How many people are playing Detective Dotson right now?

0 people are playing Detective Dotson on Steam right now. In the last 24 hours it peaked at 1 players. The number updates every few minutes.

What is Detective Dotson's all-time peak player count?

Detective Dotson's highest concurrent player count on Steam is 7, reached in April 2025.

Is Detective Dotson good? What do Steam reviews say?

78% of 140 Steam user reviews are positive (Mostly Positive).

How much does Detective Dotson cost on Steam?

Detective Dotson costs $4.49 on Steam (US), 70% off right now.

Does Detective Dotson work on Steam Deck?

Detective Dotson is Verified for Steam Deck, according to Valve's Steam Deck compatibility check.

Detective Dotson

by Masala Games Private Limited · Released Apr 24, 2025

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Review score

78% positive

Mostly Positive140 reviews

Owners (est.)0–20K

24h peak

Highest seen7

Apr 20251.6 years ago

Price on Steam

$4.49 −70%

$14.99Lowest ever $4.49 Nov 2026

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Reviews

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Steam Deck

Works great on Steam Deck. Results from Valve's own testing.

Steam Deck Verified

✓Default controller config fully functional
✓Controller glyphs match deck device
✓Interface text is legible
✓Default configuration is performant
iExternal controllers not supported primary player

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Patches & builds

Every build released on Steam for this game since we started tracking it, with the developer's patch notes. Updated within minutes of each new build.

Aug 23, 2025, 7:02 AM UTC
Build 19707056the current build when we started tracking1.9 GB on Windows

Patch notes

Aug 23, 2025
PatchFixes Fixes Fixes
Achievements made more reasonable Dadi and Rangeela find 50 items Trash, Dance and Mind Reader needs 25 items now Different background music for different parts of the world! There are now 4 distinct tunes. Steam deck performance issues fixed Steam deck headph…
May 21, 2025
Patchfixes and a change to 2 achievements
The rules for achieving Eagle Eye Detective and Eagle Eye Indoors have changed based on your feedback. Now you have to find a 100 items in each to unlock the achievement. Thank you for your feedback, this should be a lot clearer now. Fix issue where Dotson was…
May 12, 2025
PatchMay 12 tiny patch
small patch for players getting stuck in tutorial
May 7, 2025
PatchMay 7 update (4 languages, character bios and fixes)
We've added 4 new languages! Traditional Chinese German Spanish French Added cute character intros in the main menu. Collect them all! There's one more secret one that I can't put in this picture :) https://i.postimg.cc/nzCcqYKm/dc-steam.png Of course Parth ha…
Apr 25, 2025
PatchAchievements are here!
You get achievements for Solving cases Beating the minigames Being a good citizen and throwing trash in the bin Reading minds and of course DANCING yes, there is a bollywood dancing achievement I will go out on a limb and say that's a first ever in a video gam…
Apr 25, 2025
PatchMinor fixes
Pause game when window loses focus Controller fixes Chinese localization fixes More fixes reported by users

Other news (9)

Mar 24, 2026
Get Dotson at 70% off
Dotson has crossed 5000 copies sold!To celebrate we are going 70% off for Steam Spring Sale 2026.That means Dotson is available for
Mar 17, 2026
Reminder: the Dotson animated film is free to watch!
This meme has been going around and it's the best!It's no secret that Detective Dotson is a love letter to 90s bollywood.So we couldn't resist making a bunch of these!Jokes aside, if you haven't yet watch the full Detective Dotson animated movie on Youtube!
Feb 19, 2026
New Music Video - Durai Durai
New Music Video!A great mystery deserves a great soundtrack. And Inspector Durai deserves his own anthem. Check out the music video for "Durai Durai" on Youtube!
Aug 3, 2025
Steam Deck Verfied and 50% off
Dotson on DeckDetective Dotson plays has received Steam Deck Verified status from Steam!The game looks and plays really well on the deck with larger text adjusted for the device.Controller support is improved and the controller now works in the phone booth.We'…
May 7, 2025
Detective Dotson is a mystery adventure that's a love letter to India worth exploring out now
With a setting that not many games explore, Detective Dotson is a fresh adventure from Masala Games that's out now with Linux support. India is brought to life with some lovely pixel artwork in this new release, it's really quite eye-catching. Read the full ar…
Apr 24, 2025
Detective Dotson is also a Movie!
Detective Dotson the Movie has launched along with the game! It acts as a prologue to the game. It's a 60 minute animated feature film for you to enjoy Watch it HERE

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History

What changed on Steam for this game since we started following it: prices and sales, builds, name, release date and review score.

Review score: 78% on 2026-11-01 → 78% today (140 reviews)

Nov 1, 2026Sale −70%$4.49 (was $14.99)

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