Shadows of Doubt

ColePowered Games · Fireshine Games

Released: Sep 26, 2024
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Last updated: 13 Sep 2026, 00:40 GMT

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16 Sep 2026Developer post
Shadows of Doubt 42.04 - Patch Notes
Added option to disable certain case types (’regular’ murder/sniper/kidnappings). This only affects future cases and won’t effect cases where the perp has already started operating. Improved visual language on the case resolution form; iconography will reflect empty, filled and i
Added option to disable certain case types (’regular’ murder/sniper/kidnappings). This only affects future cases and won’t effect cases where the perp has already started operating.
Improved visual language on the case resolution form; iconography will reflect empty, filled and invalid answers more clearly.
Improved case resolution objective display clarity; they will now better display your answers and question status. Will only function this new way with new cases.
Added font support for Armenian and Devanagari alphabets.
Fixed: Bug where side jobs would not submit after a failed attempt without a game reload.
Fixed: Sometimes the arrest side job would not trigger as ready for submission without reopening the resolution window.
Fixed: Kidnapper would get stuck if the ransom briefcase was placed after the player called them.
Fixed: When rebinding the "Back" function to a new key, it now closes and opens case boards, and can pause the game.
Fixed: Accidental double "click" input no longer occurs using mouse input when navigating cruncher UI.
Fixed: Umbrella stays out when talking with citizens.
Fixed: Plotting routes via physical evidence windows now works properly.
Fixed: Bullet holes should stick around and spawn more consistently.
Fixed: Instances of the French localization giving away the name of an asked-about citizen.
Fixed: Non-QWERTY layouts should no longer get stuck on the caseboard.
Fixed: Player can no longer accidentally or purposefully sell or store side job items.
Fixed: Edge cases of correct passwords for weapons dealer & black market dealer being rejected.
Fixed: Credit Card and Donor Card evidence types showed a photo of the owner when pinned, even though a photo isn’t present on them.
Fixed: Entry wound evidence types now features a ‘found on’ connection.
Fixed: Telephone call evidence types now feature telephone number and location connections.
Fixed: Newspaper item name missing from pick up message.
Fixed: Edge case of player not being able to inspect citizens who were knocked out.
Fixed: In the public humiliation side job, the objective now completes according to the inputted name and not the correct suspect.
Fixed: Removed dialogue references about capturing a photo of the suspect in the humiliation side jobs; these were inconsistent with the actual objectives.
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10 Aug 2026Developer post
Shadows of Doubt Dev Blog 46
Hi Detectives, it’s time for a new Dev update from me! To start off we’re working on a patch at the moment for Shadows of Doubt that should be out before the end of August that is going to feature a couple of quality of life improvements and updates. The first change that we’ve i
05 May 2026Developer post
DevBlog 45
🚨📰 Extra Extra, a new Shadows of Doubt video DevBlog has just been released 📰🚨 In this latest blog, Cole outlines his plans for 2026 and drops some hints at what is coming next 🤫 Watch the full update below 👇 Transcript Welcome to a new video Dev blog. So I haven't really b
30 Apr 2026Developer post
Shadows of Doubt 42.03 - Patch Notes
Hello detectives! Thanks for all your continued feedback. We've been working on a bunch of fixes which are now live in the game: Fixed: Navigation on Virtual Keyboard going to incorrect buttons. Fixed: Navigation on Virtual Keyboard becoming unresponsive. Fixed: Kidnap cases adde
Hello detectives!
Thanks for all your continued feedback. We've been working on a bunch of fixes which are now live in the game:

Fixed: Navigation on Virtual Keyboard going to incorrect buttons.
Fixed: Navigation on Virtual Keyboard becoming unresponsive.
Fixed: Kidnap cases added objective feedback (when kidnapper frees victim)
Fixed: Kidnap cases remind player kidnapper is still at large if not caught.
Fixed: Kidnap case ‘free the victim’ case form objective read as completed when it wasn’t.
