
A mystery adventure game about an aspiring actor turned detective. Dotson comes across a case where each clue unravels new details about his father’s sudden passing. Engage in a riveting story, explore vibrant modern India, and use your wits to uncover the truth.
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Prices
The United States storefront in every case, so this compares stores and not countries.
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): 0.14/day in the week to Sep 7 → 0.29/day in the week after.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.29/day in the week to Jul 23 → 0.14/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,400 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
Explore the colorful streets of modern India while you’re on the job! As you dive deeper into what seems to be a normal case for Detective Dotson, more unfolds and you learn how it all connects to your father’s sudden passing.
Investigate four unique cases, starting simple and building toward a thrilling final mystery that ties everything together. Trade, bargain, and uncover hidden clues from a cast of over 50 characters — each with their own secrets, needs, and personalities.

Wander through a lively city where 2D and 3D art styles blend seamlessly. Stroll past food carts, dance stages, and busy bazaars, soaking up the sights, sounds, and spirit of India. Every street corner holds a potential lead, a valuable item, or an unexpected encounter.

Nothing comes easy in Dotson’s world — you’ll need to haggle like a pro to get what you need. Buy incense sticks, street food, Bollywood memorabilia and more, and trade them smartly to open up new conversations, gather intel, and move closer to solving each case.

Jump into fun mini-games scattered around the city, including street cricket and Bollywood dance-offs. Winning games means better bargaining power — and sometimes, vital clues.

From mischievous shopkeepers to notorious gangsters, the city is full of colorful characters waiting to help (or hinder) Detective Dotson. Charm them, outwit them, or catch them red-handed — how you interact can change the outcome.

As you crack each case, a deeper, more personal story begins to unfold — one connected to Detective Dotson himself. Expect surprises, laughs, and a love letter to the rich culture and chaotic charm of India.

Sums Steam only; Xbox publishes no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $4.49−70% | 169reviews | 81% | — | $12.2K |
| $14.99 | 6ratings | 80% | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 47 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
Good
en los 20 minutos aprox que probe el título se buego varias veces, inclusive en el tutorial teniendo que cerrar el juego, lamentablemente me quede con las ganas de probar mas porque la verdad se ve un juego bastante interesante
As others have said, there's very little deduction in this game. The majority of the time is spent in a simple platformer, dodging occasional thrown refuse as you try to understand what you need to bribe someone with to get information from them, then go throw away refuse or do other fetch-quests to get the money to buy the thing to bribe the person to get the piece of information. Once you have all of the information, put it in a pretty straightforward grid. Full of fun culture, but not much gameplay.
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Languages: English*, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Russian*languages with full audio support
Hours played at review time, across 47 reviews with recorded playtime.
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解密很有意思,虽然是像素风但是也有很多细节,小游戏也不错(虽然有的玩不太明白),不过快来猛猛赚印度老奶的养老金!
A mega pack of thriller, suspense, drama, and an indian touch. Every small detail added to the gameplay makes you hooked in seconds. Loved it. I finished the game in one sitting followed by the YouTube movie. Can’t wait for the next part.
unfortunately i was quite disappointed by DD after finally grabbing it on sale after it had been on my wishlist for a while, and i am glad i got it on sale because i think the full price is steep for 1) a little over 2h experience and 2) only the first chapter of the game when there is no indication there are multiple chapters. there is very little actual detecting and most of the game is running around playing sidequest sim getting things for people and playing the same repetitive minigames to earn money. the characters you talk to all but directly tell you how to solve the cases, and i am Very lost on how you are supposed to accept the sudden connection between all 3 cases as suddenly having relevance to your main quest/case. the VA sound quality is very poor as well. it also feels like a sequel to something w/the ending and meeting of a character it is strongly implied you know already, but you don't? it is clearly a cultural love letter and that was cool and what mainly drew me in, but the gameplay and narrative are super weak imo. i won't be returning for chapter 2 and would not recommend purchasing if it is not on sale
I liked the art style and idea of this game, but I found the gameplay to be a bit weak. It mostly involves running around completing errands to progress to the next clue. I also found the minigames to manage to thread the line to be both too easy on the lower levels, and progressively become a bit ridiculous on the higher levels. It also didn't feel very complete, though hopefully that issue will be fixed with the release of Chapter 2. Maybe when there's more story it will feel a bit more complete and worthy of recommendation, but I wouldn't recommend it right now.
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Where this game's players are, estimated from review languages.
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