Polgar: Magic detective
Will you be able to solve the magical crimes without making a mistake? If you like detective games and magic pay attention: this case is very special. Embark on a mysterious adventure and uncover the dark secrets surrounding the Polgar crimes.
A writer has been found dead under strange circumstances at his home. The house is a mess. There is evidence that a magical creature was responsible for this, but who is using the magical beasts to take the law into their own hands?
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Investigate a supernatural criminal case: collect and uncover all the evidence, interpret the clues and solve the case.
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Make decisions: trust your instinct! This mystery game is up to you!
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Objects, sounds, runes, mystical elements: a wide range of content full of suspense and fantasy awaits you.
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Discover the bestiary: use logic to find the right creature, but be careful, look carefully at the clues to solve the case at the first attempt.
Polgar Magic Detective is a video game created by professional illustrators and writers. For this video game we paid special attention to every single detail to wrap you in a story of mystery and fantasy.
Polgar: Magic Detective is an adventure of magical and supernatural crimes. With the help of the spirit Elpis, you will have to investigate each case full of hidden and mysterious evidence. Light torches to illuminate an abandoned tomb, listen to the strange sound coming from a dark forest, or dive into the depths of a lost sea.
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Magic and mystery game: discover a detective story in a supernatural world.
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Each case is independent: you will be able to discover the story behind each crime.
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Extra content: solve all the cases to discover the hidden story that surrounds Polgar.
Download it now and start your magical adventure as an investigator!
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Rivals
I’ve played a couple of Owl_Skip’s games and this one also shows his talents as a writer and musician much like his previous title ‘Family.’ The interweaving timeline is unraveled as you progress while you can anticipate what’s to come from the chapter titles and descriptions.
It took a while for me to get the hang of things because I didn’t notice the dates at first. Once I did, I felt proud when I finally figured out how to get past the parts I was stuck on. It was fun putting the events in order by scanning the notes and replaying the audio tapes and music.
– Real player with 2.6 hrs in game
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Rivals is a detective-like game, where your objective is to sort through recording tapes, songs and texts to piece together the story of two musicians and their relationship through the years. It’s a short but really sweet game, and the story holds up well. One thing that I need to point out: The songs are AMAZING, really really good. I would listen to them while reading the texts and found myself wanting more.
Clearly there was a lot of passion from the developers while creating this gem of a game. I bought it at full price and have no regrets. If you enjoy detective/puzzle games, don’t think twice, this is an awesome game.
– Real player with 2.4 hrs in game
Ms.Director
Ms. Director is a game I can’t give justice to in just words. Either by my terrible writing skills or by repeating what others have said. Yet I can say that Ms. Director is one of the best RPGmaker-style games I have played in a very long time. It succeeds with the good ol’ cliche 2D horror game formula, but feels like a refreshing new experience in the RPGmaker-style genre. Either by well-written characters, fantastic links to LGBTQ+ Hollywood history, or fantastic music.
My final words about this game being a wonderful and beautiful small indie game that has been clearly made with passion and creativity. True love, research and time went into making this and it shines with it. It’s got the typical growing pains and teething problems of being a first major RPGmaker project, but those will eventually go away when the developer learns more and grows from mistakes. Ms. Director is a game I can’t recommend enough. Just writing this review isn’t even doing it justice.
– Real player with 11.8 hrs in game
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I found this game through a friend on twitter, and saw that it was an indie horror title. I went and played it, not knowing what to expect, and fell in love with the characters, art style, puns, and presentation. It’s a really solid title, with a lot of thought put into it. It is a bit short, and there are a few text errors, but it’s pretty easy to miss when you are focused on all the weird stuff happening in the mansion. I’m looking forward to seeing what sketchy nonsense puts out next.
– Real player with 8.3 hrs in game
Murder On The Island
This game is reviewed for [url]TentacleBunny's Cozy Cottage [/url] who generously offered the steam-key for [i]Murder on the Island[/i] that was provided to the Curator
Background
This is the first Visual Novel by the renamed Forever Young Games which previously released Global Soccer Manager simulations under the same name. It is written by Márk Kovács as an experimental foray into this genre and it’s purely a Kinetic visual novel where an holiday island owner interviews the remaining 13 holiday-makers after 1 is discovered murdered on the 1st day of a week’s stay on the Island.
– Real player with 2.5 hrs in game
Murder on The Island is pretty much a Detective Kinetic Novel were you try to find the Murderer. Sadly you can only try to solve it by reading the Story. You dont get any Choices or get to decide on who did it in the end. Nevertheless just for the Case and the Infos you get while playing i found it quite interesting. It took me axactly 1 hour and 40 minutes to complete which would have been faster but you have to wait for the text to completely pop up and you cant set it to instantly.
So just the Story is quite good, however there are also a lot of things I didnt like about it. The Art is just average and the Translation has a few Grammer mistakes that are pretty obvious. The Game also feels laggy as it is completely in 30fps and the Menu is very minimal. You also dont get a Skip feature or any of the other feature you normally expect of a VN.
