Criminal Case: Supernatural is a mobile hidden object and adventure game focused on mystery-solving narratives.
Product velocity
Maintenance
Daily rank 🇺🇸
#188
▲4Games · grossing
Sentiment
4.7
38k reviews
Nemesis
Lost Lands 4 (Full)
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Players engage with the title to experience serialized detective stories that offer a consistent, mentally stimulating investigative loop.
For Casual gamers interested in narrative-driven hidden object puzzles and detective-themed mystery stories.
What does it look like?
Key features
Locate clues within static crime scenes to progress through narrative chapters.
Process samples to identify suspects and advance the investigation.
Weekly service providing an increased energy cap and ad-free access.
How much does it cost?
The freemium model is anchored by a $2.99/week subscription that gates energy capacity and removes advertisements, serving as the primary conversion lever for high-frequency players.
Velocity
Maintenance developmentperformanceShow more...
With no new feature builds or events released in the last 334 days, the app is currently in a maintenance phase. The latest release, which shipped over 11 months ago, focused exclusively on routine maintenance and compatibility for newer devices. Development activity has effectively stalled, with no evidence of new content or live operations to drive engagement. The current cadence is insufficient to support active growth or feature expansion.
Who built it?
Pretty Simple
9 apps tracked · Games
Criminal Case
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Sorcery SchoolUser Sentiment
What do users think recently?
The recent review mood reads excited. Users appreciate engaging mystery narratives and character development keep players invested across the entire series of titles and diverse character representation and inclusive storytelling resonate strongly with the long-term player base, but report technical instability following the latest update causes frequent crashes and audio failures during ad playback.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Engaging mystery narratives and character development keep players invested across the entire series of titles
- Diverse character representation and inclusive storytelling resonate strongly with the long-term player base
- High production quality in animation and mystery design provides a satisfying experience for investigation fans
- Technical instability following the latest update causes frequent crashes and audio failures during ad playback
106 of 114 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Excited overall
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Competitive landscape for Criminal Case: Supernatural
How's the Games market?
The app maintains a presence in the adventure category, though its grossing rank lags behind its free-chart performance, signaling monetization friction. The lack of major updates over the last 334 days limits its ability to compete with high-production rivals.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By FIVE-BN STUDIO LLC
This title competes directly for the attention of casual gamers who prioritize high-production hidden object scenes and intricate puzzle-solving mechanics.
- Offers a more polished, high-fidelity visual experience compared to this app's more standard aesthetic
- Features a deeper library of complex, multi-stage mini-games that appeal to hardcore puzzle enthusiasts
- Leverages a massive, established franchise brand that commands significant loyalty in the hidden object genre
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Key takeaways for Criminal Case: Supernatural
Where is it heading?
The casual adventure market is consolidating around high-production, premium-feeling experiences, leaving maintenance-mode titles vulnerable to churn. Without a shift toward feature expansion or technical stabilization, the app risks losing its remaining loyal base to more responsive, modern competitors.
- Persistent Facebook login failures prevent progress syncing, which compounds the frustration of players unable to recover their accounts across devices.
- Technical instability following the latest update causes frequent crashes, which erodes the daily active habit and drives negative sentiment.
The SWOT
- Episodic narrative structure sustains long-term player investment
- Diverse character representation resonates with the core player base
- Established investigative loop provides a consistent retention mechanism
- Implementing a non-social cloud save system would resolve account-recovery friction
- Reducing forensic task durations could improve session pacing for active players
Next best moves
Ship non-social cloud save system because Facebook login failures are a top-requested missing feature → unlock account-recovery friction
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's maintenance-mode status is its greatest threat…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Non-social cloud save system (available in modern adventure titles but missing here) +1
Since the last report: Development activity has stalled for 334 days, moving the app into a deeper maintenance state while technical failures regarding Facebook authentication and ad-playback continue to drive user churn.
Bottom line
The core narrative loop remains a strong retention driver, but technical instability and authentication failures are eroding the player base. Stabilizing the ad-playback engine and decoupling progress from Facebook would unlock the retention potential currently trapped by these friction points.
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Is Criminal Case: Supernatural good for casual players?
How does this compare to Lost Lands?
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Sources
- [1] Play Store listing, source
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