Still Life is a point-and-click adventure built around parallel murder investigations separated by 75 years. You alternate between Victoria, an FBI agent tracking a serial killer in present-day Chicago, and her grandfather Gustav, a private investigator working a strikingly similar case in 1920s Prague. The core mystery: are these copycat murders, or is something more unsettling at work? Gameplay centers on examining crime scenes, collecting evidence, interrogating witnesses, and solving inventory-based puzzles to advance each timeline. The two investigations gradually converge as you uncover connections between the cases. Environments span Chicago's urban landscape and Prague's period architecture, with investigation mechanics driving the narrative forward. If you're drawn to detective stories that lean into forensic detail and don't mind methodical puzzle-solving, this delivers a dual-timeline mystery without hand-holding.
