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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Investigation, Detective, First-Person, Mystery.

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Obscura is a first-person investigation game where, you play a medium who must solve cold cases by interacting with various elements and performing rituals. Learn about their past to understand their motives and crack the case. Please understand that the game will features sensitive topics.

Reviews: Mixed — 65% — of 20 reviews
Released: 2025-02-24
Developer: Nomads
Publisher: IIM Digital School
Genres: Adventure, Casual, Indie, Free To Play
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,038 reviews2023
    Dev: EQ Studios
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    A hardcore deductive reasoning game for fans of the “true crime” genre. Only by unraveling the logic and grasping at the motivations behind each case can the crimes be completely solved. Perfect as a social-style mystery fiction.

    Why similar: Crime 21.4%, Investigation 18.8%, Detective 17.9%, Logic 10.5%, Realistic 9.1%

  2. #2 FORENSIC - M.E. Protocol
    96% matchMostly Positive74% of 27 reviews2026
    Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
    Windows

    Put on your gloves and enter the crime scene. In this investigation simulator, you will have to solve 9 unique and independent cases full of plot twists. Use drones, robots, and chemical analysis to discover what really happened. Here, you don't shoot the bad guys; you catch them with science.

    Why similar: Crime 22.1%, Investigation 15.3%, Detective 14%, Realistic 10.4%, Logic 7.4%

  3. #3 Detective - The Test
    96% matchMixed50% of 16 reviews2025
    Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
    Windows

    Test your detective instincts across three challenging cases. No hints, no help—just you, your intuition, and your ability to piece together the truth. Can you solve the mystery?

    Why similar: Crime 25.1%, Investigation 17.6%, Detective 15.7%, Realistic 11.9%, Mystery 8.1%

  4. #4 Guilty or Not
    95% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: YALPPub: 24HIT
    Windows

    Guilty or Not is a single-player detective simulator where you are the judge, the jury, and the law. Investigate cases, gather evidence, and interrogate suspects and witnesses to uncover the truth. Justice is in your hands, even if it ends in death... What will your final verdict be?

    Why similar: Crime 22.9%, Detective 18.1%, Investigation 12.7%, Realistic 12%, Logic 9.9%

  5. #5 An Exercise in Mortality - Chapter I
    94% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: CorDubiumArts
    Windows

    Slip into the role of a detective and find out why a seemingly peaceful village suddenly has to hold a funeral every other day. To solve the mysteries, act as the perpetrator and simulate the crimes. Left completely to your own devices, it’s up to you to prove your ingenuity and wit.

    Why similar: Crime 26.5%, Detective 21.9%, Investigation 15.5%, Logic 10.4%, Mystery 9%

  6. #6 Supernormal
    94% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,234 reviews2024
    Dev: Hitori de Productions
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    Inspired by Allison Road. SUPERNORMAL is a psychological horror game set in a seemingly ordinary apartment harboring dark secrets. Play as Detective Wyatt, tasked with unravelling the disappearance of Masato Sakamoto's daughter. Search for clues and unravel the sinister truth.

    Why similar: Crime 17.8%, Detective 15.7%, Investigation 12.5%, Supernatural 11%, Realistic 10.2%

  7. #7 Sealed In
    93% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: Basement Key Studio
    Windows

    Explore this haunted mansion as a detective, discover chilling secrets with your UV flashlight and fight to stay sane before the mannequins gets you.

    Why similar: Crime 22.9%, Detective 19.2%, Realistic 12.8%, Investigation 12.3%, First-Person 9.4%

  8. #8 Midnight Files: THE NOIR CUT
    92% matchMostly Positive73% of 41 reviews2025
    Dev: Paper Lynx Games
    Windows

    Truth hides in the details. Investigate crime scenes, photograph evidence, analyze case files, and search the police database. Connect clues on the detective board, return to locations when something does not add up, and identify the culprit in each standalone case.

    Why similar: Crime 24.1%, Detective 19.4%, Investigation 17.9%, Logic 8.8%, First-Person 6.7%

  9. #9 Mind Diver
    91% matchVery Positive95% of 383 reviews2025
    Dev: Indoor SunglassesPub: PLAYISM
    Windows

    Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.

    Why similar: Crime 18.8%, Detective 16.5%, Investigation 14.2%, Logic 8.8%, Realistic 7.9%

  10. #10 Forensics: Crime Scene Detective
    91% matchMixed64% of 327 reviews2026
    Dev: Binary ImpactPub: Aerosoft GmbH
    Windows

    Become a forensic specialist in a realistic crime lab simulator. Investigate crime scenes, collect microscopic evidence, and identify perpetrators in the lab using DNA and digital analysis. Based on the experience and insights of experts from the State Criminal Police Office Rhineland-Palatinate.

