With near-perfect execution, The Rise of the Golden Idol is a must-play for any adventure fan.
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Verdict
93%
Steam
89
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (93% positive from 3.8K reviews)
Critically acclaimed (89/100 critic average)
Compelling narrative and story
Rich open world to explore
No significant drawbacks reported
The Rise of the Golden Idol is a 2024 puzzle video game developed by Color Gray Games and published by Playstack for PC and console and Netflix Games for mobile platforms. It is the sequel to the 2022 game The Case of the Golden Idol. The game received generally positive reviews. Four downloadable expansions were released over 2025: The Sins of New Wells, The Lemurian Phoenix, The Age of Restraint, and The Curse of the Last Reaper.
Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 1d ago
Inspired by Obra Dinn, but firmly in the deduction genre's S tier on its own merits. You solve the game scene by scene, but there's also an overarching plot to piece together and all of it just works magnificently. Ideally start with the first game, but this one is even marginally better. Strong recommendation, as well as its DLC.
great continuation of the golden idol, all the dcls for both games are worth it
Overall I can't recommend the sequel. The original is great and I would put it up there with Roottrees as top notch but this one didn't strike me as hard. The story is much less compelling, the art is strangely worse, the puzzles are more obtuse and less interesting. I finished it but barely and have not touched the DLCs.
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