Fixed: Kidnap case form not detecting if kidnapper was arrested.
Fixed: Some cases where apartment furniture can no longer be placed outside of room bounds.
Fixed: Some décor items that now spawn properly upright
Fixed: Purchased crunchers now immediately interactable
Fixed: Save states consistent with curtains/blinds.
Fixed: Control glyphs no longer show up on game end briefly.
Fixed: Briefcase/dossier missions will more consistently update objectives on open.
Fixed: Bug with kidnapper AI causing the game to fail to produce a new victim. Murderer would loop endlessly.
Fixed: Fixed some missing senders of v-mail in certain edge case scenarios.
Fixed: Player could rebind the menu action resulting in the in-game menu not being accessible.
Fixed: Router spawns with more frequency (hopefully every time) in security rooms. Fix requires newly-generated city.
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12 Jan 2026Developer post
Shadows of Doubt Steam Workshop
Hi Detectives! The Shadows of Doubt Steam Workshop is now live! Stretch your creative muscles as well as your detective ones with new modding tools and full Steam Workshop support. These new workshop tools allow you to create your own citizen conversations, v-mails and newspaper
Hi Detectives!
The Shadows of Doubt Steam Workshop is now live!
Stretch your creative muscles as well as your detective ones with new modding tools and full Steam Workshop support.
These new workshop tools allow you to create your own citizen conversations, v-mails and newspaper articles. Change certain in-game item properties like weapons, books and consumables.
The Dialogue & Player Interactions system functionality has been expanded to enable players to create new citizen interactions, enabling the creation of side quests and similar new objectives.
All of your mods can then be uploaded directly to the Steam Workshop and managed by the in-game mod menu.
Full outlines on the new modding tools, with instructions on how to start creating your own, can be found HERE
For those who want to go “off the record” and delve deeper into the unofficially supported modding tools, take a look at the Advanced Modding documentation HERE.
This update also brings new bug fixes and QoL improvements too! Full list of patch notes below.
Happy ~~hunting~~ modding, Detectives!
Update 41.04
Updated DDS editor which can now be used to add player-citizen interactions and rudimentary side quests similar to the shoe collector from the ‘off duty’ update.
Expanded the official modding scope: You can now modify some in-game things like items, weapons, books and décor colour schemes.
New: Added steam workshop and local mod support.
New: Revamped mod menu.
New: Mod documentation updated to include the latest changes & added lots more info.
New: Word-by-word text reveal option (in interface settings menu).
Fixed: Timeout now is displayed and works properly when rebinding controls.
Fixed: Prompt added for holding down modifier keys when the game is listening for your new rebind.
Fixed: Rebind key menu re-arranged for better navigability on gamepads.
Fixed: Rebind menu animates in and out of existence properly.
Fixed: Rebind menu back button now returns to control settings instead of the general settings panel.
Fixed: Buttons in the controls rebind menu did not have non-English localization applied.
Fixed: Ceiling fans not animating in some cases.
Fixed: Rare bug when retrieving v-mail sender could case an internal error resulting in weird game behaviour.
Fixed: Some memory leaks to do with undisposed generated materials & textures.
Mono build branch updated with this version.
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24 Nov 2025PC Gamer
The world's busiest toilet temporarily made detective sim Shadows of Doubt a murder-free zone: 'You can't always legislate for the fact that everyone's going to need a wee at midnight'
Since the earliest days of humanity's experiments with legal systems, we've been trying to find a way to make murder less appealing and trickier to pull off. Criminalising weapons, prison time, law enforcement—it turns out all we really needed was an extremely busy toilet... Read
03 Nov 2025Developer post
Shadows of Doubt V41.04 - Patch Notes
Hello detectives! We have a brand new update for you all with a bunch of fixes. Check out the specifics below; Revamped camera image saving system; photographs you take in game now should be completely accurate when you load save games as we have switched to a system that saves i
Hello detectives!
