Ghost Files: The Face of Guilt

Adventure· Casual· Puzzle· Hidden Object

Released May 2017

Lead the Police investigation in the afterlife!

72% positive · 336 reviews

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Evaluation

Ghost Files: The Face of Guilt is a standalone casual adventure game published by Artifex Mundi and developed by Brave Giant LTD. It released on May 18, 2017. The store description presents it as a self-contained mystery story — a single detective narrative with a defined beginning, middle, and end, with no mention of additional content, DLC, or ongoing updates. There are no DLC listings associated with this game. The developer's news feed contains no posts related to this game — the three returned posts are all updates for a different Brave Giant title (Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love), and none of them reference Ghost Files at all. There have been no developer communications about this game since its launch, consistent with a genre (casual hidden-object adventure) where games are typically shipped as complete, self-contained experiences. The game launched as a finished product and has received no post-launch content.

Evidence

Store description presents a fully self-contained detective story with a defined case, no mention of DLC, expansions, or ongoing content

description · May 18, 2017 source content shipped

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All three developer news posts returned are updates for a completely different game (Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love) — no posts exist for Ghost Files: The Face of Guilt

news post · Jun 25, 2019 source ambiguous

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Details

Developer

Brave Giant LTD

Publisher

Artifex Mundi

Achievements

Platform

Windows, macOS, Linux

Controller

—

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

Adventure Casual Hidden Object Puzzle Point & Click Mystery Female Protagonist Indie Horror Fantasy Atmospheric Story Rich Great Soundtrack 2D Family Friendly

About this game

Step into the shoes of Emily Meyer from Boston PD to face the mysterious case of 10 homicides. Using only your own experience and professional investigation techniques you will follow the hot trail of the serial killer known to the public as “The Guilty Man”. You are on the brink of solving this case when suddenly someone tries to derail your case.

The people of Boston are shocked by the recent series of mysterious murders and you are given a task of bringing the culprit to justice as fast as possible. As the police detective Emily Meyer you are facing the task of solving the case of a mysterious “Guilty Man”.
Using police techniques, you will follow the trail of the suspect while solving riddles and collecting fingerprints as well as different samples from crime scenes. When your investigation unexpectedly leads to the place between life and death, you will face the biggest challenge of your life.
Will your detective skills be enough to let you survive in the afterlife? Can you solve the case? Test yourself in the world of ghosts, dark riddles, locks and enigmas. Use the help of a psychic to find your way back to the world and solve the case of the serial killer.