Rookie30 min
The Harborview Vanishing
A museum curator disappears the night before a private auction. The only witness swears the gallery was locked all night — but a letter, and a boat, say otherwise.
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- Locations
- 2
- Characters
- 3
- Clues
Case file open· Investigation in progress
Somebody in this case is lying.
Walk the scene. Press every witness for what they're not saying. Follow the clues until only one story survives — then prove it.
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- Open Cases
- 100
- Point Scoring System
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- Shortcuts To The Truth
How it plays
You are the detective. Everyone else is a suspect until proven otherwise.
Investigate
Explore locations and discover information.
Interrogate
Talk to characters and follow dialogue leads.
Deduce
Connect clues, examine evidence and solve the case.
The active case files
Three cases. Three cities of lies to walk through.
Detective40 min
The Last Train at Platform 6
Private investigator Arman Vale vanishes from Central Station after a late-night meeting at Platform 6. His phone and briefcase are recovered, but the witnesses who were there that night can't seem to agree on what happened.
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- Locations
- 5
- Characters
- 20
- Clues
Veteran42 min
The Weight of Opening Night
Hours before opening night, artistic director Celeste Marchetti is killed onstage when a counterweight batten drops from the fly loft. Everyone backstage has already decided it was an accident. It wasn't.
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- Locations
- 6
- Characters
- 18
- Clues
Every clue matters
The board only makes sense once you've pinned everything to it.
System · Clues
Not every clue is equal
Some clues just add color. Others are the ones the case actually turns on — find those, and the picture starts to hold together.
System · Locations
Search the scene
Every location can be explored for what the last investigator missed.
System · Dialogue
Follow the thread
Branching conversations with characters — ask the wrong way, and a witness stops talking.
System · Evidence
Build the case file
Documents, photographs, objects, testimony, forensics — collect what the verdict will stand on.
System · Hints
Help, if you need it
Hints are always there. Using one always costs you something on the final score.
System · Final Deduction
One shot at the verdict
When you're certain, make your case. Your final answers are scored against what actually happened — there's no second guess once you close the file.
The full investigation
From open case to closed file.
Step 01
Case File
Read the briefing. Know what you're walking into before you take a single step.
Step 02
Investigate
Move between locations and search each one for what's actually there.
Step 03
Collect Clues
Some clues surface on their own. Others only show up once you've looked properly.
Step 04
Examine Evidence
Every piece you collect goes into the case file — building toward a picture, not just a pile.
Step 05
Question Suspects
Dialogue with characters branches based on what you already know. Ask well.
Step 06
Make Your Deduction
Answer the final questions. This is the one part of the case you can't take back.
Step 07
Case Closed
Get your score, see what you missed, and see how you rank against every other detective.
Scored, not guessed
Every closed case ends with a number you can explain.
Each case is scored out of the same 100 points, weighted toward the verdict itself — your final answers matter most, with investigation thoroughness as meaningful credit and hints as a mild deduction, never the whole story.
- 50
- Final Answers
- 20
- Key Clues
- 15
- Evidence
- 10
- Completeness
- 5
- Minimal Hints
Case history
Every case you close is kept — see exactly how each investigation went.
Leaderboard
Your best score on each case counts toward the public leaderboard.
Player stats
Track your record across every case you've investigated so far.