The Silver Case

This is the first time "The Silver Case" has been fully localized to English. In this hit, the player takes control of the protagonist, a member of the Special Forces Unit "Republic", from a first-person…

68 7 October 2016

Adventure Puzzle Visual Novel Action Mystery

The Silver Case is an adventure developed by Grasshopper Manufacture, released 7 October 2016 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Linux and Mac.

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What The Silver Case is

The Silver Case is an adventure game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and released in 2016. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"1999 - the "24 Wards". A string of mysterious serial killings plagues the city. The detectives of the 24 Wards Heinous Crimes Unit have their eyes on one man: Kamui Uehara, legendary serial killer and assassin of a number of government officials 20 years prior in the now-famous "Silver Case". However, nobody knows the true identity of Kamui. Has he really returned? Who is this infamous serial killer?"

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 25 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

The Silver Case holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 30% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored about average for its year.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for SSE2 instruction set support or greater, 4 GB RAM and DX9 (shader model 3.0) or greater. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 7GB.

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What it launched against

The Silver Case launched on 7 October 2016, within three weeks of Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition and Sid Meier’s Civilization VI. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition, Sid Meier’s Civilization VI.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Silver Case yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Quick answers

The Silver Case — frequently asked questions

When did The Silver Case come out?

The Silver Case was released on 7 October 2016 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for The Silver Case?

At minimum, The Silver Case needs SSE2 instruction set support or greater, 4 GB RAM, DX9 (shader model 3.0) or greater graphics, 7 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is The Silver Case?

The PC version needs about 7 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("7 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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