Reverse Detective

You did it — now you have one minute to doctor the scene and a grilling to survive, lying consistently enough to walk free.

How to play

This is a deduction puzzle in reverse: instead of solving the crime, you committed it. During a 60-second tamper phase you rearrange the room to bury the evidence. When the detective arrives, every object you touched becomes a question — answer to match the scene you left, and keep your suspicion meter low until the verdict.

• Move, hide, swap, wipe, toggle or plant the objects in the room to build your cover story.
• Whatever you change becomes a fact you must defend in questioning.
• Answer the detective's multiple-choice questions consistently with the scene.
• Contradict yourself and suspicion climbs; stay consistent to be cleared.

Controls

• Desktop: click to select an object, drag to move it, click a verb on the ring to alter it, click to answer questions.
• Phone & tablet: tap and drag with your finger and tap answers — pointer controls work on touchscreens.

Game modes

• Daily Challenge: the same case and questions for everyone that day, with its own ranking.
• Free play: a fresh randomized case whenever you want another run.

Tips & strategy

• Plan your story before you tamper — a tidy lie is easier to defend than a frantic one.
• Don't over-edit; every altered object is one more detail the detective can probe.
• Track which questions follow up on each other and keep your answers in lockstep.

About Reverse Detective

Reverse Detective is an original free browser game that inverts the classic detective deduction genre — you are the culprit covering tracks instead of the sleuth uncovering them. Built in-house for PlayPendium, it runs entirely in your browser.

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