Solve a Murder Every Morning in Five Minutes

You open Casefile Daily. A detective's voice—gravel and cigarettes—tells you a story in twelve seconds. A murder. A set of suspects. A handful of clues. Then the grid appears, and you have everything you need to solve it. No subscription. No timers. Just you, logic, and five minutes to close the case.

The First Open: Meet Your Detective

When you launch Casefile Daily for the first time, you're not greeted with a tutorial or a wall of text. Instead, you hear a voice. The detective—a hardboiled narrator who'll guide you through every case—introduces you to the world in that twelve-second narration. It's not generated. It's pre-recorded, performed with real atmosphere. This moment sets the tone for everything that follows.

Step One: Listen to the Case

The narration tells you everything you need to know. Who died. Who might have done it. What clues matter. You can listen once and move on, or play it again if you need to catch something. Subtitles are always there—no need to strain to hear. This is where the case becomes real, not just a puzzle. The noir atmosphere isn't window dressing. It's part of solving it.

Step Two: Build Your Deduction Grid

Now the grid appears. It's a standard logic puzzle layout: suspects down one side, potential answers across the top. Your job is to mark what's possible and what's not. Did the butler have an alibi? Mark it. Does the widow match the height description? Cross it out. Every tap on the grid is one step closer to the truth. There's no guessing, no hint system, no way to stumble into the right answer by accident. Every puzzle has exactly one valid solution, and following the logic is how you find it.

Step Three: Close the Case

You reach the moment when only one answer remains. One suspect. One motive. One solution. You confirm your answer, and the case closes. The detective delivers the resolution. You're done. Five minutes from start to finish. No ads interrupting (unless you chose to keep them). No pressure to share before you're ready.

Step Four: Share Your Streak

After you close the case, you can share your streak without spoiling the answer for anyone else. The share card shows only that you solved today's murder—not the solution itself. Your friends see that you're on day 47, but they don't see whodunit. This keeps the mystery alive for everyone playing.

Beyond Today: The Archive and Optional Unlocks

A new case arrives at midnight UTC every single day, bundled from launch. But if you want to replay the past, you can unlock the full archive with a one-time purchase. The same goes for removing ads—one purchase, permanent. No subscription tiers. No battle pass. No monthly charges. The game is designed to be played once a day, and you own that experience forever. For more on how this daily logic puzzle fits into a larger routine, explore how Casefile Daily became a morning ritual, or dive deeper into how logic, narration, and noir work together to solve a murder.

The Full Experience

That's the path from your first open to closing your first case. Listen. Think. Mark the grid. Solve the puzzle. Share the streak. A new mystery waits tomorrow at midnight. No filler, no tricks, no way to win without knowing the answer. Just a murder, a detective, and you.