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The Operator

91% positive of 8,559 Steam reviews

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To finish
2.5 h
To 100%
3 h
Released
2024
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam, GOG, Epic

Made by Bureau 81. Published by Bureau 81, indienova.

About the game

Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.

Tagged by players

  • Conspiracy
  • Detective
  • Investigation
  • FMV
  • Crime
  • Narrative
  • Thriller
  • Immersive Sim
  • Mystery
  • Point & Click
  • Puzzle
  • Atmospheric

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What players say

  • Not recommended
    I honestly don't get the reviews calling this a masterpiece. It's not a bad game, but over it's 4 hours you speed more time reading/listening to conversations than actually solving puzzles. It's almost more so a visual novel than a detective puzzle game, especially since they give you the illusion of choice with dialog options when it truly doesn't matter and only 1 puzzle actually has a failure option that…

    4 h played when written. 9 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    The game has a cool concept, but in the end it falls short. It's a short game and you don't do much investigation. You get access to tools you will only use once and the only thing you will use often is a little search engine. If I hadn't forgotten the game running when I left for a meeting, I would've refunded it.

    12 h played when written. 6 found it helpful.

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