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Private Detective

Private Detective is a procedurally generated murder mystery game, where you must solve randomly generated crimes by finding leads, questioning suspects, and gathering evidence from the crime scene to compare…

20 July 2018

Private Detective is an adventure developed by DanVzare, released 20 July 2018 on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Private Detective is

Private Detective is an adventure game developed by DanVzare and released in 2018. It is available on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Adventure Game Studio.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Private Detective is a procedurally generated murder mystery game, where you must solve randomly generated crimes by finding leads, questioning suspects, and gathering evidence from the crime scene to compare with samples found in the homes of the suspects. It plays a lot like an adventure game, but with a lot more deduction and a lot less inventory object puzzles.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Private Detective launched on 20 July 2018, within three weeks of Dead Cells, Octopath Traveler, Overcooked! 2 and Sonic Mania Plus.

Released around the same time: Dead Cells, Octopath Traveler, Overcooked! 2, Sonic Mania Plus.

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When did Private Detective come out?
Private Detective was released on 20 July 2018 for Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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