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Coffee Noir - Business Detective Game

A unique combination of a business management game and detective novel with elegant graphics in a noir comic-book art style. Experience an advanced business management simulation along with intriguing story set in alternative future of Neo-London.

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September 30, 2021
4 years and 307 days ago
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Mostly Positive87 reviews70.1%

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About the Game

☕ 【FEATURES】☕

🕵️‍♂️Business management:
manage your team, handle production, invest in promotion, and don’t let your coffee business go bankrupt - you have to plan your strategy carefully as you deal with limited resources!

🕵️‍♂️Deep negotiations:
successfully negotiate to win good deals and gain the trust of your business partners to get the clues and solve the criminal mystery.

🕵️‍♂️Economic strategy:
the game was developed with the support of economists and academics to provide you with a thorough business simulation experience.

🕵️‍♂️Intriguing crime:
deeply immerse yourself in the story of the atmospheric Neo-London and its unusual criminal case thanks to engaging narrative style inspired by Agatha Christie's books.

🕵️‍♂️Noir audio-visual setting:
Coffee Noir is inspired by classic American comic books and filled to the brim with film noir mood and retro-futuristic ambiance. Feel the atmosphere of retro-style interiors, smooth jazz, dense cigarette smoke, and a smell of good coffee while wearing the classy detective outfit and listening to professional voice-acting.

☕ 【SUMMARY】☕

Coffee Noir is a 2D business management game focused on contract negotiations, production and sales in a coffee industry along with an intriguing detective storyline with a film noir art style.

It’s 2021 in an alternate future - discover the mysterious world of Neo-London as Arthur Oliver - an experienced private detective. He unexpectedly becomes a part of London's dreadful puzzle and must find out why Richard Kersey - a local coffee market businessman - disappeared without a trace.

The worried family believes that one of Richard’s partners is to blame. For the first time in his career, the detective will have to work undercover as a businessman...

Will you be able to manage a successful coffee business and solve the criminal case of Richard Kersey’s disappearance at the same time?