Brink of Consciousness: The Lonely Hearts Murders (2014)

Developer

MagicIndie

Publisher

Plug In Digital

Platforms

Windows

Genres

Casual

Rating

4.3 of 5, 167 player ratings

Typical playtime

about 4.4 hours

Where to get it

Steam

How it feels

A slow, atmospheric hidden-object narrative where you methodically search cluttered Victorian scenes and solve gentle puzzles to uncover a serial killer's story.

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What players say

Players praise the detective atmosphere and voice acting, but many note dated graphics, a locked 15 FPS framerate, and puzzles that rely on moon logic. Opinions split on the long dialogue and back-and-forth item fetching, and some report a game-breaking bug in the bonus chapter.

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