Getting Started - Your First Death Certificate

Your job is to write the death certificate. The game’s own tagline is your entire job description: examine each scene, study the evidence, complete death certificates and emergency reports. Every tool you have serves that one output. (Source: Steam store page)

Your First Case (community estimates, Obra Dinn-lineage habits)

1. Read the scene before the body. The room tells you as much as the corpse — positions, objects, what is missing. A thorough sweep before any conclusion prevents the classic first-case mistake: fixating on the most dramatic detail.
2. The certificate is the checkpoint. You cannot fake a form — if you cannot fill a field, you have not found the evidence yet. Treat every blank as a pointer: what would prove this? See our certificates guide.
3. Trust the game’s fairness. The official design promise, echoed by reviewers, is “the satisfying feeling of being outwitted” — solutions exist and are derivable. If stuck, the scene is under-examined, not unfair. (review quote: official page; attitude: community)

What Kind of Detective Game Is This?

A forensic mystery: not a choose-your-suspect adventure but a document-the-facts deduction game — the Obra Dinn / Golden Idol lineage the official page names. Your deductions live on official forms; your victory is a correct certificate, not a dramatic accusation. The setting — a 1959 country estate with “a series of unexplained deaths” — promises multiple cases across one manor. (setting and comparison: official page; lineage framing: community)

Community Reception at Launch

Five scored media reviews (8-9/10 range) and 120,000+ wishlists are all verified on the official page — an unusually strong launch reception for an indie forensic mystery. Steam user reviews are visible on the store page; this wiki could not retrieve the aggregate at publication time and will not estimate it.

Sources

• Official Steam store page, retrieved 2026-11-03

Related Guides

• About The Game
• Accessibility
• Death Certificates

FAQ

Is it beginner-friendly? “Playable without Timed Input” and “at your own pace” are confirmed features — no clock pressure. (features: official)

How long is the game? Not documented. (community note)