Great job, detective!
Dupery: A Game of Solo Deduction launched on October 15, just one week ago, and it’s already a hit with whodunit fans. The mystery-noir from independent developer Gilded Rune Games and publisher Yogscast Games is celebrating some eye-popping private eye stats.
Since the game’s launch last Thursday, Oct. 15, digital detectives have taken on more than 21 million (!!!) in-game investigations.
In a news release, the game’s creators — a trio based in Bristol, U.K. — revealed that Dupery: A Game of Solo Deduction recouped all development costs by the end of launch day. Whoa.
According to the team’s news release, players have racked up some gobsmacking stats. In-game detectives have reportedly undertaken more than 21 million investigations and made 7.7 million arrests. Check out the full list of collective player feats:
- 21,000,000 investigations undertaken
- 7,700,000 arrests made (whether they were guilty or not)
- 1,750,000 untimely (or deserved) deaths
- 26,600,000 chips spent testing their luck in the casino
- 3,200,000 fuel supplies used traversing the docks
- 2,500,000 criminal syndicate cases solved
- 1,500,000 criminal syndicate cases solved flawlessly
Gilded Rune Games and Yogscast Games thanked dedicated detectives in the news release, too, “[extending] a huge and heartfelt thank you to everyone who made launch week such a success.
“From our wonderful players, content creators, press, playtesters and Discord community, to everyone who played the demo and helped spread the word.”
About ‘Dupery: A Game of Solo Deduction’
In Dupery: A Game of Solo Deduction, players become hard-boiled investigators in a Gotham-like noir setting. The game is a “solo deduction roguelite with over 175 roles,” and, according to the game’s Steam logline, players must “investigate everyone, make arrests and protect [their] reputation.
“Take down the syndicate and don’t get duped like the rest. Everyone is a suspect, trust no one. No friends required.”
Take down a seedy crime syndicate by utilizing found clues, photos, tidbits from bystanders’ stories, and more to solve “grid-based procedural cases where every suspect has something to say – but hardly anyone is telling the whole truth.”
Use an in-game investigation toolkit to visualize interpersonal connections, analyze alibis, and make literal and figurative connections with strings and pushpins. Is it Pepe Silvia?!
Check out the Dupery: A Game of Solo Deduction launch trailer now, and subscribe to Outrun Gaming’s official YouTube channel now for more indie game trailers:
Join like-minded private eyes in Dupery: A Game of Solo Deduction, available now on PC and Mac via Steam at a 20 percent discount.
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