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A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.

A Case of Distrust is a choose your own adventure, interactive fiction and visual novel game developed and published by An Open Ben.
Released on February 08th 2018 is available in English on Windows and MacOS.

It has received 579 reviews of which 474 were positive and 105 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.7 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.53€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified A Case of Distrust into these genres:

Choose Your Own Adventure Interactive Fiction Visual Novel Detective Mystery Investigation Point & Click Female Protagonist Noir Historical Choices Matter Dynamic Narration Narration Story Rich Abstract Atmospheric Colorful 2D Narrative Mouse only

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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7
  • Processor: 2 GHz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics
  • Storage: 1500 MB available space
  • Sound Card: N/A
MacOS
  • OS: El Capitan
  • Processor: 2 GHz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics
  • Storage: 1500 MB available space
  • Sound Card: N/A

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May 2025
The art style and music create the perfect 1920s atmosphere. The story is well written (albeit a little predictable) and the characters are compelling. The game has an interesting mechanic where you have to present clues from your notes to characters to progress. Overall, it's a fun, short game that you can easily finish in an afternoon.
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March 2025
Nice detective game, particularly recommended to noir lovers. The art style is beautiful, although not always functional (in this kind of game, you'll have to go back and forth between locations, and some transitions after a while become annoying). The story and the characters are very well written, but when things seem to spice up, the game ends, so the overall feeling is of a prequel to deeper, longer game. Anyway, I paid for the game just a few euros and I think that for 3,5 hours of playing time it is truly a fair price. I particularly enjoyed the deepening notions on the roaring twenties you can optionally get talking to cab drivers.
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Nov. 2024
A perfect example of how good a minimalist video game can be. Nice artwork, and a nice twist at the end.
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July 2024
A relatively quick detective game with enjoyable background music, good art style, and fun gameplay. My favorite parts were the taxi rides between each location which gave you the opportunity to have conversations with the driver. Overall, I recommend this game if you enjoy puzzle solving and just want to relax :)
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July 2024
Enjoyed this very much. The mystery is a little straightforward (again, ignore the playtime because I left this running) but the art direction is stylish and the soundtrack is strong. I would say that you can probably get through this in 2.5 - 3 hours. I also really loved the flavour that the conversations with the taxi drivers gave. I would love to see a sequel with more to it, but this was a perfect snack-sized noir detective game!
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Frequently Asked Questions

A Case of Distrust is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.

A Case of Distrust is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.99€ on Steam.

A Case of Distrust received 474 positive votes out of a total of 579 achieving a rating of 7.72.
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A Case of Distrust was developed and published by An Open Ben.

A Case of Distrust is playable and fully supported on Windows.

A Case of Distrust is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

A Case of Distrust is not playable on Linux.

A Case of Distrust is a single-player game.

A Case of Distrust does not currently offer any DLC.

A Case of Distrust does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

A Case of Distrust does not support Steam Remote Play.

A Case of Distrust is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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A Case of Distrust
14.99€ -97% 14.99€ 0.53€ -88% 14.99€ 1.86€
7.7
474
105
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Developer
An Open Ben
Publisher
An Open Ben
Release 08 Feb 2018
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