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Contradiction: Spot The Liar
Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“A game all about repeatedly bothering people on a Friday night”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“A little short for my taste, but it is an interesting game. I just feel they focused too much on sending you on a wild goose chase to have you guessing, and ignoring vital points and leaving too many loose ends. For example - when would a policeman ignore being assaulted and…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“Loved it! I already love Tim Follin music, so when I found out he directed and produced this game I was all in. This was a really fun murder mystery game, awesome story, great characters, and for a small budget, he knocked it out of the park. Make more like this and I will play…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Legacy version
The original version of Contradiction is now on the 'LegacyContradiciton' branch.
New overhaul!
This update (for Windows only) has had a complete overhaul, with new interface, better controller handling, better video quality and much improved audio quality. The game also now autosaves to ensure
Replies review option added
The option to review all character's previous replies to items has now been added to the mouse control UI when accessing the inventory outside an interview (this was already available through the keys
Replies review option added
The option to review all character's previous replies to items has now been added to the mouse control UI when accessing the inventory outside an interview (this was already available through the keys
Cloud storage option
Small update - the new menu now has the option to choose between cloud or local storage, by default if the Steam client is running the game saves to the Steam cloud, but the option to save locally has
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | Detective · Crime · FMV · Investigation · Atmospheric · Indie · Interactive Fiction · Mystery · Point & Click · Exploration · RPG · Story Rich (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Remote Play Together · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 17 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://baggycat.com/epk |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Quad Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 3 GB available space Additional Notes: Quad core preferred