Victorian Detective by peter123

Mystery
Quest Gamebook
You're a great detective living in Victorian London. Your internal monologue will guide you by clicking on links in the body of text as you investigate a seemingly average mugging.

Your eidetic memory is represented by your ability to reread all the story you've experienced...

Your intensely fast analyzing ability is represented by your unlimited time between choices...

Your vast knowledge is represented by the internet...

London needs you!


Please comment and rate my games, and if you enjoy the Victorian Detective series I would be happy if you voted on which game you thought was the best. Follow the link below to vote.

http://strawpoll.me/6505661
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Comment suicune6
04 Nov 2025
Lovely and wonderful!
Review cloverlovania
20 Jun 2024
this is genuinely one of my favourite text adventure series EVER - i was gutted when i had finished all 3 & the interlude!
bravo, this is extremely fun <3
Review Rubenchik
17 Nov 2023
That was interesting
Comment HarleyQuinn420
28 Aug 2023
Couldn't even play it. Kept getting a runtime error with a bunch of code.
Comment white helmet
14 Jun 2023
It's a very interesting text adventure that men and women of all ages can enjoy.
Review TheVampurr
26 Jan 2023
This is honestly one of my favourite text adventures. Everything is amazing, from the gameplay to the deductions. I like how if you get it wrong, it still tells you the correct answer and how that particular answer is correct. This my favourite game in the series!
Review Spookypooky13
10 Nov 2022
I've played thru all three of the Victorian Detective games and this one is by far the best! I love the idea you are intended to look up some of the knowledge and that if you do get one wrong instead of a dead end your partner Mardler corrects you which made me feel like a brilliant detective and a newbie with an ego simultaneously! Would highly recommend this game for a Sherlock Holmes-esque good time!
Review CYOAgal
01 Dec 2021
A bit hard but good!! I liked the way you have to put your own clues together
Review Paras007
28 Oct 2021
that was amazing!
Review christistar2
16 Jul 2021
amazing job
Review Someone_On_Discord
18 Jun 2021
Elementary my dear peter!

Amazing work, a unique detective story where you really have to use your brain if you wanna get a good score at the end.

Its obviously inspired by Sherlock Holmes but that isin´t a bad thing!

Well written and not overly long, enough detail so its enjoyable but not that much that it gets annoying.
Review Cinco de Mayo
01 Jun 2021
Was expecting more open game than choose your own adventure but iits ok I guess. Trying top games from each category. Thankyou for time spent to make this for free for us!
Review Rafael-57
15 Feb 2021
Really nice clues and scoring system
Review Underdog_Dragon
27 Jan 2021
Great game. The drawings and storyline are movie-like.
Review JEHR
06 Nov 2020
It's a very well thought out game. The kind I like.
Review PaperBagSpy
06 Sep 2020
A fun mystery! Some of it feels like guesswork, but I might just be stupid.
Review Craig Dutton
19 Jul 2020
Mustn't be a good detective. Good game!
Review hsh
17 Jul 2020
Not my kinda game but ok.
Review Savio
21 Jun 2020
The second-best one
Review Swiftthunder
18 May 2020
OH MY GOSH I LOVE IT!!
Review Airamov
17 Mar 2020
A great game, if you cannot leave home due to Codvid 19 pandemic. This was a recommendation from a great english teacher, on his podcast LEP. Thanks Luke!!!!
Review Shannon Shaw
22 Nov 2019
This is a really great game. The characters are well developed, the story is thrilling and action-packed, and the clues make for a great challenge. Plus, I really like the occasional humor.

By the way, I caught Renard alive. It's the ethical choice.
Review Syd2444
09 Nov 2019
First game I've ever played here. Very good.
Review Caress
06 Nov 2019
excenlent, I got to say.
Review MightyPlayer071222
24 Oct 2019
This is so good...
Comment muddlemand
12 Aug 2019
The interface doesn't work for me. After a few clicks, I found myself with an option to tell someone I knew he was a murderer, but I hadn't met this person yet. Perhaps because I changed the font size in my browser, so I was seeing paragraphs I wasn't meant to?

