The Shapeshifting Detective

The Shapeshifting Detective is a supernatural murder mystery FMV game where you play as a detective who can shapeshift into other characters, allowing you to unlock secret conversations and private encounters.

The Shapeshifting Detective is a fmv, adventure and indie game developed by D'Avekki Studios Ltd and Wales Interactive and published by Wales Interactive.
Released on November 06th 2018 is available on Windows and MacOS in 12 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Turkish, Russian, Ukrainian, Spanish - Spain, Hungarian, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese and Korean.

It has received 1,530 reviews of which 1,187 were positive and 343 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 2.66€ on Steam and has a 82% discount.

The Steam community has classified The Shapeshifting Detective into these genres:

FMV Adventure Indie Detective Choices Matter Mystery Story Rich Horror Singleplayer

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows 7 32-bit
Processor: 2.0 GHz
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: DirectX 11.0 compatible video card
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 6 GB available space

MacOS

OS: macOS 10.13+ 64-bit
Processor: 2.0 GHz
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Integrated graphics
Storage: 6 GB available space

Reviews

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Sept. 2024

Had a lot of fun with this game. The actors had a lot of fun with their characters with some hilarious interactions. Spent a few hours finding Easter eggs!

July 2024

I bought The Shapeshifting Detective because some of the actors were the same as in Contradiction , which I enjoyed despite its flaws, and I can say the same thing is true for this game. The actors were doing a good job for the most part, even if Robert Booth (the Chief) seemingly has to overact every scene and character he plays. It's passable, though, because he feels genuinely invested and I'll take that over boring underacting in FMV games. As for the story, it was interesting enough to motivate me to finish the game in 3 1/2 hours in one sitting, gaining the "Find the killer on your 1st playthrough" achievement in the process. I don't think it is hard to do, it just means that you have to use the game's unique "shapeshifting" mechanic quite a lot and sometimes "jump" into the same characters multiple times per chapter, if it feels like it could reveal something. That's all there is to the gameplay as well, so if the story and they way it is presented isn't appealing to you in the first 10 minutes, I'd say you probably won't enjoy the rest of the game. Overall, a good FMV game. I am not interested in replaying it (and since I got probably the best ending or one of the best endings, I don't see a reason to), but since I got it on sale for 3€ I think it was totally worth it.

May 2024

A few interesting concepts and ideas explored in this one, i thoroughly enjoyed the storyline, until it came down to collecting the achievements. But, thank goodness for a skip seen dialog option. Played the game to 100% completion, leaves a few minor mysteries unsolved (and up to the interpretation of the player, mainly about "what and who you are" while playing?) At least those thoughts crossed my mind. The killer is random each playthrough and you must pay close attention to dialog if you want to figure it out. There was some acting i found in bad taste, the overplayed starstruck dramatic romantic, but to be fair, it did match the theme of his character too, but couldnt handle Ellis, felt like "forced" acting, for lack of better wording. Not enough however for me to throw it under a bus, perhaps she just rubbed me the wrong way as shes not a bad actress, it just felt like she was out of place in this one. I feel Ellis couldve just had more 'character' to her for the type character she is. About gameplay, no real clunkiness between scenes. Game took me a bit to load but once loaded in performance issues werent a concern. Supernatural theories presented in this game were intriguing to me.

May 2024

Picked this game up because I had a couple bucks in my wallet I needed to spend. Honestly wasn't expecting much of anything out of it. Boy was I wrong. Completely blew me away. Great game!

March 2024

The filming and post-production are on point, which really sets the eerie atmosphere nicely. The unique gameplay and cryptic storyline complement each other well. There's a ton of script and branching storylines that offer plenty of exploration.

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Steam reviews	23 December 2024 14:06

-82% 14.79€ 2.66€

7.5

1,187

343

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Developer

D'Avekki Studios Ltd, Wales Interactive

Publisher

Wales Interactive

Release 06 Nov 2018

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