An Elmwood Trail - Crime Story - Solve crimes & mysteries

Solve the biggest mystery in the town of Riverstone surrounded by the Elmwood Forest 🌳. Find the missing girl and prove yourself to everyone. 🔎

It’s been 3 weeks since a young teen has gone missing and despite the town’s police's best efforts, they hit a dead end and declared the case of 18-year-old Zoey Leonard a runaway.

For all the interactive-mystery game fanatics. Develop your own trail to unravel the secrets of the town of Riverstone! ⛺This is YOUR chance to help a detective regain his legacy, save the life of a missing girl and uncover the orchestrator behind such a sick crime.

Gameplay

🕵️‍♂️ Investigate the case of the missing girl. Navigate through the story, interact with people, gather clues and hints, and make sense of the story. You get to decide what happens.

🔮 Can you bear the responsibility to bring Zoey home? Make tough decisions and choices that will lead you straight to her.

👁️‍🗨️ Access private information. Get access to all images, chats, albums, social media, voice mails, and calls.

👥 Interrogate the suspects. Interact with the characters, make new friends, and find out the truth.

But the question is, can you trust them? Are these people really the ones who cared for Zoey or the ones behind her disappearance?

Everyone knows there is more to this story than what the news says. 📰 The fate of the missing girl lies in YOUR hands, it’s up to you now to find her because there is some truth to what the people around the town say about you. 🌆 YOU are the best detective Riverstone has ever seen.

An unknown person has asked you to take up this case and this is probably the only way to ignite your long-gone career.

Guide of Episode1

Chat with the Unknown Sender and Tim

The game starts with an anonymous person sending you a message 21 days after Zoey disappeared. The unknown sender will force you to take up the case of the missing girl even though the police have already given up.

You will message a colleague called Tim after reluctantly taking the case. After the back-and-forth reply (which does not affect the ending), Tim will decline to help you with the case.

Get the first package

Check your desk (screen's left corner) for a box containing different items related to the missing girl.

Get the second package

You will receive something of immense value again. Close the message and go to the desk and you will see a small box containing the missing girl’s phone...

Guide of Episode 2

Episode 2 begins with a a flash back to the past as we go back in time 10 years to the Brown's Murder Case that changed Adam Lane's career. Follow through the conversation with Maxwell on Adam's phone (old). He wants you to reopen the closed case with some new evidence. You review the Photos and the Note.

This then jumps you back to the present time and a review of the events of Episode 1 to catch you up. You then need to check out the unknown box that you received at the end of Episode 1. As you interact you need to answer some questions, these are shown here with the answers.

You now send the box for forensic analysis. Then you are contacted again by the unknown person who started you on this investigation. Follow the conversation.

Then you will have another conversation with Kevin who sent you the crumpled note

Connect the retrieved Clues

As in episode 1 you now need to match up connected clues. You will see six statements and you need to find the three matching pairs.

You can now access more of Zoey's diary. In Episode 2 you can now see pages 5 to 8.

View the diary on Zoey's phone to find them. You will need to read the clue and work out the answers for Page 5.

For more help check the guide for Zoey's Diary Pages walkthrough

After reading the diary page you will receive a call. Switch to Adam's phone and answer it. You will hear a recording from Riverstone Carwash with a Riddle.

FEATURES

🧩 Puzzle cracking and code breaking missions that will challenge your memory and problem-solving skills.

🎲 Experience the in-game realism through messenger, where you can send and receive messages to help you unfold the story events. Interrogate the ones you suspect and get an upper hand by revealing the hidden clues.

📜 Unlock the missing girl’s diary notes to uncover her past.

📱 Navigate through your phone and hers. Connect the dots on the suspect board for better visualization and deduction.

💡 Stuck on a puzzle? Don’t worry, every objective is equipped with 3 useful hints that will ensure you keep moving even through the toughest tasks.

STORY 📖

The town of Riverstone was built on the banks of a man-made harbor and is surrounded by the Elmwood Forest ⛺This place is said to hold many mysteries but for the longest time, this town was silent until one day an 18-year-old girl went missing, without a trace, sending a wave of fear throughout. 🕵️‍♂️ A case of disappearance that was marked a runaway in order to hide the agonizing truth, there is now only one person who can save this town and put it out of its misery, YOU.

Now, you must embark on this journey to find out what went wrong the night she went missing 🔎

Where did Zoey go? What happened to her? Can you trust the people that claim to be the closest to her? Who can lead us to the final page of this mystery? The answer to these questions depends on your actions. You get to decide your next move.

Can you outplay the mastermind behind her disappearance? 🔪

Download and play it right now! Take part in this thrilling criminal investigation and crack down on clues to reach the truth in this interactive mystery story game! An Elmwood Trail is and will forever remain free, so share it with your friends and join in on all the episodes together! ❤️

An Elmwood Trail is a free and interactive text-based role-playing game. Such games come under the category of choose-your-own-decision, decision-making, or RPG.