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Happy Birthday

When a party for a wealthy family’s ten-year-old daughter ends with the birthday girl dead, her older sister missing, and the father refusing to call the police, the detective isn’t exactly conventional. She…

6 November 2012

Happy Birthday is an adventure developed by DawnSeeker Studio, released 6 November 2012 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Happy Birthday is

Happy Birthday is an adventure game developed by DawnSeeker Studio and released in 2012. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on RPG Maker VX Ace.

The premise, in the publisher's words

When a party for a wealthy family’s ten-year-old daughter ends with the birthday girl dead, her older sister missing, and the father refusing to call the police, the detective isn’t exactly conventional. She finds herself at the site of the crime – a rented out old mansion – without any trace of memory. It’s the landlady who tells her that she is a private investigator who’s been hired to catch the culprit and bring them to justice. But how can she solve a murder when she can’t even deduce her own name? Was it one of the party-goers who did the young guest of honor in? …Or was it the ghost said to wander the haunted halls? Can she manage to find the missing girl before another tragedy takes…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Happy Birthday launched on 6 November 2012, within three weeks of Hotline Miami, Assassin's Creed III, Halo 4 and Euro Truck Simulator 2.

Released around the same time: Hotline Miami, Assassin's Creed III, Halo 4, Euro Truck Simulator 2.

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When did Happy Birthday come out?
Happy Birthday was released on 6 November 2012 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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