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The key art for Shuten Order.
by Lindsay
May 22, 2025
DMM Games/News/Spike Chunsoft

Danganronpa creator Kazutaka Kodaka’s Shuten Order launches this September

Shuten Order was announced last week, but information was sparse, save for a 27-second teaser trailer. Today, a September launch date was revealed alongside information about the game that features five routes, each with distinct narratives and gameplay tied to different suspects. The game is set in a world steeped in despair and chaos. Humanity is approaching its end. A…

The key art for The Séance of Blake Manor.
News/Raw Fury

Raw Fury partners with Spooky Doorway to publish The Séance of Blake Manor

The next game from The Darkside Detective developer Spooky Doorway (off-topic: what a great studio name!) is the first-person mystery game The Séance of Blake Manor, where players don their detective hat to investigate a woman’s disappearance from a remote, secretive, supernatural hotel in 1897 Ireland. During The MIX’s Spring…

The key art fro Paper Perjury.

After some delays, accidental detective game Paper Perjury launches next week

Delays in the game industry are a dime a dozen, and the…

The key art (with logo) for Blood on the Thames.

Gothic murder mystery game Blood on the Thames launches for PC in two weeks

It is nearly halfway through October — the unofficial month for horror…

The key art for Shuten Order.

Danganronpa creator Kazutaka Kodaka’s Shuten Order launches this September

May 22, 2025
DMM Games/News/Spike Chunsoft

Shuten Order was announced last week, but information was sparse, save for a 27-second teaser trailer. Today, a September launch date was revealed alongside information about the game that features five routes, each with distinct narratives and gameplay tied to different suspects. The game is set in a world steeped…

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The key art for The Séance of Blake Manor.

Raw Fury partners with Spooky Doorway to publish The Séance of Blake Manor

March 18, 2025
News/Raw Fury

The next game from The Darkside Detective developer Spooky Doorway (off-topic: what a great studio name!) is the first-person mystery game The Séance of Blake Manor, where players don their detective hat to investigate a woman’s disappearance from a remote, secretive, supernatural hotel in 1897 Ireland. During The MIX’s Spring…

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The key art fro Paper Perjury.

After some delays, accidental detective game Paper Perjury launches next week

December 3, 2024
Indie/News

Delays in the game industry are a dime a dozen, and the indie rookie detective game Paper Perjury is no different. It was planned for an October 2024 release, which was bumped to a November launch date and then to a December launch window. Hopefully, the announced December date will…

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The key art (with logo) for Blood on the Thames.

Gothic murder mystery game Blood on the Thames launches for PC in two weeks

October 11, 2024
Indie/News

It is nearly halfway through October — the unofficial month for horror game launches — and news is still coming in about horror games that will be released before Halloween. Narrative-driven murder mystery Blood on the Thames falls into this category as its launch date was announced today, but it…

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The key art for Mindcop.

Dear Villagers will be publishing non-linear whodunnit detective game Mindcop

September 5, 2024
Dear Villagers/News

Solo developer Andre Gareis and publisher Dear Villagers have partnered together to launch narrative, non-linear detective game Mindcop. Set to launch later this year for PC, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch, Mindcop puts you in the shoes of the titular detective, trying to determine which of a camp’s inhabitants is a…

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The key art for Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club.

Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club is the first game from the iconic series in over three decades

July 18, 2024
News/Nintendo

Last week, Nintendo released a bizarre teaser trailer titled Emio. (It has since been edited to include the entire title.) It is grainy. It is creepy. I don’t think anyone could make sense of the 15-second trailer consisting mostly of a person wearing a beige trench coat and a paper…

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The key art for Hauma - A Detective Noir Story.

Discover a conspiracy in Hauma – A Detective Noir Story, coming to Nintendo Switch later this year

March 28, 2024
Assemble Entertainment/News

I absolutely love detective games featuring strong, smart women. I think there aren’t enough of them… but that could just be me. Hauma – A Detective Noir Story fits in this category. It launched for PC last September but I was never sure it would come to consoles, until today…

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The key art for Chronique des Silencieux.

Hand-drawn historical detective game Chronique des Silencieux launches for PC late this month

January 12, 2024
Indie/News

When I look at Chronique des Silencieux, I automatically start going through a checklist of things I like in video games. Mystery? Investigation? Neat visuals? Alluring soundtrack? Those things are all there in the cozy historical narrative game that is the first from French developer Pierre Feuille Studio. Chronique des…

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The key art for Beyond Horizons.

Sci-fi adventure game Between Horizons launches in early 2024

November 16, 2023
Assemble Entertainment/News

Detective adventure is one of my favourite video game genres; I adore finding evidence and putting together clues to solve a mystery. Players do just that in Beyond Horizons, where they take on the role of Stella aboard a ship (the Zephyr) en route to a distant star. Stella is…

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DigitallyDownloaded.net reviews Process of Elimination on Nintendo Switch

Review: Process of Elimination (Nintendo Switch)

April 17, 2023
Nintendo Switch/Reviews/visual novel

Squint your eyes and Process of Elimination could be a Danganronpa spinoff. At least, in the way it works as a visual novel (and that is the bulk of the game). While both titles have very different art styles, the concepts are remarkably similar. And, like Danganronpa, this game is…

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