
A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in love with them. How will your story come to its end? Will you bring the killer to justice, fall in love with them, or die at their hands?
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Drops of Death is a murder mystery visual novel where the killer is randomly chosen at the start of the game.
Featuring four dateable characters, this romantic story has a deadly twist: you may unknowingly fall in love with the killer. Not all love is innocent, and it’s up to you to decide if you can look past their actions or bring them to justice.
Drops of Death is a killer dating sim not for the faint of heart.
Adrien is a college student trying to destress from classes by going to the school’s pool. What should’ve been a relaxing nightly swim quickly turns into a bloody nightmare when a hooded killer emerges. Adrien barely manages to escape the killer’s clutches. Traumatized and with the case ongoing, Adrien can’t help but feel the killer is watching them, waiting to finish what they started.
Choose your pronouns, with the option to choose between two different appearances for Adrien.

Edwin is Adrien’s best friend and a fellow marketing major, who is part of an active campus fraternity. He can be very protective of Adrien’s well-being and has walked them home to ensure their safety a number of times. However, Edwin has shown extreme bouts of jealousy when Adrien displays the slightest interest in others.
Would a best friend really go to such lengths to "protect" someone they hold so dear?
Fawn is an energetic and knowledgeable detective who runs her own true crime blog called Fawning for Crime. Though she can be annoying (especially to Detective Singh), she loves talking about a killer’s motive and unsolved cases. Some may say her passion for crime is a bit…unhinged.
Could this cute and bubbly true crime lover really be capable of murder?
Natasha is a quiet college student who was on the school’s swim team until she was advised to leave for unknown reasons. The experience she had with her teammates wasn’t pleasant and led to her being distant and at arm's length with others—except her older brother, Anton.
Can grudges with old teammates be strong enough to kill?
Nick Singh is a young homicide detective in charge of leading the murder investigation. Growing up he always wanted to be a detective, and eventually he started his career in his hometown, but was relocated to this smaller suburb. Up until now, he’s been forced to do paperwork and small, uninteresting cases.
Would a man who vowed to protect others really commit such a horrendous crime?

Four romance options
Randomized killer
Unlock ability to preselect the killer after completing a full playthrough
180k+ words
50+ endings, where your choices matter
Partial voice acting
Choose your pronouns, with two appearance options for Adrien
Collect evidence
35+ illustrated backgrounds
30+ illustrated CGs
Genres
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All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 41 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
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Reviews
The art, the twists, the voice acting....I thoroughly enjoyed this game (just finished my 4th playthrough). 9/10.
Gotta give it to a game that can somehow give me the sweet rom-com of my dreams, and my partner the toxic murder husbandship of his dreams, all in the space of two playthroughs with both of us romancing the same damn character.
I like this game so much. It has a lot of possibilities with having 4 different killers and depending who you romance. Collecting all the evidence and CG's was actually super fun since I could see different perspectives. It may have some areas of opportunity, but I still think I had a really great time playing! 8/10!!
This is a fun and unique idea. I enjoyed my first playthrough and plan on exploring more of the options in the future.
I like the plot and how each character is shown from different sides when they become murderers, though the choices don’t make much difference aside from the romance routes.
Думаю, что, пройдя игру на все пути почти у каждого персонажа, я имею право написать обзор на этот шедевр. Визуальная новелла мне очень понравилась. Механика со случайным убийцей среди фаворитов держит в напряжении до самого конца и заставляет гадать, а уверен ли ты, что он/она не убьет тебя в конце. При повторном прохождении ты начинаешь замечать некоторые сигналы, которые ты упустил из виду во время игры. Визуальный стиль мне тоже понравился, некоторые локации и арты (особенно по дарк пути) выглядят очень атмосферно, но это касается не всех артов. Единственный минус - это как раз некоторые арты. Создается ощущение, что они не доработаны или сделаны на скорую руку. Но это единичные случаи. В большинстве своем арты сделаны очень красиво. Рекомендую эту игру, если Вам в целом нравятся визуальные новеллы и Вы хотите получить новый опыт. Особенно если Вам по душе Dark Romance ;) Ник навсегда останется в сердечке (и его пуля тоже). Удачи разработчикам со следующей игрой! Надеюсь, она тоже будет в похожем жанре.
