Methods: The Detective Competition
Good game, but it sits 100% of the way from its all-time low to full price. It drops harder in seasonal sales. Patience pays.
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About this game
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One hundred detectives compete against each other in a crime-solving competition.
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About the Game
The first game in the Methods series.
One hundred detectives compete against each other in a mysterious competition, solving mysteries created by criminal masterminds.
The detective who wins receives one million dollars and the opportunity of a lifetime. If a criminal wins, however, they will also receive a million dollars... and parole, no matter the severity of their crime.
Methods is a visual novel with simple crime investigation gameplay where you examine evidence and answer multiple-choice questions about the solution.
It includes 100 chapters totaling 139K words, taking approximately 10 hours to play through (though that varies greatly depending on your reading speed).
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Over 25 interactive crime scenes
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Methods: The Detective Competition for PC currently sells from $19.99 at authorized stores. Its all-time low is $5.99, set on 2026-07-03.
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