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The Crimson Diamond

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2024

Should you play it?

Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond in this retro-inspired, EGA text parser mystery adventure!

What works

  • Faithful homage to classic sierra adventure games
  • Engaging and logical mystery puzzles
  • Beautiful and detailed ega pixel art
  • Immersive narrative with multiple endings
  • Modern quality-of-life improvements (autosave, hintbook)

Things to keep in mind

  • Text parser can be frustrating or repetitive
  • Some puzzles require precise phrasing
  • Limited character customization or expression
  • Few moments of choppy animation
  • Minimal ambient sound and music

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders

  • The Rise of the Golden Idol

  • Tangle Tower

  • VirtuaVerse

  • Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery

  • Lucy Dreaming

More fantastical

Games that feels like The Crimson Diamond but with more imaginative fiction

  • Cube Escape Collection

  • Fran Bow

  • The Darkside Detective

  • The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

  • The Blackwell Legacy

  • Elroy and the Aliens

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The Crimson Diamond: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Thrill, Story. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Thrill, Exploration.

Last update: 21/08/2026