Un peu déçu. Le jeu est assez court, il n'y a pas d'enquête contrairement à ce que j'avais cru comprendre dans la présentation du jeu, il s'agit plutôt d'une VN avec quelques choix. Comme évoqué par d'autres joueurs, la rejouabilité est assez redondante et du coup cela décourage les tentatives répétées. Ceci dit je donne un avis favorable pour plusieurs raisons : acheté en solde à un prix très bas, le fait que le jeu soit court pour un premier run (moins de 5h) ne m'a pas dérangé ; sans révolutionner quoi que ce soit au niveau graphique, le jeu est joli et fluide ; je l'ai trouvé plutôt agréable à lire, l'histoire est intéressante et les personnages ont une certaine profondeur. Si vous aimez lire (en anglais), c'est un jeu agréable à prix bas. Je pense que la formule pourrait être améliorée à l'avenir si les développeurs approfondissent leurs histoires en donnant plus d'importance aux choix, de manière à ce que la rejouabilité soit encouragée.
I didn't think I'd enjoy this all that much but I am hooked!
Eu estou na Steam já faz um tempo, escrevo algumas reviews de vez em quando e essa é a primeira vez que o botão de sim ou não me confunde. No final, eu escolhi que não, não vale a pena. É um jogo indie, e por ser indie, você precisa fazer umas concessões. Os personagens estão fora de modelo, as imagens de fundo não são consistentes, coisas assim. Incômodo, mas se fosse só isso, não teria clicado no não. O problema é que ele é ambicioso demais e não entrega. O tchan do rolê é que os quatro LIs podem ser os assassinos, que pode ser aleatório ou você pode escolher o culpado antes de começar a jogar. O inimigo está ao lado e tal. Só que... Isso é muito ruim, cara! Primeiro que, com exceção da Natasha, ninguém tem um bom motivo para cometer os assassinatos e, exceto ao Edwin, nenhum dos enredos cruza com questões particulares e específicas a Adrien. O PERSONAGEM PRINCIPAL não tem nada a ver com a maioria da história. Ademais, uma história sobre um assassinato em que todos os personagens podem e não podem ser o assassino faz o enredo parecer vazio. Sabe, parece Assassinato no Expresso do Oriente, mas escrito por uma pessoa que passa tempo demais ouvindo podcast de true crime e não refletindo e praticando o gênero mistério. É difícil de fazer um twist desses funcionar, é por isso que Agatha Christie é tão admirada. Eu imagino que os produtores quiseram evitar pontos negativos em títulos como Nicole, que tem sempre o mesmo culpado. É uma piada na comunidade, mas eu aconteço de gostar de Nicole, então naturalmente eu fico ressabiada com Drops of Death. Não acho que um otome/amare misturado com mistério é algo impossível de se fazer direito, mas esse jogo não acertou a mão. Pode até valer a tentativa, posso até recomendar em circunstâncias específicas, mas não faz meu gênero. Por isso, meu voto é não.
Neste jogo você tem a opção de jogar com Adrian (versão masculina, feminina e gênero neutro), Adrian é testemunha de um assassinato na faculdade e o enredo da história se desenrola a partir desse fato. O jogador tem 4 opções de romance, sendo que essas opções também podem ser os assassinos na história. Eu completei uma rota até agora, acho que foi um tempo razoável (mais ou menos 5 horas de gameplay). O jogo propõe muitos finais e me deixou curiosa para jogar o máximo que eu conseguir. Eu tenho alguns apontamentos, gostaria que as evidências fossem melhores utilizadas e que o caso de assassinato na faculdade fosse tratado de uma maneira mais séria pelos professores e alunos, acho que faria mas sentido para mim. Mas o jogo é intrigante e eu gostei muito da proposta. In this game, you have the option to play as Adrian (male, female, or gender-neutral). Adrian witnesses a murder at the college, and the story unfolds from there. The player has four romance options, and these options can also be the killers in the story. I've completed one route so far, which I think took a reasonable amount of time (about 5 hours of gameplay). The game offers many endings and has me curious to play as much as I can. I have a few points: I wish the evidence had been better utilized and the college murder case had been treated more seriously by the faculty and students. I think that would have made more sense to me. But the game is intriguing, and I really liked the idea.
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