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2021 PCNintendo Switch 12.49 € 👍 91 % Very positive, 576 reviews on Steam Steam Deck verified

You play the murderer aboard a 1935 ocean liner and must cover up your crime. Branching choices and repeated playthroughs reveal many different endings in this stylish inverted mystery.

What defines Overboard!:

  • Choices with consequences
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Lots of humour
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

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2017 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch 14.99 € 👍 83 % Very positive, 5,592 reviews on Steam Steam Deck playable

  • Choices with consequences
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Lots of humour

As beat cop Jack Kelly you patrol 1980s Brooklyn, writing tickets, juggling time and favors, and trying to clear your name of a frame-up murder. Pixel art, dark humor and choices between honesty and corruption give it a retro cop-show flavor.

Pentiment

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Aviary Attorney

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Road 96

Distinctive, stylised art style

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The Deed

Accessible and relaxed

A dark inversion of the murder mystery: as the heir to a manor house, you plan a killing and try to get away with it. You explore the estate, talk to the family and shape how events unfold.

We. The Revolution

Distinctive, stylised art style

You play a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal in Paris during the French Revolution, weighing evidence, balancing factions and trying to avoid the guillotine yourself. Interrogations, clues and morally heavy verdicts drive a tense, comic-styled courtroom drama.

Blacksad: Under the Skin

Distinctive, stylised art style

A noir detective adventure starring cat private eye John Blacksad, who is pulled into a murder case around a boxing club. It focuses on investigation, dialogue and choices in a comic-inspired world of anthropomorphic animals.

This Bed We Made

Accessible and relaxed

As a 1950s hotel maid you sneak through guests' rooms to piece together dark secrets and a murder. Light stealth, meaningful choices and a rich noir mood drive this narrative-focused detective adventure.

Not for Broadcast

Lots of humour

You work the control room of a TV station in a satirical 1980s dystopia, cutting live broadcasts on the fly. Every call on what to show or censor shapes the story, mixed with dark humour and live-action footage.

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