Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved

Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved

Steam Deck Verified

Armonica LLC · Adventure · Nov 26, 2025

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $13.99.

94%
Very Positive
441 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 235 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 46 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 45 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 441 player reviews · updated 2 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
100% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The characters are all memorable and engaging, and the story, while being fairly grounded and straight-forward with some twists and turns, is executed quite well.
235 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The game has very little gameplay elements and they don't really work in my opinion, I feel like it would have been better to remove them completely and stick to VN style.
46 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The presentation is top quality here, and the instrumental soundtrack is surprisingly catchy.
45 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
There are some fun and over the top personalities you'll encounter brought to life with a charming anime inspired art style back with catchy tracks that help set the tone and atmosphere.
40 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
there could have been a little more substance/gameplay, I felt like a lot of game would have been better if i wasn't fighting with the game's HUD half of the time to get some more info out of ppl, investigating could have been more involved like inspecting the ring or some other way to get into the scene of the game and build immersion.
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
Way too easy.
9 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 love6 themes
Story and characters235 reviews
Gameplay46 reviews
Audio45 reviews
Graphics40 reviews
Interface19 reviews
Difficulty9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $13.99.

5 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
15
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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