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The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.

The Rise of the Golden Idol is a mystery, investigation and detective game developed by Color Gray Games and published by Playstack.
Released on November 12th 2024 is available on Windows and MacOS in 12 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Turkish and Portuguese - Brazil.

It has received 3,003 reviews of which 2,825 were positive and 178 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified The Rise of the Golden Idol into these genres:

Mystery Investigation Detective Conspiracy Adventure 2D Puzzle Atmospheric Choices Matter Crime Dark Exploration Historical Interactive Fiction Narrative Pixel Graphics Point & Click Singleplayer Story Rich Thriller

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System requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10
Processor: 1.7 GHz Dual Core
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4600
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 2500 MB available space

MacOS

OS: macOS High Sierra
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.86 GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000
Storage: 2500 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Aug. 2025

This is just as good as the first game which makes it one of the best detective games I've ever played. It's on the level of Return of the Obra Dinn.

July 2025

Sure, I prefer the original. But the bottom line is one of my favorite detective games is now one of my favorite detective series.

June 2025

Good Sequel for everyone who played the first one. For everyone else: Go and play the first one. It's better in every in every way. The visual style is better. The puzzles are better, The interface is better. And the story is better. While that sounds negative, it's only because the first part set the bar impossibly high.

June 2025

Playing through the first couple cases, I felt skeptical about this sequel living up to the previous entry. The modern time period was a little jarring but nothing I wasn't ready for after reading the store page blurb. As expected, they leaned on a lot of 70's technology to present mysteries (e.g. infrastructure, lights, TV) and I had no real issues with any of them, they were all fun to solve. By the end of the game I found most of my fears to be unfounded, as the game had much to offer in the way of narrative and case solving. I read the negative reviews and my initial knee jerk reaction to a lot of the comments was "skill issue", and that will probably always be in the back of my mind. But in the interest of being fair, I felt a lot of the problems the other players seem to encounter boils down to either "This does not flow the same way as it would in the Case of the Golden Idol" or "This feature does not help my case solving methodology" to which I can understand somewhat. All I can retort to this sentiment is that we don't play these detective puzzles for them to adapt to us, we play them to solve them, and the game does extremely well in helping you solve it. The comments I could never agree with is "difficult for difficulty's sake" or "trial and error cases". This game is not without fault though, and I have qualms of my own that I have not seen any other review mention in specific. Once you reach the 80-90% mark of the game, you're probably already in a place where you already understand the mystery/narrative and you understand where it is heading. Due to that feeling of accomplishment and finality, the cases at this point of the game can't help but feel like filler or relatively uninteresting puzzles. The case I want to specifically mention is the shipyard case. Interesting and lots of exposition to be had, but the case was mostly name matching. The first game does have this issue as well, not the name matching as much but the momentary dip in quality right before the few final cases, which were great. I have yet to play the DLC but I am expecting the same level of quality. TL;DR: Great sequel, just learn to be comfortable with the changes from the previous entry and the new features.

Feb. 2025

Good, but definitely a step down from the first game in terms of story telling. I feel like nothing was really accomplished this time around, narratively speaking, and I feel like a lot of puzzles were wasted on frivolous scenarios. Gameplay wise, it has been streamlined and improved, featuring great qol and ui changes to make the experience less tedious. I still enjoyed the game for what it was and it certainly has a lot more puzzles to sink your teeth into than the first game.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Rise of the Golden Idol is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.

The Rise of the Golden Idol is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.50€ on Steam.

The Rise of the Golden Idol received 2,825 positive votes out of a total of 3,003 achieving an impressive rating of 9.01.

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The Rise of the Golden Idol was developed by Color Gray Games and published by Playstack.

The Rise of the Golden Idol is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Rise of the Golden Idol is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

The Rise of the Golden Idol is not playable on Linux.

The Rise of the Golden Idol is a single-player game.

There are 6 DLCs available for The Rise of the Golden Idol. Explore additional content available for The Rise of the Golden Idol on Steam.

The Rise of the Golden Idol does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Rise of the Golden Idol does not support Steam Remote Play.

The Rise 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.

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