Conspiracy!

Consider this a neutral review instead of a positive one. If Return Of The Obra Dinn, the Golden Idol games and The Roottrees Are Dead were a delicious burger, Conspiracy! would be their 'extra patty' option. A very short, cheap and inoffensive game (minus some cringe pop culture callbacks) that serves as a serviceable snack in between longer detective games.

How dare you compare yourself to Obra Dinn. Obra Dinn is a deep and thought provoking experience that gives you the pieces to the puzzle, and the only limit is yourself. You took numerous half baked far right conspiracy theories, pretended that they were real, and forced players to look up dates from a decade ago to put together a timeline. The Bryan Adams concert date was particularly annoying. The lack of subtitles and fullscreen really show the lack of polish and care put into this game. The reward for getting to the end of this slog? A conspiracy theory song sung by a female Joe Rogan doing a horrible country accent. This game really came off as being made by a far right conservative, and the developers would have been better coming up with their own unique theories and timeline rather than repainting republican talking points.

Short, not quite sweet? There's definitely something there, but persistent UI weirdness, the story being ok at best and lack of options/settings (Even a quit button on the main menu) soured it for me. Plus, as other reviews mention, it's a bit questionable to have a plot that's "Oh my god the left wing are rigging elections and the conspiracy theories are correct!" in this day and age. I did enjoy the reliance on having to go outside the game to find information, but all in all, I think there are better games in this puzzle style. If you have an hour to kill and £1 burning a hole in your pocket, go for it, but you might be better off getting a pastry with that money instead.

The writing is mediocre, the fake accents grating and a lot of unnecessary busy work (like the newspaper articles not having dates).

hmmmmm. yeah like I don't think that it's sincerely a chud conspiracy story but it's certainly irresponsible, and in the time that's passed since its release it's just got more uncomfortable to play. Very confused in what its stance is, all characters are caricatures. I think I (perhaps charitably) say it's tongue-in-cheek. Like, it's £1 so I'm not stinging, but from an artistic point of view it's immature and a bit of a step backwards from Rivals (it has the same audio-heavy detecting format, which I do like and wish had figured in Owlskip's latest game, Ratline). You probably got this game in a bundle. Don't play it expecting to be blown away by anything.

boring, bad, and not worth it. i wanted to try out one of their games before picking up ratline, just to see if i like the studio. big mistake on my part, because this game sucked. no subtitles or transcripts, so if you think the voice actors are annoying af to listen to or, gods forbid, you're some flavor of deaf, hard of hearing, auditory processing issues, or even just can't play audio, well good luck with that, because the game provides no accommodations. it also feels more than a little tasteless to make a game blaming "the libs" like this during a huge resurgence of global fascism but that's just as a side note.

Eh, it was fine. I love a game where you can search the web to find clues but none were particularly satisfying to hunt out. The clues in general weren't super engaging or interesting and I found that the plot never really ironed out in a way that made sense--the interconnecting plot points weren't linked in any logical way. Because it's SO cheap, I recommend it if you have an hour or so to kill (2-3 hours is a stretch, imo) and want something easy to warm you up for a longer-form detective game. But if you're on your last 99c, let it go lol.

Great short deduction game. Interesting use of the conspiracy material and real world references, and quite a fun ending. I might be a bit confused by the meaning of it all - the game would be improved by some contextual bookends, especially since negative reviews clearly show it suffers from having been developed before january 6th and relased a couple of days after. A victim of context.

Quite underwhelming