Lucifer Within Us

Upon release, the game received generally favorable reviews, with critics praising the narrative and detective gameplay, whilst critiquing the game's short length.

• Title — Lucifer Within Us • Developer — Kitfox Games • Platforms — Windows, Mac • Released — 15 October 2020 • Genre — Adventure • Modes — Single-player

• Illustration — Lucifer Within Us In Lucifer Within Us, players assume the role of Sister Ada, an exorcist in a world where demons possess victims and cause them to commit murder. Gameplay takes place over three cases, building in difficulty. The objective of the role is to examine crime scenes for evidence, question witnesses and suspects for testimony, and deduce the identity of the culprit. Players collect evidence and question characters using point and click controls, with information stored at the bottom of the screen in a toolbar that records collected evidence, descriptions of the suspect and a timeline of actions undertaken by the suspects. When players confront characters with contradictions in evidence in dialog, players can enter the mind of the suspect and investigate their personality and potential motives. Once players have collected enough evidence to infer the identity of the killer, they can formally make an accusation and allege the means, motive and opportunity of the murderer. If successful, the culprit provides a confession and is exorcised, completing the case.

Lucifer Within Us was self-published by Kitfox Games, a development studio based in Montreal, Canada. The game was announced at E3 2019, and a game demo was showcased at PAX West in the same year. The developers cited the Shin Megami Tensei series as an influence on the game's concept.