Newest tense detective games
Recent tense detective stories put you under pressure while the clock runs down. In Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony you pick apart crime scenes and defend your reasoning in heated debates, while The Wolf Among Us has you leaning on fairy tale suspects for answers that shift the story. Fateful End: True Case Files turns the threat inward as you race to stop your own killing. Expect interrogations, tangled motives and little room to breathe.
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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 417 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 235$17.99Death at Fleming Manor
England, 1959. A series of unexplained deaths at a country manor, and your job is to write the death certificate. Examine bodies, study evidence, question the residents and fill out the official paperwork in a hand-drawn forensic mystery where every conclusion is yours to defend.
83% of 350 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 338$16.19Heart 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..
90% of 10 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.
89% of 99 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33FreeCrime 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.
18% of 39 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37$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: 5$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 positivePlayers online now: 4$7.99Dead 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.
94% of 34 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 730 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 86 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 81$17.99Scarlet Beret - Murder at the Orphanage
Fabienne a 17-year-old genius, has a rare gift: she detects lies! But when she discovers the body of one of her teachers, she’s left with no choice but to uncover the killer among the residents she’s lived with her entire life.
83% of 6 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