– Real player with 1.8 hrs in game
10mg: Sealed Estate
So many nice little details packed together into this micro game, that conveys an excellent and cohesive experience.
– Real player with 4.9 hrs in game
Very weird, creepy, and disturbing. As soon as I got used to what was going on, something new appeared to feel uneasy. Simple yet effective.
– Real player with 1.4 hrs in game
Arcanbreak
It is a point and click adventure the characters can be moved with ‘w-a-s-d’ and then there is mouse to point and click. The experience could have been better if there was an option to press a key when the character is near the object to know about the object.
– Real player with 3.4 hrs in game
It’s a strange feeling, being first to review a Steam title.
Arcanbreak is a fantastical thriller and adventure game about abuse of power. It’s a short adventure that’ll take about 1-2 hours of your time to fully complete.
PROS:
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The atmosphere is dreary. The dark lighting and ominous music provokes the sense that something dark is brewing in town, and that’s one motivator to keep on the case.
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The character designs are nice enough. There’s a Kingdom Hearts meets Bloodborne aesthetic here, which I’m all for.
! Comrade Alexandria is a hardened fighter. Little movements, like the way characters will bob their heads around every here and then as a lookout, are nice touches. The banter takes a dark, but quirky approach, and it’s nice to read. Arun and Quila make neat protagonists.
– Real player with 2.8 hrs in game
Love Mystery Club
Intro
Does it have Love? Yes. Does it have elements of mystery? very loosely yes. Is it a club? No, but one of the girl is in a club room, so i guess the name suit the game then.
Pros
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Cheap
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Easy to paly
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Very easy to solve
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Easy achievements
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Multiple languages (English translation is fine, I’ve seen worst)
Cons
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Don’t really like how they downplay the Umineko thingy
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Knowing chinese and good with tones, the girls' voice when they are angry are too mild
– Real player with 9.1 hrs in game
Despite its low price point Love Mystery Club doesn’t have enough content to be worth even that. Two very short stories with average writing quality and terrible English translation is all you get out of this. If you have a buck or two and really want another visual novel to fill out your Steam library (which may or may not be why I bought it) then go ahead, but I can’t promise you won’t regret the purchase.
– Real player with 1.7 hrs in game
3 min per day! Improve your aged eyes(Presbyopia)
This product requires an active internet connection. . . to show you a red screen.
For this reason, I will recommend you simply find an image of deep red, and stare at it for a couple of minutes a day.
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
How does it work? This must be magic! Just stare into the red light and watch how your vision improves. I use gaming glasses to help with fatigue from the computer, but there are many ways you can reduce eye stress.
Rate 10/10 on the experience and looking forward to doing it multiple times.
– Real player with 0.2 hrs in game
Acolyte
Acolyte: Prologue is the first act in a dynamic narrative detective/puzzle game that gives you your own Acolyte; a digital assistant you can talk to freely without pre-defined dialogue options. Just like a real conversation.
Become an employee of Nanomax, a well-funded tech start-up looking to change the face of consumer AI with its upcoming Acolyte application. As a remote-worker for the company, you’ll interact with its employees and absorb its culture. But unexplained firings, missing employees and a strange, highly-classified bug in the Acolyte code-base point to something being very wrong.
As you work with your new Acolyte, who seems to be intrinsically caught up in the company’s problems, you’ll find yourself at the very heart of the conspiracy.
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//NATURAL LANGUAGE INPUT - interact freely with your Acolyte, using your own words to advance a non-linear narrative.
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//BECOME A PART OF THE STORY - the worlds of the game and your own will blur, with ARG elements that contribute to a sprawling real-world narrative.
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//INNOVATIVE PUZZLES - use your Acolyte to help solve puzzles that require out-of-the-box-thinking, as you dig deep into its programming.
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//CUSTOMISE YOUR ACOLYTE - personalise how your Acolyte looks and interacts, as you tailor your assistant to your preferences.
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//UNRAVEL THE CONSPIRACY - uncover a dark truth as you dig into the past of your employer.
//ABOUT SPIRIT AI
Acolyte is powered by the Spirit AI Character Engine, allowing for natural language interaction with the game. Spirit AI uses artificial intelligence and natural language processing to both understand conversations and create digital personalities.
Conspiracy!
A short but exceedingly sweet little game of deduction in the style of The Return of the Obra Dinn. The musical finale is the cherry on the cake of a well written and well voice acted gem.
– Real player with 2.5 hrs in game
A bit like a light weight ‘Return of the Obra Din’ - read the conspiracy posts, listen to the podcasts and the google stuff to pinpoint dates. When did Bryan Adams play a certain venue, what is Taylor Swifts birthday, what year did 21 May fall on a … Good fun for a couple of hours.
– Real player with 2.2 hrs in game