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A cashier at a convenience store shot dead.
A man in a black suit you shall never meet.
A mysterious pond in the middle of it all.

Find your way back from this quiet and eerie neighborhood that harbors secrets.

Detour is a short game inspired by Twin Peaks and Fargo. It is set in a small but atmospheric world featuring locations with items that reveal the story little by little. The gameplay is exploration, observation and dialog based, it is not combat oriented.

Also, a blogpost if anyone is interested in the development and creative process! https://vatsalambastha.com/?post=making-detour

Updated 17 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Release date Oct 11, 2025
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Authoradrenak
GenreAdventure
Made withUnity
TagsAtmospheric, Exploration, First-Person, Folklore, Horror, Mystery, Short, Singleplayer, twin-peaks, Unity
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Mouse
LinksBlog
AI DisclosureAI Assisted, Graphics, Text

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detour-1.8-win.zip 137 MB
detour-1.8-mac.app.zip 145 MB
detour-1.8-lin.zip 140 MB

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Adored your game! Starts off with a bang, a strange mystery and then it ends in ways I never would have expected lol.

Great twist and wWell done! Looking forward to whatever you create next :)
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Great game, enjoyed it!

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I remembered how much I loved Deep Door but I was not ready for this. I went in slightly cranky from a previous game experience, was utterly confused and left as a 5-star cheerleader of this game. No notes. Itโ€™s perfection. 

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Oh yes I remember you playing Deepdoor! Iโ€™m so glad you liked this game. Amazing playthrough and commentary!

Had me in the first half, not gonna lie... 10/10 well done.

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Hahaha glad you didnโ€™t see the plot twist coming. I was thinking I am giving too much away while making it.

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For what this was, it was not too shabby at all! Definitelt exceeded my expectations especially how the game started. Made me think of a entirely different premise lol. Overall, quite decent. Made a video on it.

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Thanks for playing and making the video! Really helpful feedback in your commentary

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Thank you for playing and the gameplay video!

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I Didn't see that ending coming. Great job !! Keep up the good work, and thank you for sharing !! :)

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Thanks for playing and the great commentary!

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Glad you like the twist! Thank you for playing and making the video :D

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neat, but there was a little bit of a Wile E. Coyote moment when going down the stairs to the dock (floating in air until you stopped moving)

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Some third party FPS controller code Iโ€™ve not even looked into. Iโ€™ll try and fix it, thank for playing!

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COOL

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Thanks for playing and thatโ€™s a nice playthrough video!