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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

AdventureIndie

Reviews
Very Positive
92% of 3,907
Recent reviews
Mostly Positive
73% of 53 in 30 days
Players
61
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Last update on Steam
1 year ago
Nov 4, 2025
Minimum PC
HD 4600
8 GB RAM · 2.4 GB disk
Full requirements

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

92% of 3,907 reviews are positive · 73% of 53 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.

Players over time

▼ -44% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 109 players on Oct 11, 2026.

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Oct 20, 202668
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Oct 13, 202660
Oct 11, 2026109
Oct 10, 202678
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Oct 7, 202678
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Oct 4, 202699
Oct 3, 202666
Oct 2, 202638
Oct 1, 202642
Sep 30, 202640
Sep 29, 202642
Sep 27, 202649
Sep 26, 202651
Sep 25, 202644
Sep 24, 202627
Sep 23, 202633
Sep 23, 202652
Sep 22, 202643
Sep 21, 202649

How many players finish The Rise of the Golden Idol?

60% of Steam players have unlocked «Final Clash», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

The Rise of the Golden Idol screenshot 1

The Rise of the Golden Idol system requirements

Minimum: HD 4600, 8 GB RAM, 2.4 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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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

Recommended

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Does The Rise of the Golden Idol have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does The Rise of the Golden Idol run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

  • 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

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Achievements
46
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil.

Does The Rise of the Golden Idol use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

6 DLC available.

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