Rookwater House · Detective game

Rookwater House

Suspicion is
not proof.

An overturned verdict. A death in the past.
And the question of what the evidence really tells us.

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Rookwater House: six characters in a dark drawing room above the game title

The case

The past
is not settled.

Eight years after Elena Sayer's death, her case is reopened. The conviction of her partner Elliot Hales has been overturned, but the questions remain.

When author Miriam Holling brings those involved back to Rookwater House for new interviews, you begin to revisit the events as Detective Carter.

Conduct interviews, examine photographs and documents, and record your findings in the case file. A convincing story is not the same as a proven truth.

01

Question the testimony.

Compare memories with records. Find contradictions and decide which conclusions are actually supported by evidence.

02

Connect the evidence.

Examine documents and photographs. Bring statements and relevant sources together into a reasoned argument.

03

Investigate your way.

Choose Normal mode with guiding questions, or Detective mode for more independent reasoning. The story stays the same.

Inside the game

Between conversations
and evidence.

Scenes from the prologue and the first chapter.

At a glance

Observe. Question. Substantiate.

Experience
Mystery visual novel
with evidence-based reasoning
Investigation
Normal & Detective modes
Four possible outcomes
Text & interface
English, German, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French and Japanese