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Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders
A thrilling point-and-click adventure game where you play as Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator, as he tracks a serial killer in the heart of the Tang Dynasty's capital city.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I really loved this game. It takes place in Tang Dynasty China, just before and at the start of the reign of Wu Zeitan, China's only woman emperor -- so the end of the 7th century CE. You play as Di Renjie, a young magistrate who's functionally a police investigator. The game…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“Good logic puzzles but i wish i could use the wasd or arrows to move as well instead of just clicking around the map. Pretty short game like 3 hours long, so worth it because I paid less than full price. I did enjoy the story.”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Very fun game! Love the pixel art, some of the puzzles are hard but some brain power (and guide checking) solves that!”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:58 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Version 2.0 Available Now!
Okay, so if you are wondering why this big update exists, please read our previous post.TLDR: I've wanted to bring the Steam version of Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders up-to-date for a while now,
The Silk Rose Murders Book Adaptation — New Kickstarter is Live!
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Version 2.0 Coming Soon + The Silk Rose Murders Novel
Hello again everyone!It's so great to have a chance to reach out to you guys and gals once more. And with super exciting news no less! I know it's been a while since our last announcement, but this on
Detective Di Celebrates 2-Year Anniversary... What's Next?
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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 |
| Player tags | Point & Click · Historical · Pixel Graphics · Interactive Fiction · Detective · Story Rich · Conversation · Investigation · Adventure · 2D · Atmospheric · Narrative (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese |
| Achievements | 10 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.detectivedi.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1 or later Processor: 2.0 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: All DirectX-compatible sound cards