"Back" works in a confusing way too, probably only the way it looks (rather than the way it works) but the page seems to scroll down when you click on a choice, then down again when you click Back. You can see the exact same wording twice on the page, sometimes. I don't know if this is a common style of interface - I can imagine it working well, if it did work(!) - but it's new to me and I found it confusing. Perhaps it's just my browser.

So anyway, I didn't persevere because it is too fiddly technically.
Review LunarRosa
16 May 2019
I didn't realize that it would keep track of my choices lol so unfortunately I cheated a lot through the it and I can't put an honest score up this time. Really good story though. The drawings are adorable too! :D
Review gdawg21
23 Apr 2019
Love this whole series!
Review OctoCreeper
08 Apr 2019
I don’t think I need to say much

IT WAS VERY GOOD
Review felitheist
02 Apr 2019
super fun and really gets ur braincells going!
Comment BoyPorridge
10 Mar 2019
I like this game, it's cool. I also got Sleuth Magnificent and Agile Acrobat. OwO
Review BoyPorridge
10 Mar 2019
It's a really cool game to play if you've got time or bored.
Review Chippy the Wanderer
23 Feb 2019
Aside from two perceived spelling errors (which do not detract from the game at all) the game/story was perfectly executed. Any fan of Holmes would enjoy reading through this short interactive piece.
Comment Half-Blood Prince
21 Feb 2019
No offense, but this is kinda...lame in my opinion. All you really do is look around and then guess. Not much fun for me; maybe for some though.
Review mdemslie1
23 Dec 2018
Fantastic. I loved the subtle but attainable clues. It really makes you work for a good score, it's definitely not a throw-away dumpy detective story. Loved it!!
Review ThatWDude
28 Nov 2018
The game was frankly amazing. Great replay-ability, rewards for picking the right choice, fantastic illustrations, great detail, and challenge! It’s everything I look for in a mystery text adventure!

