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Retro Mystery Club Vol.1: The Ise-Shima Case

Happymeal · Shinyuden · 2023-08-24

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Sep 14, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 23, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 20, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

This classic-style mystery adventure game, inspired by the Famicom Detective Club series and illustrated by Famitsu's legend Kiyokazu Arai, will take you on a suspenseful journey through the beautiful landscapes of Ise-Shima.

95%
positive of 21 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$9.99
steam price (US)
Retro Mystery Club Vol.1: The Ise-Shima Case is a 2019 adventure game. It is a mystery-themed game set in modern-day Tokyo where the player takes the role of a detective along with their partner Ken. After the discovery of the death of a homeless man, various clues are left behind, leaving to an incident that involves black pearls.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 78% of 26,439 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Italian

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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