#Open World #Mystery

🏆 Best Open World × Mystery games

There are 29 games with both "Open World" and "Mystery" elements. Here are the 29 most worth playing, ranked by Steam positive rate, player ratings, and popularity.

1

Pathologic

· Very Positive 92% · 2005

RPGFPSAdventure

Pathologic is a Russian survival-horror/RPG about a remote steppe town collapsing under a plague, wi…
2

The Painscreek Killings

· Very Positive 91% · 2017

PuzzleHorrorAdventure

The Painscreek Killings is a first-person, explorable mystery solving game set in a fictional town o…
3

Pathologic Classic HD

· Very Positive 88% · 2015

RPGHorrorAction

In Pathologic players embark on a dark journey to explore a remote town built upon old tanneries and…
4

Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One

· Mostly Positive 78% · 2021

AdventureActionOpen World

In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he na…
5

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen

· Mostly Positive 72% · 2024

RPGActionAdventure

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is a group-focused MMORPG based on challenging gameplay and open world …
6

Kona

· Very Positive 83% · 2017

PuzzleHorrorAdventure

A story-driven survival game set in 1970's Quebec in which Carl Flaubert, a private detective sent t…
7

Betrayer

· Very Positive 81% · 2014

AdventureFPSAction

Betrayer is a first person action adventure game that takes you to the New World at the turn of the …
8

Savage Lands

· Mixed 54% · 2015

RPGAdventureAction

A New Land, A New Life: Savage Lands is a gritty, brutal, first-person open-world fantasy survival e…
9

Pathologic 3

· Very Positive 80% · 2026

RPGHorrorAdventure

Pathologic 3 is a psychological horror game in which you play Daniil Dankovsky, a rationalist doctor…
10

Westerado: Double Barreled

· Very Positive 91% · 2015

RPGAdventureAction

Westerado: Double Barreled is Ostrich Banditos' homage to Spaghetti Westerns about dirty pasts, cons…
11

Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis

· Mostly Positive 71% · 2007

Point & ClickPuzzleAdventure

Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis sends us to 19th Century London where Arséne Lupin, a young French burglar …
12

Gecko Gods

· Overwhelmingly Positive 96% · 2026

PlatformerAdventurePuzzle

Explore a mysterious island as a tiny lizard. Complete ancient puzzles, effortlessly climb cliffs, a…
13

Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring

· Mixed 59% · 2004

Point & ClickAdventurePuzzle

The party Sherlock Holmes and his trusted friend, Dr. Watson, have been invited to turns into traged…
14

Smoke and Sacrifice

· Mostly Positive 76% · 2018

RPGAdventureAction

In Smoke and Sacrifice players assume the role of Sachi, a young mother on a quest to discover the f…
15

Arctic Awakening

· Very Positive 86% · 2025

AdventureSurvivalOpen World

A first-person narrative adventure set in the unforgiving Arctic. Your plane crashed in a storm, lea…
16

Everholm

· Mostly Positive 77% · 2024

RPGOpen World

Lilly was spirited away to a mysterious island. As her memories fade, everyone seems to know about h…
17

Scarf

· Mostly Positive 78% · 2021

PlatformerAdventureRPG

Scarf is a 3D Adventure game, where protagonist Hyke must use his polymorphic scarf to explore a mag…
18

Ila: A Frosty Glide

· Very Positive 96% · 2025

PlatformerActionAdventure

Set foot on a magical island and immerse yourself in a whimsical small open world as ILA, a spirited…
19

Lou's Lagoon

· Mostly Positive 79% · 2026

SimulationAdventureSandbox

A cozy exploration-and-crafting adventure: fly your seaplane between tropical islands, collect resou…
20

Astrobotanica

· Mixed 66% · 2026

PuzzleAdventureAction

Discover Earth 300 thousand years ago as an alien biologist. Utilize your expertise in botany to sur…
21

Silver Palace

RPGActionAdventure

Silver Palace is an upcoming open‑world detective action‑adventure RPG developed by Silver Studio an…
22

Voices of the Void

· 2022

SimulationHorrorSandbox

You work as a scientist in the isolated research lab in the mountains of Switzerland. Your task is t…
23

Dead Head Fred

· 2007

PlatformerHorrorAction

In Dead Head Fred, players take on the persona of private detective Fred Neuman. Savagely murdered a…
24

Back From Hell

RPGActionOpen World

Back From Hell will launch on Kickstarter on the 1st of November 2016. https://www.kickstarter.com/p…
25

L.A. Noire

· 2017

StrategyAdventureAction

L.A. Noire for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One delivers the complete original game and all additional dow…
26

Dead Man's Country

RPGActionAdventure

Dead Man's Country is an open-world multiplayer action RPG set in the late 19th century of the Ameri…
27

Island of Winds

· 2026

PuzzleHorrorAdventure

Island of Winds takes you to 17th century Iceland, plunging them into a magical world teeming with t…
28

Ashen Sky

· 2019 · Free

RPGAdventureAction

Inspired by the thrilling, mystical and at the same time exciting and adventurous worlds of the Road…
29

Bugworld: Online

RPGAdventureAction

Bugworld: Online is a social MMO with an advanced Lobby featureset and competitive Skattle Royale. M…