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What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
51 of the 103 reviews raise this.
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Masterpiece ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry…”
“It’s cute, but it’s very short — not worth buying for just 30 minutes of gameplay.”
“Super cute and quick! I do wish there was an option to speed up the dialogue or remove the animation, it did start to make me a little motion sick with the jump cuts between camera angles when the characters were…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“From a pure gameplay standpoint, this is an incredibly simple, but functional experience. As a piece of entertainment, this is an absolute joy and delight. So charming!”
19 of the 103 reviews raise this · 16 of them still recommend the game.
“I mean the game is nice and all, but it's very short and there's not much to do? It has its moments. At least I can see the passion and that the dev had fun with the game.”
“Short, cute, silly and funny.”
“Extremely short (took me about 30 minutes) and a bit repetitive. Some characters are fun, but there's barely anything to do but walk around and talk. No puzzles or detective work.”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“The entire "gameplay" is one long fetch quest where you walk from one npc to another and click through mostly random dialogue that has nothing to do with the mystery. It is a detective game in name alone since you don't…”
“Not a fan. All I did was talk to some people on an island and the game was over. There was no challenge or puzzle. Already bought all the frog detective games so I hope the other ones have more to do....”
“Meh, not for me. Essentially just a big fetch quest game. No puzzles or detective work or really any thought needed to play the game. Didn't feel engaged with the game or characters. Boring gameplay and story left…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 91.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“Frog Detective: The Haunted Island is a short, quirky little game that feels more like a visual novel than a game. The writing is humorous and gives the game a lot of charm, with each character having their own distinct personalities that keeps it entertaining. The art style is…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“[h1]Experienced on the Samsung Odyssey 3D G90XF [/h1] This is a nice, wholesome game. Might be perfect for the little one's first video game. It just really involves reading. You talk to the different characters. Get information from them. Then just from there remember who…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“I'd like to thank this game for opening my eyes to the plague on our society known as books. From here on out, I shall forgo the reading of books of any kind, and instead use improperly vetted internet sources for enhancing my knowledge. Thank you, again. As far as an actual…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 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 2026-09-05.
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.
Frog Detective Language Update
Hello frog fans, I’m very pleased to announce today that Frog Detective is now available in Japanese! We’ve been working hard with 8-4 to make the translation as true to the original as possible so mo
Assorted Frog Detective News
Hello…….. It has been a while….. It’s because we forgot about the Steam news feature…… But here we are again…… Okay, here is an update for you! No, it’s not another game. You can leave angry comments
Frog Detective Localization Update!
Hello Frog Fans, Frog Detective 1 is now available in ~ French Italian German Latin American Spanish Brazilian Portuguese Tell all your linguistically gifted friends!
Frog Detective 3 is coming in 2021
HOWDY folks, I'm so excited to announce that we've been working hard on Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County and we plan to launch this year!! This game is going to be a really special one. Y
Frog Detective 2 is out!!!
Oh my gosh!!! Hi everybody!!! We have been working so hard all year to finish this silly game, and it's out now. It's a bit longer than the first one (but not by too much!) and has a lot of surprises
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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 | Comedy · Short · Casual · Funny · Cute · Detective · Mystery · Relaxing · Investigation · Exploration · Colorful · Walking Simulator (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Spanish - Latin America * , Japanese * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 6 |
| Official site | http://frogdetective.net |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or later Processor: x64 architecture Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Graphics card with at least 500MB of memory DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 500 MB available space