The Occult Detective

The Occult Detective is a narrative-driven game in which you play a rookie investigator for the A.I.B. (Agency of Investigating the Bizarre). You secure unknown artifacts, suppress forbidden powers and solve murders that defy the laws of physics. Its story spans over 400,000 words and centers on cases where supernatural mysteries still have to be solved through logic.

Cases and deduction

You collect evidence, connect clues and reconstruct crime scenes to expose killers through reasoning. You also learn the specific rules of the artifacts involved. The cases unfold in a world where shadow organizations safeguard relics of lost gods and people in the city’s underbelly whisper about forbidden rituals. Suspects may not be entirely human, but their motives remain grounded in logic.

Interrogate suspects

You question suspects using natural-language text input in unscripted conversations powered by large language models. Rather than follow pre-written dialogue trees or search for one predetermined piece of evidence, you investigate at your own pace and use physical evidence to challenge each suspect’s personalized defenses. Conversations and text logs contribute to the investigation.