Crime O’Clock (investigation game) announced for Nintendo Switch

Just For Games are bringing another game to the Nintendo Switch: Crime O’Clock, an investigation and time exploration game developed by Bad Seed. It will be released sometime in 2023 in Europe and North America.

Here’s a trailer:

Crime O’Clock features a “deep storyline”, and will have you investigate cases through time and evolving maps. The game takes place over 5 distinct eras, with each one having its own huge, zoomable map. By solving cases, the map changes and new adventures are unlocked.

The two eras revealed so far are:

• Steampunk Era, with automata, crazy inventions, and gothic mysteries
• Atlantis City, with its magic crystals and its peaceful and utopian civilization

Here’s some more details and some screenshots for the game:

– ALERT! ALERT! TIME FLOW CONTINUUM AT RISK!

Prevent crimes before they happen! It’s Crime O’Clock! Investigate cases through time and evolving maps by unveiling a multi-eras linked story. Will you be observant enough to solve the mysteries? Crime waits for no man.

– Time Travel

As a time detective, your job is to solve crimes through time that should never have happened! Each map has multiple time markers to visit and use to resolve different cases of hacking, murder, theft, and much more. But a common thread of strange events is developing over the centuries…

– An ever-changing map

Something or someone is trying to disturb time, find it! A HUGE zoomable map for each era is the playfield for the deductions and the search for clues. YOU must proceed with a deductive method to combine the missing pieces. By resolving cases the map changes and new adventures are unlocked.

– EVE, tools, and the aids systems

As you can see, it’s a point & click game; the only skill you need is your fully functional brain to unplan crime! You will not be alone in your job: EVE, an advanced AI, will help you, providing guidance and tools.Using EVE’s system, you have new ways to find clues and evidence: deductive sessions alternate with action and puzzle mechanics for a complete user experience. During your adventure, EVE will upgrade its systems, unlocking new features…

Crime O’Clock (Switch – eShop) does not have a release date yet, but is slated for a 2023 release in Europe and North America.

Source: Just For Games PR