Independent studio · United Kingdom

Caratel Games

We make story-first games about people with something to hide — mysteries where what you ask matters more than what you click.

Now in development

The Genuine Article

The Genuine Article title art — Five stories. One lie. A Harrow & Bell mystery.
DetectiveMysteryWindows

Five stories. One lie.

A chief appraiser lies dead in the vault of a London auction house, the night before its biggest sale. Five people were inside. Interrogate them in your own words, read their tells, pull the records — and build a case that convicts. A different killer every playthrough.

Coming 2027 to Steam, with a free demo before launch.

About the studio

Small studio. Hand-made mysteries.

Caratel Games is a one-person studio in the UK. We care about fair-play mysteries: every clue you need is in the game, every contradiction can be found, and the solution never depends on luck.

We use modern tools — including AI — where they make a game feel more alive, and we're open about exactly how. The stories, the puzzles and the endings are always written by hand.

Say hello

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Press & creators

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