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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“Fantastic little piece! I think part of what makes this game excel is that its not a traditional whodunnit. Not in the modern idea of a "subversive mystery", with meta twists and genre commentary. Its a throwback game that's aiming for a Hitchcock vibe more than a mystery…”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played“I loved Phoenix Wright games, and when I saw trailer, I knew I had to eventually play this. After playing it, it's less like Phoenix Wright and more of adventure game like Famicom Detective Club but honestly? I don't mind, as I enjoy these kind of games too. I'm really glad this…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“The presentation of this game is absurdly lush, and the quality of it from top to bottom is pretty unusual. It has its own unique fantasy console/handheld vibe that I really dig. The story's pretty decent, with a handful of twists and turns, and the way the music is employed to…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 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 2026-09-25.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Detective Instinct is 25% off for The Storyteller's Festival 2026!
There's also a 10% discount on the OST, making this a great time to pick up the bundle if you're interested in having the soundtrack w/ bonus material! The Storyteller's Festival is one of the best sa
Patch Notes for 1.60
This update should hopefully fix a startup crash for some users. We had a texture that did not fit in 4096x4096 pixels, the limit for some graphics cards. It has been optimized to better fit within th
Patch Notes for 1.58 (and 1.59)
There are no gameplay behavior changes, we have just added some logging of startup task progress to a file. A user reported a crash on startup, this will hopefully help us identify where the game is f
The Detective Instinct Original Soundtrack is now available!
Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved Original Soundtrack is now available here on Steam! The soundtrack release includes the full 31 track OST, 9 bonus tracks, a liner notes booklet (English only)
Patch Notes for 1.56 (and 1.57)
The game is now high DPI aware which should better scale in fullscreen. (1.57) The game can now be played offline. (1.56) Typo fixes throughout, reported on Discord. (1.55) Some pixels artifacts were
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Adventure |
| Player tags | Adventure · Detective · Visual Novel · Mystery · Pixel Graphics · Singleplayer · Story Rich · Casual · Anime · Interactive Fiction · Investigation · Noir (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Keyboard Only Option · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input |
| Languages | English, Japanese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 15 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Memory: 4 GB RAM