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3.52 from 182 ratings
1410 members have it in their collection · 3 playing now · 890 backlogged · 43 wish listed
How long? Main story 1h · with extras 1h · 100% 1h (from 28 logged playthroughs)
Review overmegaload 5/5 · May 29, 2025
The game is an hour long, but it has been worth it for every minute I played. I saw interesting bugs, played as a cool frog detective, went into holes, solved a mystery, and ended up busting some moves and grooving by the end of it. What's not to love about all that in one whole hour?
Review georgeypoorgey 3/5 · Feb 16, 2024
There is a question that all detective games have to answer- how do you gamify solving a mystery? Return of the Obra Dinn does this through filling out an audit with the name of the victim, the murderer, and the weapon. L.A. Noire has its mystery gameplay presented through accusations. Tangle Tower (The Detective Grimoire series) has you piece together …
There is a question that all detective games have to answer- how do you gamify solving a mystery? Return of the Obra Dinn does this through filling out an audit with the name of the victim, the murderer, and the weapon. L.A. Noire has its mystery gameplay presented through accusations. Tangle Tower (The Detective Grimoire series) has you piece together clues to find the truth of your scenario.
Frog Detective says
Forget all that. We'll just make the game a visual novel and we'll telegraph when the mystery is gunna be solved so you can stop and take your guesses in real life and you'll find out shortly after if you were right.
And you know what? It mostly works. The game is so light that it feels silly to criticize it for not being more mechanically involved. Frog Detective is solving a mystery involving ghost scientists and a dance party. If you're expecting to examine blood spatter and cross examine lying crooks, you've come to the wrong mystery game.
Frog Detective is a light, funny, wholesome mystery visual novel. I recommend performing all the characters for your children with silly voices. I had to take a few breaks from performing the characters so I could laugh out loud.
Review isabelp_97 3/5 · Feb 15, 2024
Silly, simple, and fun. There isn’t much else to say about Frog Detective. You could tell the creator had a great time making this and it was a nice straight forward wacky mystery to solve. The controls were really nice and the dialogue was weird in the best way. A great bite sized mystery that doesn’t require too much effort …
Read moreSilly, simple, and fun. There isn’t much else to say about Frog Detective. You could tell the creator had a great time making this and it was a nice straight forward wacky mystery to solve. The controls were really nice and the dialogue was weird in the best way. A great bite sized mystery that doesn’t require too much effort to enjoy and complete.
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Review PaceAce 4/5 · Nov 5, 2023
Fun little indie game were you go around solving stuff helping people
Review tegiebear 5/5 · Dec 21, 2022
silly little story with silly little characters that had me giggling at mostly everything. really short but fun :)
Review maimegidola 4/5 · Apr 2, 2020
What a cute, silly game. A very pleasant way to spend an hour and get some chuckles. The magnifying glass wasn't really needed for anything, but it was fun to just point it at random shit lol. The disclaimer about "pls don't actually not read books" was cute. I wish the game was longer, but the first person view would've …
What a cute, silly game. A very pleasant way to spend an hour and get some chuckles. The magnifying glass wasn't really needed for anything, but it was fun to just point it at random shit lol. The disclaimer about "pls don't actually not read books" was cute. I wish the game was longer, but the first person view would've probably given me a headache if it had been much longer...
Disappointed we never got to solve the real mystery on the island: "who took my sunglases"
Status maimegidola Apr 2, 2020
I hate that my brain started singing along. gg, they got me
Review Torgo 4/5 · Jan 9, 2020
This was a short game, approximately one hour, and it cost only a dollar or two. It was quite good.
So you play as a frog detective and you go to an island to solve a spooky mystery. The story is silly, the characters are charming, and it has some light puzzle solving. A small, clever little game, worth checking …
This was a short game, approximately one hour, and it cost only a dollar or two. It was quite good.
So you play as a frog detective and you go to an island to solve a spooky mystery. The story is silly, the characters are charming, and it has some light puzzle solving. A small, clever little game, worth checking out.
This game gave me the giggles several times. I'll definitely play the sequel at some point.
Review tylerisrandom 4/5 · Dec 21, 2019
I'm sick with a cold and this charming and silly little one-hour adventure is just what the doctor ordered. (I mean, not literally. Literally what the doctor ordered was vitamins and rest and plenty of fluids.)
Review nsfmc 5/5 · Nov 23, 2018
incredibly satisfying point+click adventure game with hilarious writing, takes about an hour and full of charming details. think keita takahashi makes la noire.