    Why similar: Crime 30.1%, Investigation 22.2%, Detective 14.3%, Realistic 9.9%, First-Person 5.7%

  11. #11 Wolf Peak: The Case of Ruth Choi
    90% matchPositive88% of 43 reviews2024
    Dev: Cloud Colony Games
    Windows

    In 1991 Ruth Choi was murdered, it was whittled down to 6 suspects, but the case was never solved. Watch interviews, go through evidence and build your case. A game where you are never told who the killer is, unless you convict them. Use your own deductive skills to find out, who killed Ruth Choi.

    Why similar: Crime 32.5%, Detective 26.1%, First-Person 10.5%, Investigation 8.8%, Mystery 8.7%

  12. #12 The Strange Story Of Brian Fisher: Chapter 2
    89% matchPositive95% of 40 reviews2024
    Dev: Intetic
    Windows

    Brian Fisher wakes up 30 years in the past as a small child, in an unfamiliar place, with no memory of how he arrived there. He is trapped in a different dimension of time and space, and his mission is to find something hidden within this dimension of time and space and bring it back to the present.

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  13. #13 DETECTIVE - Scene Crime
    89% matchMixed48% of 22 reviews2025
    Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
    Windows

    Step into the role of a detective in DETECTIVE Scene Crime, a challenging mystery game where you’ll investigate five gripping crime scenes. Each level presents clues, testimonies, and puzzles to analyze carefully in your quest for the truth. Do you have what it takes to solve them all?

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  14. #14 The Cursed Legacy
    88% matchPositive86% of 42 reviews2024
    Dev: Nuci
    Windows

    A singleplayer first-person horror puzzle adventure set in a dark, atmospheric house. Keep calm and solve riddles to unravel a strange disappearance. Gather clues, face demonic entities, and survive the nightmare.

    Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Investigation 19.8%, Realistic 12.5%, Mystery 9.9%, First-Person 8.1%

  15. #15 Detective Simulator
    87% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: DRAGO entertainment
    Windows

    Assume the role of a modern detective and solve fascinating cases using lots of gadgets and your own skills. Let a sophisticated narrative help you uncover clues and secrets that might not be apparent right away and become a star detective.

    Why similar: Detective 32%, Crime 21.8%, Investigation 17.6%, Realistic 9.7%, Adventure 7.1%

  16. #16 The Department / Trosedd
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: COPA Gaming
    Windows

    The Department is a narrative driven detective game. Investigate crime scenes, interrogate suspects and bring the killer to justice in this gritty detective sim // Mae Trosedd yn gêm dditectif sy'n cael ei gyrru gan stori. Ymchwiliwch olygfeydd troseddau, holi amheuon a dod â'r lladdwr i gyfiawnder.

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  17. #17 Marcella Moon: Curse of the Black Cat
    86% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
    Dev: Hidden Ocean Games
    Windows

    Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a cursed black cat statue that has been terrorizing a local theater.

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  18. #18 The Dawning
    85% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2021
    Dev: Beau YotkaPub: Yotka Games LLC
    Windows

    The Dawning is a first-person puzzle mystery game. Play as Detective Madison as he searches 7 beautifully crafted areas for clues to catch a killer. Use stealth to sneak past deadly enemies. Solve complex puzzles to access new areas, progress the rich storyline, and obtain key items.

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    82% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2026
    Dev: Think Ten Media Group
    Windows

    The 3rd installment in the Case Files series. An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.

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    83% matchMostly Positive74% of 27 reviews2024
    Dev: 5ive Bullet Games
    Windows

    Use your wits and iconic ghost hunting equipment to uncover the mystery of what happened to the residents of an abandoned apartment complex in this narrative-driven horror experience.

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  21. #21 Marcella Moon: Saboteurs on the River
    84% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2020
    Dev: Hidden Ocean Games
    Windows

    Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a series of sabotage incidents on the Louisiana bayou.

    Why similar: Crime 23.5%, Investigation 18.6%, Detective 17.7%, Mystery 10.1%, Logic 9.3%

  22. #22 Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
    84% matchVery Positive89% of 8,060 reviews2014
    Dev: Frogwares
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.

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  23. #23 Death Insurance
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: OttoWorld
    Windows

    You're a desk-jockey processing life-insurance claims. Collect and investigate 3D objects to piece together the cause of death. Case by case, the true nature of Bliss unfolds in this story-rich supernatural mystery.

