The Incident at Galley House
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Pixel ByteEvil Trout’s knack for mysteries shines in The Incident at Galley House. It’s a game that will sneak up on you even when you’re not playing. At work, running errands, or even in the shower, you may find yourself turning over in your head the relationship between two people. You may have something click and find yourself racing to your computer to launch the game and see if you’re right.
Eurogamer80The Roottrees are Dead studio Evil Trout gives William Rous' brilliant lo-fi deduction thriller Type Help a slick remake, and while the changes are many, it remains a smart, rewarding, and hauntingly effective mystery.
Game Informer88The Incident at Galley House constantly made me reevaluate my theories and approach, and several big twists spurred my search for answers throughout many late-night sessions. Sadly, I found the conclusion to be a mixed bag.
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The Incident At Galley House review – an enthralling deduction game that can't escape the genre's classic problem
The machine before me looks like Frankenstein's homebrew version of Guess Who. Its main panel is composed of three rows of portraits. Some show men in 1930s suits, others women in flapper dresses, still more are simply blue people-shaped silhouettes. Below each portrait is a simple on/off switch. To the left of the portraits is a slide selector alongside a list of locations. Above that is a radio dial and filament lights indicating a current setting. At the bottom of the machine is a readout dis
The Incident at Galley House review
There's a machine in The Incident at Galley House you'll spend an awful lot of time with, and it's a wonderfully tactile thing. It's part mixing desk, part paranormal enigma, part over-engineered Guess Who game, and full of clicky dials, chunky buttons, and a big old whooshy lever you're forever manipulating. And if your deductive instincts are good enough, it whirs into crackling life like a haunted slot machine, rigged to deliver strange psychic visions.
The Incident At Galley House Review - Get Ready To Break Out Your Spreadsheets For This Murder Mystery
Dive deep into a murder mystery where you'll have to track the movements of victims through a house to uncover the true culprit in The Incident At Galley House, check out our spoiler-free review!
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How Evil Trout aims to turn a cult free game into a Steam hit – again
This week, indie studio Evil Trout Inc is releasing its second game, The Incident At Galley House. It’s a remake of Type Help, a detective game that first made waves as a free release on Itch.io. At this point, any sharp-eyed sleuths may be getting a sense of déjà vu. Because this is not just Evil Trout’s second game but its second detective game in the space of 18 months – the first, The Roottrees Are Dead, was a remake of a game that first made waves as a free release on Itch.io.