All in all, a fantastic play all around and a good recommendation for anyone.
Review Megabits2
25 Nov 2018
Really satisfying to play yet not too easy that you'll not do any work
Review comop man
10 Nov 2018
is was great except sometimes i felt like what was right had no evidence and it was just a guess other than that is was awesome.
Review shoitsma
03 Nov 2018
This was way better than I thought it would be. In fact, it was so amazing that I played the sequels and came back to review. I love the logic and attention to detail involved, and hope that I can find more games just like this one!
Review Nemmiriel
06 Sep 2018
My first game here and I already know I'll be staying. This was amazing, challenging but not frustrating. The perfect lenght too - long enough to pull me in the story and concise enogh to not become tiring and boring. A must play for any text-based adventures' lover!
Review JoJo1
16 Aug 2018
This game is amazing, you really feel smart once you find out the right response or action to do. I didn't get a perfect score on my first try but I played the game more and more and eventually I got a perfect score it is really good would recommend!
Review Dishonest Heart
15 Aug 2018
First game on here, and really enjoyed it , was brilliant !
Review WarriorsSN
27 Jun 2018
wow! fantastic game. i was super surprised by the ending... maybe that's cause i was super bad at it :p. loved it, glad there is a sequel
Review MissSarcastic
14 May 2018
Love that!
Review celestialsuniverse
06 May 2018
I loved the game so much! I played all 4 of them, and they are so entertaining and educational at the same time. I’d love to see more Victorian Detective games in the series in the future :)
Review Persival
05 May 2018
A great, superbly written short adventure! Definitely felt like Sherlock Holmes himself solving the case. Almost got a perfect score too! Great attention to detail and historical accuracy is worth mentioning as well. Can't rate it any way but a perfect 5.
Comment WarriorCatsTextAdventureMaker191
23 Apr 2018
Most of the time this game only includes guessing and not actually detective work. This isn't a very good puzzle game or mystery game, could use some work. It's also boring, after awhile I stopped because I was getting bored of guessing, I only finished the first part up to the first letter.
Review Fraarouca
25 Mar 2018
Fantastic!
Comment Ribonuclease7.7
13 Mar 2018
Thoroughly enjoyable, good research, writing, story, with art as an added bonus. Looking forward to playing the rest.
Spoiler alert:
I was wondering whether the coordinates were by the Greenwich or Paris meridian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_meridian) considering that two of the primary characters were French (which would have put the location just west of Reading, west of London (in a grove of trees next to a plant nursery today, not a likely place to find a boat)), but I suppose the whaling boat was English, so it works out (but that is a fun twist you could throw into a future story).
Until I actually entered Voclain's house and saw what he was working on, I was developing a theory that he was trying to preserve the whaling economy from the threat of replacement by electric lighting.
Great mystery, thank you.
Review archerqueen08
27 Feb 2018
The drawings are so cute. Lots of good history info here too.
Review kitnkabootle
04 Feb 2018
One of the best on this site. I recommend it to even huge literature buffs. Great stuff, love that you have created more too :D
Review catherine123
22 Dec 2017
Very good writing!
Review marroyo14
18 Dec 2017
Loved that the drawings were incorporated. Clearly a lot of work was put into this game. Well done!
Review theasgardian
02 Dec 2017
Feeling like I am sherlock Holmes
Review demcleod
26 Sep 2017
I absolutely adore this game. I'm a huge fan of mystery stories! I also played till I got a perfect score. So much fun!
Review rocket680
16 Sep 2017
I too played until I got a perfect score
Review Snow_Potato
27 Aug 2017
I really enjoyed this game, it challenged my thinking ability, and being the perfectionist I am, I just had to play again and again until I got a perfect score! Also the drawings are very cute. I can't wait to play your next game!
Comment Snow_Potato
27 Aug 2017
I really enjoyed this game, it challenged my thinking ability, and being the perfectionist I am, I just had to play again and again until I got a perfect score! Also the drawings are very cute. I can't wait to play your next game!
Comment Whispers_inTheDark
25 Aug 2017
sorry it was good but i kinda got bored dont take it personally tho its just not my type of story
Review RuneCrypt
07 Aug 2017
Amazing work, I really enjoyed it.
Review muddy
03 Aug 2017
very interesting, and difficult!
Review GameofChocolate
20 Jul 2017
Very nice. I love the score counter at the end. I died but it was still an epic game.
Review jailrat
12 Jul 2017
Amazing! Fantastic writing & plot, and the drawings are cute as hell. :)
Comment LightFantom
27 Jun 2017
The game keeps crashing. At some point in the game, I can't click any option.
Review pendares
23 Jun 2017
just awesome!!!!
Review SirTallow
12 Jun 2017
I enjoyed it, though not being the deductive type, I had rather a hard time with it.
That's my fault though.
The story as a whole was very good.
Review MeNotYou
06 Jun 2017
Very nice game. Good style, good plot, good idea, good challenges. It feels like an interactive Sherlock Holmes. Very good.
Comment Fnaf lover
15 May 2017
Awesome and mom lets me play it cause it is reading and thinking
Comment Ryan James Scott
12 May 2017
14 and 6, this is really good. I had to think carefully about every move! Nice job.
Review Chomitch
07 May 2017
I love it alot. It was little bit hard to play this stuff, if you take in an account my low English language level. But cose the victory is more sweet :)
Thank you very much for this amazing game. I'm looking forward the next part of the victorian detective.
Good luckand may the Force be with you!
Comment Zeast
17 Apr 2017
I first played the 2nd installment. Hoping to enjoy this one too.
Comment Jayflutters
24 Jan 2017
I love it! first story I read on here!
Review Ramon
19 Jan 2017
Its great.Good work
Comment annavanpie
31 Dec 2016
I got a great score and had tons of fun!
Review nihonica
30 Dec 2016
I got a perfect score. It feels good
Review georgri
29 Dec 2016
Thoroughly enjoyed the format of the puzzles.
Clicking the hyperlinks is far more enjoyable than typing text!
Review somedude718
11 Dec 2016
Well done, my man! Will definitely try the next in the series.
Review Jaggersaurus
02 Dec 2016
Keep up the good work!
Comment peter123
28 Nov 2016
Hey Long John

That's a good catch! While it's true the Wright Brothers weren't flying planes until the early 1900s, the first steam-powered dirigibles came about in the early 1850s (or so I'm pretty sure), so the Frenchman could in theory be a pilot of some airship.

