The Innsmouth Case (2020) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

The Innsmouth Case

The Innsmouth Case is a choose-your-own-adventure game inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and the very first text-based adventure to combine horror and comedy in a fit and proper way.

23 June 2020

What The Innsmouth Case is

The Innsmouth Case is an adventure game developed by Robot Pumpkin Games and released in 2020. It was published by Assemble Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A desperate mother, a missing girl and a mystical place - a case could hardly be more challenging. To solve the enigmatic disappearance of little Tabitha Marsh, however, the toughest and cleverest detective of all is wanted... but he does not have the time - and so the job goes to you. This mysterious assignment takes you to the remote fishing village of Innsmouth, where nothing is what it seems… Save the girl, solve the case, survive Innsmouth!

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How it plays

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

What it launched against

The Innsmouth Case launched on 23 June 2020, within three weeks of The Last of Us Part II, Fortnite, Valorant and Desperados III. 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: The Last of Us Part II, Fortnite, Valorant, Desperados III.

The Innsmouth Case — frequently asked questions