Publisher: NEXT Studios, 505 Games
Developer: NEXT Studios
Year: 2019
Platform: Windows

Rating: 6

If you’ve been following along you may have noticed my recent obsession with what Andrew Plotkin calls the “static deduction” genre. These are games where you don’t have to dig up clues in a specific order and there are no random elements to interfere with progress; everything you need is given to you from the start and all you need to do is review the information and deduce the answers.

I had played most of the big ones and was searching Reddit for other examples when I came across Unheard, a mystery from Chinese developer Next Studios that has you solving criminal cases just by listening to audio recordings. I’m glad I found it. Despite some inconsistent voice acting, the puzzles are unique and rewarding.

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