I'm glad you liked the game, and thanks for the reviews and comments, everyone!
Review Long John
24 Nov 2016
Nice, but i have one bone to pick.
the frenchman who wore goggles, you said he might be a pilot. But there weren't any planes back in 1861, where there?
Comment Long John
24 Nov 2016
CreateAnAccount,
umm. no.
just because you cant solve anything doesnt mean you can call games shit or pee. That's highly immature and childish.
Comment CreateAnAccount
24 Nov 2016
Shit game with pee on it.
Review Grace Keith
18 Nov 2016
Really liked it! ^_^
Review Tamzy
27 Oct 2016
A little short, but I really liked the game style.
Review mattme
13 Oct 2016
Great fun!
Comment ThatOneHumanGuy
25 Sep 2016
The first thing that came to my mind was Sherlock Holmes, and I think that is what influenced this game, but great job.
Review orangecheetah
04 Sep 2016
A really great game! I love the pictures included too, the art style is nice.
Review Thecelester
02 Aug 2016
Wished it was a little easier to play.
Comment alice-blue
30 Jul 2016
This game got written up at Rock, Paper, Shotgun!
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/07/27/best-detective-games/
Review ollusskaa
25 Jul 2016
really good fun, the end could be little longer :)
Review Dwarfu
30 Jun 2016
Fun little game which will have you relying on your deductive reasoning and logic skills... great for any budding Sherlock Holmes out there.
Review Reccho
28 Jun 2016
Smart, funny, fun.
Comment Quest4Me
22 Jun 2016
17/17 and 6/6! I rock!
Comment kadowaluna
26 May 2016
The end of the first part is a little bit abrupt, you shoud add a coment like the next part will be better or try to keep goin or something like that....but has a lot of vocabulary, and a veriaty of words for dicribing things...thank you...
Review thesnapbackkid
19 May 2016
I had a great time playing and following along with the story! As a fan of the Sherlock Holmes stories, this one was just as fun and interesting to solve. Great use of requiring the player to really pay attention to even the tiniest of details provided in order to fully understand the case. And the scoring at the end was a great way to make me feel like I accomplished more than just completing the mystery. Looking forward to playing the others!
Review Heavy_Boson
11 May 2016
Very enjoyable. I loved the detail, the way you have to do a little research in place. The story was compelling and believable, the scene was set wonderfully. An absolute pleasure, thank you for sharing this creation.
Review maxx gamer
07 May 2016
the best game i ever played
Review rrbock
01 Apr 2016
Excellent story! Keep up the good job!
Review ShawnBlarg
06 Mar 2016
So much fun! Very realistic, makes me feel like Sherlock.
Review mrmfr
12 Feb 2016
Witty, funny, well researched and genuinely tests your deduction abilities. Look forward to the next two!
Review Mace Windobama
25 Jan 2016
Wow, pretty neat. Long, too.
Review malcolmish
12 Jan 2016
very good, much better than i expected
Comment Nutjitzu
03 Jan 2016
That was awesome! :-D
I got top score with the Dynamic action thingy! I can't wait to do the next ones!
Comment Nutjitzu
03 Jan 2016
This was soooooo awesome! :-D
I managed to save only 2 girls. Chloe and Tasha. Well hey, I'm only 13. Well made! Can't wait for the next one!!!
Chapter Score 75.0%
Total Deductive Reasoning Score 47.4%
Review Dr. Von Grumbles
09 Dec 2015
Very well done. Scoring is clever. Very sound logic... Excellent research. Well written. Took about 20 minutes to complete
Review RAVN
09 Nov 2015
Something went wrong on my first play of the game, & it got stuck in the middle. I played again from the beginning and just chose all the correct answers until I got back to where I left off. Still an amazing interactive story though. I'm sure my problem was just a fluke. Sherlock Holmsian style well captured!!!

My Scores:

Deductive Reasoning: 16/17 (13/17 with wrong answers from first time)

Dynamic Action: 5/6 (Same answers first & second times)
Review PakkiAttakki
06 Nov 2015
Excellent game!

