The Rise of the Golden Idol

Detective puzzle game linking strange cases to one artifact

Color Gray Games · Published by Playstack · Released Nov 12, 2024

Reviews: Very Positive; 93% of 4,150
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 88% of 34 in 30 days
Playing now: 33; peak 24h 52
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: 10 months ago; Nov 4, 2025

Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.

What is The Rise of the Golden Idol?

A single-player detective puzzle game set in an era of disco, fax machines, and parapsychology, as interest in a legendary artifact resurfaces. You inspect scenes across 20 connected cases, collect terms from clues and testimony, and use them to deduce who was involved and what happened. Each chapter ends with a puzzle that links earlier cases.

For you if...

+you like solving puzzles through patient observation
+you enjoy mysteries with subtle and misleading clues

Not for you if...

−you want each mystery settled within one scene
−you dislike assembling answers from collected words
−you prefer a story told in chronological order

What players say

93% of 4,150 reviews are positive · 88% of 34 in the last 30 days

Players praise the deduction puzzles, art, and music. Common complaints are that the story feels less focused than its predecessor's, some answers invite guesswork, and switching between scenes is cumbersome.

Screenshots and trailer

The Rise of the Golden Idol system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10
Processor: 1.7 GHz Dual Core
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4600
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 2500 MB available space
DirectX: Version 12

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Achievements: 46
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Verified

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil.