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- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: 1.7 GHz Dual Core
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4600
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 2500 MB available space
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The Idol was lost — but not forgotten. In this followup to the award winning detective game The Case of the Golden Idol, you are an observer that must investigate 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity - all somehow connected. Use your detective skills to make sense of a grand mystery that unfolds across an age of hallucinogens, disco, fax machines and parapsychology.
200 YEARS LATER… THE IDOL RISES
Two hundred years after the unspeakable fate of the Cloudsley family, the Idol's legend lives on only in whispers and myth… but some are determined for this to change. Discover the mysterious forces connecting a tenacious treasure hunter, a team of scientists, the members of an enlightenment-seeking cult and corporate profiteers drawn to the all-powerful artifact.
FEATURES
LEAD YOUR OWN INVESTIGATION
The Rise of the Golden Idol is a new type of detective game where you freely explore each crime scene at your own pace, using logic to build your own theories. Click to collect clues and analyze each discovery to determine what happened, why, and who was responsible.
A CURIOUS CAST OF CHARACTERS
Convicted prisoners, new age cult leaders, corporate middle management and many more figures have a role to play in the wider mystery that unfolds — each driven by their own agenda. Scour each scene for key details to put names to faces and deduce their motives.
A NEW APPROACH TO SOLVING CRIMES
A reworked interface lets you quickly gather key terms from observations and witness testimonies, greatly expanding the depth and variety of each scenario. Upon the conclusion of each chapter, a new type of puzzle lets you revisit past deductions, recap the events of these interconnected cases, and investigate the threads that unify them.
Game features
- Single-player
- Partial Controller Support
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
- Family Sharing
System Requirements
Swipe
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Player reviews
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Recommended· 27 Jun 2026
i feel very big brain now
Recommended· 26 Jul 2026
Good game, but for me not as good as the first one. This was a bit more difficult in a bad way, in that some parts felt a bit contrived and overly complicated. Several times I noticed I had missed details and only un...
Recommended· 6 Jul 2026
Great sequel to the best puzzle game ever.
Not Recommended· 8 Jul 2026
Its a very fun deduction-narrative game, but it finally falls flat by its tedious structure of getting the point and plot, but repeating the same action of trial and error by correcting adjectives, that feels like a ...
Recommended· 23 Jul 2026
so good!!! the way it builds on the first game is awesome and when it all clicks together feels sooo good. ui was fiddly at first but you get used to it. loading times were a pain though.
Not Recommended· 22 Jul 2026
interesting, but not my cup of tea. was looking for something similar to The Roottrees are Dead and this one was suggested...the storyline and the puzzles were interesting, but the game seemed so centered around filli...
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The Idol was lost — but not forgotten. In this followup to the award winning detective game The Case of the Golden Idol, you are an observer that must investigate 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity - all somehow connected. Use your detective skills to make sense of a grand mystery that unfolds across an age of hallucinogens, disco, fax machines and parapsychology.200...
- Platform
- Steam (PC)
- Developer
- Color Gray Games
- Publisher
- Playstack
- Release date
- 12 Nov, 2024
- Languages
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie
- Product type
- Digital key / activates on Steam
Supported languages
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Description
The Idol was lost — but not forgotten. In this followup to the award winning detective game The Case of the Golden Idol, you are an observer that must investigate 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity - all somehow connected. Use your detective skills to make sense of a grand mystery that unfolds across an age of hallucinogens, disco, fax machines and parapsychology.
200 YEARS LATER… THE IDOL RISES
Two hundred years after the unspeakable fate of the Cloudsley family, the Idol's legend lives on only in whispers and myth… but some are determined for this to change. Discover the mysterious forces connecting a tenacious treasure hunter, a team of scientists, the members of an enlightenment-seeking cult and corporate profiteers drawn to the all-powerful artifact.
FEATURES
LEAD YOUR OWN INVESTIGATION
The Rise of the Golden Idol is a new type of detective game where you freely explore each crime scene at your own pace, using logic to build your own theories. Click to collect clues and analyze each discovery to determine what happened, why, and who was responsible.
A CURIOUS CAST OF CHARACTERS
Convicted prisoners, new age cult leaders, corporate middle management and many more figures have a role to play in the wider mystery that unfolds — each driven by their own agenda. Scour each scene for key details to put names to faces and deduce their motives.
A NEW APPROACH TO SOLVING CRIMES
A reworked interface lets you quickly gather key terms from observations and witness testimonies, greatly expanding the depth and variety of each scenario. Upon the conclusion of each chapter, a new type of puzzle lets you revisit past deductions, recap the events of these interconnected cases, and investigate the threads that unify them.
Game features
- Single-player
- Partial Controller Support
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
- Family Sharing
System Requirements
Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- 1.7 GHz Dual Core
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Intel HD Graphics 4600
- DirectX
- Version 12
- Storage
- 2500 MB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Minimum
- OS
- macOS High Sierra
- Processor
- Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.86 GHz
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Intel HD Graphics 4000
- Storage
- 2500 MB available space
Recommended
- OS
- macOS 13 Ventura
- Processor
- Intel Core i5 @ 2.3GHz
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Intel UHD Graphics 617
- Storage
- 2500 MB available space
Best Reviews
👍 Recommended · Steam player · 27 Jun 2026
i feel very big brain now
1 found this helpful
👍 Recommended · Steam player · 6 Jul 2026
Great sequel to the best puzzle game ever.
1 found this helpful
👎 Not Recommended · Steam player · 8 Jul 2026
Its a very fun deduction-narrative game, but it finally falls flat by its tedious structure of getting the point and plot, but repeating the same action of trial and error by correcting adjectives, that feels like a hit and miss.
2 found this helpful
Recent Reviews
👍 Recommended · Steam player · 26 Jul 2026
Good game, but for me not as good as the first one. This was a bit more difficult in a bad way, in that some parts felt a bit contrived and overly complicated. Several times I noticed I had missed details and only understood what was going on after looking at the sentence structure in the solution page.
0 found this helpful
👍 Recommended · Steam player · 23 Jul 2026
so good!!! the way it builds on the first game is awesome and when it all clicks together feels sooo good. ui was fiddly at first but you get used to it. loading times were a pain though.
0 found this helpful
👎 Not Recommended · Steam player · 22 Jul 2026
interesting, but not my cup of tea. was looking for something similar to The Roottrees are Dead and this one was suggested...the storyline and the puzzles were interesting, but the game seemed so centered around filling in the blanks. unfortunately, did not like the art style either. i purchased the bundle, so i might give the case of the golden idol a shot, heard that one is better.
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