I've played the trilogy and am thirsty for more. I look forward to more mysteries from the author. Thank you, peter123!
Review falconmidas
01 Nov 2015
15-20 minute duration.
Review MUD Man Mike
24 Oct 2015
The story, the love and effort that was put into this, and the amazing interactivity makes for a superb game. Amazing job, Peter!
Review Ri-Chu
23 Oct 2015
I loved this game. Everything is so action-loaded and I really liked the different kind of questions, even though I turned out to be a rather mediocre detective in the end. Simply great!
Review Koifishy
13 Oct 2015
Kept my attention the entire time and I loved the research; as well as the scoring system.
Review Tacotonium2
12 Oct 2015
This is an amazing game! You can tell that the developer really took the time to do the research before making this game and it was perfect. That, combined with great story line and a occasional picture to paint the description of what is going on where words couldn't do it justice. All-in-all, this is a great game and I give a rating of 5/5 ☆stars☆
Review TheLavaRealm
11 Oct 2015
really Really fun a great story that makes you think about your every move
Review Zenethian
08 Oct 2015
A very fun, if not slightly linear story.

I didn't get the connection to cats though.
Review Murph
04 Oct 2015
Finally a work of art. I felt like SH almost the entire time although at certain points i felt the reasoning is not sttong enough as other ppsibilities were also possible and cantbe entirely excluded as the game presented them. Also towards the end i felt as if the game lead me to ask questions i would have liked to thinkabout by myself.

Overall a very satisfying experience. 5 out of 5.
Review giorgoss1997
20 Sep 2015
It was very well written and you have set a nice vibe.
Review ChrisSmith4773
15 Sep 2015
Great adventure! Well written, love the style. (scored 16/17 & 3/6)
Review TheProcess
14 Sep 2015
I loved it!
Comment RoadKillRevenge
21 Aug 2015
I had such a great time playing this!
Review NicholasVV
16 Aug 2015
I love how this game made me feel like a detective on the path of a terrorist bomber. The story was amazing!!!
Review Jalawa-hiska
09 Aug 2015
Magnificent game! This is the is the best game I've played here so far. It actually made me think about my decisions, and the writing is flawless. I wanted to be the detective and solve the case instead of just messing around like I do in most games. And it was fun! I can't wait to play the next one!
Review Ewan.mcphillips
04 Aug 2015
Brilliant, I've never really liked detective story's but this was fantastic!
Comment Azzou
03 Aug 2015
Oh, at the end of the game, I didn't realize that when I shot him, I was aiming for his head. I thought I would shoot him in the leg to stop him from geting away. I killed him :C
Review Bob_201
31 Jul 2015
This is really the best story n this webpage. We need a part 3.
Review spearcarrier
30 Jul 2015
I completely enjoyed my game play. Thoroughly written and great style.
Review Tohab
28 Jul 2015
Very well done. No cursing, logical, Intriguing, and overall entertaining. The drawings also add quite a bit to the narrative.
Review Ringneck
20 Jul 2015
I got deductive reasoning 13 and dynamic action 5. I'm really annoyed I didn't get him alive, I'll have to play it again sometime to get him.

All in all it was quite good. Intelligently written, interesting mechanics in the reasoning and action. I thought the reason why the guy was killing people was pretty dumb, though, and the pictures didn't add much for me.

Good game, I'll have to try the others some time.
Review viky
11 Jul 2015
Deductive Reasoning: 17
Dynamic Action: 6

Brilliant game. Reminds me of the Sherlock Holmes series.
Review Masonrad
08 Jul 2015
Deductive Reasoning: 16
Dynamic Action: 5

Wow! This game does not have any "wonder what the writer thinks is right" questions, just pure Victorian Sherlock deductions. I love this series!
Review henryflower
07 Jul 2015
Deductive reasoning: 16
Dynamic Action: 3

Brilliant game, will definitely check out other games in this series.
Comment ninjaofnoodles
29 Jun 2015
It's so great
Review TheSmurtMurt
28 Jun 2015
Amazing game!! I will definitely try the other games in this series, and play this one more. I ended with deductive reasoning: 16 and dynamic action: 4

Review prettynerd
18 Jun 2015
First time using this site, but I've always been a huge fan of text based games. (All video games too, really).

