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A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
The Case of the Golden Idol is a mystery, detective and investigation game
developed by Color Gray Games
and published by Playstack.
Released on October 13th 2022 is available on Windows, MacOS, Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine.
It has received 8,616 reviews of which 8,464 were positive and 152 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.5 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 17.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 6.56€ on Eneba.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: 1.7 GHz Dual Core
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 2 GB available space
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- OS: macOS High Sierra
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.86 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000
- Storage: 400 MB available space
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I don't remember where I accidentally stumbled upon The Case of the Golden Idol, but it sounded so intriguing that I simply had to get my hands on it shortly after. Now, after completing it in short of 20 hours, I can safely say that it's a fantastic and unique experience – or at least I've yet to encounter anything similar. The only major caveat I have to say is that the price felt a bit steep considering the fact that even with all the DLC you will probably beat it in 12–20 hours, and there's essentially zero replay value to be found. The puzzles in the game consist of you figuring out what is going on at a murder scene – as an ethereal outside observer – by investigating the one to five rooms that usually make up each scenario during a frozen point in time. After a gradual start, you will soon be looking out for 32–36 different subjects, objects and verbs to fill in the people involved in the scene, smaller sub-clues, and eventually whodunit . Especially the second DLC offers some additional cool mechanics, like inspecting a scene during three different points in time. While there might have been something slightly fishy going on with the grammar or logic at certain points, I was nonetheless able to finish all scenarios without any clues nor beating my head against a wall too much . There's also a helpful mechanic that informs you when one or two word boxes are incorrect, which is useful in case there's one character or item you're having trouble identifying. The thing that surprised me the most was that I ended up really loving the story. Bit by bit you learn more about all the recurring characters (that stay alive), and their motives. By the final stretch I was almost jumping up from my chair and pointing at the screen à la Leonardo DiCaprio when I figured out the identity of one character with his face obscured. Towards the end of the story, and the DLC as well, there was a bit more fantastic elements and alternate history going on than what I was primed for, but not too much to really drag me out of the story. I also loved how the DLCs described the preceding events and satisfyingly looped back into the main game. All in all, The Case of the Golden Idol offers a great story along with some 4D puzzles in a 2D environment that are sure to tickle your little grey cells. Bonus points for being made using the Godot engine. I will probably end up playing the sequel at some point in time. 9+ / 10
One of my most fond gaming memories is buying this game on a Friday night a couple years back alongside a chicken sandwich. I ate the chicken sandwich in a few minutes, but couldn't put this game down for hours. Both were delicious. Man that was a good night. Anyway just get the game, it's really really good.
If you like logic and puzzle games, this is definitely a game for you. Highly recommended, including the DLCs. Story The Case of the Golden Idol and the two DLCs revolve around the whereabouts of the Golden Idol through time, and the fate of the people who got into contact with it. The two DLCs are prequels to the main story. Gameplay The Case of the Golden Idol is a series of events that are connected to each other. Each event is shown in a number of scenes that are frozen in time. The goal is to piece together what has happened leading up to the event shown in the scene(s), based on the presented information. At the same time, you collect a number of keywords, names, and phrases from the item descriptions and texts that you find. These keywords can then be used on a "thinking" screen to fill in gaps in short texts that explain aspects of the event, identify people, or name the killer. There's a keyword counter, showing you if you're still missing some, and there's a very useful function that highlights in different colors if you have interacted with some item already or not, and underlines keywords. On the "thinking" screen, there is again a helpful indicator that shows you when you are close to the correct result, or have still more than a couple of keywords wrong. Finally, there is a hint function if you get completely stuck. Difficulty The Case of the Golden Idol starts out relatively easy, and ramps up in difficulty and complexity with every new "event". But it remains fair and logical, everything you need to solve these events is there, you just have to connect the dots. I took a lot of notes, and only needed the hint system once. In hindsight, I missed something fairly obvious, I just didn't question my assumptions. On the plus side, the hint system lets you pick for which question you want a hint, so it doesn't ruin the whole solution for you. The difficulty of the two DLCs, that I also highly recommend, are at least on the level of the last few events in the main game. The Case of the Golden Idol is not a casual game, you need to pay attention, and taking notes will make your life a lot easier. If that sounds appealing to you, you'll have a blast solving these murder-mysteries.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Case of the Golden Idol is currently priced at 17.99€ on Steam.
No, The Case of the Golden Idol is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 17.99€ on Steam.
Yes, The Case of the Golden Idol received 8,464 positive votes out of a total of 8,616 achieving an impressive rating of 9.51.
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The Case of the Golden Idol was developed by Color Gray Games and published by Playstack.
Yes, The Case of the Golden Idol is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Yes, The Case of the Golden Idol is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Yes, The Case of the Golden Idol is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Yes, The Case of the Golden Idol is playable and fully supported on Steam Deck.
Yes, The Case of the Golden Idol is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.
No, The Case of the Golden Idol does not support VR.
The Case of the Golden Idol is a single-player game.
Yes, there are 3 DLCs available for The Case of the Golden Idol. Explore additional content available for The Case of the Golden Idol on Steam.
No, The Case of the Golden Idol does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, The Case of the Golden Idol does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, The Case of the Golden Idol 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.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for The Case of the Golden Idol.
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