Chinatown Detective Agency

Chinatown Detective Agency

Steam Deck Playable

General Interactive Co. · Detective · Apr 7, 2022

Worth it for the right player.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $9.99.

72%
Mostly Positive
159 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 55 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 26 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 159 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 110 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise38% are divided12% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
I really wanted to like this game, if you're a die hard adventure game player like I am, maybe it's worth it for the story.
55 of 110 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The serene soundtrack is fun to listen to while play and is on point.
26 of 110 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Fantastic art style, and doing puzzles/codebreaking is fun.
14 of 110 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
This means the game does have a good bit of replayability.
10 of 110 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters55 reviews
Audio26 reviews
Graphics14 reviews
Gameplay10 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface8 reviews
50%
Difficulty6 reviews
83%
Crashes3 reviews
0%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs14 reviews
57%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $9.99 (−60%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
72%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
16
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.