We have a brand new update for you all with a bunch of fixes. Check out the specifics below;
Revamped camera image saving system; photographs you take in game now should be completely accurate when you load save games as we have switched to a system that saves image data to disk.
Fixes
Fixed: Crime scene tape appearance is now represented properly in CCTV images.
Fixed: Player is now visible again when crouched during actor sighting check.
Fixed: Player collider sizes could not set correctly when switching between rat/non-rat modes (could result in weird crouched movement).
Fixed: CCTV did not capture the state of some doors correctly.
Fixed: Bug with security laser systems not being able to detect citizens/player as well as they should.
Fixed: Spawned-in sentry guns while alarm triggered could appear inactive when they should be active.
Fixed: Doors that could contain physics objects now animate in the Fixed Update loop to avoid physics oddities.
Fixed: Some cases of z-fighting on bannisters.
Fixed: Fixed a comparison bug when trash wasn't being seen as trash.
Fixed: Top level bribe for looking around now always works but costs for bribes have been raised & previous bribe chances tweaked to be a little harder.
Fixed: Multiple active guest passes did not display multiple status icons.
Fixed: Small visual glitch where status effect progress bars did not match the width of their parent graphic.
Fixed: Repositioning now works when stuck within a food truck.
Fixed: Can no longer lose click context while building renaming.
Fixed: Building names are now immediately reflected in the input field when editing cities.
Fixed: Small chance of citizens teleporting up staircases while running up them.
Fixed: A Unity engine security vulnerability issue (affected all Unity games since 2017 and has recently been fixed by Unity).
Fixed: Unresponsive camera movement when using a gamepad to navigate in the city editor.
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21 Sep 2025PC Gamer
Shadows of Doubt's hilarious new modifiers let you play as a wall-crawling rat detective and evade a killer snail
I didn't think there were many ways to make Shadows of Doubt a better detective game—aside from giving the whole thing a vigorous polish. ColePowered Games' sleuthing simulator procedurally generates an entire city's worth of crimes to solve, somehow creating genuine deduction pu
18 Sep 2025Developer post
Modifiers update out now!
Hi Detectives! You can now activate new modifiers that change the way you play the game. Including… Snail Nemesis You are immortal… However, somewhere, a snail is always slowly moving towards you. If it touches you, you die instantly. Rat detective You are the “Rat Detective”. Yo
Hi Detectives!
You can now activate new modifiers that change the way you play the game.

Including…
Snail Nemesis
You are immortal… However, somewhere, a snail is always slowly moving towards you. If it touches you, you die instantly.
Rat detective
You are the “Rat Detective”. You are only 10cm tall. You can climb on walls and ceilings. You can sneak past people and make less noise. However, if you are spotted, prepare to get stomped on!
Fame and fortune
You are a world-famous detective. Good luck hiding in the shadows while people are chasing you down and asking for your autograph.
Film Noir
Experience the full noir detective life with a black and white filter.
Permadeath and Ironman mode
Hospitals won't help you here… and in some cases, neither will your saved games.
There are many more modifiers to play with, as well as bug fixes and QOL changes. Jump into the new update and give them a try right now.
Good luck, detectives.
