
Hauma is a deduction visual novel set in Munich. Discover a conspiracy amongst the upper echelons of society alongside former detective Judith, while visiting real locations in a comic-inspired look.
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Hauma is a noir deduction visual novel set in the heart of Munich. Step into the shoes of Judith, a former detective with a sharp wit and a knack for getting things done, as she uncovers a conspiracy amongst the city's upper echelons of society. Explore real locations in a unique art style, immersing you in the world of Bavaria's capital. From the historic House of Art to other unexpected locations, discover pieces of hidden history that shed light on the city's past.
Collect items, solve puzzles, and overcome dialogue riddles as you make your own investigative deductions using the mindboard, the heart of the game which functions like an inventory containing items and thoughts.
Featuring a diverse cast, Hauma is a fully voiced cinematic adventure with an intriguing story. Embark on a journey of deduction and intrigue, uncover the secrets of Munich's society and piece together the puzzle of the conspiracy that lies within.

[❖] A thrilling noir-inspired journey through Munich
[❖] The mindboard, an innovative inventory of interconnected items and thoughts
[❖] Engaging investigation mechanics, including a variety of puzzles and challenging dialogue riddles
[❖] A visually unique art style
[❖] Fully voiced cinematic adventure, featuring a diverse cast
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
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"Hauma - A Detective Noir Story - Prologue" is not a game, it's an e-book that's been dumped on Steam masquerading as a game. As a visual/interactive novel, this doesn't feature any notable gameplay, it's just a lot of clicking through badly written dialogue that would never have been accepted or published in print, which poses the question, "How did something this badly written end up on Steam?". When someone hoping to become an author is unable to get published in print, they spend $100 and dump their high school fan-fiction onto Steam, under the guise of a game. Worse, this isn't even a complete e-book, it's just an advertisement for an e-book, and the e-book itself is a nauseating high school fan-fiction about the authors imaginary girlfriend, who is also a detective. It's great when high school students have such vivid imaginations about their girlfriends. It's not great when they write themselves into garbage fan-fictions with their girlfriends and publish them on Steam Direct. We must instead review this for what it is... an advertisement. If you enjoy advertisements, you can consume them for free on the web or on Youtube without needing to add them to your game library, download them, and then launch the advertising. It's impossible in a general sense to recommend people should do that over playing real, full games on Steam, and that applies here with "Hauma - A Detective Noir Story - Prologue" The purpose of this advertisement is to get you to shell out a whopping, completele delusional $12.50 USD on buying "Hauma - A Detective Noir Story", and I don't recommend you do that either. Over twelve bucks for a garbage fan-fiction. Jesus wept. As an advertisement, this is only free in the same way that adverts on Youtube and banner ads in your browser are. This is a game demo that's been dumped on Steam to advertise another Steam store page in the hopes of raking in some cash. Just because advertisements are free, doesn't mean they're worth your time. It's important to understand there's a formal process to create a demo/page for a game which hasn't been followed here: https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/store/application/demos While it might seem like an inocuous mistake, publishing demos and advertisements as if they are full games is misleading and in some ways harmful. This advertisement is taking up marketing space and visibility that would be better made available to a developer that's done the right thing and created a full game. Instead, that visibility is given over to a demo/advert that's been published incorrectly and is polluting the marketplace. It's unclear if this mistake was made through incompetence or a deliberate intent to mislead gamers. Often developers may choose to incorrectly publish demo/advertisements as separate games as a cheap way to bypass paying Valve for marketing presence on the Steam front page, which may seem clever to them, but it's harmful behaviour and it's not good for gamers. Advertisements and incorrectly published demos don't add +1 to your game collector count, they aren't full games. It's impossible for me to recommend this incorrectly published advertising spam to gamers, you deserve better than adverts. Despite having no up-front cost, this advertisement for a book failed to appeal to the 120 million+ gamers on Steam. SteamDB showed the e-book peaked at only 2 concurrent readers... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. The funny thing is, if you wanted to print this book, you'd only need to print 2 copies to satisfy the entire world's demand for it. Valve seriously needs to consider hiring a QA department for Steam Direct.
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Hours played at review time, across 24 reviews with recorded playtime.
Игра "Hauma - A Detective Noir Story - Prologue" оставляет приятное впечатление атмосферной детективной истории с уникальным визуальным стилем. Мрачная эстетика Мюнхена, отлично переданная в графике, сразу погружает в нуарную атмосферу. Механика "Mind Map" добавляет глубины расследованию, позволяя систематизировать улики и выстраивать логические цепочки. Хотя это всего лишь пролог, он успевает заинтриговать интересным сюжетом и запоминающимися персонажами. Диалоги хорошо написаны, и выбор реплик действительно влияет на развитие событий. Некоторая линейность в решении головоломок может огорчить любителей полной свободы, но в целом, игра ощущается как добротное вступление к полноценной детективной истории. С нетерпением жду продолжения, чтобы узнать, куда приведет расследование.
