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A scene in The Rise Of The Golden Idol that shows a family panicking after a block of ice interrupts their garden barbeque.

Review

The Rise Of The Golden Idol review: fiendish but fair detective puzzling whose mystery you’ll want to unravel

Fuzzwords

Nov. 12, 2024Nic Reuben

18 comments

Two guards look perplexed in a jail in Rise Of The Golden Idol.

News

Rise Of The Golden Idol launches November 12th, with four DLC planned in 2025

Opening a new case

Nov. 9, 2024Graham Smith

19 comments

A composite image from puzzle games: LeChuck from Return To Monkey Island, some weighted cubes from Portal, little ghosts from How To Say Goodbye and a banjo-playing alien from Outer Wilds, all in a forest from The Witness

Feature

The best puzzle games on PC

A very puzzling collection

April 10, 2024Alice Bell

55 comments

Artwork from Avowed, Leximan, Hades II, Phoenix Springs and Frostpunk 2

Feature

Our 75 most anticipated PC games of 2024

What we're most excited about playing this year

Jan. 4, 2024Katharine Castle

99 comments

The cast of The Rise Of The Golden Idol

News

The Rise Of The Golden Idol is the sequel to 2022's best detective game

The case thickens in 2024

Dec. 8, 2023Katharine Castle

5 comments

A rumble on the beach in The Case Of The Golden Idol DLC The Lemurian Vampire.

News

Mystery puzzler The Case Of The Golden Idol now has a free browser-based demo - and new DLC

Try three cases for free of one of 2022's best games

Aug. 31, 2023Graham Smith

6 comments

A bearded man with a spotted towel over their head approaches a fat king in The Spider Of Lanka DLC for The Case Of The Golden Idol.

News

The Case Of The Golden Idol's three new mysteries are out now

The Spider Of Lanka

May 6, 2023Graham Smith

4 comments

Podcast

The Electronic Wireless Show podcast S2 Episode 14: the optional content cometh

I'm the problem, it's me

May 4, 2023Alice Bell

4 comments

A dead body is trapped inside a coffin on wheels in The Spider Of Lanka DLC for The Case Of The Golden Idol

News

Excellent detective game The Case Of The Golden Idol is getting three prequel DLC cases next week

The Spider Of Lanka expansion unfolds on May 4th

April 27, 2023Katharine Castle

12 comments

Slices of four screenshots from Stray, Citizen Sleeper, Elden Ring and Vampire Survivors

Feature

Our 24 favourite games of 2022

As voted for by the RPS Treehouse

Dec. 27, 2022Katharine Castle

41 comments

A cartoony drawing of Horace The Endless Bear, in a Santa hat and snuggled by/atop a fireplace, regarding three Christmas stockings hung above it. Each contains something from a different game that came out this year

Feature

The RPS Advent Calendar 2022, December 15th

Fool's gold

Dec. 15, 2022RPS

5 comments

Several men scream in a stable yard as one of them spontaneously combusts in The Case Of The Golden Idol

Review

The Case Of The Golden Idol review: a gripping detective game with echoes of Obra Dinn

Murders most foul

Oct. 13, 2022Katharine Castle

13 comments

A charred man screams while on fire while others look shocked in The Case Of The Golden Idol, a 2D adventure game with colourful pixel art.

News

Investigate 18th century murders in The Case Of The Golden Idol demo

Murder mad libs

Aug. 24, 2022Graham Smith

6 comments