• There are hundreds, if not thousands, of different games for your PC, including puzzle, arcade, sports and adventure games. Mystery puzzle games are among the most popular because these games are so different. Each time you play the game, you get a different experience and a different gameplay. Puzzle-solving mystery PC games often take the form of a hidden object game.
  
  

Samantha Swift

• There are several Samantha Swift games for the PC, including The Hidden Roses of Athena and The Golden Touch. In these games, you take on the role of Samantha Swift, an archeology-loving young girl who must solve a specific mystery puzzle. On each level you're required to find different items to progress, including pieces of a main item, which are hidden on each level. You also solve different puzzles inside the game, such as rotating different pieces of an object to form a specific item or solving a puzzle within the game.
  
  

Women's Murder Club

• Based on the best-selling books by author James Patterson, the Women's Murder Club series of games follows a detective, medical examiner, reporter and attorney as they solve a series of murders. Most of the game revolves around you finding objects hidden on the level, but you also have smaller puzzles as well. You may need to determine the order of chemicals, find out how different pieces of pottery are arranged on a shelf or how to take DNA from an item. Twice in a Blue Moon and Death in Scarlet are two of the games available.
  
  

Nancy Drew

• Nancy Drew is the girl detective from hundreds of books, and the character also has her own series of video games for the PC with titles like Ransom of the Seven Seas, The Haunting of Castle Malloy and The Phantom of Venice. In each game, you play as Nancy Drew and solve a puzzle with the help of other characters inside the game. You learn different facts each time you talk to another character and eventually find enough facts and information to solve the mystery.
  
  

Mystery Case Files

• Mystery Case Files is one of the most popular puzzle-solving mystery PC games. These hidden object games inform you of the story or mystery when you first start. Then you create your own detective and start finding the objects on each level. On certain levels you're required to do an additional puzzle, such as untwisting wires to open a door and gain access to a new location. Return to Raven Hurst, Huntsville and Dire Grove are just a few of the Mystery Case Files titles.