{"id":55829,"date":"2026-01-17T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=55829"},"modified":"2026-01-16T14:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T05:19:07","slug":"from-interrogating-a-murder-suspects-multiple-personalities-to-hacking-computers-to-solve-kidnapping-cases-5-japanese-mystery-indie-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/indie-games\/from-interrogating-a-murder-suspects-multiple-personalities-to-hacking-computers-to-solve-kidnapping-cases-5-japanese-mystery-indie-games\/","title":{"rendered":"From interrogating a\u00a0murder suspect\u2019s multiple personalities to hacking computers\u00a0to solve kidnapping cases: 5 Japanese mystery indie games\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to our weekend segment, where we\u00a0showcase\u00a0recent or upcoming Japanese indie games that share a specific theme. This week,\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0putting our detective hats on and\u00a0unraveling the secrets behind some mystery titles, because everyone loves a good mystery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u300eSofia in Exchange for Lies\u300fLaunch Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7tigyLl_T4A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sofia-in-exchange-for-lies\">Sofia in Exchange for Lies&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking a page out of&nbsp;M. Night&nbsp;Shyamalan\u2019s&nbsp;movie \u201cSplit\u201d&nbsp;is Sofia in Exchange for Lies, a visual novel that revolves around Sofia, a girl with dissociative identity disorder (DID). Sofia&nbsp;is the prime suspect in a case involving the murder of a presidential candidate.&nbsp;As the psychiatrist Philip,&nbsp;you&nbsp;must remotely interrogate Sofia\u2019s&nbsp;five&nbsp;personalities&nbsp;(Isabella, Amy, Olivia,&nbsp;Florence, and Sofia herself)&nbsp;while&nbsp;she&nbsp;remains&nbsp;within the confines of her holding cell.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1513\" height=\"850\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1513px) 100vw, 1513px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260116-55829-001.jpg\" alt=\"Sofia in Exchange for Lies\u00a0\" class=\"wp-image-55830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260116-55829-001.jpg 1513w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260116-55829-001-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260116-55829-001-768x431.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Each of&nbsp;the&nbsp;personalities&nbsp;reacts differently to your&nbsp;talks and&nbsp;interrogations.&nbsp;When you ask&nbsp;questions with&nbsp;keywords from her testimonies&nbsp;(which&nbsp;are saved on a keyword map), Sofia\u2019s heartbeat will race, causing her to switch personalities. Only by talking to&nbsp;all of&nbsp;them can you piece together&nbsp;her&nbsp;motives and uncover the truth behind the crime.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to&nbsp;the&nbsp;interrogations, you can occasionally&nbsp;give&nbsp;Sofia&nbsp;gifts&nbsp;that can affect her disposition. Just like with questions, each personality will react differently&nbsp;to your presents and may reveal more about themselves.&nbsp;Sofia in Exchange for Lies features multiple endings, with each one&nbsp;determining&nbsp;the fate of&nbsp;Sofia\u2019s five personalities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Developed by&nbsp;MUTAN&nbsp;and&nbsp;storynote, Sofia in&nbsp;Exhange&nbsp;for Lies is available on Windows (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3326660\/Sofia_in_Exchange_for_Lies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u30102026\/1\/9\u516c\u958b\u3011Log.in\u3010\u4e88\u544a\u7de8\u3011\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gnoB1iv0tR4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"log-in\">Log.in&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Whereas the&nbsp;previous&nbsp;game put you on the right side of the law, Log.in by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/little_hyou?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Little&nbsp;Hyou<\/a>&nbsp;has you&nbsp;playing&nbsp;from the perspective of&nbsp;a kidnapper.&nbsp;Using a dated&nbsp;2000s&nbsp;computer, you must find a missing girl,&nbsp;the&nbsp;victim of your own crime,&nbsp;by searching through images, videos,&nbsp;and files. and files.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1511\" height=\"849\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1511px) 100vw, 1511px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260116-55829-002.jpg\" alt=\"Log.in\u00a0\" class=\"wp-image-55831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260116-55829-002.jpg 1511w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260116-55829-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260116-55829-002-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In&nbsp;what appears to be an&nbsp;amnesia-like setting, your&nbsp;objectives&nbsp;are to figure out the girl\u2019s identity, why you kidnapped her,&nbsp;and why&nbsp;you\u2019re&nbsp;trying to kill her.