Rough Justice: '84
Released Mar 2023
Do what it takes to make your fledgling security agency thrive in this 80s noir crime bustin', dirty crossing, vengeance-seeking board game inspired strategy game with dice and cards.
75% positive · 109 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Rough Justice: '84 launched on March 13, 2023, as a complete, narrative-driven strategy game from first-time developer Gamma Minus. After launch, the studio actively addressed player feedback through a series of bug fix and quality-of-life patches in the weeks that followed (notably Updates 1.04, 1.0.13, and 1.0.17 in March–August 2023). The most significant post-launch development was a major update on June 11, 2024, which substantially rebalanced the game's economy — reducing agent costs, reworking leveling requirements, and increasing contract rewards — in direct response to player feedback that grinding was preventing people from reaching the game's story content. This appears to represent the studio's final meaningful act of content stewardship. There are no unreleased DLC items; the only DLC on the store is a soundtrack and a supporter pack, both released on launch day. The developer has made no announcements of future content, expansions, or further updates since June 11, 2024, and there is no post-launch pattern of major content additions to suggest more is coming. The game was designed and shipped as a complete, self-contained experience, and the developer's communications reflect a team that considered their work done after addressing community-raised issues.
Evidence
Major update released rebalancing agent costs, leveling, contract rewards, and item prices based on community feedback. This is the most recent developer communication and appears to represent the final significant update to the game.
Update 1.0.27 added map overview mode, auto-save/quick-save functionality, and numerous quality-of-life improvements. No future content was announced.
Content
2 of 2 released · no outstanding content
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Daedalic Entertainment
Achievements
71
Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player
About this game
In this single-player board game-inspired strategy game, solve puzzles and use dice and cards to successfully run your private security agency. Advise your agents as they deal with security, fugitive recovery, repossession cases, and more.
Hire freelance agents to help complete cases! Every case has different requirements and with a wide variety of agents to choose from, finding the right agent for the case is essential. Expand your roster to accommodate more agents by completing caseloads and receiving rewards.
Whether it's security, repossession, fugitive recovery, or moonlighting, careful reading and planning are the keys to success. Ascertain the specific case requirements and bring your A-game to the table by sending the right agent to get the job done.
Each agent has 5 stats with different values, ranging from 0 to 5. The value corresponds to the number of dice allocated when performing a stat roll.
Some cases offer diverse and immersive gameplay with genre and era-specific puzzles (read: mini-games). They are a mixture of cryptograms, digital and analog mechanics: reflex-based as well as mathematical challenges.
By using cards, stat values are temporarily increased for dice rolls. Gear Cards have a tier value which indicates the rarity of the card, as well as a durability factor, indicating the total amount of uses the card has before it is removed from the inventory.
To root out the cancer gnawing at the city, use all the power and resources available to you: from your agents and era-accurate surveillance technology to friends in high places.
But look out – behind the curtains of this struggle for justice, a much bigger story is playing out. A secret organization with grand ambitions spread its influence over Seneca City, and it has you in its crosshairs.
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Last evaluated Jun 25, 2026
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