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A Case of Fraud
A short, non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“A Case of Fraud is a snack-sized Roottrees-style puzzler. I had fun, but found the actual murder-mystery part of the story to be on the weak side. Still, it's a fun time working through documents to solve who's who--pet names included!”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“no HR in this company, no wonder everyone's getting freaky in the workplace😭😭”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“'The Roottrees are Pets'. An enjoyable take on the Rootrees format of filling in a family tree (or office personnel chart), with the cute addition of identifying people's pets. Revealing secretive office politics is interesting and at times funny- we all know That Guy in sales-…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
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Update notes for 18 August
Add localised feedback form for Simplified Chinese Add remaining localisation playtesters to credits Fix credits font for English version
Now available in Simplified Chinese!
I'm pleased to announce that A Case of Fraud is now available in Simplified Chinese! This is a full translation including all of the evidence documents with embedded text. Special thanks to 赤铜/Syakudo
Update notes for 14 August
Added Simplified Chinese localisation Small updates to evidence images
Update notes for 9 August
Small fixes to make errors less likely and easier to recover from: Persist backup save in case save file is corrupted during saving, and attempt to use this if main save file cannot load Keep corrupte
Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Detective · Investigation · Mystery · Puzzle · Point & Click · Crime · Logic · Nonlinear · Indie · Adventure · 2D · Singleplayer (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese |
| Achievements | 6 |
| Official site | https://www.hesperusgames.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: 1.7 GHz Dual Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 1GB graphics memory. Integrated graphics with full OpenGL 3.3 support or Direct3D 11 support Storage: 1 GB available space