The Genuine Article
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Fact sheet
| Title | The Genuine Article |
|---|---|
| Developer & publisher | Caratel Games (United Kingdom) |
| Release | 2027 · free demo before launch |
| Platform | Windows PC (Steam) |
| Genre | Detective / mystery / interrogation |
| Languages | English |
| Steam | store.steampowered.com/app/4983390 |
| Website | caratelgames.com/the-genuine-article |
| Press contact | support@caratelgames.com |
Short description
A detective mystery where you interrogate AI-driven suspects in your own words. Five suspects, a locked auction house, a different killer every playthrough. Read their tells, choose your tactics, pull the records — and build a case that convicts. You get one accusation.
Description
The night before the biggest sale Harrow & Bell has ever run, chief appraiser Edward Voss is found dead in the vault. The building was locked. Five people were inside. One of them killed him — and it's someone different every playthrough.
There's no dialogue wheel. Players type what they actually want to ask, and suspects answer in character — evasive, wounded, charming or lying. Every fact, clue, contradiction and ending is hand-authored; an optional Live AI mode lets suspects respond to questions the script didn't anticipate, but it can never invent evidence or change the outcome.
Players examine the crime scene, unlock rooms by making people talk, and request the records nobody expected them to ask for. To win, they must name the killer and prove motive, opportunity, method and the lie that breaks the alibi — while clearing the innocent by uncovering their real secrets.
Key features
- Interrogate in your own words — no dialogue wheel
- Five suspects, five killer permutations, one truth per run
- Tells, trust and pressure: every suspect breaks differently
- Examine scenes, unlock rooms and request records as evidence
- A case file with graded endings — and only one accusation
- Free prologue, The Ashworth Question
- Fully playable offline; optional Live AI; local voiced dialogue
About Caratel Games
Caratel Games is an independent studio in the UK making story-first mysteries. The Genuine Article is its first game.
AI disclosure
The game's art, cinematics and some audio were created with AI tools from hand-written direction and reviewed by the developer. The mystery's writing, logic and endings are human-authored. Live AI dialogue is optional and validated against each character's authored knowledge.
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