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William Rous

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4.11 from 9 ratings

14 members have it in their collection · 1 backlogged · 1 wish listed

How long? · 100% 7h (from 1 logged playthrough)

A puzzle-mystery game inspired by Return of the Obra Dinn, Her Story, Unheard and The Roottrees are Dead.
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Details

Developers
William Rous
Publishers
William Rous
Genres
Indie, Puzzle
Themes
Mystery

Release dates

  • Jan 25, 2025 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Web Browser

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Community All Reviews Statuses

shinespark

Status shinespark Dec 22, 2025

Had a lovely time with this one! It's a database-trawler murder mystery in the vein of Her Story or Return of the Obra Dinn, except entirely text-based and navigated with a cute command line interface. Spooky happenings and clever deduction puzzles abound, and I particularly dug how the story allows for tons of wild speculation without ever straining credulity. The …

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Had a lovely time with this one! It's a database-trawler murder mystery in the vein of Her Story or Return of the Obra Dinn, except entirely text-based and navigated with a cute command line interface. Spooky happenings and clever deduction puzzles abound, and I particularly dug how the story allows for tons of wild speculation without ever straining credulity. The repetitive puzzle format wore a bit thin before the end, but the big reveal was so fun that I didn't really mind.

All in all, an instant freeware classic.

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shinespark

Status shinespark Dec 20, 2025

Of course, now that I've bought a bunch of games on sale, I'm instead playing a free murder mystery on itch.io! Seems pretty neat though, I'm a sucker for these adventure games that have you trawling through databases with a retro command line interface.

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