Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game

Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game

Steam Deck Playable

Posh Cat Studios · Detective · Sep 9, 2025

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $9.99. It has been as low as $5.99.

89%
Very Positive
560 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 116 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 39 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 560 player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
83% of themes are praise17% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Characters are memorable and the story is good.
116 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Overall, I really recommend this game if you're looking for a Golden Idol-clone (gameplay and difficulty-wise) but just in a slice of life anime-setting.
39 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
With an excellent 'manga' art style, it's a game very easy to recommend, specially if one is starting in the genre.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Devs, if you are reading this, I'd be interested in the soundtrack.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
Little Problems: A Cozy Detective Game is a relaxing slice-of-life puzzle game where you investigate daily life scenes to find clues and piece them together in a scrapbook-style interface.
6 of 300 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 love5 themes
Story and characters116 reviews
Gameplay39 reviews
Graphics35 reviews
Audio9 reviews
Interface6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty38 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

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. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $9.99. The lowest we've tracked is $5.99.

5 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
24
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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