Newest scary detective games
These newest scary entries let you piece together cold cases and strange places while something watches back. In AKIBA LOST you follow seven linked people through a revived disappearance case filmed with live actors, while The 31st Student leaves you alone in an empty school to compare records and recover lost memories. Lighthouse of Madness adds island exploration and puzzle solving where you guard your mind as you work.
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Psycho-Sleuth
A murder mystery where the rules of murder are broken. Thirteen suspects with rare cognitive disorders twist every crime scene: faces blur, evidence vanishes, lies become truth. Judge statements in fast debate battles, untangle the warped logic and expose the killer hiding among them.
91% of 516 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 235$17.99Heart Harvest: A Detective Game
Passionate murders. Ripped out hearts. And something crawling within the walls. Find clues, gather the evidence and connect the dots in this point and click detective thriller game. Solve each murder and uncover the horror linking them all..
92% of 12 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.59Agent of Strange: Arrival
A dark role-playing thriller and the prologue to Agent of Strange. Play a Conspirator returning from exile to the frozen, surreal city of Brocken, hunted by the occult Traum regime. Build your hero's whole personality through choices, sneak and scheme your way home, and shape a story where every decision leaves a mark.
88% of 103 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9FreeCrime Podcast: Welcome to the Neighborhood
Jesse Turner, a 29-year-old employee of an insurance company, moves to a neighboring state after being assigned to a local branch. As he settles into his new place, he encounters unusual events that soon turn his life into a real nightmare.
21% of 43 Steam reviews are positive$4.89Storage Anomaly
Storage Anomaly puts you in the role of a cashier assigned to identify unusual anomalies in a store's storage room. Use your phone to take photos of the anomalies, stay alert, solve puzzles, and face unexpected challenges as you navigate through a dark and creepy environment
90% of 20 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Graveyard Cabin
An FMV anomaly horror game. You are a night guard at a desolate graveyard. Monitor the cameras, spot the unnatural, and survive.
81% of 16 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$3.39Make the World Great Again
Infiltrate a private island where the elite meet, and every room, every piece of paper and every locked cabin hides something or someone they paid a great deal to bury. Uncover every secret and escape before they catch you.
100% of 8 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Dead of the Brain
A 1992 Japanese horror adventure brought back with upscaled pixel art and FM music. You are Cole, pulled into a resurrection serum gone wrong, and you pick through scenes, question friends and follow the zombie outbreak to its source. Campy, gory and dialogue-heavy, it suits armchair detectives who like old-school mysteries.
95% of 38 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$13.19The Wolf Among Us Remastered
You are Bigby Wolf, sheriff of Fabletown, working brutal murders where fairy-tale figures hide among ordinary streets. You examine crime scenes, interrogate suspects, and make hard calls that change how people fear or trust you. A dark, choice-driven detective story across five episodes, now remastered with a black-and-white Noir Mode.
90% of 786 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 603$19.99Curse of Resthaven
Take charge of the cursed island colony of Resthaven to find your missing niece Amalia. Question 25 fully voiced residents, trade with merchants, upgrade businesses, and head beyond the walls on card-based expeditions — then loop back through the same six days with your memories intact to piece together what really happened.
98% of 95 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 81$17.99New York Mysteries: The Undying Collector's Edition
Investigate a case even the police are afraid to touch. “New York Mysteries: The Undying” is an adventure game in the Hidden Objects genre, with plenty of mini-games and puzzles, unforgettable characters, and complicated quests.
100% of 5 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$9.99Kritsana
A Thai anomaly-spotting horror game. In 1997, a man swore something was in his house. His psychiatrist said no. Now the case is yours. Go through his old CCTV tapes, report every anomaly, and figure out why this case never made sense.
100% of 25 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$5.99
