
The Case of the Golden Idol is an exceptional Adventure/Indie that raises the bar for the genre.
95
Verdict
98%
Steam
89
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam (98% positive from 10K reviews)
Critically acclaimed (89/100 critic average)
Compelling narrative and story
Rich open world to explore
No significant drawbacks reported
The Case of the Golden Idol is a 2022 puzzle video game developed by Color Gray Games and published by Playstack. The game depicts a narrative spanning 40 years in the 18th century, in which players collect clues to piece together concepts, characters, and evidence to provide context to the story. It was originally released for PC and was ported to consoles and mobile platforms in 2023 and 2024.

Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 18d ago
Really nice game, the cases in each chapter have some of the best detective puzzles in any game I have played, some of them really stumped me but it was because of me overlooking something or not paying enough attention to the stage. It always felt satisfying to solve the puzzles but the story is what kept me engaged, it just effortlessly tells such an engaging and compelling narrative with so little, and it makes the player use the puzzle solving skills to fully build this narrative. The main game along with the DLCs are a must-play if you liked games like Obra Dinn.
The game is perfect. The art the music and the puzzles. Its all perfect. I was put off initially because I thought I didnt even like this kind of game very much because of past experiences. Ive heard many people refer to it as something akin to obra dinn, and I didnt think obra dinn was a great game, I thought it was just fine. So anyway, the game is quite like obra dinn! BUT the quality in how they put this together was done so well that it just completely erased any of the problems ive ever felt in any game like this. So nice to look at and listen to and figure out. Nothing ever felt cheap, nothing ever felt like it was too difficult or obscure or logic leapy. An amazing experience.
I think this was a great puzzle game! It has a fun and beautiful artstyle and i think the gameplay is also great. It was a bit short for the official price, but I got it on sale and I also understand a game like this takes a lot of work, so I think it is fair.
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