The Crime Archive

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