
An episodic co-op noir murder mystery. Play as one half of a crime-fighting duo: the detective Jack Finch and his police dog, Archie. Use your deduction skills and sense of smell to find evidence, interrogate suspects, and catch the culprit in a gritty story set in the Great Depression.
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The careless romance and glamour of the Roaring ‘20s in America are over; poverty and crime run rampant in the grimy streets of the Great Depression. Jack Finch, a reclusive but hard-nosed detective, has sworn he’ll never work with another partner again. But his boss doesn't much care about him vowing to work alone – and soon he finds himself teamed up with the newly graduated police dog Archie. He might want nothing to do with the spunky canine, but with a mass murderer on the loose and an ever-growing case file, the new team has to learn to work together if they want to catch the culprit and restore peace to the city…
COOP PLAY: CHOOSE THE COP OR THE DOG
Finch & Archie is a two-player co-op. You can choose to be either the weathered detective Jack Finch or the good boy Archie. Please don’t fight over who gets to be the dog.
FIND A WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR PARTNER
Because you are a human-dog partnership, communication does not come easy. You will have to be creative to explain your findings to your partner. The mystery cannot be solved without sharing evidence between yourselves – but unless you speak dog (or can bark in human), you’ll need to find creative ways to communicate with your partner…
BRING YOUR UNIQUE SKILLS TO THE INVESTIGATION
Both Finch and Archie bring their own strengths and unique skills to the investigation. Use either your magnifying glass or your excellent sense of smell to find and gather evidence that will help you with your case.
INTERROGATE SUSPECTS AND WITNESSES
Suspects can be as wily as witnesses can be unreliable. Question their motives, find out their alibis, poke holes in their testimonies, and use evidence to catch them in lies and contradictions.
ANOTHER NIGHT, ANOTHER CASE
Dive deep into a collection of hard-boiled, noir crime stories set in the Great Depression. Finch & Archie is an episodic game, and each episode opens a new investigation – but they are all tied into an overarching story.
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
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It's a charming indie detective game meets the funny boardgame incoherent. plus one of you gets to be a dog.
great art style and cool mechanics, I played this with my partner and had a good time. Looking forward to the full release
Am so happy with the game so far and cannot wait for more! Play tested the first sequence of this game when play testing started and it was really fun with the small section that was released. The second the first story implement was added I jumped on with my girlfriend and it was so good. The story progressed at a good pace, the level design made it easy to understand what was next without hand holding your hand too much, the puzzles were thought provoking but not hard enough to frustrate you and I was always stoked when a piece of lore circled back to connect to something I wasnt sure on. I'm super excited to see where this game goes and cant wait for a full release.
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Hours played at review time, across 34 reviews with recorded playtime.
Brilliant concept, does need some work but excited to see where it goes.
good for the most part, but pretty sure some of our evidence got deleted upon reloading a save from yesterday, and we were unable to get those items back.
If you play this and follow the guidelines of just using messaging in the game to share clues, it's an awful lot of fun. Although I played with a friend and we were on Discord, it was honestly a hoot and a half trying to use the basic language system to communicate. There were a lot of laughs. Though I will object to not being able to says "suss" as one of the words. I mean, is this an Aussie game or not?! All in all, my friend and I had a blast streaming it together and cannot wait for the rest of the cases to be released. JUSTICE FOR MAX!
Really enjoyed this game! A unique concept, great art style, charming characters, engaging dialogue and the core communication mechanic made for some hilarious moments. It's also super promising that there's already been patches and changes based on feedback, and the devs are present and quick to respond to bugs/queries/etc on the Discord server. Keen to see what the next case is!
I have nothing but praise for this game. It is exactly what it claims to be, in the best possible way. The clues and puzzles are challenging, but rewarding. My friend and I (certified idiots) were able to complete everything currently available without feeling frustrated or like anything was unfairly difficult. The game also manages to perfectly balance the murder mystery aspect with humor in a way that is so rarely pulled off this flawlessly. If I HAD to pick a negative, I'd say that the lighting in the game can make it a bit tricky to locate your partner, as they can blend in to the shadows, but that's nothing a quick bark or whistle can't solve, and the map locations are small enough that you'll run in to them just a couple minutes of searching. All in all, I would give this game an 11/10. Absolutely fantastic, and I cannot wait for more.
2 Player cooperative game that creatively uses the differences between playable characters as a funny and interesting mechanic. -- Positives The division of responsibilities is done well where it felt like both players always had something to do while helping each other out. It's fun speaking to each other like cavemen and hoping the other person understands. The story is presented with several cutscenes with very beautiful ink-like art. Replaying the story was fun from the other perspective and there's replayability if you're a terrible detective (I am a terrible detective). -- Potential for growth The game currently is a little bit clunky in the menus but gameplay is fun. Some of the menus and UI could be improved but the devs are responsive and aware. -- Overall I'm excited for future updates and where this story progresses. It's a really fun game to play with a partner and really testing for your communication skills.
This game is so much fun! It has such an interesting and unique communication system, and its especially fun to try and figure things out with a friend. Can't wait to see more in the future!
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