Detective games like Origin Unknown

Chasing that mysterious and scary feeling you got from Origin Unknown? These detective games offer a similar pull for your backlog.

GHOST at DAWN
In 1947, hard-boiled private eye Ben O'Hara is searching for a missing girl in an abandoned hotel. Investigate room by room, piece together clues, and give the living dead lead poisoning in this noir horror. Can you push through your fear and discover what became of her?
Mysterious, Scary, Atmospheric
77% of 35 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Haunted Hotel: Personal Nightmare
After 20 years, you receive a letter about your missing mom and sister. Answers are waiting at the Freedom Hotel, but nothing there is quite as it seems. Can you overcome your deepest fears and save your family in time?
Mysterious, Scary, Atmospheric
80% of 5 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Mystical Riddles: Snowy Peak Hotel Collector's Edition
Your journalist friend went missing while investigating weird happenings in a mysterious hotel. You are the only one who can save her and uncover the truth before it’s too late. Are you up for the challenge?
Mysterious, Atmospheric, Tense
57% of 21 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
DETECTIVE - Rainy night
Detective Rainy Night is a narrative adventure with elements of deduction. Violent crimes, mature stories, and a touch of psychological horror await you at the Motel Holiday. Grab a pencil and paper because solving this case won’t be easy.
Mysterious, Scary, Atmospheric
69% of 83 Steam reviews are positive$10.99
The Murder Hotel
Interrogate suspects, search for clues, & uncover a dastardly plot, as you solve a string of mystifying murders to help reluctant detective Ilmarinen escape the foreboding Fafnir Hotel.
Mysterious, Scary, Atmospheric
92% of 64 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Mind Echoes: The Lost Mysteries Collector's Edition
Join investigator and medium Emily Rivers as she explores the abandoned Starlight Dreams Hotel to find hidden objects and confront a malevolent force known as the Lurker!
Mysterious, Scary, Atmospheric
45% of 11 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Creepy Shift: Uncle Joe’s Motel
An unknown actress takes a job at Uncle’s Motel to make ends meet. She’s running from trouble but peace is the last thing she’ll find here. A blend of cozy simulation, horror, and psychological depth, wrapped in a dark, noir-tinged atmosphere.
Mysterious, Scary, Atmospheric
90% of 197 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$6.99
City of Nightmares
You are a detective who wants to investigate how all the inhabitants of a city died due to a virus. It all started in a hotel that was abandoned along with the city, and it was rumored to be haunted. You are on a quest for answers.
Mysterious, Scary, Atmospheric
69% of 26 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
The Space-Eating Croc
The Space-Eating Croc is a mystery adventure game influenced by classic horror RPG Maker games. Inspect your surroundings to find clues, and solve puzzles to progress.
Mysterious, Scary, Atmospheric
94% of 110 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Harts
Welcome to the house full of secrets and mysteries, the house in which for several years people disappear. Take on the role of a young detective whose idol died here about a year ago.
Mysterious, Scary, Atmospheric
55% of 58 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Shieven
Venture into the enigmatic Luminora Hospital, where, as an investigator on the brink of ruin, you take on a case that will test your courage. Amidst dark rumors, you'll uncover terrifying secrets that have caused those who ventured too far to disappear.
Mysterious, Scary, Atmospheric
94% of 34 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Demon Hunter 5: Ascendance
You slump into your chair after another day of investigations. Just as you start to lose yourself in the glow of the TV screen, the telephone rings. The museum curator needs your help - a tourist has gone missing. You smirk at his warning of paranormal goings-on; that's what Demon Hunters are for.
Mysterious, Atmospheric, Story-driven
87% of 174 Steam reviews are positive$14.99

Hidden gems like Origin Unknown

[Redacted] The Safehouse

You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend.

$3.99

Creepy Shift: Uncle Joe’s Motel

An unknown actress takes a job at Uncle’s Motel to make ends meet. She’s running from trouble but peace is the last thing she’ll find here.

$6.99

Alex Hill: Whispers at White Oak Inn

A young woman died near the White Oak Inn. Now, her spirit is roaming around, and an employee is receiving strange letters.

$19.99

The Gretlow Tapes

Armed with nothing but your camera, investigate the abandoned Gretlow House in this short, atmospheric horror game.

$9.99

Utter a Name

Disembodied souls linger in this old estate. To each one, utter their name.

$6.99

Puppet House

Puppet House is a puzzle-adventure horror with escape room elements.

$2.69

Connection: The Nightmare Within

Inspired by the classics such as Resident Evil, Silent Hill and Alone In the Dark: Detective Stone investigates a shadow conspiracy.

$7.99

This Bed We Made

You are Sophie, a chambermaid at the Clarington Hotel in 1958, and your cleaning round turns into a murder inquiry.

$24.99

The Space-Eating Croc

The Space-Eating Croc is a mystery adventure game influenced by classic horror RPG Maker games.

$6.99

Rehaunted

As detective Connor Raines, you work a woman's death inside her own house: sweep rooms with UV light, camera and magnifier, pin clues to the…

$7.99

Prognostic

An orphan returns to the house of the deceased fortune-teller to uncover the secret of his family's death.

$6.99

Forgotten Hill First Steps

The first three games of the Forgotten Hill series joined together with new contents, new locations, new puzzles and secrets revealed: let's follow…

$2.99

Newest detective games like Origin Unknown

Rehaunted

As detective Connor Raines, you work a woman's death inside her own house: sweep rooms with UV light, camera and magnifier, pin clues to the…

$7.99

Sinheritance

Sinheritance is a terrifying and mind-bending puzzle game. Explore every corner in an intensely oppressive atmosphere to piece together a chilling…

$4.99

Pimalai Mansion: หอนี้ ผีไม่ดุ

A part time job where you explore an abandoned building for a Radio station. Player can encounter a ghost or taking a photo.

$7.99

The Anomaly Detective

Something is wrong with this hotel. Close your eyes. When you open them, some things will vanish… others won’t. Those are the clues.

$3.99

[Redacted] The Safehouse

You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend.

$3.99

The Occultist

The Occultist is a first-person narrative thriller. You play as Alan Rebels, a paranormal investigator who travels to an abandoned British island…

$29.99

Creepy Shift: Uncle Joe’s Motel

An unknown actress takes a job at Uncle’s Motel to make ends meet. She’s running from trouble but peace is the last thing she’ll find here.

$6.99

DETECTIVE - Rainy night

Detective Rainy Night is a narrative adventure with elements of deduction.

$10.99

Radiolight

Ashwood Creek, 1985. A child disappears without a trace. A local policeman is drawn into a national park, seeking the truth.

$14.99

The Gretlow Tapes

Armed with nothing but your camera, investigate the abandoned Gretlow House in this short, atmospheric horror game.

$9.99

Casey Noir and Carved Pumpkin's Latte

What's this? A Point and Click, "Who Done It?", Murder Mystery Visual Novel, set in a Gothic Hotel on top of a lonely hill, during the Night of…

Free

Mystery of the Malign

Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.

$13.99