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A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?

Confidential Killings - A Detective Game is a adventure, conspiracy and detective game developed by BRANE and Lorenzo Boni and published by Surefire.Games.
Released on January 12th 2026 is available on Windows and MacOS in 7 languages: English, French, German, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Korean.

It has received 414 reviews of which 321 were positive and 93 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Confidential Killings - A Detective Game into these genres:

Adventure Conspiracy Detective Investigation Puzzle Mystery Point & Click Interactive Fiction Drama 2D Logic Choose Your Own Adventure Noir Text-Based Hidden Object Story Rich Hand-drawn First-Person Conversation Atmospheric

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Windows
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i3 (2nd Gen or newer) or AMD equivalent
  • Memory: 4096 MB RAM
  • Graphics: Integrated Graphics
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
MacOS
  • OS: macOS 10.14 Mojave or later
  • Processor: Intel Core i5 or Apple M1
  • Memory: 4096 MB RAM

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Jan. 2026
Slightly mixed feelings on this one. I love the new spate of deductive games, and this one is very stylish and has an interesting premise. However, not once did it make me feel clever for figuring something out, so it didn't capture the same magic as the Golden Idol games, The Roottrees are Dead, and Obra Dinn. Took me about 3 hours to finish, though this may have been slightly inflated by cats jumping on and off the keyboard. This game would be perfect if you found the above titles more complex than you are in the mood for, and are looking for a more straight forward investigative story.
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Jan. 2026
This is a Golden Idol-like with 9 full cases and an overarching story that you slowly uncover. The puzzles and the story weren't the most mind-bending or creative that I've seen, but I'm not going to lie and say I didn't have fun with them. If you're like me and devour these titles, you'll devour this one as well. A lot of love has been poured into this game and it shows. My main critique is with the ending, where everything was spelled out a bit too clearly for the player to actually get a final "aha" moment. As a result, the final case was one of the game's weakest. I had a fun 5ish hours with this, but that's because I'm slow and I like to try and guess everything before looking at the blanks you need to fill in (which I recommend doing!).
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Jan. 2026
Highly recommend!! I've been looking for a detective game that actually let's you play Detective, and this hits the spot! The game mechanics are simple to understand but the cases get increasingly harder to solve, and with extra steps in most chapters to keep it interesting! I especially love how you both have to find all the peices to the puzzle, and also figure out by getting information from the scenes. I Highly recommend taking notes throughout! The story is very engaging too, but i will not say more as to not spoil the mystery. Although it was short (i completed the game in about 4 hours), It felt like the perfect length for the story. Would definetly love to see a sequel to this game in the future!
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Jan. 2026
Absolutely brilliant game in the vein of Case of the Golden Idol (finding keywords then placing them in the right slots to complete the clues/story). There's around 3-4 hours of content here and I was hooked from the beginning, completing it in one sitting. This might be blasphemous to say, but I actually enjoyed it more than Golden Idol (might be because of the late 70s Hollywood/music scene aesthetic). The difficulty level was perfect for me: slightly easier than Golden Idol, but still requires you to search out and read everything. The answers all make complete sense and the story of each scene has a logical narrative flow. It's not too easy but it never feels frustrating. The writing/story is gripping: like Golden Idol, each scene is part of a larger story that builds in layers as you progress, revealing a larger mystery. You really get to know the characters in the game even as you're introduced to new ones. No notes - a real gem of a game and a decent price for for hours of content. I would LOVE a sequel.
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Jan. 2026
Okay. Heads up: I don't consider this a difficult game. Is it a good game? Yes. Is this anywhere near Golden Idol's brain teasers, even on earlier cases? Not really. Confidential Killings is a game where you're here for the ride, and the ride has has already filled out half the clues for you. You'll have a few 'ahah!' moments, but they're very much in-line with the usual gritty detective narrative: revenge, blackmail, scorn, killings gone awry. It's a noir game set in neon. Motives get spelled out pretty clearly. The solution page gives a lot away even if you haven't dug through all the clues yet. I swear the theatre case was one of the harder ones just because it throws you into a much bigger scene than any of the demo cases. HOWEVER: I do love this game. It's a ride where a lot's spelled out, but by god is it a good ride. The atmosphere here is absolutely dripping, sound design and UI are on-point, there's quite a few quirks to the usual Golden Idol formula that a player will enjoy, and the gotchas the narrative does pull ARE well-executed-- again, it's just not all that difficult. Or long. If you're here because you want to go through a detective game, I recommend it. If you're here because you want to play something just like Golden Idol, with the same level of satisfying struggle-- I still recommend dipping your toes in, but this might not make as good of a scratch.
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Confidential Killings - A Detective Game is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam.

Confidential Killings - A Detective Game is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.79€ on Steam.

Confidential Killings - A Detective Game received 321 positive votes out of a total of 414 achieving a rating of 7.31.
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Confidential Killings - A Detective Game was developed by BRANE and Lorenzo Boni and published by Surefire.Games.

Confidential Killings - A Detective Game is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Confidential Killings - A Detective Game is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Confidential Killings - A Detective Game is not playable on Linux.

Confidential Killings - A Detective Game is a single-player game.

Confidential Killings - A Detective Game does not currently offer any DLC.

Confidential Killings - A Detective Game does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Confidential Killings - A Detective Game does not support Steam Remote Play.

Confidential Killings - A Detective Game 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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Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
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BRANE, Lorenzo Boni
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Surefire.Games
Release 12 Jan 2026
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