South Korean studio SUPERTHUMb has launched Death at Fleming Manor, a hand-drawn forensic mystery adventure set in a 1959 English country house, on Steam for PC and Mac.
According to a release, the game costs $17.99 (£14.99, €17.99), with 10% off for its first two weeks. More than 120,000 players had wishlisted it before launch, the studio said. It has also been named a finalist for Best Design at the Taipei Game Show's Indie Game Award 2027. A launch trailer was released alongside the news.
How the investigations work
Players take the role of an investigator sent to Fleming Manor, an estate outside London, after a string of unexplained deaths. Each case means studying the scene and the body, then questioning the people involved. Then comes the paperwork. Players must identify the victim, set the cause of death and decide whether foul play was involved; the findings go into a death certificate or an emergency report.
The game won't confirm a player's hunches. Picking a suspect ‘isn't enough’, the release says, since missing or wrong details in a report can lead to the wrong conclusion. SUPERTHUMb pitches it at players who finished Return of the Obra Dinn and The Case of the Golden Idol, two detective games built around similar deduction.
The art is drawn by hand in a ligne claire style (the clean, even-lined look of classic European comics), modelled on crime and mystery comics from the 1960s. The team has shared its full Clip Studio Paint process on its YouTube channel. Music draws on classic detective dramas.
Death at Fleming Manor supports English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. It is out now on Steam. Early reviews quoted in the release include a 9/10 from QuestDaily and an 8.4/10 from Korean outlet This Is Game. Players in London get a hands-on chance soon: the game will be playable at AdventureX on November 7th and 8th, with the development team there.
SUPERTHUMb is an independent developer based in South Korea with over 10 years of experience. Since 2015, it has released mobile and PC games including Animal Hot Springs and Animal Cinema. The studio says Death at Fleming Manor marks its return to PC development, now with a focus on narrative mystery.
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