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What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“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 2026-07-25.
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 2026-05-20.
| 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 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| 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