Tangle Tower
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC and iOS Apple Arcade
Released: September 2019. Added to this library 4 months ago, last updated 3 months ago.
Overview
Tangle Tower is a murder mystery game, from the same developer as Snipperclips, where you explore a grand old house and it’s intertwining families to solve a mysterious murder. You are given the events of the murder, each persons movement and a range of items to find. From this you must construct the events that precipitated the killing.
It is a sequel to the 2014 game Detective Grimoire. You follow Detective Grimoire and his assistant Sally to progress by conversing with the various suspects and searching each room of the tower for clues. This often turns up puzzles that must be solved in order to obtain a new piece of evidence. When certain conditions are met, the player can question each suspect about something they're hiding.
It’s all fully voiced and depicted in stylised cartoon graphics. This gives it the feel of a Cluedo whodunit rather than anything darker. It’s a great game to investigate together and team up to decipher what happened.
Tip
This game is good if you want to harm no living thing, get children reading or solve a mystery.
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Costs
Subscription: This game is free to play on iOS with Apple Arcade subscription. You can't play this on iOS without Apple Arcade.
Ratings
Accessibility
System settings: Nintendo Switch has some built-in features, including a lockable zoom, that can be used on all games.
Windows has extensive accessibility features. Some, like colour correction, work with games. Lots of accessibility software can be used with PC games, from voice recognition to input device emulators. iOS has a very extensive suite of accessibility settings including ways to navigate with voice and comprehensive screen reading, though most of the features don't work with games... read more.
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