Artificial Detective is an action adventure video game developed and published by VIVIX.

About

A third-person action-adventure where a robot detective uncovers the mystery behind humanity’s disappearance. From talent behind Love, Death & Robots, DreamWorks, and Crytek.

• Uncover What Happened to Humanity – Awaken as AD 2846, a robot detective with fractured memories, in a decopunk metropolis maintained by mad robots. Together with DAWG, your loyal military robodog, and Mowgli, a human girl raised by machines, fight and hack your way through a city where crazy robots took over to uncover why humanity vanished.
• Investigate, Improvise, Survive – Explore the multilayered districts of Conglomerate North, a crime-ridden metropolis seized by the malevolent Rise Corp. Use electromagnetic weapons, hack systems, weaponize the environment, or stay hidden and outsmart rogue robots. Search for clues, gather resources, and approach each encounter your own way.
• Stronger as a Team – Your companions are more than just sidekicks. They are your toolkit and your progression. Build trust, unlock abilities, craft and repair equipment, scan threats and open new ways to explore, fight, and survive.
• A City Built for Curiosity – Travel between locations on a flying streetcar, uncover hidden routes, meet bizarre robots, and face bosses guarding the next piece of the mystery. Every district reveals more of the world, its rules, and the truth behind humanity’s disappearance.
• A Witty Story in a World Gone Wrong – Experience a cinematic adventure that blends action, companionship, and mystery in a striking Art Deco future. Artificial Detective is a witty, character-driven story about unlikely companionship and the future-of-humanity dilemma.

Key Features

• Third-person action adventure with sandbox encounters.
• Shoot, hack, sneak, or weaponize the environment (fire, electricity, magnets, etc.).
• Companion-driven progression and exploration.
• Ride a flying streetcar across more than ten unique districts of the decopunk metropolis.
• Story campaign with bosses, secrets, and flashbacks to the past of Artificial Detective.