Game: A Case of Fraud
Genre: Adventure, Indie
System: Steam (Windows)
Developer | Publisher: Hesperus Games
Controller Support: Not compatible
Price: US $8.99| UK £7.49 | EU € 8,79
Release Date: November 10th 2025
A review code was provided, many thanks to Hesperus Games.
Investigating a crime
Prepare to play detective by sifting through documents to uncover crucial details and solve a crime. A Case of Fraud begins with a CEO who vanishes, only to be found dead in her office on a Monday morning. Your mission is to scour a provided set of emails, notes, and social media posts to discover the details of the people surrounding the victim—including family, co-workers, and even their pets.
But how?
The gameplay of A Case of Fraud is straightforward but demanding. The first thing you will need to do is to discover the name, surname and picture of all the victims’ family members — husband, son, daughter, son’s girlfriend and the victim’s dog. This requires carefully reading every document to find clues that link each person to the CEO. Not an easy job, but this is basically a warm-up to what comes next.
After this initial phase comes the game’s core challenge: unravelling the company’s entire organizational chart. You must identify every employee, their position, and their pets. For this, you are presented with an almost overwhelming amount of data—from office memos and personal chats to encrypted messages. It’s a meticulous process where it’s easy to miss details. The game aids you by confirming your findings for every three correct identifications.
Solving the case
You don’t need to identify the entire company to solve the case, as some employees are uninvolved. However, you still need to pinpoint a significant number. The conclusion itself is perhaps the most underwhelming part, as the final documents make the solution quite clear.
The true satisfaction lies not just in the main case, but in the journey. Reading through the documents reveals hidden secrets and smaller plots among the coworkers that have nothing to do with the victim. It’s up to you to judge what is relevant evidence and what is just fascinating office gossip, making the corporate world feel alive and layered.
Some Details that Matter
My primary critique lies with the game’s art direction. While it doesn’t affect the core gameplay, the first impression matters. On a platform like Steam, the poster and logo font fail to attract attention, which could cause this brilliant game to be overlooked. This is an area the team could easily improve to better match A Case of Fraud’s quality.
Conclusion
A Case of Fraud provided me a very good time piecing the information together, and the journey around the dozens of documents was enjoyable. While the final mystery could be harder to solve and the volume of clues sometimes feels overwhelming, the parallel stories are incredibly engaging. They add a rich layer of intrigue that makes you wonder what it would be like to work at this company.
The game reminds me of a few board games about investigations that are popping up on social media, where you receive the documents printed in your home. It’s great to see such a good idea adapted to an online form, and I hope the studio can bring us more cases like that!
Final verdict: I like it a lot
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