
One hundred detectives compete against each other in a crime-solving competition.
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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): 0.14/day in the week to Sep 10 → 0.43/day in the week after.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.67/day in the week to Aug 4 → 0.14/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,400 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

The first game in the Methods series.
One hundred detectives compete against each other in a mysterious competition, solving mysteries created by criminal masterminds.
The detective who wins receives one million dollars and the opportunity of a lifetime. If a criminal wins, however, they will also receive a million dollars... and parole, no matter the severity of their crime.
Methods is a visual novel with simple crime investigation gameplay where you examine evidence and answer multiple-choice questions about the solution.
It includes 100 chapters totaling 139K words, taking approximately 10 hours to play through (though that varies greatly depending on your reading speed).

Original soundtrack
Over 25 interactive crime scenes
CG gallery
Expressions gallery
Backgrounds gallery
Music room
Bios
Character Interviews
Behind-the-scenes

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Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 71 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
设计比较新颖,解密难度约等于没有,主要是欣赏各个人物的有趣性格,略有些无聊,如果闲的没事可以看一下,也不失为一个不错的休闲方式
推理性很弱,也没有悬疑感,玩起来平淡无聊。剧情发展有点想一出是一出的感觉,导致整个结构很散,根本看不到一个核心。 游戏体验还可以,但达不到良好。 5/10
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All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English, Simplified Chinese
Hours played at review time, across 71 reviews with recorded playtime.
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体验完100章节的单元剧你将记住所有的侦探,额,我是说几乎所有。用多个视角展现一场侦探大赛的确是很明智的决定,沉迷在单一视角解题实在是太令人乏味了不是吗,作者擅长用这一方法解释故事的背景和设定,而不是在故事的即将结尾,突然出现一大本说明书或是用不符合人设的对话来告知。前面的汤氏小谜题或许会打消你“断案”的热情,但高潮部分一环接一环陷阱确实引人入胜,建议放慢节奏游玩。不得不赞叹本剧的音乐做的十分完善,风格独特的同时很好的配合了剧情铺叙。但还是想吐槽第5轮比赛怎么会有些莫名其妙的“她谁啊”侦探出现在我的电脑里。
强烈推荐!非常好群像推理游戏! 设定是每个侦探都有自己独特的探案方法。有些是比较现实的,有些是比较夸张魔幻的。剧情很好地做到了展现人物夸张特点和使人物鲜活的平衡。比如说[spoiler] 尼尔 [/spoiler]在一群高排名侦探面前会怀疑自己不中用,但是也会尽力去做事,并接受鼓励与排解。[spoiler] 埃什顿 [/spoiler]在经历对自身水平和大赛等等因素的怀疑后,还是坚定选择磨练技巧,追查过往案件的元凶。 可以看到人物随着剧情推进改变认知,形成人物弧光,而不是一味刻板印象发力而人物塑造原地踏步。 这游戏另一个我喜欢的点是剧情节奏非常快,给予的证据非常克制,大量笔墨用于剧情推动,通过更换主视角不断更新剧情着墨和关卡机制。我觉得这就是新时代推理游戏该有的样子! 在现在短视频和各种游戏解析的冲击下,传统慢节奏的推理游戏大抵只会越来越被人诟病,虽然对我这样喜欢推理游戏的爱好者来说很可惜,但是没人希望推理解谜游戏最终成为少部分人自我感动的圈子。这个游戏也好,尝试融入肉鸽元素的某些推理游戏,和尝试融入多人合作元素的某些推理游戏也好,都证明了制作组们在寻求推理元素的更新迭代。很开心,希望未来会有越来越多优秀新颖的推理游戏出现。 [strike]某些日厂要是还剧情灌水原地踏步,估计要被后浪拍死在沙滩上了吧? [/strike] 作为一个推理解密爱好者,玩完后我就觉得好久没吃这么好了……以及这一作居然已经发售6周年了,非常期待新作!
想冲着推理来的可以先退了 比起推理游戏,本作其实是一本悬疑主题的视觉小说 奈何剧情太精彩,群像太生动,角色太有魅力 入股不亏
Methods the detective competition is a hidden gem that deserves more attention. Initially the Cartoon Network-esque art style pushed me away a bit, but I'm so glad I gave it a chance . The visual novel style allows for incredible character variety and you quickly grow to appreciate it . The ambition behind this game is insane . You have 100 detectives going up against 100 masterminds across 100 chapters . The narrative structure is completely unique - the perspective shifts constantly showing you the tragic or triumphant fates of specific characters and than the story just keeps moving forward without looking back .It perfectly captures the ruthless nature of competion. The writing is top tier . It's an absolute masterpiece of story that messes with your mind and stays with you long after the final credits roll.
非常精彩的群像,侦探和罪犯的对决,神秘的创办者,性格各异的主持人,心怀鬼胎(不是)的服务员海尼。在这场比赛中看到侦探们的成长和羁绊真的很温暖(不知道能不能看到8xx和尼尔、埃什顿和惨惨的更多故事,8xx实在是太好玩了),每个侦探都有高光,他们的探案法也很精彩! 去玩前传啦!
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