Excellent writing, twists and emotional payoff
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“I genuinely do not think any game will ever reach this level of writing and plot twists again.”
Steam review · 97.8 h played ↗
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 98%CAPCOM Co., Ltd.2019Detective · Visual Novel · Mystery
−67%$29.99$9.89
US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A beloved courtroom visual novel trilogy with great characters, music and twisty stories, but linear and slow. Skip it if you want realistic deduction or hate heavy reading.
Great for
Fans of story-driven mysteries, quirky characters and visual novels who don't mind lots of reading
Main risk
Rigid trial-and-error logic and slow, tedious investigations can frustrate players expecting real deduction
What players love
Memorable, charming characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Great characters, funny dialouge and scenes as well as having gut-wretching moments.”
Steam review · 31 h played ↗
Humor and charm
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“It’s completely unhinged, yet charming and entertaining”
Steam review · 68.1 h played ↗
Fantastic soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The music tracks are absolute masterpieces that get your adrenaline pumping during intense cross-examinations.”
Steam review · 64.2 h played ↗
Satisfying trials and deduction
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“The joy of figuring everything out is just so fun and addicting.”
Steam review · 77.7 h played ↗
Huge amount of content and value
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“71 hours and I'm not even half way of the game's contents. Actually worth it especially when it goes on sale for around 10-15$”
Steam review · 40.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Rigid trial-and-error logic
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the game punishes you for coming up with the correct theories at the wrong time.”
Steam review · 9.5 h played ↗
Slow pacing and too much dialogue
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“There is also just SOOO much dialogue, it got very tiring clicking through it all.”
Steam review · 64 h played ↗
Absurd plot holes and unrealistic law
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The justice system in this game is basically a kangaroo court where witnesses blatantly tell lie after lie”
Steam review · 12.8 h played ↗
Capcom's DRM and voice actor change
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“a random update completely changes the voice actor for the titular character? Very disappointing.”
Steam review · 100.1 h played ↗
Tedious investigations and backtracking
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“This is very tedious, lots of retracing steps and going back and forth to discover a handful of clues.”
Steam review · 15.3 h played ↗
Constant screen flashing and grating sound effects
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“you can disable the screenshake, you can't disable the flashes of light.”
Steam review · 8.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Verified3 GB
Minimum
OSWINDOWS® 10（64bit）,11
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i3-4160
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel® HD Graphics 4400
Storage3 GB available space
Recommended
OSWINDOWS® 10（64bit）,11
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-3570
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660
Storage3 GB available space
OSWINDOWS® 10（64bit）,11
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i3-4160
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel® HD Graphics 4400
Storage3 GB available space
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