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The lovely Darkside Detective series is set to expand with a new announcement of The Darkside Detective: Backside of the Moon. Coming from Irish developer Spooky Doorway and published by Akupara Games, there's no release date for it yet but most likely next year.

It was shown off during the 2025 Unity Awards Showcase earlier this month. Here's a bit more about it:

Detective McQueen and Officer Dooley are back from their sabbatical, and although they miss their midday mimosas and suntanning on the beach, crime never sleeps, and neither does McQueen (we’re prescribing him Melatonin, god help us it works).

Follow six never before seen cases, where our dream(y) team is back and more ready than ever to put the zing in Van Helsing although… this time around, there are no vampire stories... that we know of. Still, our heroes swore a vow to serve and protect so they will explore, gather, combine, point AND click their way through whatever comes their way. Keep an eye out for werewolves, cursed items, rituals, treasure hunts, and perhaps the most terrifying monster of all - rich people!

See the reveal trailer below:

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We don't know yet if it will have Native Linux support but their previous games did. If not, there's Proton to run it on Linux.

The Darkside Detective: Backside of the Moon
Platform: Proton / Wine

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dpanter 8 hours ago
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The Backside Detective sounds like something else entirely... emoji
questioner9 8 hours ago
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Nice, I very much enjoyed the first two Darkside Detective games so will certainly play this one upon release. Decent puzzles with amusing dialogue mixed in.

I also note the first game is currently free to claim on Epic Games.
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