Indie

The Crimson Diamond

96% positive of 661 Steam reviews

Released: 2024
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam, GOG

Made by Julia Minamata.

About the game

Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond in this retro-inspired, EGA text parser mystery adventure!

Tagged by players

Cozy
Old School
Text-Based
Mystery
Historical
Point & Click
Retro
Investigation
Female Protagonist
Interactive Fiction
Multiple Endings
Typing

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Indie

The Crimson Diamond

96% positive of 661 Steam reviews

View on Steam

Released: 2024
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam, GOG

Made by Julia Minamata.

About the game

Tagged by players

Cozy
Old School
Text-Based
Mystery
Historical
Point & Click
Retro
Investigation
Female Protagonist
Interactive Fiction
Multiple Endings
Typing

What players say

Recommended
This game was wonderful. I kinda dreaded the experience at first because I expected it to be like the Dagger of Amon-Ra, or to a lesser extent The Colonel's Bequest, where you could miss too much stuff, but I actually netted the best ending and a really high score on my first playthrough with not too much google-fu (I'm grieving rn gimme a break I could never FULLY rawdog a game like this). You need patience for…
10 h played when written. 4 found it helpful.
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Recommended
It's exactly what it says on the tin, it's an old-school 16-color, text parser adventure game for the modern era. The graphics, gameplay, writing, and audio are all totally on point. However, for those who don't know what they're getting into with this style of game, you can absolutely die randomly and lose tons of progress if you haven't saved recently, and you will definitely need to replay the game multiple times…
8.6 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
ATP wouldn't recommend. I love the graphics, the story, and characters but the text parser is horrible. I've relied far too often on the hint guidelines just to get more information on exact wording to use. It doesn't register a majority of words, many that you would expect you actually HAVE to use. It really kills the enjoyment of the game.
11 h played when written. 8 found it helpful.
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