Scene Investigators

Scene Investigators is a hardcore deductive reasoning game for fans of the "true crime" genre. Step into re-created crime scenes, observe closely for pieces of evidence, analyze possible motives behind the crimes, and uncover what truly happened.

Scene Investigators is a investigation, mystery and puzzle game developed and published by EQ Studios.
Released on October 24th 2023 is available only on Windows in 12 languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Italian and Polish.

It has received 718 reviews of which 548 were positive and 170 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 22.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Scene Investigators into these genres:

Investigation Mystery Puzzle Logic Crime Detective Realistic Exploration Immersive Sim Atmospheric Singleplayer Modern First-Person 3D Adventure Indie Difficult Thriller Futuristic Horror

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS: Windows® 10 64-bit or later
Processor: AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor ~3.3GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
Storage: 26 GB available space
Additional Notes: This was the lowest specc machine that we have access to that we could still run the game at a playable framerate. If you would like to submit lower specs for the Minimum requirements feel free to email us with your specs and framerate. *Subject to change after updates

Reviews

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Oct. 2024

1. I'd wait for it to go on sale. 2. Great idea but lacks immersion. 3. I still recommend as it makes you think, really think. The game looks like you'll be a detective and solve cases. You wont. The game totally ruins it's own immersion by having each scenario slated as a training. I felt like this was a game show rather than a detective game. Everything from the setup, to the robotic AI female voice.....immersion killer. You won't solve the entire mystery, instead the you are asked specific questions. I found myself initially just wanting to check the questions off, rather than understanding the entire story. Once again, total immersion killer. If you want to feel like you're on some type of game show, or being evaluated by fictional instructors while you complete your training rooms, buy it. If you want to be fully immersed in the role of a detective, solving a story rich cases, you'll be disappointed.

Sept. 2024

For those who have been eagerly anticipating this kind of mystery investigation game, it offers an exceptional experience that truly stands out, unmatched by anything else.

Aug. 2024

I strongly recommend this game to anyone interested in the "detective" genre of puzzle games. The game just gives you a room to walk around in and challenges you to piece together your own timeline of events. Other reviews on here seem to complain that the game relies on leaps in logic or making assumptions, but I can't say that I had the experience. However, there are times when the games wants you to apply character motivations to fill in the gaps in the available physical evidence. I think of this as a strength of the game, not a flaw, as I found these instances to be particularly engaging. My flaws with the game are purely mechanical. Moving around and manipulating the camera can be a little janky. I also found ot frustrating that I could not close doors that I had opened. There were a few instances where i felt that being able to reclose a door after opening it would've given important information. I noticed frames take a significant dive in the final bonus level. These flaws may have been more pronounced as I played this game on a Steam Deck. Given that the game doesn't demand much mechanical skill from the player it was easy to i overlook these flaws. I hope that EQ produces more games like this. While I enjoyed their last game, I found this one to be more satisfying in the detective-puzzle department.

June 2024

I'd score it about a 7.5/10. I wish it were a bit more realistic in terms of a police investigation. Each case you are essentially dumped into a crime scene with absolutely no knowledge of the crime, the victims, or even which body was found where. For me, it just seemed a little tedious to have to figure out all the basics based on receipts in wallets or post-its scattered around the place. I think the game would be better if it were centered more on figuring out the crime and tracking down the criminals rather than on figuring out which chalk outline referred to which person. On the plus side, if you like escape room type logic puzzles, this is definitely for you. Lots of obscure clues and references scattered about each location. Many of the solutions require you to make jumps of logic based on very little information. For me, it was generally fun for about the first 2 of the major cases. By the 3rd one, I was starting to burn out on it. Overall, if you like logic puzzles, it's a good game. Personally, I was hoping for something a bit more investigative and more based on hunting criminals down.

March 2024

Pretty good, provided you don't compare it to The Painscreek Killings--the developers previous title--compared to which it seems rather anemic. It's strange, but though I do recommend Scene Investigators, most of my considered reaction below is criticism: - Because the "Scenes" are split up, the game is deprived of the environmental worldbuilding demonstrated in the Painscreek Killings. - For the same reason as the above, there's very little character evolution outside of the "Missing" scenario--where it still feels rather shoehorned in. I loved learning about the characters different facets and secrets and varied relationships in Painscreek Killings, and that's largely absent here. Instead of a complex web of relationships, there are a few paragraphs and a lot of assumptions left to the player to fill in. Despite this criticism, The Scene Investigators is still the closest thing I've found to reproducing the excellence of The Painscreek Killings--one of the best games I've ever played--and it absolutely beats the half-dozen other games I've played in the hopes that they might reproduce The Painscreek Killing experience. Hopefully, the "Scene" format allows the developers to continue fleshing out the game with DLC.

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22.99€

7.3

548

170

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Developer

EQ Studios

Publisher

EQ Studios

Release 24 Oct 2023

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