Etermín vs Cold Case Bureau
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Etermín
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Immerse yourself in the world of Etermín, a narrative universe in which all stories are interconnected, and where your decisions can totally alter the course of your adventure. In a dystopian future, humanity is divided into two categories: the organic, loyal to their mortality and human values, and the cybernetic, the powerful, focused on their quest for immortality and the colonization of new planets in which to evolve the human race. Whether you're in the underbelly of the capital city of Montarène, or lost in space on your way to the planet Etermín, it's your choices, your alliances and your enemies that will shape your story. Make the right decisions: become savior, executioner, saboteur or victim in a world that's constantly evolving, for better or for worse.
Cold Case Bureau
Engage in a slow-paced mystery game where you analyze case files, evidence, and suspect testimonies to uncover contradictions. Piece together clues on your investigation board to solve crimes and advance your detective career through increasingly challenging tiers.
- Analyze case files and evidence
- Identify contradictions in testimonies
- Use an investigation board
- Progress through difficulty tiers
- Offline play
- Reputation system
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One case a day. The same case for everyone. Nothing to buy, no ads, no account. Cold Case Bureau puts a case file on your desk: the victim, the suspects, the evidence, and somewhere inside it, one story that doesn't hold together. Read the file. Find the two statements that can't both be true. Pin them on the board and watch the string pull tight. Then build your theory, not a guess from a menu, but an argument, element by element. Get part of it right and that part locks in. Get part of it wrong and the case tells you exactly which part, and lets you keep working. THE DAILY CASE Every day the Bureau opens one case, and it's the same case for every player in the world. Solve it, keep your streak alive, and share your result. A spoiler-free grid that shows how you did without giving anything away. SEASONS Six linked cases told in order, at your own pace. Season One, The Ninth Desk: every file holds an older case the Bureau closed too quickly, and the same violet stamp on each one. Close a case, and the Season File tells you what you've found. INVESTIGATE Four Case Hours, and a case that offers more than four hours of leads. Press a suspect with a piece of evidence and what they say depends on what you chose to show them. Pull records nobody asked for. Send evidence to the lab. Earn a warrant with proof from your board. A wasted half hour is on you, but the case can always be closed from the file alone. Nothing is ever locked behind a guess. THE INVESTIGATION BOARD Real red string. Connect two pieces of evidence that contradict each other and the connection is established permanently. The board is where you prove people are lying. THE ARCHIVE More than a hundred past Daily cases, free to work in any order, from quick Rookie files to five-suspect Senior investigations with paper trails that close like a net. FAIR PLAY, GUARANTEED Every case is verified solvable from its own evidence before it ships. Every question has exactly one answer the file supports. If you reason correctly, you win - that's the whole promise. No ads. No purchases. No timers that want your money. Just cases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Cold Case Bureau at none against Etermín's shown. Cold Case Bureau also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months). Etermín's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.6). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Etermín ships an update every 7 months, Cold Case Bureau weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Etermín | Cold Case Bureau |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.2 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 743 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Storyroads | Thomas Masters |
In-app purchases
Etermín
No in-app purchases
Cold Case Bureau
No in-app purchases









