Chicken Police: Into the HIVE! (2024)

Developer: The Wild Gentlemen
Publisher: Joystick Ventures
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Rating: 4.1 of 5, 398 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 8.0 hours
Where to get it: Steam

How it feels

A slow-burn noir detective story with dark humor, where you piece together a conspiracy through gritty conversations and puzzles in a surreal animal underworld.

noirdarkly humorousdetectiveatmosphericconversationalstory-richpuzzlingcharacter-driven

What players say

Players say it improves on the first game with better minigames, clearer interrogation, and a full color mode, but most agree the final third feels rushed and unfinished, with overly long conversations and some bugs.

Trailer

Screenshots

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