Unheard - Voices of Crime

Unheard is a game that I liked a lot more than I thought I would. At it's core, the game is a detective mystery, in which you are given a room layout and a timeline, and you have to figure out who did a crime, and why. For this, you can jump to any moment in time leading up to the crime, walk into an area, and listen to the audio that has been audible in that space during that time. Slowly, you start to piece together what happened, why it happened, and who is responsible. What works great about this, is that the 5 mysteries that you have to solve are incredibly complex - every person in the scene usually has some sort agenda. People lie, betray each other, and unplanned things happen, so it takes some caution to draw conclusions. The last one even ambitiously ties all of the previous stories together in a way that actually works really well. Narratively, this game is really ambitious, and can actually pull it off. I have some smaller nitpicks about the game, namely, that it can sometimes be annoying to listen through the entire level - the last level is 15 minutes of recording and features 12 characters, which means that you probably spend over an hour just listening to all of the interactions happening in the scene. Also, listening to all of the audio already concludes 80% of the investigation. It still feels *good* to figure out all of the intrigue, but a lot of it is actually still just being told to you. But the other 20% are very cool, because the game doesn't hold your hand in drawing your own conclusions at all. Additionally, the game's questions about the case actually spoiled a plot twist in one instance, which I found a bit sad. I think this is a great game to experience narratively, but if you are looking for something where you can sink your teeth in to solve a case that is really hard to crack, this might not be the best game for you. I *really* enjoyed playing it, though. The levels all felt super unique, the game was short enough to not wear out it's mechanics, and it's just a super creative idea in general!

very unique gameplay.. it grew on me after the second case, just wish there was more murder mystery cases, and the endings could have been more interesting tbh but overall 7/10

Only 5 missions total (4 if you don't count the tutorial) but they were all unique and fun and didn't overstay their welcome. The free DLC (2 if you can understand Mandarin) step the difficulty up significantly in a good way.

I mean it's so cheap that I am not going to complain or refund, but I am falling asleep 10 minutes into the game. Second thought, I am refunding since I do not see myself playing this game any time in the future, this storytelling is just not for me.

For the price of the game, I got a lot more than I expected. This game is perfect for those who love solving mysteries. The gameplay is unique, and overall I enjoyed the stories. The only minor complaint I have is that in the last story, there's this character with DID. I could be wrong since I'm not an expert but from what I have learnt (from the one psychology class I took in college) I don't think that's how DID patients act. It did give him a unique character but that part kind of took the realism out of the game for me. I think it's my least favorite level out of the game because there are already so many games out there that are based in asylums and mental institutions that at this point they are a bit of a cliche for me. Despite the critique that I gave though, overall I still enjoyed the level, it's just not my favorite out of the 5. I will definitely be interested to check out the DLC though!

Its interesting, the last chapter had a bit confusing wording on one of the questions (the other was obvious).

The story was interesting, even if it was a little simplistic. Nothing you wouldn't expect from a sci-fi crime thriller. As a fun, short game though I'd 100% recommend it to anyone that enjoys games like this - does enough to keep you interested without it being too convoluted.

I really like this game. You definitely have to use your head and think. The ending was really interesting also.

Unheard – Voices of Crime is a brilliantly unique audio-based detective game that flips the genre on its head. Instead of finding visual clues or chasing suspects, you're listening to past conversations to uncover the truth — and it works incredibly well. You play as an investigator using an experimental audio device that lets you hear everything that happened in a room during a crime. Your job is to figure out who did it, what happened, and why, just by listening. It feels like piecing together a movie in your head — and it’s incredibly satisfying when it all clicks. The voice acting is solid, the stories are well-written, and every case keeps you guessing. It's a game that respects your intelligence and encourages real thinking — no handholding. If you're into mystery, crime, or just want something fresh and clever, Unheard is a hidden gem that deserves your attention. Rating: 9/10

This was a nifty way to solve puzzles. The conceit of going from room to room listening to snippets of conversation to figure out people's identities and solve cases works well for enjoyers of detective mystery games. I actually has this game recommended to me while looking for things similar to Return of the Obra Dinn and I would say it scratched a similar itch. Tragically short game, I want like 500 more hours of this style of puzzle. VAGUE SPOILERS [spoiler]The game also succeeds in an area many other games have failed at: the "twist" ending. It lays out the necessary information to let you figure out what the twist will be so it isn't a "surprise twist" and it provides increasingly more explicit "clues" so you can definitely figure it out before the "big reveal." [/spoiler]

This is a really interesting way to experience a narrative, and I enjoyed it. Some of the voice acting was a little cheesy - for example, any time someone stops pretending to be someone they're not, they start talking like they've got a recurring role on The Sopranos. Putting together the missing pieces of the story is quite satisfying, but I wish there was a more robust note-taking system. As it stands, you can only add short notes at different timestamps. This works when timed events happen, like a character taking a phone call if you want to figure out who's calling them, but connecting certain characters to each other or recording their motivations should really have its own system. Little character profiles you can fill out or even just a notepad would be good. Anyways, I got this on sale and got about 5 hours of gameplay out of it. If you like deduction games, you'll probably enjoy this!

