Sandbox detective simulation game Shadows of Doubt Publisher Fireshine Games and developer ColePowered Games have announced that it will exit Early Access and launch on September 26 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam. Physical editions will also be available for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series.
Shadows of doubt first launched on April 24, 2023 in Early Access for PC via Steam.
The full launch will coincide with a major update “that would make any private investigator twitch,” details of which will be announced in the coming weeks.
Here's a review of the game via the Steam page:
About
A procedurally generated open world mystery game with an entire mystery city at your fingertips!
Shadows of doubt is set in an alternate reality in the hyper-industrialized 1980s. Think like a detective and use various gadgets as a private detective investigator, collect evidence and earn more money by solving cases, finding and selling information and more.
Play your way through a fully simulated world with hundreds of citizens. Discover, meet, and follow individual citizens in unique, procedurally generated cities, each with their own name, job, apartment, and daily routine. Each case has different culprits, clues and experiences to test your investigative skills.
Complete Freedom
Explore anywhere in the city! Every corner of every trashy bar, every workplace, every dingy hotel room… This dystopia is your oyster. Break into apartments, seize confidential documents or hack security systems — even a discarded receipt can be the key to cracking a case. Track the receipt to a separate location, check CCTV footage and match the time to the receipt to find out who it belongs to!
The World Lives With or Without You
The entire world is fully simulated. Every citizen has an apartment, a job, a daily routine, favorite things to do, places to go and people to communicate with. They live their lives independently, in a world that goes on with or without you – discover this knowledge and use it to your advantage!
Enter the Boots of a Private Investigator
Become a private investigator in a truly unique detective experience. Think like a detective to solve cases around you: check call histories, find passwords, read private emails, talk to persons of interest, view CCTV footage and more to get evidence and build your case. Keep the information on your investigative board and combine the evidence as you piece together the full picture.
Key Features
- Become a private investigator and find a serial killer in a fully simulated sci-fi city. Think like a detective and use various gadgets to gather evidence and solve cases in this truly unique detective experience.
- Meet individual citizens in unique, procedurally generated cities, each with their own name, job, apartment, and daily routine.
- Pick up new crates to earn cash, buy new gadgets and gear, and customize your apartment.
- Gather evidence to build your case – scan fingerprints, check call histories, read private emails, view CCTV and find key pieces of evidence to gather information and incriminate your suspect.
- Play your way – pick locks, break down doors, sabotage security systems and bribe citizens for information, or stick to the law and play by the book. There are several ways to approach every job.
- Explore every room in every building and talk to every citizen. Lose yourself in a detailed science fiction world.
Check out the new trailer below.