Detective Dotson
Playing now
1+1 vs. yesterday
33%of peak
All-time peak
312 Sep 2026
Playing now
1+1 vs. yesterday
All-time peak
312 Sep 2026
| Published | Kind | Announcement | Build |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game update | Fixes Fixes Fixes Achievements made more reasonable Dadi and Rangeela find 50 items Trash, Dance and Mind Reader needs 25 items now Different background music for different parts of the world! There are now 4 distinct tunes. Steam deck performance issues fixed Steam deck headphones now work Steam deck input issues between touchscreen and menu fixed | 19707056 | |
| Major update | Steam Deck Verfied and 50% off Dotson on Deck Detective Dotson plays has received Steam Deck Verified status from Steam! The game looks and plays really well on the deck with larger text adjusted for the device. Controller support is improved and the controller now works in the phone booth. We've also added Korean and Russian language support. Additionally there are performance fixes in the game. An exciting summer We've got… | 18995348 | |
| Game update | fixes and a change to 2 achievements The rules for achieving Eagle Eye Detective and Eagle Eye Indoors have changed based on your feedback. Now you have to find a 100 items in each to unlock the achievement. Thank you for your feedback, this should be a lot clearer now. Fix issue where Dotson was getting stuck near the boat Dance game input fix | 18494327 | |
| Game update | May 12 tiny patch small patch for players getting stuck in tutorial | 18432513 | |
| Game update | May 7 update (4 languages, character bios and fixes) We've added 4 new languages! Traditional Chinese German Spanish French Added cute character intros in the main menu. Collect them all! There's one more secret one that I can't put in this picture :) Of course Parth had to blink while this picture was taken 🤦♀️ A bunch of fixes. Thank you all for reporting them! We are now featuring full controller and Steam Deck support (will do a separate po… | 18345933 | |
| Game update | Achievements are here! You get achievements for Solving cases Beating the minigames Being a good citizen and throwing trash in the bin Reading minds and of course DANCING yes, there is a bollywood dancing achievement I will go out on a limb and say that's a first ever in a video game | 18243602 | |
| Game update | Minor fixes Pause game when window loses focus Controller fixes Chinese localization fixes More fixes reported by users | 18241736 | |
| Community | Detective Dotson is also a Movie! Detective Dotson the Movie has launched along with the game! It acts as a prologue to the game. It's a 60 minute animated feature film for you to enjoy Watch it HERE | — | |
| Community | New Demo + Wholesome Games celebration! Announcing a brand new demo for Detective Dotson! Available from August 15 - August 22 only. 📝 We are celebrating 15,000 wishlists 💪 We are celebrating the 15th of August - our independence day! 🙏 AND we are a part of the Wholesome Games Steam Celebration!! 🥳 So why is Detective Dotson going wholesome? Well, we've always wanted to tell stories from the modern day semi-urban India we grew up… | — | |
| Community | Detective Dotson is part of the PixElated Festival We love pixel art games, and we know you do too. So, let’s celebrate together 🎉 We’re super excited to share that Detective Dotson is part of the PixElated Festival! This festival is featuring some of the best pixel art games on Steam. From retro-style classics to contemporary indie gems all in one place! There will be ✨ discounts ✨ live streams ✨ art contest ✨ demos ✨ developer chats ✨ all ce… | — |
Announcements are the developer’s own posts to the game’s Steam news feed: updates and their patch notes, in-game events, releases and sales. The important ones are marked on the players chart.