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A story-driven noir detective game. Search crime scenes, crack evidence puzzles, interrogate suspects, and accuse the killer. Six cases, from a locked office to a lighthouse. Get it wrong, and the killer walks free.
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The Crime Archive
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The office was locked from the inside. Somebody had another way in.
The Crime Archive is a story-driven noir detective game. Every case is a self-contained crime scene waiting to be picked apart. No waypoints, no hand-holding: just the scene, the suspects, and whatever evidence you're sharp enough to find.
How a case works
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Explore. Search each location for hidden evidence. Some hotspots hold real clues. Others are decoys meant to slow you down.
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Find. Spotting an object doesn't hand you the answer. Each clue is locked behind its own investigation puzzle: reassemble a torn page, wipe away grime to reveal a mark, spot the one wrong line in a printed log, sweep a magnifying glass over a coffee cup.
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Analyze. Build your case file and track how much of the picture you really have.
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Interrogate. Question each suspect in the interrogation room. Some answers only open up once you've caught someone else in a lie.
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Accuse. Name the killer and back it with evidence. Get it wrong, and the real killer walks free.
Six cases
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Closed for Business: a co-founder found dead at his desk in a locked office. (Free in the demo.)
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The Last Supper: a wealthy host poisoned at the head of his own dinner table.
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Opening Night: the star of a comeback show strangled during intermission.
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The Silent Station: a stationmaster's death staged to look like a train accident.
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The Inheritance: a patriarch's fall down the grand staircase that wasn't a fall.
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The Last Light: two deaths at one lighthouse, 27 years apart. Two cases, two killers, one finale.
Features
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Six hand-built mysteries, from a tutorial-friendly opener to an extreme two-timeline finale
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Six kinds of evidence puzzles, so no two clues are found the same way
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Branching interrogations where suspects' stories unlock each other
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Red herrings, staged scenes and lying witnesses in the harder cases
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Real consequences: a wrong accusation ends the case in failure
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A noir case-file look with moody, lamp-lit scenes and original music
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