Lord Winklebottom Investigates (2022) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Lord Winklebottom Investigates

Take on the role of Lord Winklebottom, detective giraffe, as he investigates the murder of his childhood friend, the axolotl Admiral Gilfrey, in this point and click murder mystery adventure game.

70 28 July 2022

What Lord Winklebottom Investigates is

Lord Winklebottom Investigates is an adventure game developed by Cave Monsters and released in 2022. It is available on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Take on the role of Lord Winklebottom, detective giraffe, as he investigates the murder of his childhood friend, the axolotl Admiral Gilfrey, in this point and click murder mystery adventure game.

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How it plays

Its themes are mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Lord Winklebottom Investigates holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 4 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Lord Winklebottom Investigates launched on 28 July 2022, within three weeks of Stray, Cult of the Lamb, As Dusk Falls and Xenoblade Chronicles 3. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 9 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Stray, Cult of the Lamb, As Dusk Falls, Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

Cheats and codes

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Lord Winklebottom Investigates — frequently asked questions

When did Lord Winklebottom Investigates come out?

Lord Winklebottom Investigates was released on 28 July 2022 for Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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