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The Innsmouth Case

68% positive of 136 Steam reviews

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Released
2020
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation

Made by RobotPumpkin Games. Published by Assemble Entertainment.

About the game

The Innsmouth Case is a text adventure game inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and the very first text-based adventure to combine horror and comedy in a fit and proper way.

Tagged by players

  • Lovecraftian
  • Choose Your Own Adventure
  • Text-Based
  • Multiple Endings
  • Visual Novel
  • Mystery
  • Horror
  • Story Rich
  • Fantasy
  • Atmospheric
  • Adventure
  • Comedy

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What players say

  • Recommended
    For The Love of Lovecraft Curator Choose Your Own Insani...Adventure!!!!! The Innsmouth Case is a story book game set up in a choose your own adventure style. You play as a detective who is tasked if you so choose to search for a child in the strange town of Innsmouth. There are nods to the lovecraftian mythos everywhere sprinkled throughout but this game chooses to take a far less serious tone than the writings it…

    1.9 h played when written. 82 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    "The Innsmouth Case" is a lovingly designed text adventure game in the style of H.P. Lovecraft. The player is sent to the small harbor town of Innsmouth with the task to find a missing girl, free to decide what to do next. Every action has consequences, some are of good nature, some can lead to very bad story developments. The animated drawings, background music and sound effects in the individual scenarios…

    11 h played when written. 45 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    Oof. I wanted to like this, but I just can't get into it. It's a tired rehash of Shadow Over Innsmouth, but the twist this time is that it takes place in modern day and that it's a wacky comedy. Just how wacky is it? In the first scene, you puke in your desk. The first person you meet in Innsmouth is named Poopingplace." There's a lot of toilet humor, way too many sex scenes, and just… nonsense. At one point I got…

    49 min played when written. 25 found it helpful.

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