Konami combines anime, Among Us and Sherlock Holmes to create a multiplayer murder mystery

June 26, 2021

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Now, CrimeSight has a closed beta.

Few fictional rivalries are more well-known than the one between Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty, the brilliant detective. CrimeSight is a new game for social deduction that Konami is currently developing. It will revive their long-running story with a sci-fi twist.

CrimeSight is set at London in 2075. This year, crime worldwide has fallen by 90% due to data harvesting software and analysis software that can accurately predict the likelihood of criminal activity. The program then predicts a crime that could threaten the entire world, and this peaceful future is shattered. Its creators decide to do the obvious and create a new AI that can investigate and prevent such a terrible event.

This AI Sherlock was named by them.

The program continues to follow clues and eventually reaches a dark, almost impossible conclusion. An AI is at the root of these events, and it is almost as powerful as Sherlock.

The AI is Moriarty.

It’s quite dramatic, isn’t it? CrimeSight, a multiplayer murder mystery for 2-6 players, is about six “pawns” who are trapped by a raging snowstorm. One is the killer and the other the target. The remaining four people would rather be elsewhere. The Sherlock side must find the target and keep them alive for at least four days. Team Moriarty must then give the villain a weapon and place them in the same room with the target.

It reminds me of Clue and Among Us. There’s an anime paint job, Minority Report, and a touch of Minority Report. But, an asymmetric whodunit seems like a great take on multiplayer strategy. The release date has not yet been set, but interested gamers can sign-up to get access to the closed beta which began today and will run through July 11. You can find more information about CrimeSight and how to get in at konami.com.