
As a private detective, you’ll crack word clues left by a mysterious informant, gather evidence, and uncover the truth hidden in the shadows.
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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 Aug 8 → 0.29/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 2,402 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
Detective Worden is a narrative-driven word puzzle game set in a noir world, inspired by Wordle and classic detective fiction. Each word brings you one step closer to the truth.
A mysterious informant sends you cryptic clues in the form of single words. Through deduction, pattern recognition, and a touch of intuition, you'll sift through layers of language to piece together the full picture.
Whether you're pursuing the truth in Story Mode, practicing freely in Free Mode, or testing your skills against others in the Daily Challenge, the game rewards careful thought and calm reasoning.
A unique blend of word puzzles and detective storytelling
Story Mode: investigate a single case as each clue draws you deeper into the truth
Free Mode: practice freely with customizable word length, difficulty, attempt limit, and time constraints
Daily Challenge: take on a new puzzle every day and compete with players around the world in logic and speed
Stats & History Tracking: review your past answers, performance, and overall progress
Retro typewriter-style interface with immersive sound design and nostalgic visuals
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Reviews
Pretty fun game with another graduating challenge to keep it fresh and interesting. Some words are easier to make a connection to the case then others, some have no clues to help you with what they want. And it doesn't really feel as though you are solving anything in the case itself, the character does that for you. The conclusion didn't really feel like much a conclusion or ending. Despite this, I do recommend it if you want a good short game and enjoy playing Wordle.
游戏规则非常简单就是猜字母的排列顺序,但是本作没有任何提示纯靠玩家的英语词汇量,盲猜一个单词然后看是都存在正确的字母再换一个单词进行修正,玩法上更有趣,只不过很挑人。
An elevated version of wordle where solving enough puzzles helps you crack unsolved cases. A solid presentation makes this an enjoyable experience. Plus I completed the game and then congress voted to release the Epstein files. Coincidence? we'll never know, but maybe the FBI should be working on their wordle skills.
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Languages: English*, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese*languages with full audio support
Hours played at review time, across 45 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Ставлю плюс игре за идею. А так я назвала бы это не игрой, а её демоверсией. Очень коротенькая история. Сама идея мне понравилась: заставило пошевелить мозгами, вспомнить английский. Очень классная идея для того, у кого английский иностранный язык. Формально русский перевод есть, но переводили, видимо, с онлайн переводчиком. Слова-отгадки все на английском, поэтому, человеку, не владеющим языком, покупать игру не стоит. Очень жаль, что по сути, детектив раскрыл только одно дело и по итогу только и задаешься вопросом: и что, а дальше что, а сюжет-то будет? Игра на пару часов максимум, и то, если будешь постоянно отвлекаться на домашние дела. Жаль, что идею не развили, я бы поиграла в полноценную версию.
Нескладний пазл на відгадування слів побудований як детективна історія, є нова гра плюс, щоденний челенж та вільний режим. Якщо фанати жанру - забирайте, якщо просто шукаєте якусь нескладну гру для ачівок/статистики - беріть на знижках.
提示不算多 英语不好的非英语母语玩家建议用gpt边猜边问以获得体验
If you hope this will be a detective game because of the name, you will be sorely disappointed. It's wordle set to the rhythm of a relatively tropey detective story, where the context of what's presently being discussed in the case is (usually) a clue to the word you're trying to guess. If you fail enough during the story, you get a bad ending. It starts out with 4 letter words, and goes up to 7. I'll be honest, I don't really care for Wordles with over 5 letters, and actively dislike 7+. That said, predicting the answer based on the context of a case feels pretty satisfying, and adds a dimension to the wordle puzzle style that helps offset this game from the work it derives from.
🔹 EXPECTATIONS: a narrative Wordle/Mastermind game. 🔹 REALITY: a Wordle/Mastermind game with a separate narrative. 🔶 Detective Worden takes the gameplay mechanics of Mastermind (aka Wordle) and adds a narrative to it. If you're unfamiliar, you need to guess a 4-7 letters long word only knowing if letters are present in the final word and if they're in the right position or not, from previous guesses. 🔸 You start with a blind guess, then a letter is marked grey if it's not in the secret word, orange if it is but it's in the incorrect position, or green if it is correctly placed. You can use the keyboard or the in-game typewriter, which also comes with a handy button to remove all unused letter. 🔸 And then there is the narrative part. I was expecting the secret words to be key words for developing the plot, so that there is a purpose to the gameplay, but it's not the case. The words are loosely connected to the crime topic at best, giving a sense of disconnection between gameplay and story. 🔸 The story itself is compelling in the beginning but quickly starts to jump from suspect to suspect, never focusing on one thread, involving people of whom you don't have their images (which personally gives me a hard time) and crossing with another case from the past. It was hard to follow. 🔸 The game 4 chapters, for a total of 33 words to find, but I didn't play it in one session, so by the time I returned, I was completely lost. The game keeps past evidence on a side screen, but it doesn't include a full summary of events or characters' profiles. 🔸 Detective Worden is a glorified version of Mastermind/Wordle in the good sense. Exact same mechanics but with a story to accompany you while you guess the words, although the two don't go hand in hand. If you like the original, this is the same with a noir style. POSITIVES: 🙂+ 😄+ 😍+ NEGATIVES: 🙁- 😠- no summary of events 😡- [quote]For more puzzle game reviews, news and everything puzzle-related, follow [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/25928931-Puzzle-Lovers/]Puzzle Lovers[/url] and check out our [url=http://steamcommunity.com/groups/puzzlelovers]Steam group[/url].[/quote]
brilliant idea that 100% fumbles it in the first step. supposedly, the wordle gameplay is related to the "clues" they give you about the case, but it really isn't. every answer feels either cheap or out of left field. does it want me to talk about the body in the picture? or the wine bottle in the back of the picture? in no way would I ever have guessed "pose" was supposed to be about the body, because he does indeed look like a guy who got stabbed and fell to the ground dead. I have no idea where this detective is going in even one of his thought processes. the tapes are meandering and boring and then nothing's written down or left on the screen after they end; if I wasn't listening, I have to listen to the entire tape again. there could 100% be a written log of what's on the tape instead, and I get that they're going for drama, but the detective story seems like it's being told to me in the background of me trying to play wordle, entirely unrelated to my surroundings. the UI is neat & the sounds of the typewriter are crisp and pleasing, but holy cats batman I get better luck 100% guessing random words than trying to play with the detective on a case angle.
非常好打字猜词游戏,使我想起电脑课上玩金山打字通() 但是我的英语水平不过关,先放库里吃灰,战个未来吧
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