Hillthorn is a detective game built around a freeform investigation system. You're looking into a disappearance in an isolated mountain village where residents aren't forthcoming. Instead of followingquest markers, you combine clues, actions, and character interactions in ways you determine—the game rewards connecting dots through logic rather than highlighting the next step. The system lets you test theories by pairing evidence with suspects or locations to see what shakes loose. It's structured around time pressure, so dead ends cost you. If you prefer mysteries that don't hand you solutions and want to actually deduce rather than collect highlighted objects, this leans into that. The mountain setting keeps things contained—one village, finite suspects, secrets layered beneath everyday routines.
