Psycho-Sleuth

Psycho-Sleuth is a murder mystery in which a cult called “Li” has taken control of the world. Its trial promises godhood to anyone who commits murder without being exposed. You investigate murders shaped by cognitive disorders, untangling distorted perceptions to uncover the crimes and their mastermind.

The afflicted ones

Thirteen people known as the “Afflicted Ones” are summoned to the trial. Each has a distinct cognitive disorder and a unique “Afflicted Power”; their disorders can also spread warped perceptions to others. Understanding their minds helps you uncover their crimes and motives.

These distortions can make crime scenes defy reason: faces may be unrecognizable, evidence may disappear from the left side of reality, and parts of a space may be erased from perception. A corpse with severed limbs, for example, may have fallen victim to “Alien Limb Syndrome” rather than murder. The disorders named in the game include OCD, spatial neglect and prosopagnosia. With OCD, no one can lie; spatial neglect erases evidence from the left side of reality; and prosopagnosia blurs every face into anonymity.

Debate Mode

In Debate Mode, you quickly judge each statement, deciding whether to accept it or counter with the right clue. Each debate tests your logic, instincts and time management.

Interrogations and punishments

Live2D portraits animate characters’ emotional decisions and nuances, while CG scenes accompany interrogations and punishments. When the culprit is revealed, they face a punishment shaped by their own cognitive disorder.