Detective Case and Clown Bot in: Murder in the Hotel Lisbon
Skip · Narrative · 2014
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 43, under the fair line, at $5.99.
- Length
- 3.9h 6.8h to 100%
- Value
- $1.54/hr
- Reviews
- 78% of 264 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
A strange murder has occurred in the Hotel Lisbon, a man committed suicide with 14 stabs to the back while at the same time he peacefully drank his coffee. This case with contradictory facts could only be solved by the amazing Detective Case and his sidekick, Clown Bot.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 123 MB of memory, 123 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
It has been discounted 50 times in the 12 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 60 percent, about 9 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 31 percent of the games it competes with. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. The Darkside Detective ($14.99, scores 67) and Thimbleweed Park™ ($19.99, scores 71) both outscore it.
More about Detective Case and Clown Bot in: Murder in the Hotel Lisbon
At 3.9 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
14% start to 3% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
super goood !!if u love puzzle game(like rusty lake beholder do not feed the monkey paper plz ablablabla) u should try it. it's also cheap. not emergency not rush no timer. btw i thinks it really suit for english learner, if u study english ,not a native level then try it lmao. i didn't expect that it's soooo funni.At first i thought it will be very flat and super easy to get bored,but the fact is it keeps attract...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I passed half of the game, then decided to stop. An old-school click and point game, I enjoyed the beautiful pixel style, Case and his cute clown robot companion. I especially love the set of a theatre stage, like the player is controlling actors doing a detective drama, when Case talks some silly or corny jokes the audiences give reactions. Very creative. NPCs are cute, I like the police officer who is always...
Interesting concept poorly executed. Unlike most P&C games, the inventory is not 'used' on anything except when talking to suspects you have to combine the right questions with the right items. It's a cool, neat concept. However the story, the comedy and the bugs leave this game much to be desired.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Detective Case and Clown Bot in: Murder in the Hotel Lisbon scores 43/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/297290/detective-case-and-clown-bot-in-murder-in-the-hotel-lisbonReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.