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  24. #24 The Empty Desk
    81% matchPositive82% of 28 reviews2025
    Dev: CheesecakeGames
    Windows

    Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller with narrative adventure elements and unsettling details. Join Detective Bennett on his final case and uncover dark secrets in a world where reality bends and sanity wavers.

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  25. #25 Point Zero: Victoria
    80% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: RosyGame
    Windows · Mac

    One cold case, four deathbed flashbacks. Every shift in perspective overturns the "truth" you believed. Story-driven, with exploration, deduction, puzzles, and combat. Ready for a mind-bending thrill ride with twists at every turn?

    Why similar: Crime 22.2%, Detective 19.8%, Investigation 17.1%, Mystery 8.7%, Logic 7.1%

  26. #26 Evidence Officer
    79% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: KAISOU GAMING
    Windows

    A mystery adventure game where you investigate 3D evidence and uncover the truth behind each case through the clues left behind.

    Why similar: Crime 27.8%, Detective 23.1%, Investigation 21.9%, Mystery 12.1%, Adventure 7.3%

  27. #27 Silhouette: Chapter One
    82% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2016
    Dev: Apeirogon Games
    Windows

    Explore Silhouette: Chapter One - A First-Person, Story-Driven Mystery Adventure. Assume the role of Jim Grayson, an unwavering homicide detective hot on the trail of a disturbing serial killer with confusing motives.

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  28. #28 Day 22
    79% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: MTTLE Games
    Windows

    You're a cop checking an abandoned barn. Simple assignment. But the longer you're there, the less you can trust what you see — or yourself. A first-person psychological anomaly horror experience built around paranoia and perception.

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  29. #29 The way you died
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Cosy Entertainment
    Windows

    How did this person die?! Use your deduction skills to find out! In this first-person view detective game, you will role-play as a medical examiner through several real-life, weird cases. Inspect the crime scene to gather clues, collect intelligence, examine the corpse and perform an autopsy.

    Why similar: Crime 26.4%, Investigation 16.6%, Detective 15.9%, Logic 10.6%, Realistic 9.2%

  30. #30 The Detective's Apprentice
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: darqwerful
    Windows

    Step into the shoes of Clementine "Cleo" Ace, an apprentice to her aunt, the world-renowned detective, Maya Lynch. From heists to murders, use your deduction skills to solve "howdunnit" cases that are too tough for the local police to crack and uncover a deeper mystery along the way!

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  31. #31 Marcella Moon: Killer at the Cove
    78% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2023
    Dev: Hidden Ocean Games
    Windows

    Play as amateur sleuth Marcella Moon to investigate a murder in a coastal California town.

    Why similar: Crime 21%, Detective 19.6%, Investigation 16.1%, Logic 11.1%, Mystery 9.1%

  32. #32 A Case of Fraud
    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 573 reviews2025
    Dev: Hesperus Games
    Windows · Mac

    A short, non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.

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  33. #33 Unreachable
    77% matchMostly Positive71% of 41 reviews2025
    Dev: Lost Art Studios
    Windows

    A first-person investigative thriller where your family is kidnapped and you must carry out various demands from the kidnapper in order to prolong their lives. However, if you are sharp, you might also uncover clues to track down their location and devise a rescue plan.

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  34. #34 Private Witch Eye: The Lotus Killer
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Lilith's Child Games Studio
    Windows

    Play as Mona, a modern-day witch who has the ability to “enter” crime scenes through photographs. She uses her ability to help the police with supernatural cases. But what happens when, one day, a case becomes personal and the murderer gets too close?

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  35. #35 Docket 87: The Novikov's Files
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
    Windows

    A true crime detective game where you map suspects, reconstruct timelines, and use deduction to find the truth everyone missed.

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  36. #36 Bleu
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Sam Penberthy
    Windows

    After a mysterious and anonymous phone call to the police, Sonia's body was found in an abandoned public toilet. The more we learn about her, the more mysterious this case becomes. Become the detective, investigate her murder and find out who killed Sonia Verninac.

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    76% matchPositive88% of 41 reviews2021
    Dev: Do Games Limited
    Windows

    San Francisco is shaken by a chain of horrible murders. You are the only one that can bring to justice a masked arsonist calling himself the Plague Doctor. Are you strong enough to face the challenge?

    Why similar: Crime 23.6%, Detective 19%, Investigation 12.3%, Realistic 10.1%, Logic 9.5%

  38. #38 The Price of Grief
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Zero Budget Mystery
    Windows · Mac

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    Why similar: Detective 26%, Investigation 19.8%, Crime 18.9%, Logic 9.7%, Mystery 7.6%

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    73% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
    Dev: Jawhar Tazi
    Windows

    A first-person psychological horror adventure where you explore a cursed mansion, solve puzzles, and uncover dark family secrets to escape eternal damnation.

