The Case of the Golden Idol
Released
Release Date: October 13, 2022
The adventure game The Case of the Golden Idol is a non-linear detective game in which we try to solve twelve murder cases in 18th-century realities over four decades.
Release Date: October 13, 2022
The adventure game The Case of the Golden Idol is a non-linear detective game in which we try to solve twelve murder cases in 18th-century realities over four decades.
The Case of the Golden Idol is a detective adventure game. The project was developed by Color Gray Games studio.
The game is set in the 18th century. Players take on the role of a detective who, over the course of four decades, must unravel the case of twelve mysterious murders. At first it seems that these crimes are unrelated, but over time it turns out that they have a lot in common. We will have to discover the identities of the perpetrators and the motives behind their acts.
The Case of the Golden Idol is an adventure game with a point-n-click interface, which, however, strongly differs from the other games of the genre.
Each murder is divided into two phases. The first takes the form of a frozen scene from the moment of the victim's death. In it, we examine elements of the environment, look into the drawers and pockets of the characters and collect evidence and clues. These finds take the form of scrolls with words, which we use in the second phase of the investigation, where we have to match these words to blanks in sentences, creating a logical cause-and-effect sequence to explain what actually happened.
The first cases are simple and cover only one screen of the scene. Over time, however, the level of complexity of the crime gradually increases, until by the end of the adventure we have to connect clues from multiple screens together, creating a complex web of motives, evidence and deduction.
The Case of the Golden Idol offers a single-player mode only.
The game features two-dimensional graphics made in an unusual retro style.
Platforms:
PC Windows October 13, 2022
PlayStation 4 July 23, 2024
Xbox One July 9, 2024
Nintendo Switch May 25, 2023
PlayStation 5 July 23, 2024
Xbox Series X/S July 9, 2024
Developer: Color Gray Games
Publisher: PlayStack
Age restrictions: 16+
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Fans of detective adventure games should take an interest in The Case of the Golden Idol. The game is receiving nothing but praise, including from the creator of the hit from a few years ago - Papers, Please.
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Michal Ciezadlik
October 17, 2022
System Requirements for The Case of the Golden Idol Video Game:
PC / Windows
Minimum System Requirements:
Dual Core 1.7 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card Intel HD 4600 or better, 300 MB HDD, Windows 7 64-bit.
Recommended System Requirements:
Intel Core i5-4200M 2.5 GHz, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 2 GB GeFoerce GTX 1050 or better, 300 MB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit.
List of Game Add-Ons and DLCs for Video Game:
DLC Golden Idol Mysteries: The Lemurian Vampire August 31, 2023
DLC Golden Idol Mysteries: The Spider of Lanka May 25, 2023
Game Ratings for The Case of the Golden Idol Video Game.
Softpedia: 8.5 / 10 by Cosmin Vasile
The Case of the Golden Idol is a tight adventure with good mechanics, excellent design for all the scenes, and great presentation. Players should try to play a sequence at a time, savor the clues and avoid relying on the hint system as much as possible.
Worth Playing: 8.8 / 10 by Andreas Salmen
The Case of Golden Idol is an engaging adventure game that completely won me over, even though it's not remotely what I thought it would be. It's more about observation than actual detective work, but it requires more deduction skills than many games of its kind would feel comfortable to burden the player with. It's very much in the vein of Return of the Obra Dinn, where it's more about your logical deduction skills than about pretend detective play. If that's your cup of tea, The Case of the Golden Idol is an easy recommendation. Given the choice, I would opt for the PC version, especially if you don't intend to play the game in the Switch's docked mode.
Game Rant: 4.5 / 5 by Sam Stewart
The Case of the Golden Idol's clever mysteries leave players feeling like Victorian super sleuths.
Average score from votes.
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