Methods: The Detective Competition overview

Overview

Methods: The Detective Competition comes from LockedOn Games and is published by Erabit, LockedOn Games. It arrived on Steam on Jun 1, 2020, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Methods: The Detective Competition's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 1 players at 22 September 2026 - 13:38:53 UTC, with a tracked peak near 60. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 91% positive across 758 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Methods: The Detective Competition is available in 2 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Methods: The Detective Competition has sold up to 22,740 units and has 673 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $302,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Methods: The Detective Competition overview details

Methods: The Detective Competition combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Available on Mobile About the Game The first game in the Methods series. One hundred detectives compete against each other in a mysterious competition, solving mysteries created by criminal masterminds. The detective who wins receives one million dollars and the opportunity of a lifetime. If a criminal wins, however, they will also receive a million dollars... and parole, no matter the severity of their crime. Methods is a visual novel with simple crime investigation gameplay where you examine evidence and answer multiple-choice questions about the solution. It includes 100 chapters totaling 139K words, taking approximately 10 hours to play through (though that varies greatly depending on your reading speed). Original soundtrack Over 25 interactive crime scenes CG gallery Expressions gallery Backgrounds gallery Music room Bios Character Interviews Behind-the-scenes

SteamPulse editorial summary

Methods: The Detective Competition is listed as a game with $19.99. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Casual, Indie, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 1 players at 22 September 2026 - 13:38:53 UTC, a tracked peak of 60, and 91% positive reviews.

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