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Desktop Detective

87% positive of 172 Steam reviews

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Released
2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam

Made by Conradical Games. Published by Playsaurus.

About the game

An idle detective game that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things.

Tagged by players

  • Desktop Companion
  • Idler
  • Detective
  • Auto Battler
  • 2.5D
  • Incremental
  • Investigation
  • Stylized
  • Mystery
  • RPG
  • Supernatural
  • Deckbuilding

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What players say

  • Not recommended
    I wanna like it but its really just not hitting any good incremental pacing. Progress is slow - which would be FINE - but it also requires near constant babysitting and menuing to actually have progress. Like it doesn't feel like a minimal idle game, its like "come back every 60 seconds and shift-buy more upgrades. Also the key way of making money is through progressing cases - which happens in big chunks once every…

    39 h played when written. 11 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    Boring, unfortunately. Nothing really happens on the screen so you don't feel like you are progressing said cases at all? Only thing you do is watch the lil' fellow walk around and receive money for upgrades, but without any visual rewards.

    6 min played when written. 6 found it helpful.

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