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In order to improve the efficiency of selecting talents, the Chicheng police specially developed a test system-the true detection system, with the black robe company. As a tester, you need to complete the cracking of the case under the rules of the system.

CaseCracker is a text-based, detective and puzzle game developed and published by BlackRobe.
Released on December 19th 2022 is available on Windows and MacOS in 2 languages: English and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 2,871 reviews of which 2,613 were positive and 258 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 8.19€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified CaseCracker into these genres:

Text-Based Detective Puzzle Psychological Horror Hacking RPG Word Game 2D Story Rich Strategy Simulation Typing Casual First-Person Realistic Logic Drama Mystery Adventure Singleplayer

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3220
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
  • Sound Card: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
MacOS
  • OS: macOS Big Sur 11.0.1
  • Processor: Intel 或 M1及以上
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel Iris Graphics
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025
tl:dr Great game, English translation needs work. I tried out the demo, and liked it enough to buy the full game. It's text-based with only profile photos for persons-of-interest. The devs really went for immersion, integrating the UI/UX into gameplay and including real-life trivia to sell the illusion. The clues are sufficient, but you still need to make deductions to work out the motives, the sequence of events etc. for yourself. You might want to take notes. 5 cases in total. I like the concept, the cases feel like an actual investigation, the overarching mystery/world-building is interesting, and the UI/UX is immersive enough. The problem is the English translation. I might be able to tolerate it in some other type of game, but it is unacceptable for a text-based mystery game, and especially for one whose core gameplay mechanic requires you to copy and search terms. Even ignoring the usual weird grammar and sentence structure from Chinese indie games, there are mistakes such as: " Junyan drinks a lot, party animal type. On the other hand, Junyan is the quiet type, never drinks." "...no hope of winning. Still, he marked right into it, and embraced death at the..." A character's profile can say "Occupation: Nurse ", and then can say later "He came to our hospital for consulting and I was his doctor ". The two text snippets here are copied directly from the game. I don't know if it's the translator or the original, but somebody might have gotten confused between two different female characters who work at the hospital with the surname "Li". Just speculating here, so folks don't think I'M the one mixed up. ...and so on. If you're playing the game in English, it can be immersion-breaking and frustrating at times to parse what the game is actually trying to tell you. If you play detective games, you can probably work out what they're trying to say, but damn, figuring out spelling mistakes is not the sort of mystery I play these types of game for. The most irritating thing is that this is a fixable issue. Still, with the age of the game, I'm not hopeful the devs will come back and fix it. Edit : So, after getting all the achievements and 100%-ing the game, I'm going to make the following changes. Firstly, I'm going to change my rating to "Recommended". My previous problems with the English translation still stand, and there are OTHER problems that I found. However, I can see what the devs were going for, and I gotta give credit for their ambitiousness. I feel people interested in a proper follow-the-clues, take notes, narrow down the possibilities style of deduction should play this game and see what's possible... even though the English translation might be a pain sometimes. Next, the new issue I have with the game contains spoilers. The devs are going for an immersive ARG-esque vibe for the game, which is gutsy. However, they don't really pull it off technically. If you're reading this and already know what's going to happen at the end: The app might not appear, and you'll have to know to navigate into the game files and manually launch it with zero prompts. It didn't for me, and I only found out when I was looking at a guide for that final achievement. I'm also glad I got to experience the website, but I'm worried about future players trying to access it to discover who the mole is. Like I said, technical issues mar what is otherwise an amazing work of art. In spite of all that, I'm literally just bought the sequel to this game. (Hopefully they polished it better) So yeah, the game isn't perfect, but I'd recommend it anyway.
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Feb. 2025
A great game with interesting puzzles, totally recommend
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Dec. 2024
The best and most organic example of the "search for keywords" genre that I've played. Love the deductive reasoning and the twists in the story. Some of the optional puzzles are ridiculously difficult, but overall really enjoyable!
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Nov. 2024
The cases were not too easy to solve and some of the evidence were quite challenging to find, overall it's a fun game for people who don't mind large chunks of words (there's a lot of reading in the game, kinda like reading a short story at some point), not for people who's looking for a casual detective game.
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Aug. 2024
If you enjoy this type of investigation/ARG I highly recommend it. The bonus part was a bit hard to crack but general puzzles are great albeit there are some minor typos if you can look past them, this is a game for you.
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CaseCracker is currently priced at 8.19€ on Steam.

CaseCracker is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 8.19€ on Steam.

CaseCracker received 2,613 positive votes out of a total of 2,871 achieving a rating of 8.73.
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CaseCracker was developed and published by BlackRobe.

CaseCracker is playable and fully supported on Windows.

CaseCracker is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

CaseCracker is not playable on Linux.

CaseCracker is a single-player game.

CaseCracker does not currently offer any DLC.

CaseCracker does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

CaseCracker does not support Steam Remote Play.

CaseCracker 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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CaseCracker
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258
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BlackRobe
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Release 19 Dec 2022
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