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☑ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☑ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☑ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☑ It's free! ☐ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☑ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10
This is an amazing prologue for what is to come! I loved the art style and the voice acting is the cherry on top. I would highly recommend if you are into a good story involving mystery while testing your skills and knowledge of what you learn throughout the game. The dialogue and cut scenes might be long to some, personally I loved it all, but you can also simply just click through and read the dialogue yourself as well. Overall a very enjoyable experience!
I love the story & the excitement building around the story as it escalates to another level of hype & suspense. Well done! Hope the entire game follows thru the same level of excitement, if not, better.
[h1]Hauma - A Detective Noir Story - Prologue[/h1] [b]Gêneros:[/b] Aventura, Indie [b]Avaliação na Steam:[/b] Positiva, com 23 avaliações [b]Preço:[/b] Não informado [b]Visão geral[/b] Hauma - A Detective Noir Story - Prologue é uma aventura investigativa ambientada em Munique, com uma proposta que combina elementos de romance visual e história policial. O jogador acompanha Judith, uma ex-detetive envolvida na investigação de uma conspiração entre membros da elite da sociedade. A premissa é familiar para quem já conhece histórias de mistério, mas o cenário europeu e a apresentação inspirada em histórias em quadrinhos ajudam a dar personalidade ao projeto. Como prólogo, a experiência funciona principalmente como uma introdução ao universo, aos personagens e ao conflito central. [b]Jogabilidade[/b] A jogabilidade é centrada na investigação e na dedução, exigindo atenção às informações apresentadas durante os diálogos. A estrutura de romance visual coloca a narrativa em primeiro plano, enquanto o jogador reúne pistas e tenta conectar acontecimentos aparentemente isolados. A presença de uma protagonista com passado na polícia cria espaço para uma abordagem mais analítica dos casos. O ritmo tende a ser pausado, favorecendo a leitura e a interpretação em vez de reflexos ou ação constante. As decisões e conclusões dependem mais da observação do que de sistemas complexos de progressão. Por ser um prólogo, a variedade de mecânicas e o alcance da história são naturalmente limitados. Ainda assim, a proposta é suficiente para despertar curiosidade sobre a continuação e sobre a conspiração apresentada. [b]Apresentação e atmosfera[/b] A estética inspirada em quadrinhos é o principal destaque visual e combina bem com o tom noir da investigação. As locações reais de Munique ajudam a diferenciar o jogo de aventuras policiais ambientadas em cenários genéricos. A atmosfera busca equilibrar elegância, suspense e intriga social, reforçando a sensação de estar explorando os bastidores de uma classe privilegiada. A narrativa parece depender bastante dos diálogos e da construção gradual do mistério para manter o interesse. [b]Pontos positivos[/b] [list] [*] Premissa investigativa com potencial [*] Ambientação diferenciada em Munique [*] Estilo visual inspirado em histórias em quadrinhos [*] Protagonista com experiência como detetive [*] Boa introdução ao universo e ao mistério central [/list] [b]Pontos negativos[/b] [list] [*] Experiência curta por se tratar de um prólogo [*] Mecânicas de dedução podem parecer simples para veteranos do gênero [*] A história termina antes de desenvolver completamente a conspiração [/list] [b]Para quem é indicado[/b] [b]Recomendado para:[/b] fãs de romances visuais, aventuras de investigação e histórias noir focadas em diálogos, pistas e conspirações. [b]Pode não agradar:[/b] quem procura ação constante, desafios muito elaborados ou uma experiência completa e longa. [b]Conclusão[/b] Hauma - A Detective Noir Story - Prologue apresenta uma base interessante para uma aventura policial estilizada. A combinação entre Munique, o visual de quadrinhos e a investigação envolvendo a elite cria uma identidade própria, mesmo partindo de ideias conhecidas. A curta duração limita o impacto da experiência, mas o prólogo cumpre bem a função de apresentar seu mundo e deixar vontade de conhecer o restante da história. [b]Nota final: 7/10[/b]
Interesting. Cool art and fully voiced. Guess i have to play the main game to get more of this.
本編をクリアしたあとにプレイしました。 日本語訳がないのが残念。 なので本編をクリアしたあとのほうが状況が分かるのでおすすめ。
挺好玩的耶,全配音的视觉小说,演员们声音都好好听……女主的内心吐槽23333期待后续!!
ANOTHER DETECTIVE GAME? ILL PLAY THE ♥♥♥♥ OUT OF THIS GAME!! LETS GO!!!
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