This was really well done with many excellent nods to a certain well-known Victorian detective's stories. Bravo! The logic/choices also fit much better for me than a lot of other text based games. Too many games out there are about just trying to predict what the author thinks the right answer is. This did not feel that way at all. The choices made sense on their own. It didn't feel like "guess what you are supposed to do next in this stupid world I've made--remember grammar is pointless." Nope, this game felt like, "hey, want to jump into a sherlock-y world for a bit and have some fun and romp?"

Yes. Yes I do.

Great work!
Review Bear312
08 Jun 2015
Nice story, one of the few that i completed 4 times to get everything, keep it going.

i ended with 9 deductive reasoning and 5 Dynamic action.
Comment MasonBa23sd273.com
08 Jun 2015
very hard and I got like 20 things wrong.
Comment Porter-Interactive Story Writer EXTRORDINAIRE!
31 May 2015
The game won't ever finish loading!
Review jamie.soule
25 May 2015
Really creative and unusual and harder than i'd have thought at first. I'll have to try the rest in the series, this was awesome!
Review Alexandre Torres
21 May 2015
Great! The only thing I would like to mention is...

----this may be a spoiler----
*******SPOILER ALERT*******
that fog machines can be powered by carbonic ice, chemical reaction, or heat.
At XIX century, dry ice was not yet commercially available (patented by 1924!) ! So, i don´t think it was possible to find a smoke machine with dry ice at the theater.
Nevertheless, a great game!
*******
Review Ryuzaki
30 Apr 2015
Loved it. Best text game I've ever played. Exactly whata I was looking for.
Review MisterPibb316
28 Apr 2015
This is a very good half-hour detective story, and a breath of fresh air from the Gamebook games that give you only a sentence or two of description and options that could just as easily lead to death. I very much enjoyed the inclusion of being able to accumulate reasoning and action points throughout the game, which added both reward and interaction. Like most Quest games, Victorian Detective is beatable in a half an hour, but given I only got a 9 in Deductive Reasoning (but a 5 in Dynamic Action, so hey!), perhaps I should have taken more time before making some of my decisions.
Review Anadian
15 Apr 2015
11 Deductive Reasoning and 4 Dynamic Action.
Excellent game
Review Bunnibutt
12 Apr 2015
15 in Deductive Reasoning and 3 in Dynamic Action :3
Review Freddy Fazbear V3RM
28 Mar 2015
Very good, requires you to pay attention and read. I love the details and the mystery and I love the score system.

5/5
Comment EnderDoesMC
28 Mar 2015
I meant 4 stars. Also great pictures.
Review EnderDoesMC
28 Mar 2015
Great story line and great game I love the deductive reasoning plus dynamic action feature. one of the greatest games I have played in the world. Haha
Review stephsmith
25 Mar 2015
Looking forward to playing the sequels. I got a 14 in deductive reasoning and 4 in dynamic action. I caught the Russians alive, but killed the french guy in the end.
Review tannermandiez
19 Mar 2015
It was fantastic, from looking back on what you did to knowledge of the world. Peter123 has made a fine mystery game and i recommend you try it too. my score for deductive reasoning was 14 and dynamic score was 4 try to beat my score.
Review Grondhammar
22 Feb 2015
This was quick, well-written, and very fun. I thoroughly enjoyed becoming more and more embroiled in the mystery as it went along. And after some recent frustration with more open-ended games here, I loved the help when I deduced wrongly. So glad it kept going, because the plot and flow pulled me in superbly. Looking forward to playing #2 and #3!

Review DaNiX88
19 Feb 2015
Wow. I'm not a big mystery fan, but despite that, I still really enjoyed this game. I highly recommend it to any puzzle-solver.

