Underplayed Gems

The Occult Detective (2025)

The Occult Detective cover
Developer
Battlecry Studio
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Adventure, Indie, RPG
Rating
3.5 of 5, 329 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 11 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A quiet, investigative journey where you piece together clues at your own pace, steeped in mystery and subtle tension.

investigativemysteriousstory-drivencontemplativemethodicalatmospheric

What players say

Players are split: some praise the worldbuilding and soundtrack, but many say the story stops abruptly after chapter 4 and criticized the early affection system and clunky AI conversation. Several accuse the game of plagiarizing the web novel Lord of Mysteries.

Screenshots

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