Chinatown Detective Agency

Nintendo World ReportJoe DeVader

9/10

Overall, Chinatown Detective Agency is for sure one of the most unique and interesting adventure games I have played in a very long time, with its focus on using your own personal resources to bring yourself to a solution, providing a sense of satisfaction I don’t often find from mysteries. It is a game that is completely unafraid of letting you make mistakes and wasting your time and money, and this ties flawlessly into its well thought out setting and very memorable characters who will regard Amira with the results of your effort. The pixel art that makes up environments is gorgeous and ex…

GameGrinAlana Dunitz

9/10

Chinatown Detective Agency is a title that anyone who loves taking on the role of a gumshoe in a futuristic, pixelated world will enjoy. With clues, ciphers, and other mysteries to solve, this title will make you use your brain and challenge you!

COGConnectedJaina Hill

85/100

There’s nothing like a good murder mystery, doubly true in video games. The emphasis is on the good and while there are lots of murder mysteries that are good stories, how often do you really find yourself straining your detective brain? Enter Chinatown Detective Agency, a point-and-click adventure game published by Humble. You’ll find memorable characters and a good story, sure, but Chinatown Detective Agency takes the genre somewhere it’s never gone before. Namely, right back into your web browser.

PC GamerAlexis Ong

75/100

Get ready to Google your own clues.

Jump Dash RollIain Blank

7/10

Chinatown Detective Agency has unique and interesting gameplay which is hampered by bizarre design choices and numerous bugs. Updates are coming though, which should hopefully realise the game's potential.

No doubt the audience for Chinatown Detective Agency is small. Modern video games spoon feed everything to players, so I can only imagine how counterintuitive it will seem to many to have a game that’s actively telling them to Google It, Mate and is willing to leave them high-and-dry with only vague clues. This is a game for people that genuinely enjoy researching stuff, and niche as that is, I have to believe that there’s a space in the market for it. Otherwise, “where’s the curiosity gone?” becomes a very real and sad question that we need to ask about our society and the entertain…

The OuterHavenGetselious

https://youtu.be/ScsnJ-o7ht8 Game Name: Chinatown Detective Agency Platform(s): Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC Publisher(s): Humble Games, WhisperGames Developer(s): General Interactive Co. Release Date: April 7th, 2022 Price: $24.99 GetSelious & Sithscott take a look at the detective noir point and click game inspired by Carmen Sandiego. The pixel art is fantastic,…

Checkpoint GamingEdie W-K

6.5/10

I am more conflicted about Chinatown Detective Agency than I have been with a game in a very long time. It’s a mystery story that relies on your own investigation skills, which is an incredibly effective mechanic, and has gorgeous character illustrations and detailed pixel art. I wanted to love it, and I will sing its praises where it’s due. But I was let down in a number of small ways, and while its achievements do much to make up for what it lacks, it can’t reach its full potential as...

NoobFeedSarwar Ron

62/100

Although the game's second half takes a philosophical and somewhat gloomy turn, I found it to be pretty intriguing, even after replaying it three times. While the plot and characters are entertaining and engaging, there is nothing else in Chinatown Detective Agency that seems quite as captivating. Amira Darma's exploits and relatability carry the story to its conclusion, but the way is obstructed needlessly by deleted or bugged voiceovers, confusing puzzle solutions, and an unnecessary money system. Individuals with barely a casual interest in point-and-click detective adventures should probab...

WayTooManyGamesOliver Shellding

5.5/10

One of the biggest reasons I loved becoming an adult was removing the need to do busywork or unnecessary research for things I wasn’t passionate about. Once I got to university, suddenly I was only studying what I wanted to study. If I was curious about a thing, I could look it up at my massive library, use the first high-speed internet that I ever tasted, or ask like-minded individuals around me for answers because it gave a sense of conjoined wisdom and community. So naturally, when a gam...

Xbox AchievementsRichard Walker

55/100

Chinatown Detective Agency is a disappointing miss, that, with just a little more time in the oven, could so easily have been a compelling hit.

Rock Paper ShotgunAlice Bell

Unscored

Chinatown Detective Agency is a stylish cyberpunk detective game with a wonderful cast, and it has a cool real-world aspect to puzzle solving. But it does feel a bit like doing homework sometimes.