[Redacted] The Safehouse

This is a very short (30min) deduction game where you, a police detective, go to the safe house where a teenager in the witness protection program is housed. She and her boyfriend have been murdered and you must figure out what happened to them by viewing the evidence, unlocking journal entries on the computer, and piecing the information into the case file. I found it atmospheric and scary and I liked the computer system. At times it was hard to figure out which words to search to find more entries, but I was able to get there in the end. I would love to play more games like this.

Well... Did not expect that. Nice little word search mystery. I had my fun- the surprise at the end felt however little foreshaddowed.

I really enjoyed the game. Of course, as an indie game, it has some problems. But the overall result is very good. The price I consider "honest" for the playtime (I finished the game in 3 hours). The mechanics involve searching a computer where you look for diary entries and try to figure out what happened to a person (no spoilers) and try to reconstruct some facts. The game is quite straightforward, not requiring much reflection on the story, which is quite self-explanatory and includes supernatural elements. Some "quality of life" shortcuts could be improved, as it's a little annoying to "leave the computer" to write something down in your notepad. But this isn't a problem at all. I recommend it to anyone who likes detective games; the price and the final quality are worth it. Not everything needs to be a AAA game. Congratulations to the developer.

I got through the game and all the content in about 90 minutes, but it was a fun 90 minutes. Not an expensive game either, so it's hard not to recommend. Definitely some twists and turns to the storyline and I did enjoy the main gameplay loop. Not easy to get all the journal entries though, so I do wish there were some sort of hint system or secondary way to unlock an entry if you get stuck, because the keywords needed to uncover some of them were very much unintuitive. But on the whole, I enjoyed the experience and hope we get something more from the dev, expanding on what was created here.

Saw a youtube short about the game decided to check it out because I love me some detective games with mystery vibes. The game is very short, not to discredit it. Neat vibes, and a quick little story. I'd like to see this format expanded to a more full game. The pieces are there for a great mystery detective game. The only thing I found a little odd was the reveal system on the computer, needing to build up reveal points wasn't terrible, but I think there is room to improve the system or think of another way to add a bit of a puzzle into the mix. I'm interested to see what the dev may put out next.

Very short detective game inspired by her story. The puzzles are pretty easy and the story/twist is maybe a bit too predictable/cliched, but I had fun playing through the game and piecing everything together.