
Solve criminal cases through the power of SQL queries! Help out the city of Los Zorangeles by becoming a Database Detective in this new (unpaid) work from home opportunity.
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There’s been a backlog of unsolved cases piling up in the Minor Crimes Division of the Los Zorangeles Police Department and we’ll need a Database Detective to help solve them.
We’ll need you to analyze clues and manipulate data using SQL, a database querying language, to figure out who perpetrated crimes from as minor as littering to as serious as not checking out of a hotel after the check-out time.

Don’t worry! This role is intended to be accessible for those without any SQL experience, so each Database Detective is given an introductory textbook when they start! This short textbook is less than 20 pages and explains everything that’s needed to solve each case.
If you still have trouble writing queries, our comprehensive error messaging system will tell you exactly where your query went wrong, making it easy to correct your mistakes.
Still not enough? Each Database Detective is assigned an assistant who’s ready to answer any questions you might have, whether they be about the case itself or the SQL queries you’ll need to write!


Understanding how to manipulate data using SQL is not the only part of being a Database Detective! Your job will also require you to piece together evidence and clues, just like a real detective! Further on in your Database Detective career, you’ll have to sleuth through the internet and piece cases together yourself.
Fully voice acted mission briefings at the beginning of each case!
Fully hand drawn art for you to enjoy!
More than 40 websites to explore!
10 cases for you to solve, each case getting longer and more complex!
A total of around 8-10 hours of valuable work experience to add to your resume!
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 160 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
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positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Reviews
Una sorpresa, más que solo SQL diria más que es un juego de puzzles y lógica donde usas el SQL como herramienta. Però también debes investigar, atar cabos y buscar pistas por "internet" para encontrar al culpable. La única pega que le pongo es que no disponga de traducción. Dispone de juegos de palabras o de momentos de leer entre lineas que si no eres muy ducho en inglés te proporcionaran pistas falsas. Lo recomiendo si eres fan de los misterios, quieres practicar SQL y no te da miedo el idioma de la pérfida Albión.
Muito divertido
For some reason they have "would you like to try again" after you ask for help from the police guy. Trying again does not mean asking another question, it means going back to the last level. Why is this necessary? I would suggest adding a levels selector, or days selector in the menu instead.
5/5 Best Dictator, Best Game, No Massacres
The game is very fun and is a fantastic introduction to SQL way of thinking. It also does a very fine job of scratching the detective itch in a humorous way.
Great Game!! Voice Acting 10/10 I'm not done but this needs a sql
Zoran, meu ditador, meu governante. Eu aprecio tudo o que Zoran fez por mim e minha família. Zoran nunca causou mal, e nunca errou em todo o momento que me governou. Obrigado por tudo.
Great! My SQL skills aren't that great, wanted to learn some basics again. I like that it really doesn't guide you too much and not taking you by hand too much. You get and learn the tools and then are free to use them. The puzzles are pretty smart, you not only think about smart queries but also have to consider like social information that you find and make your own conclusions. You actually do feel kinda smart arresting the right person. I mean until you feel bad for working for some crazy dictator arresting the target for ridiculous crimes. Sorry, I meant some real hard criminal ♥♥♥♥. Humor is also on point. Really well done.
Fun mystery detective game, with good (dark) humor. I enjoy me a coding game, and the fact that I don't know SQL made it even better. I'd say that the game is about 50% detective game, 50% SQL, although I suppose for the SQL experts, that ratio will be different. Absolutely loving the game, have even shown my children bits of both the deduction and SQL. Recommended to anyone who likes solving mysteries and would like to learn a little SQL along the way.
This is the first time I'm leaving a steam review but I enjoyed it so much I need to recommend it even though I haven't finished yet haha I think started the demo at around 7:30pm and then went to bed at 5am because the game is so fun. I really appreciate how there's not just one way to come up with the correct answer and how the complexity slowly ramps up with each case. The overarching plot and world building is really interesting!! With amount of care put into all the art and the little funny details I'm continuously noticing something new and giggling.
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