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Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
OpenCritic87IGDB89
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth. Step into the shoes of an 18th century detective and uncover the mystery behind twelve strange deaths spanning 50 years, all somehow connected. Unmask the true killers in this sprawling narrative and discover their devious motives.
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Plot-driven, contemplative, cool and richly built.
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GuardianSimon ParkinNov 20225/5 starsA treasure inspires murder, and your job as detective is to piece together the crime in this addictive 18th-century whodunnit
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GBAtempStephen MaloneMay 202310/10Case of the Golden Idol is an innovative and truly engaging detective masterpiece.
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Game RantSam StewartNov 20224.5/5 starsThe Case of the Golden Idol's clever mysteries leave players feeling like Victorian super sleuths.
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Cubed3Michael McCannJun 20237/10The ability to get on with, enjoy and progress through this title makes one feel intelligent, and there's even a touch of smugness that's attached to that feeling. There is nothing else in the whodunit genre that represents what it was like to be Father Dowling on an intellectual level any better.
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EurogamerAlexis OngOct 2022Witty, observationalist writing and a hands-off approach to deduction elevate this excellent period murder-mystery to a singular work.
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IGDB rating 8.8/10 from 93 ratings.
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