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The Case of the Serialized Killer
Delve into a devilishly delightful world of mysticism and mystery as Harold Ludicael, the disgraced demonologist. After the untimely demise of a famous illustrator, you’re tasked with solving their murder in this point-and-click visual novel.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“A fun, quick story with an interesting plot and compelling characters. I had a lot of fun playing this game! The mystery is the perfect level of difficulty. I'm a big mystery fan, so I picked up on most of the clues very quickly and was able to figure things out rather fast, but…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“A fun and engaging, well-written detective story with gorgeous watercolour art. This one was a real pleasure to play! Appreciated the LGBTQ representation too :)”
— a player, Steam review · 3 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 2026-09-28.
Latest official news
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Storyteller's Festival 2025 Feature, Art Book Discount!
Royce here, and I'm pleased to announce that The Case of the Serialized Killer has been included in the 2025 Storyteller's festival! To celebrate, the art book is on sale . I hear back from a lot of f
Achievements Added!
Hello all! Version 1.25 is live, and it includes: Achievements! There are four in total, two based in standard progression, one for the true end, and one for getting all the endings, Minor cosmetic up
See How Harold and Faraday Met in Hoping This Finds You Well, Out May 1st!
Hoping This Finds You Well is Coming to Steam! An experiment in letter writing, meant to evoke the distinctly sweet homoerotisicm of Victorian and Edwardian literature. Follow the correspondence of tw
Art Book Issues Resolved!
Thank you for your patience! Those of you who have purchased the art book DLC should be getting an update soon. Once that's done, the art book will be in your local files. To access them, follow these
Art Book Issues
Hey all! It looks like there's an issue with the Art Book DLC, and I'm working right now to get it fixed. In the meantime, if you've purchased the art book please email [email protected]
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Visual Novel · Hand-drawn · Mystery · Supernatural · LGBTQ+ · Multiple Endings · Demons · Investigation · Dark Comedy · Text-Based · Detective · Dark Humor (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Custom Volume Controls · Narrated Game Menus · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 4 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2.6 Ghz Quad Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Integrated Graphics Storage: 1 GB available space