The Case of the Golden Idol

Witty, observational writing and a hands-off approach to deduction elevate this excellent period murder-mystery to a singular work.

This handsome detective game isn't quite the second coming of Return Of The Obra Dinn, but it does come pretty damn close. An entertaining story told through a dozen murders, The Case Of The Golden Idol is a mystery well worth solving.

The Case of the Golden shook up the detective point and click genre, and rightfully so. You can tell a lot of love and passion has been put into every element of this game, from its narrative that weaves through the scenarios and the perfect way it allows the player to unfold the mystery for themselves through their game mechanics. It can get a tad overwhelming at times with some grand schemes to ...

Solve a string of grisly murders in this inventive detective adventure.

The plot thickens as a family yearning for power ‘battle’ over the Idol, and there’s a neat twist to the proceedings that I won’t spoil here. But I fear that many will struggle with the sheer patience required to play on controller, and while it all works just as well it can, it’s a case that many players may not want to solve in the end. And that’s a shame. Here’s hoping touch support on Cloud ca...

There’s no feeling quite like solving a difficult puzzle in a mystery game. When things start to fall into place, when you manage to understand what the hell is going on around you, when you finally realize an incoming plot twist, and so on. That’s what makes real deduction games so appealing for a specific niche of players. I’m not talking about the more simplistic detective-styled games, like th...