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Missing Witness

A murder mystery game where players interrogate suspects directly using natural language, naturally start testing inconsistencies, building hypotheses, and treating conversations like investigation.

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  • Free
  • Proprietary

Platforms

  • Online
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What is Missing Witness?

We started Missing Witness after noticing that most mystery games still rely on dialogue menus and scripted story paths. While these games can be enjoyable, they often limit player creativity.

Instead of selecting options, players interrogate suspects directly in natural language. Each character has hidden knowledge, motives, and contradictions, and the system tries to keep responses consistent while still allowing open-ended questioning.

What surprised us most is that players don’t treat it like a chatbot — they start behaving like real investigators, testing inconsistencies and forming hypotheses.

We’re still early and actively tuning the balance between freedom and structure.

Would love feedback on one key question: does “free interrogation” feel more immersive than traditional branching dialogue, or does it need more structure to stay meaningful?

Happy to answer anything about the design or system!

Free to start — no download, works right in your browser.