Full developer update notes below

Update 41.02:
New: New ‘gameplay modifiers’ that allow new, different and weird ways to play the game. See below for a full list of them (warning: some of these are quite silly and are purely designed to be fun optional ways to play…),
Film Noir: Desaturate the game world with a simple visual adjustment.,
Ironman: You may only use one save slot per new character. If ‘permadeath’ is also enabled, the save slot is deleted when you die.,
Gambling Debt: Start with a small fortune in your pocket, but in debt to a loan shark. You have to pay it back each day otherwise you will be hunted and attacked.,
House Arrest: If you start with an apartment, or as soon as you acquire one you will not legally be allowed to leave it: The building's security will treat you as a threat.,
Short-Sighted: After a visit to the optician, you now need glasses in your inventory to see properly. If you lose them, your vision will become blurred. Be careful: They can be knocked off in combat or after a fall.,
Fame & Fortune: You're a famous detective. But be careful what you wish for: Citizens may stop or even chase you down for a chat or your autograph.,
Snail Nemesis: You are invincible from combat damage aside from contact with a snail. The snail moves towards your current location at all times. Inspired by the 'immortal snail' concept/meme by Gavin Free.,
Rat Detective: Ditch the trench coat, experience the rat race less figuratively. Claw, crawl, and climb your way through the grime.,
New: 3 new hidden achievements related to the new modifiers (Steam only),
New: Save game on exit prompt
Fixed: Rewritten player control rebinding system; this should solve a lot of previous issues with it. Control schemes will revert to defaults upon load of this patch- this is because we are handling control maps a little differently, and we want to rule out the possibility of players loading in faulty previous control maps. Apologies for any inconvenience.,
Fixed: Depth of field effect was ignored inside the screen space of the onscreen awareness compass when it was not active.,
Fixed: Dynamic graffiti no longer displays faulty texture after the player walks a few meters away.,
Fixed: Muggers now have a cool-down timer, so they won’t repeat muggings instantly.,
Fixed: Elevator position now saved and loaded properly.,
Fixed: Bug which caused stuck accelerated citizen animations after passing time.,
Fixed: Bug with loan shark debt collectors not entering combat with the player properly.,
Fixed: Bug that stopped the player from getting KO’d by melee damage alone.,
Fixed: Softened some case board UI sounds.
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19 Jun 2025Developer post
Shadows of Doubt V 40.03 Patch Notes
Hey detectives. It is new patch time! With some new fixes ahead of our next content update which is coming soon 🕵️ Fixed: At least one case of unresponsive UI when pinning CCTV print-outs. Fixed: Days of the week now abbreviated when appropriate in most non-ENG languages. Fixed:
Hey detectives. It is new patch time! With some new fixes ahead of our next content update which is coming soon 🕵️
Fixed: At least one case of unresponsive UI when pinning CCTV print-outs.
Fixed: Days of the week now abbreviated when appropriate in most non-ENG languages.
Fixed: Discovering an employment contract did not update the citizen’s address details.
Fixed: Discovering an wallet/purse did not update the citizen’s address details.
Fixed: Player was unable to hold a commemorative bas-boule in their hands (no options for throwing, putting down).
Fixed: When 2 or more hand-in case routines were active, the processing sound was played twice, leading the first to keep looping after it should stop.
Fixed: Lost item poster could display its location in a non-existent floor.
Fixed: Reduced frequency of ‘Watch your back, rat’ note*
Fixed: Glass interior doors no longer display rain on them
Fixed: Option for legible text mode was missing on the Address Book
Fixed: When retiring, a player’s cigarette stayed visible on camera
Fixed: 2 Cases of building model intersecting interior rooms (inside the residential tower with the large atrium)
Fixed: Likely fix for some citizens asking for password in legal businesses
Fixed: El-Gen Clinic managers could cover certain shifts, allowing the clinic to sometimes be open without anyone on the front desk*
Fixed: Minor change to how doors are handled on the map; player can no longer see doors open outside their area of awareness.
*Requires a new city generation to appear/spawn/see
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29 Apr 2025Developer post
The Off-Duty update is live now!
Hello detectives! The “Off-Duty” update is live now! This is our first content update of 2025. You can now get into the detective spirit and chill with a pack of smokes when a case just gets too demanding (we do not recommend this in real life 😅) Want to relax after a long day o
25 Apr 2025Developer post
2025 Roadmap
Hello detectives! As we've mentioned in a previous dev blog, the Shadows of Doubt investigations are continuing throughout the year. We are happy to now show you our 2025 development case board outlining our upcoming updates and patches! The first update lands on Tuesday, the 29t
02 Apr 2025Developer post
Shadows of Doubt Joins the London Games Festival Event & Sale!
