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If you're interested in playing, we recommend waiting for the update for some QoL and visual quality improvements.

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A fatal accident, an abandoned house, a poltergeist – as straightforward as cases go. Nothing to worry about, right?

It's your first day working as a paranormal investigator and you're starting to get the impression that everything is about to go horribly wrong.

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Features

• 18k words
• Original Soundtrack
• branching narrative with two endings

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Credits

toffl. . . Director, Writer, Lead Artist

Jix . . . Artist

Eric Jeffrey Tan . . . Composer, Sound Designer

Lily . . . Editor

kas . . . Editor

Pheonyx . . . Programmer

3rd Party Assets

• Naninovel 1.21
• Greyscale Floral Patterns by saturns_day
• Alegreya Sans and Alegreya (SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE Version 1.1)

Cold Case was created as a submission for Spooktober VN Jam 2026.