A story-driven noir detective game. Search crime scenes, crack evidence puzzles, interrogate suspects, and accuse the killer. Six cases, from a locked office to a lighthouse. Get it wrong, and the killer walks free.

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Planned Release Date: Nov 11, 2026

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About This Game

The office was locked from the inside. Somebody had another way in.

The Crime Archive is a story-driven noir detective game. Every case is a self-contained crime scene waiting to be picked apart. No waypoints, no hand-holding: just the scene, the suspects, and whatever evidence you're sharp enough to find.

How a case works

  • Explore. Search each location for hidden evidence. Some hotspots hold real clues. Others are decoys meant to slow you down.
  • Find. Spotting an object doesn't hand you the answer. Each clue is locked behind its own investigation puzzle: reassemble a torn page, wipe away grime to reveal a mark, spot the one wrong line in a printed log, sweep a magnifying glass over a coffee cup.
  • Analyze. Build your case file and track how much of the picture you really have.
  • Interrogate. Question each suspect in the interrogation room. Some answers only open up once you've caught someone else in a lie.
  • Accuse. Name the killer and back it with evidence. Get it wrong, and the real killer walks free.

Six cases

  • Closed for Business: a co-founder found dead at his desk in a locked office. (Free in the demo.)
  • The Last Supper: a wealthy host poisoned at the head of his own dinner table.
  • Opening Night: the star of a comeback show strangled during intermission.
  • The Silent Station: a stationmaster's death staged to look like a train accident.
  • The Inheritance: a patriarch's fall down the grand staircase that wasn't a fall.
  • The Last Light: two deaths at one lighthouse, 27 years apart. Two cases, two killers, one finale.

Features

  • Six hand-built mysteries, from a tutorial-friendly opener to an extreme two-timeline finale
  • Six kinds of evidence puzzles, so no two clues are found the same way
  • Branching interrogations where suspects' stories unlock each other
  • Red herrings, staged scenes and lying witnesses in the harder cases
  • Real consequences: a wrong accusation ends the case in failure
  • A noir case-file look with moody, lamp-lit scenes and original music

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Location backgrounds, suspect portraits, evidence images and cutscene art were created with AI image tools and then edited and composited by the developer. The music was created with AI music tools. Story, dialogue, mystery design and puzzles were written and designed by the developer.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

A murder-mystery game. Players investigate killings through evidence and interrogations. Deaths are described in dialogue; there is no on-screen gore, and the only blood shown is on evidence items.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
    • Processor: Dual-core 2.0 GHz
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX 11 compatible GPU with 1 GB VRAM
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
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