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Cate West: The Vanishing Files

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A psychic crime novelist investigates Arcadia City’s unsolvable cases.

The briefing

About this game

Cate West: The Vanishing Files follows crime novelist Cate West as she helps the police investigate a series of unsolvable crimes known as “The Vanishing Files.” Guided by psychic visions, Cate searches for clues, assembles evidence, and tracks down hideouts while uncovering a connection to an unsolved mystery from her past.

Investigation Features

  • Explore 15 mysterious chapters and 57 unique scenes.
  • Discover more than 1,000 clues.
  • Use five investigation types, including finding clues, assembling evidence pieces, and spotting differences between similar crime-scene visions.
  • Identify the criminal and recreate crime scenes in court.
  • Replay completed scenes in Quick Play mode and try to improve your score.

Released in 2008, the adventure game was developed by Gamenauts and published by Destineer Games for Nintendo DS, PC, and Wii.