We’re excited to announce that Shadows of Doubt is part of the London Games Festival event on Steam! London is one of the most diverse, vibrant, and creative cities on the planet—and its games industry is no different. Games London’s mission is to make London the games capital of
05 Feb 2025Developer post
Shadows of Doubt DevBlog 43: What to Expect in 2025
Hello detectives! This is a follow-up blog from the last one where I discussed new content for Shadows in 2025. We have fleshed out some plans now and I wanted to share a little on what we're working on for the game this year. If you haven't already, I recommend reading the last
21 Jan 2025Developer post
Shadows of Doubt V 39.13 Patch Notes
Hey detectives, time to investigate a fresh patch for you all after checking it out on the experimental branch. More news to come on the plans for the year soon as well! Much improved mini-map rendering speed Fixed: Citizens could become stuck in a loop cleaning up receipts from
Hey detectives, time to investigate a fresh patch for you all after checking it out on the experimental branch. More news to come on the plans for the year soon as well!

Much improved mini-map rendering speed
Fixed: Citizens could become stuck in a loop cleaning up receipts from the floor in their home if certain conditions were met.
Fixed: In certain circumstances the player could give items to dead citizens.
Fixed: Taking a bullet casing from an apartment-stored inventory could result in a non-droppable item that the player could repeatedly take.
Fixed: An inaccessible light switch could spawn behind a water cooler.*
Fixed: Game forgot player’s own discovered password on save/load.
Fixed: Attempted fix for certain achievements not completing until the player ate/drank.
Fixed: Attempted fix for certain achievements not unlocking at the correct time (sometimes only once the game was over).
Fixed: KO’ing a citizen by door barging did not count towards the ‘Spare No-one’ achievement.
Fixed: Décor mode UI spawned partially off-screen on Steam Deck (1280x800).
Fixed: News Stands always sold the ‘Cartographer’ sync disk for their daily deal.
* Requires a new city generation to appear/spawn/see
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15 Jan 2025Developer post
Shadows of Doubt V 39.13 Experimental Branch Patch Notes
Hey folks, we have another new experimental patch for you all. Experimental Branch: These builds are only found on our ‘experimental’ steam branch. You can access this by right clicking the game in your steam library, choosing ‘properties’, then the ‘betas’ tab. The experimental
Hey folks, we have another new experimental patch for you all.
Experimental Branch:
These builds are only found on our ‘experimental’ steam branch. You can access this by right clicking the game in your steam library, choosing ‘properties’, then the ‘betas’ tab. The experimental build should be in the dropdown list. Experimental builds may be less tested than the default branch builds. Most experimental branch patches will make their way to the default branch after a week or two (barring any issues discovered).
Please do see the public bug list with comments from Cole about what is being worked on at the moment here: https://shadowsofdoubt.notion.site/0053dddf306643eea972c6595ac897d2?v=25d97977c0ad43b5811787d11ee27987

Much improved mini-map rendering speed
Fixed: Citizens could become stuck in a loop cleaning up receipts from the floor in their home if certain conditions were met.
Fixed: In certain circumstances the player could give items to dead citizens.
Fixed: Taking a bullet casing from an apartment-stored inventory could result in a non-droppable item that the player could repeatedly take.
Fixed: An inaccessible light switch could spawn behind a water cooler.*
Fixed: Game forgot player’s own discovered password on save/load.
Fixed: Attempted fix for certain achievements not completing until the player ate/drank.
Fixed: Attempted fix for certain achievements not unlocking at the correct time (sometimes only once the game was over).
Fixed: KO’ing a citizen by door barging did not count towards the ‘Spare No-one’ achievement.
Fixed: Décor mode UI spawned partially off-screen on Steam Deck (1280x800).
Fixed: News Stands always sold the ‘Cartographer’ sync disk for their daily deal.
* Requires a new city generation to appear/spawn/see
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11 Dec 2024Developer post
Shadows of Doubt V 39.12 Patch Notes
Hey Detectives, another patch incoming now with some more fixes ahead of the holiday season. Fixed: Some number pad selection issues while using a controller (using D-Pad selection moves the virtual cursor) Fixed: Missing Work ID and Wallet in Tutorial Fixed: Incorrect citizen ag
Hey Detectives, another patch incoming now with some more fixes ahead of the holiday season.

