- THE POSTHUMOUS INVESTIGATION is 15% OFF on Steam! - 2 October 2026
The Steam Autumn Sale has started!During the sale, THE POSTHUMOUS INVESTIGATION is 15 OFF for a limited time.Take advantage of the sale to grab your copy at a special price and play THE POSTHUMOUS INVESTIGATION at a discount.The Steam Autumn Sale runs from October 1 to 8.
- 🔥 LAST HOURS OF THE STEAM SUMMER SALE! 🔥 - 8 July 2026
The sale ends tomorrow, and this is your last chance to grab The Posthumous Investigation at 15% OFF! It's the game's biggest discount yet.After that, the price goes back to normal. Don't miss out!👉 Check out The Posthumous Investigation and all our other titles on sale on the CriticalLeap publisher page on Steam.Grab it before the sale ends! ⏰
- The Posthumous Investigation is Out Now! - 31 March 2026
After years of development, we are beyond proud to announce that The Posthumous Investigation is officially available on Steam. Brás Cubas is dead. He knows someone killed him, he just doesn't know who. So he did the only logical thing: he hired a detective. You. Trapped in a time loop in 1937 Rio de Janeiro, you have one day to solve his murder. Over and over again, until you get it right. What awaits you:A hand-drawn noir world dripping with atmosphere and dark humor14 unique characters, each with their own secrets and schedules to uncoverA Thinking Board where only pure logic and no hand-holding will free you from the loopA satirical, witty adaptation of Brazil's most legendary author, Machado de Assis This game was born from a love of literature, mystery, and the belief that Brazilian stories deserve to be heard around the world. Thank you to everyone who wishlisted, played the demo…
- The official date has arrived! - 3 February 2026
The Posthumous Investigation launches on March 31st, 2026 here on Steam!You don't have to wait until then to investigate. Our demo is available now, and your progress will carry over when the full game releases.You'll start one step ahead, with everything you've discovered already saved. Add our game to your wishlist and be ready for March 31st.
- The Posthumous Investigation: coming soon - 5 November 2025
Dear fans and friends,Over the past few years, we’ve poured our hearts into The Posthumous Investigation, striving to create an experience worthy of Machado de Assis’s brilliance.The response we’ve received both from Brazil and abroad has been beyond anything we imagined. At Tokyo Game Show, we watched players from across the world fall in love with our characters and noir atmosphere inspired by classic Brazilian literature.That incredible reception inspired us to go further.To make sure players everywhere can experience the story from day one, with Japanese and Chinese translations, we’ve decided to move the release to Fabruary 2026.We know waiting isn’t easy, but this decision is about respect for our community for everyone who’s supported us from the start and for new players discovering Machado’s world for the first time.We want everyone to begin this investigation together, on the…
- LudoNarraCon + Behind-the-scenes - 10 May 2024
Hello, detective. We have big news: LudoNarraCon You heard it, we'll feature in another incredible festival. This time we're part of LNC's Official Selection! LNC is a big annual event dedicated to narrative games, and we're thrilled to be a part of it. It's fully digital, and will feature several talks and panels on the vast theme of stories in games. This year, developers of the games from the Official Selection will also be broadcasting. Which leads us to the second news... Behind-the-scenes We at Mother Gaia will be broadcasting brand new content during the event. Save the date: May 11th is the day! You will be able to watch us directly through our Steam page. We're going to give a small peak behind the curtains of this game that is so special to us, and we also want to have a casual chat while showing some gameplay. * This event was previously scheduled to 4pm on May 10th, but had…
- London Games Festival + Patch 0.2.2.0 - 27 March 2024
Hey hey, professional snoopers. Here are two updates that may be of interest to you: #LGF24 If you've been following our socials, you already know we're part of London Games Festival's Official Selection for this year! We're thrilled to have our game featuring in physical locations overseas, and we hope Londoner aspiring detectives can find something they like in our noir Rio hills. If you haven't been following our socials, then what are you waiting for? Demo update Since Next Fest, we've been hard at work organizing the rest of our development (which should take us no more than 9 months, if everything goes smoothly). Along with that, we managed to squeeze in a lot of bugfixes and polish that directly affected our demo, so we thought it would be a good opportunity to improve your experience a bit before actual release. Since we're going to be featuring in a festival very soon, might as…
- Developers on chat! #2 - 10 February 2024
Howdy, sharp investigators. We'll be present on chat later today, during our prerecorded stream. If you want to talk to us live, please come by! Don't forget to wishlist, in case you haven't! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2466900/The_Posthumous_Investigation/
- Developers on chat! - 9 February 2024
Greetings, cunning detectives. Soon after our second live broadcast at 3PM, we'll be back online for another hour. This time, the video will be prerecorded but we'll be on chat to talk to you. Come around, if you can! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2466900/The_Posthumous_Investigation/
- Steam Next Fest Live Playthrough #2 - 7 February 2024
How do you do, fellow detectives? On Friday, we'll be back again with another live playthrough. Take that chance to ask us your questions about the game and have them responded in real time. Alexandre - our streamer artist - will be finishing the demo again, and other devs will be on chat to guarantee full attention. See you then! -- Victor https://store.steampowered.com/app/2466900/The_Posthumous_Investigation/
- Patch 0.2.1.3 - 5 February 2024
Hey there, brave detectives! Patch 0.2.1.3 is here, and with it a lot of style. Steam Next Fest begins today, and we thought the game could use some more polish in order for you to immerse in its atmosphere even more. Broadly speaking, you'll find: New animations: for our regular dialogues outside of interrogations, as well as background characters. For example, some folks now run from the rain, while others keep their cool thanks to their handy umbrellas! Sound: we managed to give proper attention to sound work in these past weeks. Some bugs related to that are fixed, and some characters have new music. General stability: we fixed a load of bugs, typos and dialogues, so the overall experience is considerably smoother now. If you already played the previous version, you'll have fun checking out our character's new facial expressions, and their new music. If you haven't, this is the mome…
- Steam Next Fest Live Playthrough - 1 February 2024
Hello, intrepid detectives! Mother Gaia is happy to make not one, but TWO announcements for you. First: if you’ve been paying attention to our socials, you already know we’ll be participating on Steam Next Fest starting next week. That means there will be a The Posthumous Investigation demo available for y'all to enjoy! Well, technically it’s already available, as we wanted press folks to try it ahead of the event. But we kept working on it and polishing it, and on Monday you’ll have access to a version that looks better, plays better, and *sounds* better too. Second, but equally important: we will be streaming! During the week, Alexandre - our in-house artist - will be walking through the demo content and showing you all the special bits and bobs that make our “Machadian” Rio de Janeiro come alive. Come take a look! During the live sessions, we’ll be on chat to talk, answer questions,…
- The Posthumous Investigation Developer Playthrough - 7 August 2023
Hello, fellow detectives! We at Mother Gaia Studio have been working hard at The Posthumous Investigation for the past 3-ish years, and we're very excited to put the game in your hands. But before that special day comes, we wanted to show you how the game is shaping up, and decided to mark our participation in Steam's Visual Novel Fest by trying to broadcast a pre-alpha playthrough. In it, Victor (me!) walks through the first loop of the game while explaining the core mechanics, main inspirations, and even stumbling upon some bugs! Come watch it to have a deeper look into our game. Or just take a glance if you don't want spoilers. It's all support, and all appreciated! The broadcast will be streaming 24/7 during all of Visual Novel Fest, but we won't be live in chat. If you want to get in touch to ask any questions, you can comment on this post or contact us through our website and soci…
