Try To Remember
Try to Remember is a fun and original memory game where you help a detective remember details about a scene. The scenes change in every game, so despite being a short game, it can be replayed multiple times. I also like the quirky graphics, that seem to emulate PS1 graphics.
– Real player with 1.0 hrs in game
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Try To Remember is a trivia game, where you want to be a detective and in order to become one, you need to check a room for 50 seconds and answers some questions to a detective.
I really like the basic idea. You get different rooms, which has different things in it and these can change to play through to play through. The questioning is also straight forward, and at the beginning it has some suspense too, thanks to the detective’s sudden reaction. This is indeed great, however my biggest problem with the whole game, it only has 3 rooms and after you finished everyone of them in one play through, you played through the game, and I think this is not much for the game, because you can basically play it through in half an hour. You can do multiple plays to see the differences and after some time you can get a pattern of it and the game won’t be that difficult, also the game has some secrets, so you can find some content in it, but it don’t have much.
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
Parker & Lane: Criminal Justice
First of all, I gotta say Gamehouse definitely has some creative minds for coming up with the very first detective-themed time management game. Instead of serving various of customers, preparing different dishes, or farming all kinds of plants and animals, Parker and Lane have you to solve some murder cases. The game takes you on a journey through all locations relevant to detective’s job; from the crime scene itself to the police station, and the forensics lab.
The story from this series is fine, but not to the point that it really capture my heart entirely nor leaving any highlight impression. It just goes on without really gripping me in the slightest. Don’t get me wrong, the story is not entirely bad but it is not really good either. I feel that the ending of the story could be a bit more … grasping to my heart?
– Real player with 33.4 hrs in game
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I enjoyed being a detective and working in the lab, the story is good filled with mystery and trying to catch the criminal mastermind behind all the deaths. The only negative is, you can’t set the difficulty at all. Some stages are super hard to pass and getting those 3 stars is a tough challenge, so if you are an achievement hunter like me. All you need is patience to push through the hard levels!! Some of the achievements are hard to get as well, logging in literally daily to play one level. I despise daily challenges, but damn it feels good having a 100% achievement completion. Would I recommend the game? It’s 50/50 to be honest, if you love challenges and repeating a level then go for it. If not, then don’t bother to get frustrated.
– Real player with 22.7 hrs in game
Three Pigeons in a Trench Coat
Our story begins with a very good looking pigeon with an amazing name, who’s dream is to act in the great theater that they live in. With the help of a lovely human, a fluffy pigeon and a questionably french bird, they create the perfect human disguise: a trench coat. Heigh-ho, hey-ho! Alas, suddenly, the world ends! Zounds! Bazinga! Yeet! All hope is lost! But, in the nick of time, a figure approaches this spectacular pigeon with an offer. Would you like to try again?
Three Pigeons in a Trench Coat is a fast paced, action, adventure game, where you try to find out what ends the world and stop it before the world ends again five minutes later. And if you fail? Just try again!
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Aberration Analyst
You are an analyst in a very secretive, underground organization. Scour tabloid headlines, police reports and other sources in order to locate supernatural threats to the safety and sanity of your fellow citizens.
Players have various tools at their disposal in order to achieve their goal.
Tabloids are a great place to start looking for information about monster sightings and attacks. Unfortunately, the tabloids also have two major weaknesses. First, they are almost totally unreliable, and should not be trusted by themselves. Second, their availability is limited, only ten headlines are released per day. Still, they make a good place to start identifying possible monster activity.
More reliable than tabloids, reports come in two varieties, Police and Coroner. Reports are available for each city, but will cost money to access. They provide factual information, but will not mention monsters or anything that might threaten the reporter’s credibility.
Selecting your team is an important step in the process of monster research. Make sure you try to identify the type of monster you are going after, otherwise your team may not be properly prepared.
Lore is collected as a player progresses through the game. Each attempt to take down a monster will result in small, but helpful hints that will make it easier to identify possible monster activity.
Detective Jackie - Mystic Case
If ever a game would benefit from the addition of voice acting it is this one.
I had never played any game of this type before, having been attracted to give Detective Jackie a try by the excellent review Feena had already posted and that turned out to be an excellent decision.
If you are familiar with time management games, skip the next paragraph, else read on.
Gameplay
The game is spread across a six-day murder investigation, each day being split into 10 levels equalling one chapter of the story. Most of these levels involve seeing to the needs of a continuous stream of clients within a number of different locations. The clients either want to be somewhere or want something presenting to them. You either click the client and then the location, else the item and then the client, in order to meet their needs. Above their heads are some heart icons – these are effectively a timer for how long you have to service them; the quicker you do so, the more points you will score. The more points you accrue before the level timer runs out, the greater the number of star-checkpoints within the level you will reach. At the end of each level, these stars are rewarded to you as crystals, which act as currency to purchase power-ups which allow you to progress your servicing attempts more quickly and efficiently.
– Real player with 19.7 hrs in game
Knowing this is a new series developed by Old Skull Games, who are also the developers who created Amber’s Airline - you definitely know YOU CAN’T MISS THIS SERIES!