Fixed: Some number pad selection issues while using a controller (using D-Pad selection moves the virtual cursor)
Fixed: Missing Work ID and Wallet in Tutorial
Fixed: Incorrect citizen age calculation
Fixed: Number keys pull up inventory items during cruncher passcode entry (as they are also hotkeys)
Fixed: Apartment keys could be stolen legally while the player obtained a guest pass
Fixed: Player gained the ‘wet’ status effect while in an exterior air duct if it was raining
Fixed: Removed inspect action for bleach bottle as it was missing a summary
Fixed: Candles played a switch on/off sound when interacted with
Fixed: It was possible in rare cases for a killer to not pick a murder weapon, leading to problems with them executing murders
Fixed: The black market sync doctor would not go to work
Fixed: Long delays in citizens going to work (resulting in them often being late; they still can be but it should happen less often)
Fixed: The black market trader only had 2 staff; meaning it could only stay open for half of the week*
Fixed: The player could quickly select an alternate user on the login screen on a cruncher after a successful passcode input, and the cruncher would log them into that account.
Fixed: Failed inputs after case board closing
Fixed: Failed inputs after text input
Fixed: Small changes to ensure we're updating our last active controllers.
Fixed: An issue with the control state flags
Fixed: An unlisted bug where you could get stuck without control access in the main menu
* Requires a new city generation to appear/spawn/see
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10 Dec 2024Developer post
Shadows of Doubt Devblog #42: Looking Forwards
Hello detectives! It’s been a couple of months since the launch of 1.0 and I wanted to share a general update to talk about what you can expect next year. First off, I’m extremely pleased to announce that Shadows of Doubt is part of this year’s Jingle Jam games bundle; a fundrais
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18 Nov 2024Developer post
Shadows of Doubt V 39.11 Patch Notes
Hello Detectives, we have a fresh batch of patch notes with a new suite of bug fixes for you all. The work continues in the background towards making the best version of Shadows of Doubt possible and more patches are on the way. Thank you for your continued support folks Fixed: A
Hello Detectives, we have a fresh batch of patch notes with a new suite of bug fixes for you all. The work continues in the background towards making the best version of Shadows of Doubt possible and more patches are on the way. Thank you for your continued support folks

Fixed: Apartment storage items missing on load game
Fixed: Player movement could sometimes become restricted when crouched
Fixed: When a new crime scene is opened, enforcers no longer target other people who live there
Fixed: Citizens should no longer attempt to turn on the lights in a room where another citizen is sleeping
Fixed: Citizens could get stuck sitting while waiting for the player to come and meet them for side job info. These side jobs can now also be failed if you don’t meet them in time.
Fixed: Multiple entries of the same dialog option for side jobs
Fixed: The player could not inspect the menu in the hotel
Fixed: A tweak to how disabling the sandbox mode murderer works; this will now only take effect after an active one is caught or a new game is started. The previous method could result in some edge cases with the worst of them stopping murderers from ever being re-activated.
Fixed: Kitchen overhead cabinet interaction collider could block pinned notes from being interacted with.
Fixed: Placing an Ash Tray or Green Desk Lamp in décor mode could result in the object interacting with the player movement physics in weird ways.
Fixed: Direction Arrow could reappear when disabled in game options after the player used the camera or observed CCTV.
Fixed: In older generated cities, prices of certain items that have since been changed in more recent updates could create an infinite source of money if you purchased then sold them at pawn shops.
Fixed: Having a guest pass for an address on an Echelon floor didn’t give you access to the floor without it being classed as trespassing. Having a guest pass will now also allow you to enter the floor’s communal area without trespassing.
Fixed: Apartment purchase flyers could be spawned for apartments that the player had already purchased.
Fixed: A few spelling mistakes
* Requires a new city generation to appear/spawn/see
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