Detective games on Steam
Steam tag · 5,485 games · 794 released in the last 12 months · median 84% positive across 2,215 games with 10+ reviews · 3,111,224 Steam reviews
Share of new releases
2.9% of new Steam releases in the last 12 months (794 games), 3.0% the 12 before (601). By year: 2014: 2.8%, 2015: 1.5%, 2016: 1.4%, 2017: 1.2%, 2018: 1.0%, 2019: 1.4%, 2020: 2.0%, 2021: 3.2%, 2022: 3.0%, 2023: 3.3%, 2024: 3.3%, 2025: 2.9%, 2026: 2.9%.
Most reviewed Detective games
- Phasmophobia · 2020
- Disco Elysium - The Final Cut · 2019
- Batman™: Arkham Knight · 2015
- Persona 5 Royal · 2022
- Persona 4 Golden · 2020
- Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition · 2010
- Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition · 2012
- Batman™: Arkham Origins · 2013
Breakouts of the last 12 months
- MOUSE: P.I. For Hire · 2026
- Shift At Midnight · 2026
- The Incident at Galley House · 2026
- Escape Simulator 2 · 2025
- The Séance of Blake Manor · 2025
- The Mermaid Mask · 2026
- Pathologic 3 · 2026
- Desktop Explorer · 2026
Often paired with
Adventure, Mystery, Story Rich, Puzzle, Investigation, Atmospheric, Exploration, Point & Click, First-Person, Visual Novel