It has been commented countless of times that the detective genre seem to be unable to be fitting in a Time Management game - well this time, the Old Skull Games developers totally proof them wrong. And they did them OUTSTANDINGLY with this beautiful series, Detective Jackie.
Not only with the stories plot are well written with a great pace, the interrogation scene was even done cinematically and you get to have a taste of choice matters games in there. This is very creative ideas by combining interactive function into a time management stories game. The animation is flawless, beautiful soundtracks and graphics scenery. Even at this rate, I still can’t believe that all these times, the greek ancient mythology has been hidden under the Snuggford!!!
– Real player with 16.1 hrs in game
Exit Strategy
A fun new early access game that currently has 4 different puzzles of increasing difficulty. Excited for the levels that will be progressively releasing over time that will all have their own levels of difficulty. There are some bugs but the game is very new and the devs are good at repairing the bugs quick, especially if you report any bugs directly. Overall I really enjoy the aesthetic and can’t wait to see what it will be like further into development.
– Real player with 16.7 hrs in game
Growing game with a fun premise. Devs are very open to communication and work on bugs immediately. Helped test and watched every issue I reported, those that hindered game play be treated as high priority.
– Real player with 13.5 hrs in game
Mother of All Secrets
Mother of All Secrets is an RPG full of occult mysteries, investigations, and intrigue. Become a young ward at an old and remote orphanage. Live your new life for fourteen days as the enigmatic masters of the House prepare you and your mates for the impending visit of the mysterious Guest.
The House’s walls conceal a small world of stories, plans, and conspiracies. Every hour is fateful here. Decide where to go, what events to participate in, which goals to pursue, and who you should influence. Will you be ready to learn the ultimate truth on the last night of your stay at the House?
A Living Breathing House
Become a part of the close-knit community of the orphanage. Other wards, your teachers, caretakers, and even the family of House owners — behind every living soul, there are goals, plans, and desires. With every hour, individual plots progress, secrets unfold, and choices are made that alter the House forever.
Your Own Story
Create your own character and live out a unique story — only you decide how to spend each and every hour. Go about uncovering the asylum’s secrets however you like. Make friends or enemies at your own discretion. Explore the darkest and most dangerous corners of the House. Unravel other people’s schemes and draw up your own plans. Obey or risk breaking the cryptic rules that govern the orphanage and face the consequences. What will you do with your freedom of choice?
High Stakes
Perform actions in every scene by playing cards. These cards determine your character’s skills, items, and even relationships. Different cards allow you to influence others, gain an upper hand during encounters, apply the knowledge and traits you have acquired, or push the narrative towards the desired outcome. Remember that other characters possess their own set of cards which they can play against you! Study the abilities and intentions of others before reshuffling their decks and transforming their personalities. How will you play your hand?
Chinatown Detective Agency: Day One
‘‘There simply must be a corpse in a detective novel, and the deader the corpse the better.’’ - S.S. Van Dine
Chinatown, Singapore in the year 2032 - Amira Darma is the female protagonist operating her first day as a Private Investigator in a dystopian cybernoir world where she feels her detective skills can flourish outside of the financially crippled Criminal Investigation Department that she once worked for under the command of Superintendent Justin Koh.
The 3 Cases, characters and the puzzles
– Real player with 4.0 hrs in game
“Chinatown Detective Agency - Day One” is a prologue for the main game due sometime in 2021, and gives a first impression of what to expect.
In short: I found the game to be interesting and it’s definitely got potential - hence my thumbs up. But it still needs some a lot of work.
The low-down
CDA is a retro-styled cyberpunk/noir-themed whodunit which plays much like a classic point-and-click-adventure with some light elements of life-sim and puzzle-games. From what I hear it is strongly inspired by the Carmen Sandiego-franchise with its chasing after clues and travelling to places all over the world.
– Real player with 3.2 hrs in game
Placebo Love
A beautiful game about different forms of love. For those who like games focused on the story more than the gameplay, this is definitely a game you will love. It has a casting of very touching characters, and I found myself loving each one of them at the end of their bonds, even though I hated some at the beginning. They are very well written, and each of them brings a particular touch to the story. The plot remains interesting all along, making you theorize more than you’d think you would at first.
– Real player with 47.8 hrs in game
This is a game I have enjoyed playing.
Gameplay: It’s an interactive decision-making VN type game, with little action and lots of text. If you enjoy good plot and characters, then this is a great game.
Graphics: The in-game graphics are exactly as they appear in the trailer and screenshots. I personally like it.
Audio: Very good soundtrack; I listen to it a lot. There’s a lot of really sweet music and it doesn’t get boring.
Story: 10/10, no spoilers. Each character has their own story and many of them connect to each other; the game is very well written.
– Real player with 44.9 hrs in game
1, 2 BLAME!
better than amogus
– Real player with 33.2 hrs in game
40% of the time you meet kids that rip your ears apart from the inside but other 60% when you meet actually normal people , you can have the best murder mystery ever. Really good game for the money , not at all repetitive unlike some other games of the same genre. I really like murder mystery in movies , books or games and this was exactly what i expected. If only the games lasted longer or there was a bigger map , perhaps other maps.
For the money , it’s worth to atleast try the game.
– Real player with 7.3 hrs in game