
It's after midnight on the Quartzway Express, and there's been a MAGICAL CRIME! Investigate the crime scene, question suspects, and defend the accused through unique cross-examination puzzles in this "Phoenix Wright" inspired mystery comedy.
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It's after midnight on the Quartzway Express, and everyone is woken up by signs of a MAGICAL ROBBERY! Players take on the role of Kabili as you tumble out of bed and work to solve your first ever mystery as a newly accredited arcane investigator.

Along the way, you'll meet your new investigative co-workers, question suspects, and search for evidence at the scene of the crime. Ultimately, you will defend the accused at a high stakes trial complete with cross-examination puzzles, surprise reveals, and lots of finger pointing.
Can you solve the mystery and find the truth before it's too late?
Discover clues by investigating with the power of point-and-click.
Meet and question suspects in addition to Kabili's larger than life investigative co-workers.
Use collected evidence to solve "Phoenix Wright" inspired cross-examination puzzles at trial.

Experience a funny, cozy mystery as you get to the truth... all before the train reaches its destination!
Hand drawn characters and backgrounds.
Fully sound designed with over 30 music tracks.
Unique comedic flare.
An hour long mystery filled with emotional twists and turns!
The game is less than five dollars!
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Languages: English
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Short and sweet. Good Ace Attorney type game.
Arcane Investigations is fun, funny, and charming! There's no wasted space: every line either elicits a chuckle, advances the plot, or both. It's a nice world to spend time in and there's a few good puzzles to boot. Highly recommended!
It's short but very sweet, and sports great, super charming (and frequently hilarious) writing that stands up to the heights of the Ace Attorney games. More of this. MOREEEEEE!
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Fun story, if a little short for my likeing.
This game only took me ~1hr of runtime but was a fun, engaging story the whole way through! I had a lot of fun playing it and was excited to see what the next case would be like with the fun cast of memorable characters before the credits started to roll (;-;). Great buy and fun little game, would highly recommend!
A fun little visual novel detective game. It was one case and more a proof of concept, but I'm definitely looking forward to what the developer does next!
It's a nice, cozy story with decent Ace Attorney-esque gameplay, cute art, and good character and world-building. While certainly worth the price, its short play time has left me wanting more. I'd love to see some sequel content with more of the characters and world, and perhaps some more complex cases.
I absolutely adore the character designs, and the way they were written! While it was a simple crime to solve, with there only being a small cast to choose from, it was still absolutely a joy to play through! It really scratched that detective/investigation game itch!
I loved this! Instantly obsessed with all the characters and story! The ability to get hints was really helpful and was present in such an interesting in universe way that didn't fully take you out of the story. I would love to see more
Very fun and very pretty game. Interesting and engaging characters, was very ready to see more of them and learn more about the world. The puzzles were not totally trivial.
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