The Detective Reaper Invites

SHIZU KANO UMI · PLAYISM · 2024-05-24

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: May 25, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Use various cards to solve randomly generated murder cases in this roguelite deduction adventure game. The culprit always lies, and the innocent always tell the truth. Make too many mistakes, and it's back to square one. Put your wits to the test and solve as many cases as you can!

52%

positive of 77 reviews

Mixed

steam's rating (official)

0–20,000

owners (SteamSpy est.)

$9.99

steam price (US)

A seat has opened. The new detective grim reaper takes the seat. A detective grim reaper's job is to execute murderers. Everything is going as planned. Let's begin... It's time to put your wits to the test and expose as many murderers as you can.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet

· 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
· Review velocity down 89% vs the prior 8 weeks.
· Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (48 reviews).
· Top 58% of 17,648 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 77 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

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Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

2D Indie Logic Puzzle Adventure Card Game Detective Rogue-like Rogue-lite Text-Based

Census log

2024-05-25First review activity on record (week of 2024-05-25).
2024-05-25Biggest review week on record: 48 reviews (week of 2024-05-25).

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

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