Playstack has announced that it will be releasing its puzzle game The Case of the Golden Idol for PC on October 13, 2022. The game made an appearance during Gamescom 2022, specifically at the Future Game Show.
The Case of the Golden Idol is a new kind of puzzle game that lets you carry out detective work in a fresh and non-linear fashion. It became a surprise hit amongst media, players and even fellow developers from Lucas Pope (The Return of the Obra Dinn, Papers Please) to Sean Vanaman (Firewatch), all thanks to the stand-out demo that is available on Steam.
Watch the game’s trailer below:
To celebrate the release date announcement, developer Color Gray has recently launched an extended demo build on Steam that features a never before seen conundrum to solve.
The game is a narrative detective game set in an alternate 18th-century England where you must investigate 11 most strange and gruesome deaths spanning forty years. Something awful connects these tragedies, providing a wider mystery for you to unravel.
Every case will be presented in a snapshot scene frozen in time. You can freely look around and search these scenes in whichever way you choose to deduce the suspect, motive, and chronology of events. Your theory is then placed into an interactive notepad, which in turn will inform whether the theory is correct or not.
Harvey Elliot, Playstack Chief Executive talked about the game,
In an age where success on PC seems increasingly predetermined by genre and streamer compatibility, Playstack is on a mission to also create success for developers who disrupt trends, break boundaries and most importantly deliver something uniquely outstanding. The Case of the Golden Idol is the perfect example of this. It’s fearless, ingenious and beautiful. We adore this project and take delight in seeing the overwhelmingly positive response it evokes from those who play it.
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