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Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore A Fedora
You’re the Private Investigator on a string of grisly murders, scouring for clues in a 3D side-scrolling world. Grab your fedora and revolver - in Hot Tin Roof you’re on the case! Dive into a noir mystery and become Emma Jones, the only PI partnered to a cat named Franky.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
“Despite being verified, does not work on the Steamdeck. It's a charming game, but the save file corrupted multiple times and/or did not save.”
— a player, Steam review · 5 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 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
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Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
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Achievements work on Linux as of v1.3
We've had a few users confirm this, so in case folks missed it - achievements now work on Linux. Get version 1.3, and you should be good to go.
Achievements work on Linux as of v1.3
We've had a few users confirm this, so in case folks missed it - achievements now work on Linux. Get version 1.3, and you should be good to go.
v1.3 adds improved lighting / performance
With v1.3, Hot Tin Roof now has some very nice baked lighting. This both makes things look a fair bit sexier and noir'ier on high end, AND makes the game a lot, lot better looking on low-end. It also
v1.3 adds improved lighting / performance
With v1.3, Hot Tin Roof now has some very nice baked lighting. This both makes things look a fair bit sexier and noir'ier on high end, AND makes the game a lot, lot better looking on low-end. It also
Added some avatars, and BIG THING happening on August 3rd
Finally stumbled across where you add community avatars, so, hurrah! There are now avatars. Enjoy. More importantly, though, just a heads up - we're doing A Big Thing on August 3rd, so if you were eye
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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 | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Metroidvania · Side Scroller · 3D Platformer · Exploration · Open World · Platformer · Female Protagonist · RPG · Noir · Cute · Third Person · Detective (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Stats · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 30 |
| Official site | http://hottinroofgame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Processor: Dual Core 2GHz Intel or 2.8GHz AMD Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: ATI Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or better (256MB graphics memory or more. Shader Model 3.0 needs to be supported). DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible