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The Painscreek Killings

by EQ Studios

  • Released Sep 27, 2017
  • $19.99
  • PC (Microsoft Windows)

91%positive reviews

5,892 positive603 negative

What players say

Pros

  • Satisfying mystery to solve

  • Non-linear town exploration

Cons

  • Glorified scavenger hunt

  • Timed quick-time finish frustrates

Mixed

  • Some call it a great deduction game, others say it lacks depth

Media

Trailer (YouTube)

System requirements

Minimum:

OS *: Windows 7/8/10 64-bit

Processor: i3-2120 @3.3GHz

Memory: 8 GB RAM

Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 745 (or AMD equivalent)

DirectX: Version 11

Storage: 11 GB available space

Additional Notes: *Subject to change after updates

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The Painscreek Killings is a first-person, explorable mystery solving game set in a fictional town of United States in the 1990s. As a young and upcoming journalist, you are to uncover the secrets behind the town killings and publish the truth in the city papers.

As Janet, a young and upcoming…

Ratings

  • 72IGDB players30 ratings
  • 72Overall30 scores

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Languages

LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
English
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese (Brazil)
Russian
Spanish (Spain)

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