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Chinatown Detective Agency
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“Chinatown Detective Agency approaches the detective genre with an unusual philosophy: solving a mystery should sometimes require more than clicking every highlighted object until the correct answer appears. Developed by General Interactive Co. and published by Balor Games and…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“I really enjoyed this game, and honestly, I don’t get all the hate. I found it to be an intelligent game, and I loved that the puzzles actually require you to do real-life research. Some of them were surprisingly difficult (like the Sumerian numbers puzzle) even when you’ve got…”
— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played“I liked the speculative science fiction story and the soap opera-like dialogue. Most of all, I like how well Singapore (my home) is represented - from the beautiful art and the accents to the way the puzzles involve time/money management and deep research (though for a cosy…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2025-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Big Update: Version 1.1.05-beta
Greetings, gumshoes! It’s been a while since our last update, owing to the fact that we’ve been working on the most requested feature from you, our players. During the past few months, we have been bu
Update: Version 1.0.16
Chinatown Detective Agency v1.0.16 Good morning, afternoon and evening, detectives. We worked on a few more minor fixes this week. Here’s what’s been resolved: Mission: “Volonta La Libertate” – Fixed
Update notes for v1.0.15
In this patch, we've done the following: Fixed a bug that prevented players from getting the best ending. Added optional leads in each mission to remind players that they can ask Mei Ting for help wit
Update: More Fixes!
Chinatown Detective Agency v1.0.15 More improvements, more fixes. Hey, gumshoes! We've got more fixes coming your way. In this patch, we've done the following: Fixed a bug that prevented players from
Update: Fixes Galore!
Chinatown Detective Agency v1.0.14 We're listening - and we're working around the clock to improve Chinatown Detective Agency In this first official patch, we have resolved a majority of the issues fo
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Adventure |
| Player tags | Detective · Investigation · Point & Click · Story Rich · Exploration · Noir · Crime · Mystery · Cyberpunk · Trivia · Pixel Graphics · Dark (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Simplified Chinese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese * |
| Achievements | 16 |
| Official site | http://www.generalinteractive.co |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or better Processor: Multicore 2.4 GHz or better Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 750M / GeForce GTX 650 or better Storage: 3 GB available space Sound Card: Any