The Rise of the Golden Idol
Investigate crime-scene tableaux, collect key terms and reconstruct identities and motives, then revisit your deductions in chapter-ending puzzles that connect the cases.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.3 / 10
About this game
The Rise of the Golden Idol places you in the role of an observer investigating crimes in the 1970s. Examine each scene at your own pace, collect clues and use the details to work out who the people are, what happened and why. Observations supply key terms for building your account of events. The investigation also extends beyond individual scenes. Puzzles at the end of each chapter ask you to revisit earlier deductions and identify links between cases. Freeze-frame depictions of murder form the visual basis of the investigations, against a setting of fax machines, television culture and parapsychology.
Collected in series
The Golden Idol is a deduction series about making sense of strange deaths and the conspiracies behind them. You inspect scenes, collect telling details and work out who did what, gradually connecting individual cases into a larger story.
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AI review
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For patient investigators who want to explain the evidence themselves and connect separate events.
Collecting terms and testing an account of a scene may make observation feel like the main form of progress. Chapter-ending connections should particularly appeal to readers who enjoy reconsidering earlier conclusions.
Strengths
- Self-paced scene exploration may give detail-focused players room to develop a theory.
- Revisiting deductions may reward an interest in how individual crimes fit a larger account.
Weaknesses
- The need to connect earlier cases may feel demanding to players who prefer each mystery to stand alone.
Who it is for: Players who enjoy close reading, identifying people from clues and revising explanations as connections emerge.
Play notes: The investigations include depicted murder scenes.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Chapter-end puzzles may give earlier deductions a second purpose for players who enjoy cumulative mysteries. | Reviewed | 8.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Turning observations into an explanation may appeal to players who value reasoning over simply locating an interactive object. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Frozen crime tableaux and everyday period technology may encourage scrutiny of the setting as evidence. | Reviewed | 8.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Touch-screen support may appeal to players who prefer interacting with investigation scenes through touch input. | Reviewed | 6.2 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Color Gray Games
- Publisher
- Playstack
- Release date
- Nov 14, 2024
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Puzzle · Primary genre
- Tags
- Story-drivenFragmented NarrativePuzzle SolvingInvestigationSlow BurnSolo-friendly
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
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- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Side view
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideNov 12, 2024
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwideNov 14, 2024
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Sources
- www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
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