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    Archive Detective: The Ninth Drawer: a box tied with blue straps sits below a window beside a recessed bookshelf.

    Puzzle

    Archive Detective: The Ninth Drawer

    Study old photographs and records, and prove what really happened.

    Free to play in the browser · No advertising is shown in this title.

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    What You Do

    An archival mystery set in the fictional Vesper archive. Pan, zoom and turn over illustrated photographs, letters and maps, keep the details that matter, and back every conclusion with the records themselves. Six connected cases, 36 records and 18 questions, ending in a choice about how the recovered history is published.

    Inspect each record up close, compare two sources side by side, then write your own answer and cite the surfaces that support it.

    Quick facts

    Genre
    Puzzle
    Mode
    Single player
    Input
    Touch · Mouse and trackpad · Keyboard — Portrait and landscape
    Levels
    6
    Languages
    2
    Download size
    0.2 MB

    How It Plays

    1. Look closely — drag, zoom and flip records to find what the archive will not tell you outright.

    2. Compare and clip — line up two sources and keep the details you want in your notebook.

    3. File the case — answer each question with cited evidence to close the case and open the next one.

    Availability

    Play on Web Free to play in the browser
    iPhone & iPad An iPhone and iPad version is not released yet.
    Android An Android version is not released yet.

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    Supported languages

    English · 한국어

    The portal and this game are translated separately. This list is what the game itself supports today.

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