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  40. #40 The Midnight Exorcist
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: WinterCamp StudioPub: Studio Digital Caffeine
    Windows

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    Why similar: Investigation 20.1%, Crime 16.9%, Supernatural 14.7%, Logic 10.6%, Mystery 9.9%

  41. #41 Time O'Clock: The Mask of Crime
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Fractal Pop Games
    Windows

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  42. #42 The Poisoned Roots
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Artificial Absurdity
    Windows

    The Poisoned Roots is a narrative driven game about abuse, obsession, and the dark secrets of a troubled American home. It’s a short game, and is intended to be played in a single sitting.

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    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Hidden Ocean Games
    Windows

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    73% matchMixed68% of 31 reviews2021
    Dev: digital2 games
    Windows

    The hidden game society is a digital escape room experience. You have been invited to be a member of this mysterious club. You will find yourself alone and trapped in this curious board game-themed room full of atmosphere. Use your wit and deduction skills to find a way out.

    Why similar: Detective 30%, Investigation 20.4%, Logic 10.6%, First-Person 10.1%, Mystery 8.2%

  45. #45 It Was Not a Suicide
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Poisonic Studio
    Windows

    A psychological horror detective simulation set in Rainier Falls in 2005. Uncover the truth behind Adele's death by finding contradictions in the case files. Are you brilliant enough to expose the suspects' lies in a single attempt? Because you only get one chance to make an arrest.

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    70% match4 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
    Dev: Cold Case Inc
    Windows

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    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Lucky 7 Studios
    Windows

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    67% matchMostly Positive76% of 372 reviews2026
    Dev: DALOARPub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows

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    68% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
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    Windows · Mac

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    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: NightinGamesPub: Looking for a publisher
    Windows

    Exsomnis: Fires of Pompeii is an atmospheric first-person adventure set in the ancient city of Pompeii, as Mount Vesuvius erupts and the city is thrown into chaos.

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  51. #51 The Painscreek Killings
    71% matchVery Positive91% of 6,420 reviews2017
    Dev: EQ Studios
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    69% matchNo user reviews2026
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    Windows

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  53. #53 Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale
    69% matchMostly Positive78% of 414 reviews2023
    Dev: Active Fungus Studios
    Windows · Linux

    In a third-person RPG detective story, set in Bavaria in 1866, the medical student Valentin Schmidt travels to Wolpertshofen, when a sudden death causes turmoil in the village. Use your skills, find clues and question the villagers to stop the murders.

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  54. #54 Angels Cove
    70% matchMostly Positive76% of 107 reviews2021
    Dev: CG Cowboy Studios
    Windows

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  55. #55 The Wolf Is Dead
    68% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Fat Toad Games
    Windows · Linux

    The Wolf is Dead is a murder mystery game. When the Big Bad Wolf is found murdered at a party for his biopic, you're called in. Interrogate suspects, investigate the scene of the crime and use this to travel back in time and reconstruct the events of the evening. Who killed Alexander Wolff?

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  56. #56 Curtain Call in Flames
    67% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Gamescun
    Windows

    Curtain Call in Flames is a single-player 2D courtroom mystery visual novel set in a traditional Chinese puppet troupe. As defense attorney Bian Bo, investigate a murder, question witnesses, examine evidence, and expose contradictions in court to uncover the truth.

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  57. #57 The City Knows
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: DaiFire
    Windows

    A story-driven deduction game set in Okayama, Japan, where everyone has an answer—but you need evidence. Examine evidence and records, cross-reference witness accounts, reconstruct timelines, and separate plausible theories from provable facts across six murder investigations.

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  58. #58 Mary
    67% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2024
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    Mary is a mystery and investigation game, in which you are a private detective who has been called to solve a case of a massacre in a bar. Collect all the clues and find an answer to all the mysteries of this case!

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  59. #59 Set the Record Straight
    66% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Anja Remic
    Windows · Mac

    A 1998-set deduction game. Trawl a period internet for documents, photographs, and dead ends, then correct the official record: who really wrote, played, drew, or built it. An anthology of credit fraud, set straight one careful search at a time.

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  60. #60 Among The Whispers - Provocation
    65% matchVery Positive81% of 119 reviews2025
    Dev: D&A Studios
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    More than ghost hunting—this is about uncovering the truth, deep within the estate. Study the past, gather evidence, and reveal the stories that linger between life and death. A unique investigation every time ensures deep replayability.

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