***One thing to the author, you should mention in the game description that one should play through the game without trying to get perfect in order for them to get an honest score in the first game. Here I was saving and trying to get all the correct answers in order to survive until the end, but because I didn't realize I was being tested on my own ability as a sleuth, I missed the point of progressing with a less-than-perfect score, rendering the final assessment useless for me. :(
Review actionpackdude
15 Feb 2015
Beautiful. You never cease to impress, my friend.
Comment namekuseijin
13 Feb 2015
prose was alright. It depicts things like this "It's a Frenchman that's been shot point blank with a small caliber pistol in the chest." Then you click on the the corpse and it shows a stupid cartoon. what's the point of filling this with lameass imagery? ruining the prose?
Review zealousTirade
13 Feb 2015
Great game, I loved playing it!
Review AmberThut
10 Feb 2015
I played all three of the Victorian Detective mysteries back to back, and I have to say that I'm really impressed. Not only do they cater to text adventure fans, but I think the way these are done allows them to appeal to a broader audience.

For all intents and purposes, these games should all have five stars from me, but I gave it a 4 here, simply because with the unique style and dynamics of the game, I would have loved for there to be more internet-based detective work involved. In that sense I think there was a little bit of missed potential, series-wide. But still, fantastic.

Review Baron Cheese
07 Feb 2015
Hard enough to keep me interested and easy enough not to be frustrating. A great game.
Review elizabethcm711
02 Feb 2015
This is the kind of text adventure I've been searching for. Thank you.
Review MagpieShrike
28 Jan 2015
Love it, like it says in the description: "Your vast knowledge is represented by the internet..."
Take that to heart, it's key unless you have lady luck on your side.
Comment Jauki
13 Jan 2015
Thank you for this great game, which read as a novel with plenty of excitement!
Scored a 15 on deduction and 3 on dynamics. Got the 2 russians and caught the bomber alive; not bad for a first adventure!!
Review JonahE
11 Jan 2015
This shxt right here will make your skin tingle in pleasure. Made me feel all smart and shxt. Props to the guy who made it. I love you and you'll always have a place in my heart. #NoHomo
Review THEBanana316
31 Dec 2014
I loved this game. It is quite a brain workout.
Review WILDTANGELO
30 Dec 2014
This game was a true challenge in testing my deductive reasoning, but not too much of a challenge for me to throw in the towel. I received a 17 in deductive reasoning and 6 in dynamic abilities. I caught the bomber alive and also the Russian brothers.
Comment iWantToBeATotodile
27 Dec 2014
This was absolutely well-written and well-thought of. Kudos to you, peter123.
Review Vioa
09 Dec 2014
Well-written.
Review Jan55555
08 Dec 2014
Very great game. Loved it.
I got:
Deductive Reasoning Score = 15
Dynamic Action Score = 6

I got the bomber alive, and the brothers too.
Review Real_RainbowDash
08 Dec 2014
This is a great mystery game. It really gets your nerves uptight and gets you interested in it. It's details and events attract you to it, and it will always be a top rating. 4/5.
Review haveabet
07 Dec 2014
First time I have tried this sort of adventure and was very impressed, wonderfully descriptive and although challenging not overly so to make you quit. Scored 14 on deductive reasoning and 5 on dynamic score, caught the bomcer alive but unfortunately failed to catch the brothers.
Review jdpjdpjdp
06 Dec 2014
Just played the entire trilogy, and these are some of the best thought-out gamebook-style games I've seen here. On this one I got 16 and 4, though I did end up killing rather than arresting the bad guy. Anyway, these are great, and I'd love to see even more!
Comment Baine
06 Dec 2014
I got Brilliant Observer and Vigorous Athlete. I only got the bomber alive and not the two goons.
Review ejm29
06 Dec 2014
Great game! Fantastic design and story.
Review bluejay14
30 Nov 2014
I messed up on part of the detective reasoning with a score of 13 but I have a dynamic score of 5. It was a gripping mystery game and pretty cool.
Review textwario
25 Nov 2014
While I failed at this game, it is clearly very well made and I love the scoring system put in place. A great short story adventure!
Review helvayne
19 Nov 2014
A stunning performance that showcases how a short story can be done well. Running through this full sprint would leave you in the dust, as the cleverness and always riveting passages caused you to pore through each and every word in an attempt to find the clues hidden away. The points always made you want to choose the correct answer, to better fit the brilliant shoes of Mr. Detective. The links, the first that I've ever encountered something done in this manner, were superb. You wanted to read each one; learn the contents of it to better immerse yourself in the story. My absolute favorite part of this was the picture of Voclain shown earlier on. It really shows how every piece of information might be crucial, and you should never write off anything you learn as nonessential. Once I finished it all with a 100% completion on both, I felt a great sense of victory, as if to say, "Run along now Holmes, a new detective is in town." 5/5, would play again.
Review Nathaniel.Spence
13 Nov 2014
Excellent - immersive, intelligent and very well written. I'm normally not so keen on hypertext games, but this makes excellent use of the format. A great, fun game.
Comment Mike Munday
13 Nov 2014
Great Game, achieved 16 deductive reasoning and 5 dynamic reasoning points!
Review General534
12 Nov 2014
Really detailed and fun game overall. It really makes you think. I got some wrong on my first try but went through it again and got a perfect score!

