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The Shapeshifting Detective cover art

The Shapeshifting Detective

D'Avekki Studios Ltd · Wales Interactive · 2018-11-06

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 22, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Feb 20, 2019 (iOS), Nov 06, 2018 (Mac), Nov 06, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 06, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 06, 2018 (PlayStation 4)

The Shapeshifting Detective is a supernatural murder mystery FMV game where you play as a detective who can shapeshift into other characters, allowing you to unlock secret conversations and private encounters.

2
playing now
77%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
4h
to beat · rushed 3h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

The Shapeshifting Detective is an adventure game developed by D'Avekki Studios and published by Wales Interactive. The player investigates a murder mystery and interviews suspects, who answer via full-motion video. It was first released in 2018. A prequel, Dark Nights with Poe and Munro, was released in 2020.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 24% of 11,327 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 43k–102k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,707 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.03 at GamersGate (2025-10-27) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 30 of 59 observed days · $10.96 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-11 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.032018-10-092026-08-272018-10-09 — best price $10.392018-11-30 — best price $12.992019-03-18 — best price $12.992019-07-10 — best price $12.992019-12-01 — best price $7.142020-05-19 — best price $7.792020-08-30 — best price $12.992021-05-18 — best price $12.992021-12-15 — best price $12.992022-05-06 — best price $6.492022-09-06 — best price $12.992022-11-18 — best price $5.842023-02-02 — best price $10.392023-04-06 — best price $9.092023-05-24 — best price $14.992023-07-24 — best price $7.142023-09-05 — best price $12.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-02-05 — best price $12.992024-03-29 — best price $4.192024-06-13 — best price $12.992024-08-08 — best price $5.192024-11-04 — best price $12.992025-01-09 — best price $12.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-05-16 — best price $2.692025-07-10 — best price $5.192025-09-25 — best price $5.842025-10-27 — best price $2.032025-12-04 — best price $5.842026-01-19 — best price $14.992026-03-05 — best price $12.992026-05-02 — best price $2.542026-06-12 — best price $2.542026-08-27 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2642026-05-29 — 9 pageviews2026-06-01 — 9 pageviews2026-06-04 — 6 pageviews2026-06-07 — 15 pageviews2026-06-10 — 11 pageviews2026-06-13 — 13 pageviews2026-06-16 — 7 pageviews2026-06-19 — 7 pageviews2026-06-22 — 10 pageviews2026-06-25 — 11 pageviews2026-06-28 — 10 pageviews2026-07-01 — 15 pageviews2026-07-04 — 12 pageviews2026-07-07 — 21 pageviews2026-07-10 — 14 pageviews2026-07-13 — 13 pageviews2026-07-16 — 9 pageviews2026-07-19 — 16 pageviews2026-07-22 — 8 pageviews2026-07-25 — 10 pageviews2026-07-28 — 4 pageviews2026-07-31 — 13 pageviews2026-08-03 — 12 pageviews2026-08-06 — 12 pageviews2026-08-09 — 5 pageviews2026-08-12 — 7 pageviews2026-08-15 — 19 pageviews2026-08-18 — 5 pageviews2026-08-21 — 15 pageviews2026-08-24 — 19 pageviews2026-08-26 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
75.4%
earned "Strong Silent Type"
13%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Turkish, Russian, Ukrainian, Spanish - Spain, Hungarian, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,51512%21
PS4 (PlayStation)1,86365%22
Xbox One (Xbox)1,01132%21
PS5 (PlayStation)38771%22
PS4 (PlayStation)19463%22
Switch (Nintendo)60%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

FMVIndieHorrorNudityMysteryAdventureDetectiveStory RichSingleplayerChoices Matter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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