Step into the shoes of a private investigator in a steampunk-inspired Victorian city. Solve five complex cases, interrogate suspects, and make choices that shape the narrative and your reputation. Explore a city rife with crime and class struggle, uncovering clues and facing the consequences of your actions.
What We Love
- ✨ Beautiful pixel art and graphics
- 🎭 Great voice acting
- 📖 Compelling storyline and narrative
- 🕵️♂️ Engaging detective/crime cases
- 💡 Well-developed characters
- 💯 Immersive experience
- 🕹️ Reminiscent of classic Sierra games
- 👍 Easy to use UI
- 💰 Good value for money
- 🌟 Originality and brilliant storytelling
- 🗺️ Lots of objects/rooms to explore
- 😂 Witty dialogue
- ⏳ Days worth of gameplay
- 🤩 Fun retro game
- 👍 Well worth the money
- 👍 Superb
- 👍 Great point and click adventure
- 👍 Fantastic game
- 👍 Highly recommend
- 👍 Incredible game
- 👍 Amazing game
- 👍 Top
- 👍 Une pépite du genre
- 👍 Best detective game
Room to Improve
- 🗣️ Too much dialogue/banter
- 🤔 Puzzles not always logical/reliance on luck
- 🌃 Too dark, difficult to see
- 🚶♂️ Many dead ends
- 🤷♂️ Puzzles not logical, reliance on guessing
- 🗣️ Too much talking, not enough gameplay
- 😴 Tedious and long-winded conversations
- 🚶♂️ Meandering script
- 😩 Frustrating to get stuck
- 🗣️ Exhausting social justice themes
- 😴 Boring, just a bunch of talking
- 🚫 Not suitable for 12+
- 📱 Download issues
- 🐛 Game breaking scripting error
- ❓ Antiquated gameplay and text display
- 🗣️ Only English language
- 🚶♂️ Static question/text flow
- ❓ No traditional inventory
- 🚶♂️ Gameplay feels like watching
- 🐛 Glitches preventing progress
- 🐌 Too slow
- 😐 Plain and boring settings/characters
- 🗣️ Endless script reading
- 🚫 No actual game, just talking
- irritates partner's voice
- 📉 Disappointing compared to other games by developer
- 📉 Bad graphics
- 🤔 Why copy Blackwell?
- 🤷♂️ Less compelling main characters
- 🤔 Perplexed at direct rip-off
