Black Lazar

Black Lazar is a multimedia interactive novel in which you play Detective Viktor Metrakos, pursuing the wanted crime lord known as the Black Lazar. Your tragic past and the consequences of your decisions may threaten your investigation as you travel through different places and periods and meet a range of characters, not all of whom can be trusted. The story spans 16 chapters and more than 250,000 words, with its direction shaped by your choices.

Shape the investigation

Your decisions affect Viktor’s psychological traits and can change who he becomes, for better or worse. You can play him as a straight-laced detective or as a ruthless, misogynistic renegade willing to do anything for answers. The game has multiple end sequences, each shaped by the hundreds of decisions you make.

Art, music and sound

The game features more than 120 works of hand-drawn art, all animated. Characters’ expressions change in response to what you say and how you treat them. Its original score runs for over an hour, ranging from orchestral music to electronica, and changes dynamically in reaction to your choices. More than 100 Foley sound effects convey the consequences of your decisions, from footsteps and creaking floorboards to the crunch of iron against bone.