The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!

The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker is a fmv, lovecraftian and atmospheric game developed and published by D'Avekki Studios Ltd.
Released on May 19th 2017 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 552 reviews of which 455 were positive and 97 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 8.99€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7,8,10
  • Processor: Pentium 4 SSE2 onwards (dual core)
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD3000 or comparable
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 20 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Must be capable of playing full HD videos
MacOS
  • OS: OSX 10.9 onwards, 64 bit
  • Processor: Intel
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD3000 or comparable
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 20 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Must be capable of playing full HD videos
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, 64 bit
  • Processor: Pentium 4 SSE2 onwards (dual core)
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD3000 or comparable
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 40 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025
This FMV novel is the most enigmatic experience I've ever had. It’s incredibly gripping and continuously leaves you questioning everything: Who is the killer? Do your patients possess mysterious powers? Or are we the crazy ones? The performances are superb, and with a sequel scheduled for 2025, I'm really looking forward to playing more games from this developer in the near future.
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Oct. 2024
The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker is a solid detective game with many possible outcomes. I primarily bought this game because I am a therapist and I love detective games so I felt that it was a nice blend of my career and my interests. I'm always leery of FMV games, but this is very well done. Dr. Dekker doesn't struggle with phrasing and will give the player a lot of leeway with how you ask questions. You can even be playful with it. At one point I decided to quote a scene from the Big Lebowski and I had some pretty comical results. "Do you see what happens, Larry? Do you see what happens when you..." The bottom line here, you will get a lot of replay value and the characters, while as a counselor I find them insufferable (Jaya), as a gamer I find them fun to explore. The achievements can be tedious so if you're an achievement hunter, beware. The story is solid and the game is a nice spin on detective games. I'd give this a 3.5/5 in total.
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Aug. 2024
I had so much fun with this game! It did take me a little bit to kinda get my bearings and figure out how to get the conversation flowing naturally, but once I did that I was all in, and found it pretty immersive and engrossing. Loved the characters, the acting, and the stories, and my god were some moments unsettling! Totally reccommend it if this seems like your thing!
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July 2024
At first I was put off by the lousy 'parser' system, where there was no real freedom of questioning. The game wanted us to ask 'exact' questions according to what was programmed. For example, instead of responding to the question "why did I come to your house?" the game would only respond to "why was I there at your house last night?" Since the questioning system is not AI based, its understandable its like this. Ultimately, you will learn that the easiest way to move forward is only by using keywords, which is enough to get essential responses but not all them. This is justified by the game stating how 'verbal mirroring' is a technique which brings the patient to trust us and open us. It makes sense, but really is a poor excuse of game design. It didn't help that the UI was clunky and unattractive. So, why did I continue to play all the way to the end. Engrossing, engaging, and just so interesting are the keywords. It's a murder mystery, but it is delivered in such a fashion that you are always wanting to hear more from the patients, who, were portrayed excellently by their actors/actresses. Seriously, the performance is worthy of an applause. I really got invested into the characters and wanted to learn everything about them. The eldritch themes just added to the atmosphere but made judgement hard. Why? Being a healthcare provider myself, I resonated with the main character, trying to determine whether my patients were really mentally ill or were really telling the truth, which was so fantastical. Was there really some eldritch reasoning behind the insanity or was it just plain insanity? It just stimulated my mind. Keeping in mind this was a FMV game, which have a reputation for being B-grade type of movie games, this game was a cut above the rest. In fact, it was the cream of the crop. I bought it on the summer sale so that added to the taste. But for those of you who like murder-mystery and eldritch storytelling, this is a recommended FMV game.
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June 2024
If you like feet then this game is amazing! If you don't then it's a bit of mixed bag, the acting is very hammy but kind of alright, the atmosphere its pretty good and the multiple stories of the characters should leave enough intrigue for most players to enjoy. The major issue that's basically a game breaker is the UI that sucks so you bad that you end up constantly using the hint system until you might as well be just pressing a single button to continue. this game should be a 5/10 but the game knows it so every time it gets a bit boring then one of the female characters wiggles their toes in your face so I'm giving this game 10/10.
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The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
7.8
455
97
Online players
7
Developer
D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Publisher
D'Avekki Studios Ltd
Release 19 May 2017
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