Just finished playing this game, and i have to say that i enjoyed it, detective listening skills at once to solve cases are some of my favorite things, Easy game to follow, does require multiple redoes to get the full case , you will have to rewind on some of these cases and i recommend fast forwarding as some scenes take awhile to trigger dialogue; but its not a problem. The last case without spoilers was the most challenging for me. But I still manged to solve it, its not a long game I finished everything in 7 hours, would of been sooner but some cases were more challenging. I do wish to play more games like these. Also it run fine on my laptop, there were some moments were there were audio lags when the cases was fully solved, but in game dialogue was perfect.

I wish it was 7 hours ago so i could play this game for the first time again. Absolute fucking masterpiece. Left me wanting more and more. Level five's ending and the free DLC cuadruple plot twists are all absolute cinema. 10/10. Im so fucking mad i cant play it again for the first time ffs. I hope i find something similar or the developers decide to give it a secuel. Cheers.

Great detective game, worth checking out. A bit uncanny/eerie.

This really stimulated my brain as it is a totally unique gaming experience for me. You would need to really focus on the dialogue. It felt somewhat like I was in an Agatha Christie mystery novel. The interface is pretty straightforward yet you know they put a lot of effort into it. I highly recommend this if you want a brain twister.

I love this game so much! the audio differs from where you are in the room, the voice actors are amazing, and overall i love the puzzles and multiple reruns of the story! it's just so good, i can't recommend it enough! <3 A little edit: omg... the endings are soooo good! It made me freak when it all tied together! so sad that it's over though :( Definitely play this! The original price is still less than i would've payed because this is a masterpiece. Just please try it out, i loved every second that i played it and i hope you do too! <3

I really like the concept of the game; listening to voices and putting names to them in order to establish motive. A twist on a modern day Who-Done-It. I am just disappointed it doesn't have more cases. I had hoped it was the type of game that was regularly updated with cases.

Kept me interested for hours. Played straight through, am working on unlocking all achievements now.

Very short and unsatisfying. Not worth it. And man, is the voice acting shoddy in parts.

I recommend Unheard for any detective fans out there. This game has a very simple concept. Listen to audio of unknown figures, deduce their identity, and something about what they did. The twists start with you only being able to hear what's going on in one room at a time, necessitating following the different characters to different rooms, and playing through the audio multiple times. I played the base game, and the free English DLC. There are two DLC with no English support, so I have not tried those. The cases escalated in difficulty, until I had to take notes to track 16 different characters. I love the individual cases, but was less a fan of the "meta" narrative surrounding them. Still a great game, and I think there's lots more room in this space for people to iterate.

I don't really understand where such a high review score is coming from. Don't get me wrong, this game has a lot of appeal and at the core level it is potentially a true gem. The stories/cases are rather good, the English voice acting is good imo, and the idea of listening to the crime scene is intriguing. But it lacks a ton of polish, so much that it's frustrating in the sense that it could really be an awesome game. Will just mention a couple of things that made me refund this. Playing it just feels like a chore. You have to replay the same scene over and over to pick bits and pieces of the solution to the case, which would be expected, if you had any leads on where to go next in the crime scene. It's not hard, it just really feels like wandering, and it becomes boring. You'll sometimes have to wait for a guy sitting on the toilet to speak, which would be fine, if you had an option to skip to the next spoken line, and not manually fast forward back and forth between phone call beeps and toilet flushing, waiting for him to say something. Then as for the entering solution to the case, you'll have to assign names to the people you hear, which isn't hard at all, and then you need to answer a few (~3) questions with dropdowns on who did what. This last part is really tempting to be just brute forced, because the game tells you home many of the questions you got right, and you immediately can try again any number of times until you get it right. Obra Dinn was a lot better with that, at least in the beginning, you didn't only have to get the name right, but also the cause of death and the killer for each person, which resulted in too many combinations and so Obra Dinn really made you search for clues rather than just poke the answer dialogue (and what made it even better is that there you had to get 3 people right for the game to reveal that those were correct choices) Just another note is that the game has NO CONTROLLER SUPPORT, for no reason at all. Boring, frustrating, the controls could be much much better and thought through. Could be a really good one if it got playtested more to get some quality-of-life improvements and more general polish

If you guys don't make this game longer I'm really gonna do it this time!! Your development team and studio will be on my note. MAKE THIS GAME LONGER NOWWWWWW!!!!!

One of the best detective games i have ever played. Absolutely recommend to everybody who loves this kind of genre.

Really interesting game play. I would love to play more things in the style of this game.

Game that is entirely about parsing dialogue but has NO SUBTITLES.

Extremely good game with super interesting plot and amazing CV. Very engaging.

The game was very well done and I really liked the mechanics of the audio

Game play is normal, while it is very short

Unique experience Enjoyed 8/10

Highly recommended

fun to play