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Get Dotson at 70% off
Dotson has crossed 5000 copies sold! To celebrate we are going 70% off for Steam Spring Sale 2026. That means Dotson is available for < $5 till March 26 If you ever wanted to get this game, this would be the time to get…
Reminder: the Dotson animated film is free to watch!
This meme has been going around and it's the best! It's no secret that Detective Dotson is a love letter to 90s bollywood. So we couldn't resist making a bunch of these! Jokes aside, if you haven't yet watch the full De…
New Music Video - Durai Durai
New Music Video! A great mystery deserves a great soundtrack. And Inspector Durai deserves his own anthem. Check out the music video for "Durai Durai" on Youtube!
Fixes Fixes Fixes
Achievements made more reasonable Dadi and Rangeela find 50 items Trash, Dance and Mind Reader needs 25 items now Different background music for different parts of the world! There are now 4 distinct tunes. Steam deck p…
Steam Deck Verfied and 50% off
Dotson on Deck Detective Dotson plays has received Steam Deck Verified status from Steam! The game looks and plays really well on the deck with larger text adjusted for the device. Controller support is improved and the…
fixes and a change to 2 achievements
The rules for achieving Eagle Eye Detective and Eagle Eye Indoors have changed based on your feedback. Now you have to find a 100 items in each to unlock the achievement. Thank you for your feedback, this should be a lo…
May 12 tiny patch
small patch for players getting stuck in tutorial
May 7 update (4 languages, character bios and fixes)
We've added 4 new languages! Traditional Chinese German Spanish French Added cute character intros in the main menu. Collect them all! There's one more secret one that I can't put in this picture :) Of course Parth had…
Achievements are here!
You get achievements for Solving cases Beating the minigames Being a good citizen and throwing trash in the bin Reading minds and of course DANCING yes, there is a bollywood dancing achievement I will go out on a limb a…
Minor fixes
Pause game when window loses focus Controller fixes Chinese localization fixes More fixes reported by users
Detective Dotson is also a Movie!
Detective Dotson the Movie has launched along with the game! It acts as a prologue to the game. It's a 60 minute animated feature film for you to enjoy Watch it HERE
New Demo + Wholesome Games celebration!
Announcing a brand new demo for Detective Dotson! Available from August 15 - August 22 only. 📝 We are celebrating 15,000 wishlists 💪 We are celebrating the 15th of August - our independence day! 🙏 AND we are a part o…
Detective Dotson is part of the PixElated Festival
We love pixel art games, and we know you do too. So, let’s celebrate together 🎉 We’re super excited to share that Detective Dotson is part of the PixElated Festival! This festival is featuring some of the best pixel ar…
