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Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel

Genuine · Giiku Games · 2019-10-24

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 24, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Take on the role of Detective Kobayashi, the one and only genius detective who has a reputation for solving any case, however dark or difficult...if he isn't playing games at the office or awkwardly hitting on girls, that is.

Detective Kobayashi - A Visual Novel is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG game released in 2019, estimated to have 0 .. 20,000 owners, with a Positive review sentiment (87% of 31 reviews) at a price of $12.99.

87%
positive of 31 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$12.99
steam price (US)

Play famous detective Kobayashi in this one-of-a-kind visual novel: Investigate crime scenes, interview suspects and collect clues to get to the bottom of 5 different crime cases that will challenge Kobayashi's skills and delve into a past he has been trying to forget. But be careful: People will try to fool you, and you never know who is really pulling the strings. Your team members will help - or sometimes hinder - you on the way to uncovering the truth, while you collect important clues and evidence to ensure that when you finally face the criminal, he will have no option but to confess!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 66% of 30,005 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220192026Week of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, German

Census log

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