Investigation games on Steam
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Steam tag · 6,546 games · 945 released in the last 12 months · median 83% positive across 2,331 games with 10+ reviews · 2,524,193 Steam reviews
Share of new releases
3.5% of new Steam releases in the last 12 months (945 games), 3.8% the 12 before (728). By year: 2014: 0.91%, 2015: 0.59%, 2016: 0.54%, 2017: 0.78%, 2018: 0.49%, 2019: 0.99%, 2020: 3.0%, 2021: 4.0%, 2022: 3.7%, 2023: 3.7%, 2024: 4.1%, 2025: 3.7%, 2026: 3.5%.
Most reviewed Investigation games
- Phasmophobia · 2020
- PEAK · 2025
- MECCHA CHAMELEON · 2026
- Content Warning · 2024
- Big Walk · 2026
- We Were Here · 2017
- L.A. Noire · 2011
- Unheard - Voices of Crime · 2019
Breakouts of the last 12 months
- MECCHA CHAMELEON · 2026
- Big Walk · 2026
- LOCKDOWN Protocol · 2025
- Shift At Midnight · 2026
- Servant of the Lake · 2026
- Feign · 2025
- The Incident at Galley House · 2026
- Escape Simulator 2 · 2025
Often paired with
Adventure, Mystery, Story Rich, Atmospheric, Exploration, Puzzle, First-Person, 3D, Detective, Horror