Master Detective Archives: Rain Code release date

Slip into your raincoat and grab your magnifying glass, because the Master Detective Archives: Rain Code release date is on the horizon. Tookyo’s exciting mystery adventure comes straight from the brilliant minds behind the hit Danganronpa series and promises to provide us with heaps of ghosts and ghoulies, pretty anime girlies, and more mysteries than you can shake an umbrella at – and we’re counting down the days until we can finally set foot in the city of rain.

Of course, if you’re interested in Master Detective Archives: Rain Code, you’re likely a fan of Spike Chunsoft’s aforementioned visual novel series. If so, be sure to check out our guide to the Danganronpa games and Danganronpa characters, and maybe even deck out your desktop or mobile with our favourite Danganronpa wallpapers.

Master Detective Archives: Rain Code release date

The Master Detective Archives: Rain Code release date is slated for June 30, 2023, in North America and Europe for Nintendo Switch. We’ve not heard any plans for ports to other platfoms just yet, but we’ll be sure to update this guide if Spike Chunsoft announces anything.

If you want to get in there early and snap up your copy now, be sure to check out our Master Detective Archives: Rain Code pre-order guide – if you grab a physical copy of either the Standard Edition or Mysteriful Limited Edition, you can also get your hands on a voucher code for the Master Detective Archives: Rain Code digital novel.

What is the Master Detective Archives: Rain Code gameplay like?

Master Detective Archives: Rain Code is a ‘lucid-noir detective adventure’ game, which boasts a brilliant blend of visual novel, adventure, and action game mechanics. As expected of the brilliant minds behind the Danganronpa series, it revolves around a deliciously dark, mystery narrative, where you take the role of a young man called Yuma, who works alongside his ghosty pal Shinigami to solve cases in the name of the Master Detectives from the World Detective Organization.

However, unlike the static nature of Danganronpa, you have the freedom to explore the fully 3D Kanai Ward – a city of rain gripped by innumerable unsolved mysteries. Find Solution Keys, engage in thrilling, turn-based battles, and use your noggin to piece together the clues and finally close those cases.

As you progress in your investigation, a realm called the Mystery Labyrinth appears, leading you to the truth. Inside, you can challenge a wide variety of gimmicks and traps as a part of an ever-changing maze. The monstrous Mystery Phantoms will try to stop you from unveiling the truth, but it’s up to you to dodge their claims and slash through contradictions with the solution blade.

To find out more about this intriguing adventure from the creator himself in our Danganronpa interview. Or, if you fancy some more mysteries and spooks to keep you busy until June 30, head over to our lists of the best visual novel games and the best horror games on mobile and Switch.