Game Overview
- Game
- Rotten Chamber
- Genre
- Single-player social deduction puzzle
- Platform
- PC (Windows, macOS)
- Visual Styles
- Pixel or Classic, chosen on first launch and anytime in Settings > Display. The browser version is Classic only.
- AI Disclosure
- The Classic style's default portraits, backgrounds and most icons were made with AI image generation tools, as was the Classic key art.
- Players
- 1
- Engine
- Godot 4.7
- Status
- In development
- Demo
- Available on Steam
- Release
- To be announced
- Developer
- Onement Games
- Publisher
- Onement Games
- Languages
- 17 languages (English, plus 16 in beta)
- Modes
- 45-level campaign, Endless Mode, custom games, tutorial
- Table Size
- 5-15 officials
- Roles
- 15 total roles
- Website
- rottenchamber.com
- Press Contact
- [email protected]
- Steam
- Store Page
Description
Ultra Short
A single-player social deduction puzzle game built around logic, contradictions and high-stakes arrests.
Short Description
Rotten Chamber is a single-player social deduction puzzle game. Analyze role-based statements around a council table, test your theories with targeted abilities and arrest every corrupt official before three wrong calls end the investigation.
Store Description
A single-player social deduction puzzle game where you read a corrupt city council through logic alone. Cross-check statements, use investigation abilities and arrest the corrupt before three mistakes or one bad Mayor arrest ends the case.
Medium Description
Rotten Chamber reimagines social deduction as a solo puzzle game. Each official at the table speaks according to their role. Innocent officials tell the truth. Corrupt officials lie, disguise themselves, silence witnesses, blackmail neighbors or quietly turn allies against you. Your job is to cross-reference every statement, test key suspects with limited abilities and make the right arrests before the chamber collapses into chaos. Play it in pixel art or in the classic illustrated look.
Long Description
Rotten Chamber is a single-player social deduction puzzle game set around a council table full of officials, witnesses and hidden corruption. Every seat produces information. Every claim can be checked against another. Some officials are truthful. Others are lying on purpose. The challenge is to separate solid testimony from planted deception and build a case strong enough to survive your next arrest.
The game takes the language of social deduction and strips away bluffing, table talk and group play. What remains is a logic puzzle built from roles, contradictions, adjacency rules and hidden corruption effects. Corrupt officials do not only lie. They also disguise themselves as innocent roles, silence crucial voices, force innocent neighbors to speak falsely and convert trusted allies into new threats.
Players investigate each chamber by reading statements, using active role abilities and deploying one-shot professionals that can reveal alignment, expose lie status or reset a spent ability. The cost of a bad call is always present: three wrong arrests end the case and arresting an innocent Mayor ends it immediately.
Rotten Chamber includes a 45-level campaign across three acts, custom games with adjustable table size and corrupt count, deterministic seeds and shareable level codes and an in-game annotation system for tracking deductions. Players choose between two visual styles: pixel art, where the officials' faces react to the case, or the classic illustrated look. It is built for players who enjoy reasoning through information, spotting contradictions and solving cases through logic rather than luck.
Boilerplate
Rotten Chamber is an in-development single-player social deduction puzzle game for Windows and macOS, playable in pixel art or a classic illustrated style. Built in Godot, it challenges players to investigate a city council through role-based statements, hidden corruption effects and high-stakes arrests. With a 45-level campaign, custom game options and deterministic case sharing, Rotten Chamber is designed for players who want the structure of a logic puzzle with the tension of a social deduction game.
Key Features
- Social deduction rebuilt as a single-player logic puzzle
- 15 roles with distinct statement logic, including 5 corrupt roles with disruptive powers
- 45 campaign levels across 3 acts with escalating complexity and difficulty
- Active investigation abilities that verify truthfulness, compare alignments or count corruption within a group
- One-shot hired professionals that help break deadlocks without replacing deduction
- High-stakes arrest structure: three mistakes lose the case and an innocent Mayor arrest is an instant failure
- Custom games with adjustable table size, corrupt count, difficulty and role setup
- Deterministic seeds and shareable level codes for replayable and reproducible cases
- Card stamps and color ribbons for player-driven note taking and deduction tracking
- Full tutorial support with guided step-by-step introduction
- Two visual styles: a full pixel art table where the officials' faces change expression as the table reacts, or the classic illustrated look
Why It Stands Out
- Rotten Chamber delivers the feel of social deduction without requiring other players.
- Its tension comes from logic pressure and irreversible arrests, not reflexes or random combat outcomes.
- Corruption changes how information behaves: lies can spread, witnesses can be silenced and trusted roles can be compromised.
- The political chamber setting gives the game a distinct identity compared to village, party or sci-fi social deduction formats.
Key Art & Logo
Screenshots
Classic Style
Rotten Chamber also has a Classic visual style with illustrated portraits and chambers. Players choose between the two looks. The screenshots below show the same tables as the Pixel ones above.
Trailer
Press FAQ
- What is Rotten Chamber?
- Rotten Chamber is a single-player social deduction puzzle game in which players investigate a city council by reading role-based statements, testing claims and arresting corrupt officials.
- How is it different from traditional social deduction games?
- Traditional social deduction games depend on bluffing, social reads and group discussion. Rotten Chamber keeps the hidden-role tension but rebuilds it as a solo logic puzzle where outcomes are driven by rules, contradictions and deduction.
- Is Rotten Chamber multiplayer?
- Rotten Chamber is built as a single-player experience. A Steam multiplayer race mode for up to 10 players on the same seeded tables is in development.
- What kind of progression does the game have?
- The game includes a 45-level campaign across three acts, plus custom games that let players change table size, corruption count, difficulty and role setup.
- Does the game support replayability?
- Yes. Custom games, deterministic seeds and shareable level codes make it easy to replay or share exact puzzle setups.
- What visual styles does the game have?
- Two. Pixel redraws the act chambers, cards, icons, seals, table effects, portraits and main menu in pixel art, and the officials' faces change expression as the table reacts. Classic keeps the illustrated look. Players pick one the first time they open the game and can switch anytime in Settings > Display. The browser version has the Classic look only.
Brand Guidelines
Color Palette
#080A14
#D93333
#F0EDE6
#801414
#12142A
#FFD700
Typography
Logo Usage
- Always display the logo on a dark background (#080A14 or darker)
- Maintain clear space around the logo equal to the height of the letter "R"
- Do not stretch, rotate or alter the logo colors
- Show pixel art only at whole-number enlargements (2x, 3x, 4x) with nearest-neighbor scaling, never blurred, filtered or resized to an in-between size
Creator & Streamer Policy
Rotten Chamber welcomes coverage from content creators, streamers and video producers. You do not need to ask for permission.
- You are free to record, stream, upload and monetize gameplay footage.
- All in-game music and audio are released under free licenses (CC0 or the Pixabay Content License) and cleared for streams and videos.
- Music starts muted in Streamer Mode as a precaution against false Content ID matches. Track licenses, credits and how to dispute a claim are in the streamer guide.
- You may use screenshots, key art and logos from this press kit in your coverage.
- There are no spoiler restrictions. Show whatever you like.
- Pick Pixel or Classic on first launch or anytime in Settings > Display. Custom portrait sets (your community at the table) appear in the Classic style.
If you cover Rotten Chamber, we would love to hear about it. Drop us a line at [email protected].
System Requirements
Windows (minimum)
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel Core i3 or equivalent
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Integrated graphics
- Storage
- 500 MB available space
macOS (minimum)
- OS
- macOS 10.15
- Processor
- Intel Core i3 or Apple M1
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Integrated GPU
- Storage
- 500 MB available space
About the Developer
An independent studio.