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Log.in has five endings and one secret ending, all of which are influenced by your actions.&nbsp;It is available for Windows (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4244930\/Login\/?beta=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Pricolage -IDOLIZED-&quot; Release PV\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9UyFcrMqJzk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"pricolage-idolized\">Pricolage&nbsp;-IDOLIZED-&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Continuing the trend of mystery&nbsp;titles&nbsp;where you play as&nbsp;a morally&nbsp;questionable protagonist,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20231204-23630\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pricolage&nbsp;-IDOLIZED-<\/a>&nbsp;puts you in the shoes of a K-pop fan&nbsp;who&nbsp;is cyberstalking the missing&nbsp;idol&nbsp;Sena. After Sena goes missing&nbsp;at the height of her career, you take matters into your own hands by routinely&nbsp;checking&nbsp;an Instagram-like media platform for traces of her.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1276\" height=\"718\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1276px) 100vw, 1276px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260116-55829-003.jpg\" alt=\"Pricolage\u00a0-IDOLIZED-\u00a0\" class=\"wp-image-55832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260116-55829-003.jpg 1276w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260116-55829-003-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260116-55829-003-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While the To-Do List serves as a guide for your cyber sleuthing,&nbsp;there\u2019s&nbsp;no stopping you from checking every text, video, and image post as you hunt for Sena\u2019s whereabouts.&nbsp;The posts range from simple, heartfelt messages to&nbsp;raunchy, unauthorized images of&nbsp;Sena. Using clues&nbsp;and key search words&nbsp;that&nbsp;you find, you may end up finding&nbsp;what happened to Sena&nbsp;or&nbsp;uncovering&nbsp;something more sinister&nbsp;in one of the&nbsp;game\u2019s&nbsp;multiple endings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Developed by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hijiki06.wixsite.com\/kurage-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hijiki<\/a>,&nbsp;Pricolage&nbsp;-IDOLIZED-&nbsp;is available on Windows and macOS (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2510890\/Pricolage_IDOLIZED\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Urban Myth Dissolution Center&quot; Launch Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/86oLDmQsl40?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"urban-myth-dissolution-center\">Urban Myth Dissolution Center&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Things take a turn for the&nbsp;strange&nbsp;in Urban Myth Dissolution Center. Together with the titular&nbsp;institution\u2019s&nbsp;director,&nbsp;Ayumu&nbsp;Meguriya,&nbsp;and its ragtag members, you take on cases of the&nbsp;paranormal&nbsp;kind by collecting evidence, scouring social media posts, and using&nbsp;a little supernatural help of your own.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You play as&nbsp;Azami&nbsp;Fukurai, the newest part-time member of the&nbsp;Urban Myth Dissolution Center.&nbsp;With&nbsp;her special glasses, Azami can see people\u2019s intentions and residual thoughts, making her a top-tier investigator&nbsp;right off the bat.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1520\" height=\"851\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260116-55829-004.jpg\" alt=\"Urban Myth Dissolution Center\u00a0\" class=\"wp-image-55833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260116-55829-004.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260116-55829-004-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260116-55829-004-768x430.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The game is divided into episodes, with each one focusing on a particular&nbsp;myth. Together with Jasmine, the center\u2019s other part-timer, you investigate paranormal sites (which usually involve crimes)&nbsp;and interrogate bystanders&nbsp;and witnesses. After cross-referencing the&nbsp;evidence with&nbsp;related&nbsp;social media posts and information&nbsp;gathered&nbsp;using&nbsp;Azami\u2019s glasses, you can&nbsp;determine&nbsp;which&nbsp;myth is tied to the case. Once a myth has been&nbsp;identified, Ayumu can use his clairvoyance to unravel the mysteries surrounding the case and solve it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With its&nbsp;unique&nbsp;pixel art and ridiculously catchy soundtrack,&nbsp;Urban Myth Dissolution Center&nbsp;quickly&nbsp;became&nbsp;one of Japan\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/indie-games-have-the-highest-growth-potential-in-the-japanese-otaku-market-in-2026-study-suggests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">most popular indies in 2025<\/a>. According to producer&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/how-to-make-a-hit-visual-novel-getting-intimate-with-your-fans-is-the-key-say-urban-myth-dissolution-center-and-gnosia-devs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Makoto Hayashi<\/a>, the title was made with \u201cpeople who don\u2019t play games, and people who\u2019ve stopped playing games\u201d in mind, allowing more players to experience its unique brand of weird.