
Solve criminal cases through the power of SQL queries! Help out the city of Los Zorangeles by becoming a Database Detective in this new (unpaid) work from home opportunity.
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Charts
Each storefront's own chart, in its own country — the closest public signal to sales where none is published. A country missing from a list is one we don't collect there, not one where the game doesn't chart.
No United States chart position — it charts only in the markets below.
Same day: best AU #89, worst UK #97 · 2 markets collected
Discounts
Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 5/day in the week to Sep 11 → 24.86/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 23 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 14 places towards #1, and the 2,420 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
About

There’s been a backlog of unsolved cases piling up in the Minor Crimes Division of the Los Zorangeles Police Department and we’ll need a Database Detective to help solve them.
We’ll need you to analyze clues and manipulate data using SQL, a database querying language, to figure out who perpetrated crimes from as minor as littering to as serious as not checking out of a hotel after the check-out time.

Don’t worry! This role is intended to be accessible for those without any SQL experience, so each Database Detective is given an introductory textbook when they start! This short textbook is less than 20 pages and explains everything that’s needed to solve each case.
If you still have trouble writing queries, our comprehensive error messaging system will tell you exactly where your query went wrong, making it easy to correct your mistakes.
Still not enough? Each Database Detective is assigned an assistant who’s ready to answer any questions you might have, whether they be about the case itself or the SQL queries you’ll need to write!


Understanding how to manipulate data using SQL is not the only part of being a Database Detective! Your job will also require you to piece together evidence and clues, just like a real detective! Further on in your Database Detective career, you’ll have to sleuth through the internet and piece cases together yourself.
Fully voice acted mission briefings at the beginning of each case!
Fully hand drawn art for you to enjoy!
More than 40 websites to explore!
10 cases for you to solve, each case getting longer and more complex!
A total of around 8-10 hours of valuable work experience to add to your resume!
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 777 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
its a really good game i learned a lot from it and had a great time!
Nice way for learning SQL. Now for people that know SQL it doesn't make it any easier, first real puzzle was quite challenging. There's where I've stopped and I'm not sure yet whether the complexity will sustain a manageable level. --- Edit: Confirmed in the next chapter, SQL gets heavily set aside, the game loop becomes text-based puzzle with SQL as a secondary tool. The complexity really ramps up from the SQL basics tutorial, and the effort per level is humongous. I still recommend the game. It has good vibes and well designed puzzles. So knowing what it is and you are willing to give the level of commitment, go for it.
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
Hours played at review time, across 778 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Seems that all those years studying SQL paid the price.
Great game for learning SQL, plus life advice from your virtual assistant
INSERT INTO steam_reviews VALUES ( "Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division", "Positive", "IS A Good Game to learn SQL AND I like Puzzle" );
Great humor, fun puzzles, and clear SQL explanations in the manual. Glad I haven't finished it yet!
I have to do SQL for my job but it was a "you have to learn this on your own time" sort of situation and I've been able to figure out the basics, but JUST the basics. Which is enough, you know, for the day-to-day but I want to feel more confident about it and learn more (and in contexts with different kinds of dbs!). Even just after playing the demo, my queries felt easier and now that I'm playing the full game I am legitimately learning lots. It's fun and funny and sharp as hell. BIG recommendation to anybody wanting to learn SQL, I've been shooting the link at all my friends in similar "learn SQL because we say but we won't help you" situations.
Good Game
I love the writing of this game so much! Long live Zoran!
Super fun, not too difficult (yet) and full of "Aha, of course!" statements when you crack the cases. I know a little SQL already so can't comment on this for a complete beginner, but the documentation seems pretty good to reference, and unlocking one chapter at a time is very useful for pointing you in the general direction towards a solution. Overall, great game!
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