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Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
What players say
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“The narrative framework is great. Marrying mechanics from No Case Should Remain Unsolved and the storyline of mystery novels is an excellent idea, and I'm very much looking forward to subsequent releases. That said, there are issues. UI is easy enough to fix: The text animation…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“The double murder of a newlywed couple and a locked room mystery... :o Introduction Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders is a murder mystery visual novel with puzzle elements developed and published by coly Inc. It is based on the mystery novel, The Honjin Murders, by…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“An interesting narrative framework, but I was hoping for more mystery and supernatural elements. Lack of voice acting kneecaps the immersion a bit.”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs playedAchievement stats
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Latest official news
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[Latest News] Demo Now Available & Update Released
Thank you for playing "Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders" and for taking an interest in our game. As of today, June 25th, we’ve released a free demo version of the game, allowing players to
Ver.1.0.4 Update (June 25, 2025)
Update Details: 1. Added "Tips" Button A help feature has been added to assist players when they get stuck in the game. It allows players to review what they should do next, such as selecting key poin
[Update Notice] Addition of Text Playback Speed Adjustment and Auto-Play for Cut
Addition of Text Playback Speed Adjustment and Auto-Play for Cutscenes Thank you for playing "Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders" and for your continued interest in the game. An update was r
Ver.1.0.3 Update (May 15, 2025)
Update Details: 1. Added Text Playback Speed Adjustment You can now adjust the "Text Speed" in the settings menu to change the playback speed of in-game text. 2. Added Auto-Play for Cutscenes During c
(Important) Notification of Known Issues (Fixed)
Fixed in the version released on May 15, 2025 Thank you for playing "Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders" and for your interest in the game. We would like to inform you of a known issue. In t
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual |
| Player tags | Casual · Interactive Fiction · Mystery · Visual Novel · Puzzle · Detective · Story Rich · Investigation · Adventure · Choose Your Own Adventure · 2D · Text-Based (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Custom Volume Controls · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese |
| Achievements | 2 |
| Official site | https://colyinc.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or later (64-bit) Processor: Intel Core i5 or i3 (12th generation or later) Memory: 4 GB RAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 600 MB available space