Solid remedy for psychological anguish. Very funny, very silly, very charming, very relaxing. It's a writing style that's singular. It's not too anything. It's not the grating try-too-hard style. It's not the overly clever attempt at rapid fire wit. It's not a bland directly-to-the-next-plot-point style of many games. It's its own thing. It takes its time and has just enough inversion to surprise and delight. Seeing these anthropomorphic animals move around in motion capture is strangely captivating. It's all a bit reminiscent of a Wes Anderson movie.

Getting games that can make you chuckle or laugh for multiple hours without getting annoying I think is a feat that not a lot of games reach.

Frog Detective though, that Frog makes me giggle 🐸

I genuinely loved this trilogy of games, that balances some really good comedy and character dialog, with some good visual and physical gags. At its core you’re doing some fairly basic tasks to solve these three mysteries, but it is the conversations with each character that make everything flow.

Each case takes roughly 45 minutes to an hour and a half, so I’m not going to spoil any plot or joke stuff, because the joy of this game is in its writing and its silly visuals.

If you want to spend an afternoon or to top off the end of a night with a single case, I think playing frog detective 1,2, and 3 are well worth your time, and if you’re a real Frog Detective sicko, Case S.

Thank you for reading my review.
MysteryMonkey49

almost wrote this off because it looked a bit wholesome games baitish and i'm not into that generally but i'm glad i gave this a go. it was very charming and sweet without being in an annoying way.

enjoyed the progression of the three cases as they not only increased in complexity (not a ton, obviously) with the mysteries involved but also added little touches to the gameplay itself too. the scooter in case 3 also getting a little THPS styled mini-game was a treat.

would absolutely play another one of these or something like it.

The thing I appreciate the most about this collection of three games in the Frog Detective franchise is being able to see how the games got bigger and more nuanced with each entry (in the last one you even get a scooter to drive around). The core of the gameplay is the same - you talk to NPCs, each of them needs an item from you and in return will reward you with another item that some other character requires, and so on. It’s a very simple loop, but it works because of the writing - it’s very quirky, with lots of pleasant, PG humor and colorful characters. You even get to decorate your own detective notebook, which comes in handy in second and third entries as the number of characters you need to help increases.

Going forward (no idea if the devs are planning to continue with the franchise, but anyway) I’d love to see some actual puzzles in the game, which would break up the loop of simply walking from one NPC to another and exchanging key items.

There’s also a Tony Hawks’ Pro Skater-like minigame involving a scooter, but I found the controls to be too wonky to enjoy it.

Pep's Detective Deep Dive - Game 3
Did you expect me to give this a bad review? What, do you think I'm some kind of monster?

This is just what a sleepy Sunday afternoon needed. A zero-stakes, simple adventure game that didn't tax my braincells and frequently made me laugh. Each episode is more expansive than the last (and by "expansive" I mean that the second episode lets you put stickers on a notebook, and the third episode gives you a sick-ass scooter) and the twist in the third episode got me genuinely emotionally invested.

The only thing that kinda irked me was the occasional moment where the creator would literally insert herself into the game, interrupting the story to deliver some kind of "well, actually" message about how something a character said was wrong. I don't know if these moments were supposed to be jokes but they felt really weird to me, like the video game equivalent of a Twitter community note.

It's cute, it's fun, and it's on Game Pass. If you're looking for a short little adventure game where you don't have to think very hard then Frog Detective is perfect for you.

P.S. I'll play some actual detective games soon, I swear!

Frog Detective is an incomprehensible work of art. This game was a great find in my life, I played it without high expectations, imagining it would be funny, but it caught my attention. In it you are a frog detective who has to solve several different cases. Each case is different from each other, each with its own theme and unique NPC characters. The main plot surrounding the game is very good and I had a lot of fun. This game is an incredible game to play, have fun and laugh with the stupid and funny dialogues that these incredible characters have. A silly game with a great moral essence. I really liked it and I hope the company makes more games like this, obviously it has its flaws such as graphics that could be better, some mechanics that are repeated and dialogues that sometimes make you want to just skip everything, however, this game has its essence and it is very good. There's room for improvement, but it's still a work of art.

Debo admitir que jugué este título simplemente porque lo necesitaba. Estaba cansado de esos juegos largos, con inmensos mapas llenos de secretos y una duración de más de 20 horas. Necesitaba un descanso, dejar de pensar en todas esas misiones secundarias acumuladas y olvidar esos mapas llenos de íconos y cosas por hacer. Estaba abrumado y agotado, no quería seguir jugando y sabía que necesitaba cambiar el chip por un tiempo. Fue cuando de la nada, apareció Frog Detective en GamePass, el juego que me hizo recordar por qué me gusta tanto jugar. Frog Detective es un título simple y al grano, que nos cuenta la historia del segundo mejor detective del mundo mientras resolvemos los misterios más inverosímiles que nos podamos imaginar. Es un hermoso y sencillo juego que se basa en la exploración y combina las mecánicas de un point and click y un walking simulator, entregándonos los personajes más variopintos y auténticos que he visto en mucho tiempo. Habla con todo el que te encuentres, intercambia objetos, has favores y descubre al culpable para avanzar. Es un título muy carismático lleno de humor y mecánicas sencillas que se acaba demasiado rápido, y en esta ocasión, eso es algo muy bueno. Altamente recomendado para todos, al fin y al cabo, no es tan sencillo como parece.

Delightfully silly little trilogy of games full of some real good laughs if it's your kind of humor. Plus some insightful lessons to be learned about the realities of crime.

Check out my individual reviews for the three Frog Detective games here:
Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard
Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County