Master Detective Archives: Rain Code2023

Master Detective Archives: Rain Code

2023 Spike Chunsoft77Good

Playtime

LongIt typically takes about 40 hours to finish the game.

Playable on

Available on

Game modes

Single player

Details

Launch: mid 2023
Developer: Spike Chunsoft
Publisher: Spike Chunsoft
Themes: Action
Mystery
Genres: Adventure

Overview

Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Character Trailer - Amaterasu Corporation

A brand new dark fantasy detective action game from the minds behind the Danganronpa series! Yuma, an amnesiac detective-in-training, and Shinigami, the spirit haunting him, tackle unsolved mysteries in a strange city caged by unending rain.

Screenshot for Master Detective Archives: Rain Code

Press77

Players100

GoodMasterpiece

Metacritic77from 66 reviews
OpenCritic78from 52 reviews

All in all, Master Detective Archives: Rain Code Plus delivers a fun mystery-filled visual novel experience, perfect for anyone who is a fan of Danganronpa or similar titles. There are a few frustrating elements here and there, but the whole package is a mostly solid narrative-focused adventure.

Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus is an absolute blast. Each mystery kept me on the edge of my seat as I franticly tried to solve the case with my team of colorful, though sometimes insane, fellow detectives. There is a lot to love about Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus, and fans of mysteries and the Danganronpa franchise will fall...

While not quite reaching the heights of the Danganronpa series, Master Detective Archives: Rain Code is great spiritual successor to the cult classic and whether this is the beginning of a new franchise or if it will be a stand-alone title, it marks a return to form for Tookyo Games.

All in all, I enjoyed Master Detective Archives: Rain Code and you probably will, too. The presentation is slick, the setting is gorgeous, and the premise is genuinely brilliant. Making rapid-fire deductions while dodging accusations and falsehoods is one way to make solving mysteries a heart-pounding experience.

But stick through to the end, and Rain Code eventually delivers a satisfyingly twisty adventure in spite of its shortcomings – helping to somewhat fill that Danganronpa void.