Excellent voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Special note to the voice acting, which was a real surprise and it really helped with the atmosphere and immersion.”
Steam review · 9.6 h played ↗
The Incident at Galley House
Worth buying? What 227 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 227 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%William Rous, Evil Trout Inc.2026Mystery · Detective · Puzzle
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A clever, well-voiced deduction game about working out who was where and when. The first half is gripping, but the ending and story payoff disappoint many, and it's easier than Obra Dinn.
Great for
Fans of Obra Dinn, Roottrees or Golden Idol who want a story-driven, supernatural deduction game
Main risk
The supernatural ending leaves the mystery unexplained and the middle gets easy and repetitive
What players love
Twisty, gripping story
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The premise is very interesting and the twists keep twisting!”
Steam review · 9.7 h played ↗
Original, addictive deduction mechanic
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“You have a machine that can replay the past and gather more information; in order for the machine to work, however, you need to select a room, a time, and know who was there at that time.”
Steam review · 10.9 h played ↗
Hard to put down
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“I completed it in one 12-hour sitting and I don't regret anything.”
Steam review · 12.5 h played ↗
Fair difficulty with a good hint system
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The hint system is also robust and my favorite kind of hint system that allows you to control it, starting vague and only explaining things if you're really stuck”
Steam review · 9.8 h played ↗
Helpful quality-of-life tools
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“There's a notebook you can type in, you can save or highlight dialogue you think is important, and you can easily search through all the dialogue you've discovered.”
Steam review · 8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Unsatisfying ending, unexplained supernatural cause
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“While they explain how the curse or contagion or whatever passes from person to person, they don't explain what it is, how it kills, why thunder is involved, or why it started.”
Steam review · 10.1 h played ↗
Repetitive, slow middle and pacing
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“You learn the mystery very, very early. And then you watch the exact same event play out 20 more times.”
Steam review · 9.2 h played ↗
Too easy, not enough real deduction
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Not enough deduction for a deduction game.”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗
Clunky, tedious interface
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Overall the UI is clunky and makes it tedious to put pieces of information together”
Steam review · 11.9 h played ↗
Not a true detective game; feels like a visual novel
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“this is a visual novel puzzle game, masquerading as a detective murder mystery”
Steam review · 11.5 h played ↗
Weak as a remake of Type Help; static visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“When a character sits down, they are replaced by a silhouette, as they did not even invest the effort to draw a sitting character.”
Steam review · 8.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support3 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-Bit
Processor2.0Ghz Dual Core
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 510
Storage3 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64-Bit
Processor2.0Ghz Dual Core
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 510
Storage3 GB available space
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