBrutal+3

9.1

GeoGuessr

Strategy

PC · Android · iOS · Web browser

ModernDetective / Mystery

Discovery-DrivenCompetitiveStrategic+2

9.1

Who's Lila?

Adventure · Horror · RPG

Windows

Detective / MysteryPsychologicalSurreal+1

MysteriousUnsettlingAtmospheric+2

9.0

Isle

Horror · Survival · Adventure

PC · Mobile · Console

Detective / MysteryNature / WildernessPsychological+1

AdventurousExploratoryMysterious+3

9.0

LA-MULANA

Action · Adventure · Puzzle

PC · Wii · PlayStation Vita · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

Ancient / HistoricalDetective / MysteryMythology

Discovery-DrivenChallengingBrutal+3

9.0

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case

Adventure · Visual Novel · Puzzle

Mobile · Windows · macOS · Linux · PlayStation 4 · Nintendo Switch

CyberpunkDystopianDetective / Mystery+1

MysteriousDarkUnsettling+3