Kill each other...for science! The class of '89 is trapped in an elite school killing game. Investigate, solve, and expose your classmates in Kumitantei™: Old-School Slaughter, an episodic murder-mystery ADV card-battler inspired by retro anime.

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Reviews

“After spending several hours with the first episode of the adventure, I’m convinced this is the spiritual successor fans of the genre have wanted for years.”
HeyPoorPlayer

“It's great to see a take on the Danganronpa-flavored killing game format from a fresh perspective with new creatives.”
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“Kumitantei: Old-School Slaughter is a video game drenched with passion and love towards the titles that inspired it”
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About This Game

Is survival in the cards?

Kumitantei™: Old-School Slaughter is an episodic murder-mystery ADV cardbattler that lovingly fuses retro anime analog horror with killing game! Kumitantei will consist of 6 episodes, beginning to release in early 2026.

"The Empire of Japan, 1989... Awoken in a decaying old bunker, sixteen elite Absolute Students are trapped in a kill-or-be-killed Apathy Experiment. Will they band together to uncover secrets of this anemoic alternate past, or lose their humanity and lives in the present?"

With a visual style inspired by Rumiko Takahashi’s Urusei Yatsura and '80s anime alongside classic Japanese mystery-adventure games like Danganronpa and Ace Attorney, Kumitantei™ thrusts you into a suspenseful character-driven killing game narrative where your deckbuilding and detective skills are the only keys to surviving. It's a creepy-cute love letter to decades of ADVs that wears its many inspirations on its sleeve: perfect for fans of visual novels, detective games, and deckbuilders with deep narratives.

Features:

  • Bond with your classmates! Get to know the Absolute Class of '89 by listening to them, giving them gifts, and receiving powerful cards to use during debates!

  • Investigate grisly murders! Use your detective skills to comb through slain classmates’ crime scenes and take your evidence to trial!

  • Survive the trial! Cut through the lies and prove your case. Inspired by Ace Attorney and the cult classic Danganronpa series, Clinical Trials can only end in bloodshed, whether it's the culprit's or everyone else's!

  • Build your deck! Create absolute combos using cards you find in the Bunker and through bonding with your classmates to dominate the debates and trials!

  • Please insert coin! Test your retro gaming skills in a variety of faithfully crafted anemoic riffs on true old-school arcade icons!

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work: Frequent Violence or Gore, General Mature Content, Some Nudity or Sexual Content

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
    • Processor: 6th Gen i5/1st Gen Ryzen Series
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 570 (4GB dedicated VRAM)
    • DirectX: Version 12
    • Storage: 6 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
    • Processor: 8th Gen i5/3rd Gen Ryzen Series
    • Memory: 6 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 3060 / AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT (8GB dedicated VRAM)
    • DirectX: Version 12
    • Storage: 6 GB available space

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