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Ciella's Casebook

Mystery adventure game set one year after the war, following the journey of a war-veteran detective Ciella and her assistant Ricky in the industrial city of Actain.

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Studio Elysian
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About the Game

"War, Unfinished. Mystery, Unsolved"

[Ciella's Casebook] is a mystery detective adventure set one year after the war, following the journey of a war-veteran detective Ciella and her assistant Ricky in the industrial city of Actain

◆ Story

In ACTAIN — a steampunk factory city where the war may be over, but its wounds are not.
Beneath the roar of massive steam engines, the people carry on, haunted by what the war left behind.

CIELLA, a private detective worn down in body and soul, pushes through in her everyday life trying to make her living.
Then one day, a murder case lands in her hands — and she discovers it threads back to her father's death, ten years ago.

Investigate crime scenes, expose the contradictions hidden in a suspect's words, and piece together clues to uncover leads that no one else could find.

This is a mystery adventure where you, as the detective, dig out the truth with your own hands.
How deep Ciella's past goes depends on how far you're willing to look into.

◆Welcome To Actain

Enter the factory city of Actain, become a private detective during the post-war period where many social, political, military, and economic changes are happening throughout the world.

Under the tense dynamics between nations, corporations and ideologies, Ciella does not know her fate, as she throws herself into the eye of the coming storm.

◆ Key Features

[Story of the survivors]
As Ciella works her way through a variety of cases, she'll encounter many different characters.

They may become allies or adversaries along the way — solve cases together and forge deeper bonds with them.

But trust no one... the person you believed in might be the culprit.

 

[Investigate crime scenes]
Investigate crime scenes and find clues to solve cases.

[Debate and Interrogation]
Talk to suspects and gather testimony through interrogation.
Use the testimony you collect to uncover new truths behind each case.

[Assemble clues and reach for the truth]

*No generative AI was used at any stage of this game's development.

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