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Methods: The Canada Files

Methods: The Canada Files

Methods: The Canada Files is a mystery visual novel. You play as a team of eccentric detectives in a mysterious crime-solving competition. To solve each mystery, you must use your team member’s unique detective methods, refute faulty theories with evidence, and find out the truth!

Released Mar 5, 2026 Developer LockedOn Games Publisher Erabit, LockedOn Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Early AccessSingleplayerComedyDark HumorRPG
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

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 2026-05-16.

96.0%positive401 reviews
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Methods: The Canada Files is a narrative-focused detective visual novel developed by LockedOn Games and published by Erabit alongside the developer on Steam. Acting as a prequel to the broader Methods series, the game expands the universe of competitive crime-solving by placing…”

— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“A Solid follow up to The Original Methods - it does provide some of the missing context, and provides even more insight into some of the background elements in the context (including how the 'alternative' outcomes to the contest play out). Altogether, it makes me all the more…”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“More methods but Canadian, But joking aside , It is a prequel story to the First methods game same great art, music ,story ,puzzles and characters you'd expect from a LockedOn games. i kind of forgot/ kind of remembered that ending for this was already set.so even in the last…”

— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

61achievements
31.5%median completion
9.3%rarest: Winner Struess
71.1% of players 64.1% of players 60.8% of players 60.8% of players 60.7% of players 59.4% of players 56.8% of players 55.5% of players 54.7% of players 54.0% of players 49.4% of players 46.2% of players 44.1% of players 44.1% of players 43.7% of players 43.4% of players 43.0% of players 42.0% of players 40.1% of players 36.7% of players 35.9% of players 35.4% of players 35.2% of players 35.0% of players 34.8% of players 32.8% of players 32.7% of players 32.3% of players 32.2% of players 32.1% of players 31.5% of players 26.8% of players 26.6% of players 26.4% of players 26.4% of players 26.3% of players 26.3% of players 25.7% of players 24.6% of players 24.6% of players 20.8% of players 18.2% of players 17.0% of players 16.8% of players 16.4% of players 16.3% of players 16.2% of players 15.6% of players 15.1% of players 14.5% of players 13.9% of players 13.7% of players 13.1% of players 13.0% of players 12.0% of players 11.2% of players 11.0% of players 10.4% of players 9.9% of players 9.5% of players 71.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
71.1%Nothing Was Learned — Hidden achievement
64.1%The Wolf's Meal — Completed Chapter 2!
60.8%It's Only Logic — Completed Chapter 3!
Rarest badges of honor
9.3%Winner Struess — Hidden achievement
9.5%Winner Tads — Hidden achievement
9.9%Winner Viu — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-13. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$13.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-13
US19.99 USD
EU19.50 EUR
UK16.75 GBP
Australia29.50 AUD
Canada25.99 CAD
Japan2,300 JPY
Brazil59.99 BRL
China76.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$11 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$22

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 08-13 08-21 08-31 09-08 09-17 09-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Apr 13, 2026
Update Notes for Apr 13

Changed Larika's "month of Sundays" line in Chinese translation Fixed a color error and size inconsistency in File 05 CG

Mar 30, 2026
Update Notes for Mar 30

Fixed Viu saying Larika's line in Chapter 16

Mar 16, 2026
Update Notes on Mar 16

Fixed error in evidence in File 06

Mar 14, 2026
Update Notes for Mar 14

Added additional explanation to Chapter 29 about mystery Cynthia apartment number fix Chinese translation typo fix

Mar 12, 2026
Update Notes for Mar 12

Fixed incorrect apartment number in File 06 Fixed suspect statement issue in File 06 Chinese translation typo fixed

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-16.

GenresAdventure, Casual, Indie, RPG, Strategy
Player tagsEarly Access · Singleplayer · Comedy · Dark Humor · RPG · Dark Comedy · Adventure · Word Game · Story Rich · Detective · Crime · Stylized (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Simplified Chinese
Achievements61
Official sitehttps://www.lockedongames.com/methods-the-canada-files
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: XP Processor: 1 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 2 GB available space