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DAEMON MASQUERADE
An anime-inspired supernatural detective game. Uncover the identities and powers of your adversaries using a conspiracy board full of evidence.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
52 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“I had a smoothly nice time with Daemon Masquerade. The mysteries were engaging and I liked the fun illustration art style. The whole concept of the daemons had me interested to learn about each of them and consider…”
“If you like detective games, you will LOVE THIS ONE! Quite short, but it keeps on giving and doesn't stop. It's not very hard, but it's immensly satisfying! One of the most unique detective games out there. It takes…”
“It's a quite satisfying supernatural deduction game. Guess the stand user's identity and what their stand power is! My only (minor) complain is that the time progression is actually just window dressing, it doesn't…”
33 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“Wow. Just, wow. This has to be a favorite of mine, the ending was unexpected and absolutely spectacular! I'm happy to have spent almost 6 hours playing. Thank you for this experience, Creator! I'm totally gonna be…”
“One of the coolest puzzle games I've played. It takes a little bit for the actual plot to get going since the tutorial is rather disconnected from the rest of the game, but once it does, this game is truly something…”
11 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“I had a smoothly nice time with Daemon Masquerade. The mysteries were engaging and I liked the fun illustration art style. The whole concept of the daemons had me interested to learn about each of them and consider…”
“good game. great art and ui design. meeting the masquers in person felt satisfying after the investigation. neat red herrings to keep things interesting until the end. the time mechanic felt a bit unnecessary in the…”
“it's a pretty solid spin on the thinky games genre. the logic of deductions mostly checks out save for a couple of scenes, the doodling mechanic is fun, the red thread mechanic is even more fun. i also liked where the…”
9 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“Great art, pretty challenging (esp at the end of the game), the string/logic mechanic can be a bit clunky at the beginning.”
“This was a satisfying little mystery, and just the right level of challenge for me! Highly recommend if you like games like The Roottrees are Dead. I want more of this!!”
“Excellent detective game with a good story and thoughtful puzzles. Good difficulty level where the puzzles require some time to process but I didn't find myself getting stuck and needing hints or a walkthrough. The…”
3 of the 72 reviews raise this.
“good game. great art and ui design. meeting the masquers in person felt satisfying after the investigation. neat red herrings to keep things interesting until the end. the time mechanic felt a bit unnecessary in the…”
“Excellent mystery game with a compelling interface. While a little corny at times, I found it charming overall. Lots of satisfying deductions and plenty of extra lore to discover that isn't central to the main mystery.”
“DAEMON MASQUERADE scratches the deduction itch Played this with my wife and we could not put it down from start to finish. We kept saying “one more thread” and then it was 2am. What I loved Real deduction, real payoff.…”
12 of the 72 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“If you like detective games, you will LOVE THIS ONE! Quite short, but it keeps on giving and doesn't stop. It's not very hard, but it's immensly satisfying! One of the most unique detective games out there. It takes…”
“it's a pretty solid spin on the thinky games genre. the logic of deductions mostly checks out save for a couple of scenes, the doodling mechanic is fun, the red thread mechanic is even more fun. i also liked where the…”
“It's a relatively short experience all things considered, but I had a blast with Daemon Masquerade. Arranging documents and connecting them with red strings to express your conclusions is such an intuitive mechanic that…”
10 of the 72 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“It's a quite satisfying supernatural deduction game. Guess the stand user's identity and what their stand power is! My only (minor) complain is that the time progression is actually just window dressing, it doesn't…”
“good game. great art and ui design. meeting the masquers in person felt satisfying after the investigation. neat red herrings to keep things interesting until the end. the time mechanic felt a bit unnecessary in the…”
“Great art, pretty challenging (esp at the end of the game), the string/logic mechanic can be a bit clunky at the beginning.”
7 of the 72 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“If you like detective games, you will LOVE THIS ONE! Quite short, but it keeps on giving and doesn't stop. It's not very hard, but it's immensly satisfying! One of the most unique detective games out there. It takes…”
“This was a well made deduction style game. The central premise was very interesting and I enjoyed reading through the daemon encyclopedia. There were a couple large steps in logic that I didn't quite get, even after the…”
5 of the 72 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Pros - Set in the 90s - Supernatural elements - You get to decide to make deductions or wait for more evidence - You can get the answers wrong Cons - The hit box for selecting things is a little annoying - Should’ve…”
“Great art, pretty challenging (esp at the end of the game), the string/logic mechanic can be a bit clunky at the beginning.”
“oh, gosh, this was just so delightfully fun and original. i only wish there could have been more of it. it's not perfect—i wish that the controls were a little less clunky (the cursor and hitbox can be a bit imprecise,…”
5 of the 72 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I had a smoothly nice time with Daemon Masquerade. The mysteries were engaging and I liked the fun illustration art style. The whole concept of the daemons had me interested to learn about each of them and consider…”
“It's a relatively short experience all things considered, but I had a blast with Daemon Masquerade. Arranging documents and connecting them with red strings to express your conclusions is such an intuitive mechanic that…”
“unique game i love the idea of uncovering paranormal creatures using detective logic and its super fun little mystery puzzle game the mechanics were fun and fresh and solving the puzzles were fun some mechanics felt…”
Counted across 72 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 95.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“Kinda surprised the game went totally under the radar for me until a streamer I watch stumbled upon it by chance, as it is right in the zone of games I like to play. And it's a shame, as it was such a nice one! Daemon Masquerade is one of these great weekend games that is best…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“Nice short deduction game with a very intriguing world that I would absolutely love to see more games take place in.”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“This plays like a hybrid between The Roottrees are Dead and Ace Attorney. The red string mechanics were a little fiddly at first, but considering the fact that it doesn't care about the order of the pins and there's no penalty for pinning more than necessary, it eventually got…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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The Undo Update
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Detective · Investigation · Comic Book · Lore-Rich · Mystery · Story Rich · Anime · Puzzle · Point & Click · Visual Novel · Hand-drawn · Stylized (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 12 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 1.8GHz Dual-Core CPU Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Integrated graphics Storage: 300 MB available space