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The Case of the Golden Idol

The story of a mysterious artefact told through twelve whodunits.

From video essayist GMTK, a puzzle platformer about a robot and his magnet friend escaping a factory.

Program a transmutation engine to concoct potions and poisons.

Battle monsters and level up your dicey heroes in this roguelike strategy game.

A genre-defining adventure across enigmatic worlds.

Strategically plant trees to create regions of similar shape and color.

Help DadHog bring his hedgehog children home by sticking together (literally) and rotating through grid-based puzzles.

A grisly detective mystery aboard a ghost, merchant ship.

Build and optimize complex circuits to fix corrupted files and recover lost images.

Deliver batteries to your robot pals without snagging your power cable on spiky enemies.

Platform:

Linux

Nintendo Switch

PlayStation 5

Web

iPad

iPhone

Mood:

Mysterious

The Rise of the Golden Idol
Three centuries after the whodunit mysteries of the Cloudsley family, a relic hunter seeks out an artifact of unimaginable power.
The Operator
Assist intelligence field agents by finding clues, connecting evidence, and perhaps, uncovering a deeper truth.
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
You have been invited to Hotel Letztes Jahr, a strange manor full of lateral puzzles and a dark past.
Animal Well
Explore a dark well inhabited by animals and full of secrets.
No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Piece together witness testimonies to solve the case of a missing young girl.
Underground Blossom
Take the metro through Laura Vanderboom's life, solving surreal puzzles at each station along the way.
Golden Idol Mysteries: The Lemurian Vampire
The expedition to Monkey Paw Islands reaches a dark conclusion in this DLC featuring 3 new whodunit cases to crack.
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Possess objects and solve adventure puzzles to save characters from their doomed fate.
Golden Idol Mysteries: The Spider of Lanka
Learn about the origins of the cursed artefact in this mystery detective DLC with 3 new whodunits to solve.
Can of Wormholes
Wriggle worms into position in this challenging grid-based puzzler.
Madorica Real Estate 2
The paper-plus-digital lateral puzzle game returns with new ghostly properties to explore.
The Past Within
A co-op entry in the Rusty Lake series, split between point-and-click puzzles and 3D contraptions.

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