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Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division
Solve criminal cases through the power of SQL queries! Help out the city of Los Zorangeles by becoming a Database Detective in this new (unpaid) work from home opportunity.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“I like the immersive experience of the whole game freezing when I write an inefficient SQL query.”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“Well, well, well. This was a ride. I start my new SQL job in exactly 4 days, and I spent the last week playing this game as "preparation." I cried a lot. And I'm looking forward to crying even more when I start my new job. Thanks! LMAO!”
— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs played“The game setting is farcical, but the SQL queries are no joke. This game is both hilarious and educational. I feel a lot more confident about writing SQL after playing this game. The sheer amount of content packed into this game is impressive; especially on the MMORPG…”
— a player, Steam review · 40 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 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 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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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.
Trading Cards and Point Shop Items!
New Steam Trading Cards! You can now craft your very own badge on your steam profile for Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division using these new trading cards! Once you assemble all trading cards yo
Demo Update 2.01
The demo is now up to date with (most of) the updates from the base game! Also made sure that opening the demo when you have the full game does not delete your entire save file (but it does delete pro
Update 1.14.1
Bug Fixes: Fixed issue where the shift key maps keys to the QWERTY keyboard layout. This was caused by an attempt to fix the shift key not working on the Steam Deck virtual keyboard, so that fix has b
Update 1.14 - Query Tabs!
Now you can tab between queries in the Search Tables window! As for what's next, I'll be working on making assets for Steam Community Items for Trading Cards and the Points Shop. After that, I'll star
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Indie |
| Player tags | Programming · Puzzle · Indie · Education · Logic · Detective · Investigation · Singleplayer · Comedy · 2D · Mystery · Dystopian (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Custom Volume Controls · Save Anytime · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 34 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Anything from the past 20 years Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Yes DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 2 GB available space