The Detail overview

Overview

The Detail comes from Rival Games Ltd and is published by Rival Games Ltd. It arrived on Steam on Oct 28, 2014, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Captions available, Steam Cloud, Stats, 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

The Detail's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 5 October 2026 - 10:28:29 UTC, with a tracked peak near 40. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 72% positive across 680 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The Detail is available in 1 languages including:

15 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, bbfc, usk, and oflc

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The Detail has sold up to 53,792 units and has 463 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $170,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

The Detail overview details

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

Steam Store description

The Detail, a crime noir adventure in a modern American city. Controlling the actions of a bitter veteran detective investigating a brutal gangland murder and a reformed criminal trying to protect his family, the player is forced to make tough choices and deal with the resulting consequences of those moral dilemmas. The gameplay focuses on branching narrative mixed with interactive comics, and is completed by a professional audio track. The Detail combines the emotional impact of Telltale Games' The Walking Dead with the themes of a realistic crime drama like HBO's The Wire, delivered with our own unique visual style inspired heavily by graphic novels. This is city where cases matter, clearance rates matter, and on a good day even justice matters. The season begins with: Episode 1 – Where the Dead Lie Features Character-driven experience with multiple playable characters Branching storyline influenced by the player's choices Mature themes for mature players Ethical and moral challenges Point n' click gameplay, with a modern mix of adventure game & interactive comic Now including The Detail Episode 1: Artbook and Official Soundtrack. They are placed in your THE DETAIL folder in the Steam Directory: ...Steam\steamapps\common\The Detail\

SteamPulse editorial summary

The Detail is listed as a game with $2.99. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Captions available, Steam Cloud, Stats, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Adventure and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 5 October 2026 - 10:28:29 UTC, a tracked peak of 40, and 72% positive reviews.

Overview tags

AdventurePoint & Click2DGreat SoundtrackStory RichDetectiveNoirCrimeChoices MatterIndieVisual Novel

Content descriptors

This game contains sexual themes of romance, adultery and forced prostitution. There is also alcoholism and drug abuse, as well as violent behavior (with guns and otherwise) and the examination of murder victims.

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Support and legal notes

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