Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved

Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved is a singleplayer cinematic camera visual novel game.

General Information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam

A demo is available on Steam.

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	The game does not contain microtransactions.

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\DetectiveInstinct.json^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2689930/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saves^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2689930/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Graphics settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Stretch gameplay using `Fill` option.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Frame generation		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Game is capped to monitor's refresh rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		DualSense
PlayStation button prompts
Motion sensors support
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	Wired

Generic/other controllers		Switch Pro Controller
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
HD haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio settings

Language settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sliders for Music and Special Effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles		All dialogue is text based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio		^[1]

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Japanese

Gameplay settings

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9	^[2]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

	Middleware	Notes
Input	SDL

A 64-bit operating system is required.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2689930/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (2689930) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

Developers

	Armonica LLC
Release dates
Windows	November 26, 2025
Reception
Metacritic	84
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Relaxed
Perspectives	Cinematic camera
Controls	Menu-based
Genres	Visual novel
Art styles	Anime, Pixel art
Themes	Detective/mystery, Contemporary, Japan