
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.
Modeled estimate, not a reported figure. How we estimate →
Charts
Each storefront's own chart, in its own country — the closest public signal to sales where none is published. A country missing from a list is one we don't collect there, not one where the game doesn't chart.
No United States chart position — it charts only in the markets below.
Same day: best AU #89, worst UK #97 · 2 markets collected
Discounts
Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 5/day in the week to Sep 11 → 24.86/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 23 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 14 places towards #1, and the 2,515 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
About

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!
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 784 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
Truly excellent. First few levels are a great intro to SQL and what you can do with it, everything past that is a really fun challenge even for SQL experts. Writing is phenomenal, I think I saw zero wasted text, either very useful info for the puzzles or very funny flavor. Later levels feel a lot like Hypnospace Outlaw browsing around the early web to dox some guy. I was very rarely completely lost on what to do next. There were a couple of points where I needed to use the hint system, and each time it did a great job of somehow figuring out where I was in the puzzle and gradually hinting at the next step.
It's really surprising how much fun this game is
Media

Related
Related
Price dynamics, follower growth, revenue and sales trajectories with interactive tooltips
This and every other Pro feature is free until October 20, 2026. A free account is all it takes.
Genres
Stats
All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English**languages with full audio support
Hours played at review time, across 785 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
SQL is easy, solving minor crimes is not.
muito legal
SELECT name, frustration_level, fun_level FROM players WHERE skill_level = 'dumb as a rock'; | name | frustration_level | fun_level | | DaVyze | Can I throw my keyboard out of the window? | Just 5 more minutes please |
It's a nice game if you want to learn basic SQL coding, but keep in mind that what you will learn here are very beginner stuff. The game starts with easier case where you don't need lot's of information to find your suspect but eventually the cases become harder that the issue isn't even doing SQL, the issue is how you will find informations you want. Database Detective is a very detective game which definitely will sharpen your mind when it comes to just dealing with a lot of data. However, I think the game would have been nicer if the hints are better when you get stuck.
Came for the SQL, stayed for the music and the goofball humor.
This is such a fun puzzle game with a cool little mystery and some fun twists. And you get to learn the basics of SQL too!
Studying SQL and not having a place to put it to practice? Freezing in exam when you are required to do it raw? Game helps with that and fun along the way
It's well made, silly, and fun. And at the same time pretty tedious, which is ok for such a game. Not gonna play it till the end, and it's fine, but for those who miss the good old coding times and want to solve some SQL queries it a pretty good stuff.
Selling now
See how fast this game is selling right now — estimated copies and revenue per day from recent review growth.
Active players
Estimated daily and monthly active players (DAU/MAU) modeled from peak concurrency.
Players by region
Where this game's players are, estimated from review languages.
Players also reviewed
The games this title's players most often review too — audience affinity.
Related
| Game | Estimated lifetime revenue | Reviews | Review score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $90 | 1 | 0% | $4.99 | |
| $145.7K | 520 | 69% | $19.99 | |
| $41.2K | 154 | 92% | $12.50 | |
| $18.2K | 74 | 93% | $12.99 | |
| $1.5K | 24 | 92% | $3.99 | |
| $568 | 9 | 67% | $4.99 |
Related
| Game | Estimated lifetime revenue | Reviews | Review score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $271.2K | 633 | 69% | $19.99 | |
| $271.3K | 525 | 78% | $19.99 | |
| $271.3K | 557 | 81% | $14.99 | |
| $271K | 428 | 61% | $19.99 | |
| $271.5K | 591 | 86% | $14.99 | |
| $271.6K | 858 | 81% | $14.99 |