*SPOILER ALERT*

...

Near the end I saw that picture of the gun and I realized it must be a six-shooter.
Then, after I saw there had been 5 BANG's, I decided to let him fire off his other round.
I probably would've been shot if I had jumped out just there.

As I said, it makes you think, I'm sure that six-shooter part was an intended part of the game.

GG.
Review outlandish
05 Nov 2014
This was a fantastic short mystery that really gave me the feeling of being a Holmes-like detective. Awesome job! I thought the pictures were a nice touch although the one thing that got me was the (***SPOILER***) picture of the guy with the jagged scare in the crowd. I thought it was his nose. Even the second time showing the picture it took me a second to distinguish it as a scar. (***END SPOILER***)

But that is a small thing. The story is well written, the clues and deductions are well done, and I thought it interesting how you start by saying the Internet is like your vast knowledge, basically saying we should look up some clues online. All together the only real problems I had were Quest related, the game resetting on me and not saving my place if I took to long to look up something. But I'm using a tablet browser on the iPad.

Great job. Loved it. Can't wait for the next one!
Comment SivD1
04 Nov 2014
Congrats on making it to the top rated page!
Comment peter123
03 Nov 2014
Thanks for all the reviews! I'm glad people are enjoying this game
Review SivD1
03 Nov 2014
I am a Bloodhound (11 Detuctive Reasoning Points) and an Agile Athlete (4 Dynamic Action points. I didn't track down the Russian brothers. I caught the Shakespearean Bomber. I caught him alive.

I must say! This is remarkable! Not only was the case itself great (good length, clever, made sense, had action and crime-solving), but you threw me a curve with those points and choices at the end there! Also, the added artwork was appreciated (especially when you made a question out of it!). On to the sequel!
Review karimcassimally
31 Oct 2014
Great game!

At first it seems that the deductions are a bit random, but when you play a bit more, you start to pay much more attention to your surroundings and the deductions come much easier.

Very challenging to do well at and fantastic writing.

IMO Part II is even better.

Thanks a lot for this.
Review deboriole
26 Oct 2014
Very fun game, exactly what I like. I didn't get everything in the first go-around, but I replayed it to get a perfect score. I'm psyched to play the second game!
Review iceburner
17 Oct 2014
Great story! It kept me engaged. I like the way the reader needs to be engaged in the story to correctly unlock the clues. You did a good job of providing enough clues so the reader can deduce the right answer without it being too easy or being a total guess.

The scoring system was a nice touch - a bit of a motivator of sorts.

Keep up the good work. Now I'm off to Victorian Detective 2!
Review danaburgerrr
29 Sep 2014
this game was really interesting and different! I like the design of it a lot, and while I sort of missed actually getting to root around for things to examine, I liked the format and the need to think logically to solve the crime. very intuitive game!
Review Lyzan
20 Jul 2014
I really enjoyed playing this! The plot is nice and the story is very well-written! I like the options and the cool drawings! Nice! Highly recommended!
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peter123
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Quest Gamebook 5.5
English
Published 20 Jul 2014
Updated 16 Feb 2016

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