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D'Avekki Studios Ltd / Nov 6, 2018 / Adventure, Indie
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CompareThe Shapeshifting Detective is a supernatural murder mystery FMV game where you play as a detective who can shapeshift into other characters, allowing you to unlock secret conversations and private encounters.
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80% positive, 702 reviews
Neat idea but it's kind of a chore to play and the acting really didn't grab me. The dialogue choices felt random and I don't like the RNG roll at the beginning for who the killer is.
0 found this helpful, 2026-09-07
No idea why people gave this game bad reviews. I found it interesting. It was like a movie, I didn't feel as if I was doing a chore. Not sure if I would replay tho, but apparently You can play again and have a different murderer, and skips scenes You already watched. Working on Linux without issues, but needs unlocking h264 Start steam like this: steam steam://unlockh264/ at least once, then proceed to run the...
0 found this helpful, 2026-09-04
A charming, cozy detective video game. Featuring likable characters. With the intimate atmosphere of a small family-run hotel in the British countryside. A psychological game of cat and mouse. Long interrogation sessions with suspects, and with your boss, the detective constable. The game is based on a brilliant concept where you can enter the bodies and minds of specific characters and use that to your...
0 found this helpful, 2026-08-21
Okay.
0 found this helpful, 2026-09-06
I was entertained for some time. Everything falls apart at the end, tho. With multiple endings and multiple killers within these endings, the whole story is kind of a pointless waste of time, as there isn't a definitive answer to what is truly happening or who is actually at fault.
5 found this helpful, 2026-07-12
This full-motion video game is a murder mystery where you play as a detective who can shapeshift, hence the name. You are sent to a small town where a local woman was murdered just the night before and you have to talk to the various residents hoping to learn clues. Because you can shapeshift, you can talk to them as other people hoping they will give up information they wouldn’t say to a detective, which is the big...
0 found this helpful, 2026-08-14
I love this game, its my favourite FMV from now on. It has a true Noir atmosphere all through the game, heavy psychological mystery and occult themes. Great timelines and a lot of replay value. I suggest that you listen to the short horror stories on the radio because they add to the atmosphere
0 found this helpful, 2026-08-12
Bored conversations, all you can do is try out all of the character and talked every options. There is no surprise that I try to be fun and adventurous in these two hours, and there is no feedback. From trying to expose yourself or get drunk or try to irritate others, then you get nothing. The dull conversation waste all my patience, and I can't even skip them or making them talk quicker by any chance.
0 found this helpful, 2026-07-20
Kind of wish there was just a neutral option, but I ultimately didn't like this. The idea is really neat. A "shapeshifting detective" has a lot of potential as a story hook (and it's definitely not something I've ever seen before), but I thought the execution was fairly poor overall. The story is confusing, a lot of choices are just there to waste your time, and it just gets extremely tedious to play at points....
0 found this helpful, 2026-07-19
I have mixed feelings about this one, as it's not your typical FMV game. Instead, it's more about gathering information from each character by asking questions until you reach the final choice of who the killer is. You can accuse anyone, so your decision should be based on the information you've gathered. It can get a little boring just listening to people talk. I actually had to play it across multiple sessions to...
0 found this helpful, 2026-07-04