Family Mysteries: Poisonous Promises (2020) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Family Mysteries: Poisonous Promises

Hidden object puzzle adventure from Brave Giant and Artifex Mundi which stands as the rousing trilogy-opener for the "Family Mysteries" police drama, evoking a fanciful nostalgia for such TV hits like Miami…

26 March 2020

What Family Mysteries: Poisonous Promises is

Family Mysteries: Poisonous Promises is an adventure game developed by Artifex Mundi and released in 2020. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Spark Casual Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Hidden object puzzle adventure from Brave Giant and Artifex Mundi which stands as the rousing trilogy-opener for the "Family Mysteries" police drama, evoking a fanciful nostalgia for such TV hits like Miami Vice, Beverly Hills Cop and CSI.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are kids and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Family Mysteries: Poisonous Promises launched on 26 March 2020, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII Remake, Doom Eternal, Ori and the Will of the Wisps and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It arrived 7 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII Remake, Doom Eternal, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Family Mysteries: Poisonous Promises — frequently asked questions

When did Family Mysteries: Poisonous Promises come out?

Family Mysteries: Poisonous Promises was released on 26 March 2020 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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