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Developed by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/info.hakaba-bunko.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hakababunko<\/a>,&nbsp;Urban Myth Dissolution Center&nbsp;is available for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/us\/store\/products\/urban-myth-dissolution-center-switch\/?srsltid=AfmBOorhD4AOTv0nH-Kc5YbxMJMBRnQl-SDhNFbmt5jxFC_QOsM8DcGt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nintendo Switch<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-us\/concept\/10010358\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PlayStation 5<\/a>, and Windows (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2089600\/Urban_Myth_Dissolution_Center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>). A free demo is also available.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yokai Landlord: Monster Mystery! \u2013 Nintendo Switch Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AJBZ8ZXRrpA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"yokai-landlord-monster-mystery\">Yokai Landlord: Monster Mystery!&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Wrapping things up is Yokai Landlord: Monster&nbsp;Mystery!,&nbsp;another mystery title with a supernatural twist. After your father dies, you become the new landlord of an&nbsp;apartment building. Amongst&nbsp;several human tenants, you must gather evidence and root out disguised Yokai that are living on your property.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1519\" height=\"857\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1519px) 100vw, 1519px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260116-55829-005.jpg\" alt=\"Yokai Landlord: Monster Mystery!\u00a0\" class=\"wp-image-55834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260116-55829-005.jpg 1519w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260116-55829-005-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260116-55829-005-768x433.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two ways to discover which tenants are Yokai.\u00a0The first method is to question them, as they often approach you with complaints, requests, and random small talk. Your conversations can hold vital clues about their or other tenants\u2019 habits and true nature.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second method has you\u00a0accessing\u00a0the building\u2019s security cameras, which are available from the second chapter onward. While placing cameras inside an apartment is illegal, you can still gain vital clues by reviewing the public footage.\u00a0The yokai\u00a0won\u2019t\u00a0reveal their identities easily, however, so you must look closely to find anything strange.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1518\" height=\"847\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1518px) 100vw, 1518px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260116-55829-006.jpg\" alt=\"Yokai Landlord: Monster Mystery!\u00a0\" class=\"wp-image-55835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260116-55829-006.jpg 1518w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260116-55829-006-380x212.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260116-55829-006-768x429.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you think&nbsp;you\u2019ve&nbsp;found&nbsp;a&nbsp;yokai, you can confront&nbsp;it&nbsp;with the evidence. Simply outing them&nbsp;isn\u2019t&nbsp;enough, as you must also prove that the other tenants are human for them to reveal their true identities.&nbsp;Accusing a human of being a yokai leads others to become more suspicious of each other, and&nbsp;failing to identify&nbsp;the yokai tenant before the night of a new moon leads to a game over.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yokai Landlord: Monster Mystery!&nbsp;is divided into chapters, each one&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;different&nbsp;season&nbsp;and tenants (including yokai)&nbsp;who&nbsp;replace those who were evicted previously.&nbsp;While&nbsp;there is only one ending, the overarching narrative sees you uncovering&nbsp;why yokai are so keen on infiltrating your apartment building.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Developed by Shadow Glove,&nbsp;Yokai Landlord: Monster Mystery!&nbsp;is&nbsp;roughly 10&nbsp;hours long and available on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/us\/store\/products\/yokai-landlord-monster-mystery-switch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nintendo Switch<\/a>&nbsp;and Windows (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3193560\/Yokai_Landlord_Monster_Mystery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>). A free demo is also available.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those are five Japanese indie titles that carry deep, often dark surprises. 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