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The Case of the Golden Idol

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App ID 1677770
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Playstack
Franchise Playstack
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Godot Engine, Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 30525887
Last Record Update 11 August 2025 – 10:08:33 UTC ()
Release Date 13 October 2022 – 07:37:46 UTC ()
🤩 95.05%
9k reviews
50
In-Game
🤫 Mystery 🕵️ Detective 🔍 Investigation 🧩 Puzzle 👁️ Conspiracy

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

Additional Information

Developer Color Gray Games
controller_support full
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Playstack
Store Release Date 13 October 2022 – 07:37:50 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.com/invite/98EZEuEqK8
https://x.com/ColorGray7
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjt4kvmA2k1fage83DZtN_Q/
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 13 October 2022 – 07:37:46 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 30 January 2024 – 14:45:48 UTC () (1706625948)
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review_score 9
review_percentage 98
Detected Technologies (?) Godot Engine, Unity Engine, Game_Development_Kit SDK, SteamworksNET SDK, UnityBurst SDK, cURL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 17 October 2024 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 15997527
  • configuration:
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    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-9.0-3RC
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
Content Descriptors General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 24 June 2021 – 07:32:29 UTC (), in changelist #11844881
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

12 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes
Spanish - Latin America Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes
Turkish Yes Yes

Tags

🤫 Mystery 🕵️ Detective 🔍 Investigation 🧩 Puzzle 👁️ Conspiracy 🔎 Point & Click 📚 Story Rich 🏽 2D 🔪 Thriller 📚 Interactive Fiction 😨 Dark 🌫 Atmospheric 👾 Pixel Graphics 👤 Singleplayer 📜 Historical 🧞 Choices Matter 🗺️ Adventure 🚨 Crime 📚 Narrative 🗺 Exploration

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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256967035 ↴
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Steam charts

  • 50 players right now
  • 76 24-hour peak
  • 605 all-time peak 17 November 2024
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  • 13 24-hour peak
  • 15,754 all-time peak
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  • 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive
  • 95.05% SteamDB Rating
  • 8,855 98.1% positive reviews
  • 167 1.9% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
13 October 2022 Steam Release -
24 July 2025 ⇄ Fanatical: Build Your Own Play on the Go Elite Collection (Summer 2025) -

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The Case of the Golden Idol had an all-time peak of 605 concurrent players on 17 November 2024.

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