AdventureFit check
Is Redrum: Time Lies worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Adventure players who enjoy hidden-object investigations
- Puzzle fans who prefer supernatural crime stories
- Players seeking an eerie mystery focused on nightmares and psychic powers
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for combat-heavy gameplay rather than object searches and puzzles
- Those seeking broad, non-linear exploration instead of a focused detective pursuit
- Players uninterested in dark themes involving murder, cruel experiments, and nightmares
Our take on Redrum: Time Lies
The focus on hidden-object scenes and puzzles limits the role of direct combat and broader adventure mechanics. Its supernatural crime setting also keeps the experience centered on an eerie mood rather than shifting between varied styles or themes.
What is Redrum: Time Lies?
Follow Detective Ravenwood as he searches for Dr.
Sigmund Fraud after the doctor escapes an asylum and resumes his crimes. Redrum: Time Lies combines hidden-object scenes with puzzles set inside unsettling nightmares. The story involves freeing the souls of Fraud’s victims and confronting the experiments behind their suffering. Players explore eerie environments, solve spooky challenges, and use psychic abilities while pursuing the killer. The game also features haunting music and dark visual presentation. A secondary objective involves helping Rose capture Dr. Fraud.
How Redrum: Time Lies plays
- 01Hidden-object investigations
- Search nightmare settings while pursuing the case against Dr. Fraud.
- 02Psychic abilities
- Special powers are used during the pursuit of the murderer.
- 03Nightmare puzzles
- Spooky challenges appear alongside the investigation and object-finding scenes.
- 04Victim soul rescue
- Progress includes freeing souls trapped in the victims’ nightmares.
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Redrum: Time Lies: platforms & release
Is Redrum: Time Lies worth it?
It is worth it if: adventure players who enjoy hidden-object investigations. Skip it if: players looking for combat-heavy gameplay rather than object searches and puzzles.
Where can I download Redrum: Time Lies?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Redrum: Time Lies's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Redrum: Time Lies on?
Windows only.
