The Silver Case
First-person crime adventure investigating serial murders in Tokyo's 24 Wards
GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC., PLAYISM · Published by GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC. · Released Oct 6, 2016
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 89% of 1,206
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 100% of 16 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 2
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
Metacritic: 64/100 (critic reviews)
What is The Silver Case?
This first-person adventure uses visual novel-style storytelling and takes place in Tokyo's 24 Wards in 1999. As a member of the Republic special forces unit, you read dialogue, investigate the city and its police force, and solve puzzles amid interconnected mysteries surrounding a suspected serial killer.
For you if...
- +you like text-heavy crime stories with ambiguous twists
- +you appreciate unusual visual layouts and a tense atmosphere
Not for you if...
- −you want frequent puzzles and more hands-on interaction
- −you need a plot that explains itself clearly
- −you dislike slow chapters and repetitive backtracking
What players say
89% of 1,206 reviews are positive · 100% of 16 in the last 30 days
Players praise the writing, atmosphere and visual presentation. Common complaints are a hard-to-follow plot and stretches of limited, sometimes tedious interaction.
Screenshots and trailer
The Silver Case system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP SP2+ or newer
- Processor
- SSE2 instruction set support or greater
- Graphics
- DX9 (shader model 3.0) or greater
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 7 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 25
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Tags
- Adventure
- Investigation
- Mystery
- Crime
- Visual Novel
- Story Rich
- Detective
- Text-Based
- Singleplayer
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- Funny
- Puzzle
- Anime
- Exploration
- Horror
- Psychological Horror
1 DLC available.
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