Lucifer Within Us is a murder mystery point-and-click investigation game by Kitfox Games. Within the game, you play as an exorcist for the Church of Ain Soph’s Inquisition as you investigate the first three murders in decades. It is your job to talk to suspects, find evidence, and uncover which daemon is possessing the culprit before it is too late!

The game contains three cases that take place over the course of a single day. During each, you utilize a timeline-based investigation system to ask witnesses about what they saw and find holes in their stories. Accuse suspects with evidence of other witness testimonies, physical items, and uncovered character traits. Once the killer is identified, you must exorcise the demon within them. To perform the exorcism, you use details from the murder to identify the name of the daemon. It took me about 2 hours to play through the whole game, without achievement hunting. 

As with all Kitfox Games, Lucifer Within Us is visually stunning. The art, music, and character design is incredible and assists in bringing you into the hyper-religious technopunk world. The overall plot as well as each case was intriguing and well-done. Additionally, I didn’t find the investigation method to be over-engineered or difficult to engage in, as sometimes is the case in investigation games. 

My biggest gripe would be that when you know someone is lying, it can be difficult to decipher which piece of evidence is the “right” one to use against them. This sometimes ends up feeling like you are just spamming all of the options to find the one that works. Additionally, the gameplay is very short for a $20 game (in my case, works out to about $10 per hour!). I would love to see more cases added to extend the gameplay and make it a little more replayable. 

Overall, it is an incredibly atmospheric game that takes you into the world of futuristic religion and murder. I would recommend playing it, but you may want to wait until it is on sale to truly get your money’s worth! Get it on Steam here.

(3.6 / 5)

Find my review of another game by Kitfox Games, The Shrouded Isle, here!

I received this game as part of the Jingle Jam 2022 Charity Bundle available on Tiltify through December 14th. Read my announcement about this year’s Jingle Jam here.