Released Jul 17, 2026 $14.99 Overwhelmingly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division

By Thomas Hsu

Programming Puzzle Indie Education Logic Detective Investigation Singleplayer Comedy2DMysteryDystopian

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Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division is a game tagged Programming, Puzzle and Indie by Thomas Hsu, released Jul 17, 2026. It has 1,060 Steam reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive). The Steam games most like it include Signal Maze, Human Resource Machine and SpaceChem.

Solve criminal cases through the power of SQL queries! Help out the city of Los Zorangeles by becoming a Database Detective in this new (unpaid) work from home opportunity.

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Everything Steam lists for Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division · record updated 23 hours ago

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Overview

App ID3950130

Release dateJul 17, 2026

Last change number40230631

Last record update23 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Thomas Hsu
Publisher: Thomas Hsu
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked 1 day ago
Technologies: Unity detected

Windows macOS Linux 64-bit

Steam Deck: Playable

Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$14.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$14.99Oct 23, 2026

Checked6 hours agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Oct 7, 2026 Update 1.15.2
This update should hopefully fix the enter key not creating newlines for Korean keyboard layouts (and possibly others). Big thanks to yoletters52 for helping me get to the bottom of this! If anyone still experiences this issue, please let …
Oct 3, 2026 Update 1.15.1
Some small bug fixes. Thanks for letting me know about these!Bug Fixes:Fixed the ending cutscene not transitioning to the credits.Ensure the table that stores the data needed to restore queries is always created.Fix table icon positions no…
Oct 1, 2026 Update 1.15
Hey all! Now you can now restore queries as a right click option on the tables you've created!And again, thank you all for reporting your issues! As always, let me know if you experience any more bugs.Update Notes:Gameplay Changes:Added th…
Aug 28, 2026 Update 1.14.2
Bug Fixes:Fixed issue where the ending cutscene wasn't loading
Aug 26, 2026 Demo Update 2.01
The demo is now up to date with (most of) the updates from the base game! Also made sure that opening the demo when you have the full game does not delete your entire save file (but it does delete progress in the 4th case since that level …
Aug 25, 2026 Update 1.14.1
Bug Fixes:Fixed issue where the shift key maps keys to the QWERTY keyboard layout.This was caused by an attempt to fix the shift key not working on the Steam Deck virtual keyboard, so that fix has been undone.
Aug 24, 2026 Update 1.14 - Query Tabs!
Now you can tab between queries in the Search Tables window!With this in place, I'm pretty happy with how things are at the moment and will start working on some larger updates. Barring any other bug fixes or issues that might come up, thi…
Aug 20, 2026 Update 1.13
Took a short two day break - now I'm back fixing bugs! As always, please let me know if you notice any more issues.Update Notes:Gameplay Changes:Changed hotkey to unindent selected text from Shift+Tab to Tab+Z.Refactored how arrested suspe…
Aug 15, 2026 Update 1.12 - Additional Taskbar Functionality
Now you can right click on the taskbar to close a window or minimize all windows!You'll also be able to indent/unindent selected text in the Search Tables window by pressing Shift/Shift+Tab respectively!Update Notes:Gameplay Changes:Add an…
Aug 10, 2026 Update 1.11 - Mac Fixes
This update addresses the crashes that happen on Mac when loading the final two cases. Apologies this took so long for the Mac users, this was probably the most difficult bug fixes that I had to do! If anyone has more issues with Mac build…
Aug 7, 2026 Update 1.10
Ok I was wrong, it looks like there were more problems! As always, let me know if you're having any unexpected issues and I'll take a look at them.Update Notes:Bug FixesFix cursor misalignment in the Search Tables window after a long line …
Aug 5, 2026 Update 1.09
The most important change here is adding back a semi-colon I accidentally removed in the previous update which caused some issues when downloading tables in the final level. Hopefully there should be no more problems! Ever!!!!! But if ther…

Build	Branch	Updated
26191908	workshop	Oct 25, 2026
26084674	workshop	Oct 20, 2026
25775427	public	Oct 7, 2026
24872699	decktest	Aug 21, 2026

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
3950131	— English	All	1.51 GB	174.9 MB	6059159861337259764
3950132	— English	macOS	1.52 GB	181.2 MB	3294077789486245300
3950133	— English	Linux	1.50 GB	170.5 MB	5514443257825269933

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	25775427	Oct 7, 2026	Open
workshop Steam Workshop Open Beta	26191908	Oct 25, 2026	Open
decktest Steam Deck Test Branch	24872699	Aug 21, 2026	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Database Detective

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
copOS.exe		Windows
copOS.x86_64		Linux
copOS.app		macOS

Space per player190.7 MB

Filesup to 1,000

Save locations1

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinAppDataLocalLow	HsuCorp/copOS	*	All

Achievements

Achievements3417 hidden

Most unlocked91.7%SQL Expert

Rarest1.6%Status Quo Enjoyer

SQL Expert Create your first table. 91.7%
Keeping the City Clean Hidden achievement 76.4%
Environmental Terrorism Hidden achievement 75%
Sandwich Theft Hidden achievement 70.5%
Help a Landlord Hidden achievement 49.8%
Stop a War Criminal Hidden achievement 45%
Creator of Tables Create 50 tables. 44.3%
That was a positive review, right? Write a review for your great leader. 34.9%
First to Leave, Last to Arrive Try to leave early. 30.8%
Defamation Detective Hidden achievement 27.2%
Frog Fan Apply to be a member of frogblog.net 24.7%
Destroyer of Tables Delete multiple tables at once. 19.9%
Legend of New Hampshire Hidden achievement 13.4%
Future Valedictorian Apply to LZU. 9.7%
On Vacation Get put on temporary leave. 8.6%
LMAO PLZ Hidden achievement 7.2%
Donation Addict Try to donate to goallin.com 6%
Peeper Let the moleman on the tree watch you for a bit. 5.7%

All 34 achievements

STOP Try to commit a major crime. 5.1%
The Most Minor of Crimes Hidden achievement 3.8%
Minor Crimes Arrest a child. 3.3%
Heartbreaker Arrest someone featured on selectyourstar.com 3.1%
The Truth Revealed Hidden achievement 3%
Thanks For Playing!!! Hidden achievement 3%
Very Funny Hidden achievement 2.8%
Pink Slip Get laid off. 2.5%
honk Hidden achievement 2.5%
Webtrotter Visit every website. 2.2%
You're too kind! Hidden achievement 2%
Busted Hidden achievement 2%
Frog Man 1.9%
Pictures of You(r Arrest) Arrest a certain someone in level 7. 1.8%
Sorry... Hidden achievement 1.6%
Status Quo Enjoyer Hidden achievement 1.6%

Update history

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News

Oct 25, 2026 · Community Announcements Make Your Own Websites!
You can now make your own websites for your custom cases in the Steam Workshop! To showcase what a custom website is capable of, I've added example.com to this case here. You can now pretty much make…
Oct 1, 2026 · Community Announcements Steam Workshop Support! (and a New Case!!)
Steam Workshop Support!Welcome to the Custom Crimes Division! You can now play and upload your own cases to the Steam Workshop! The Custom Crimes Division is the police division that handles reports …
Sep 12, 2026 · Community Announcements Trading Cards and Point Shop Items!
New Steam Trading Cards!You can now craft your very own badge on your steam profile for Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division using these new trading cards!I wanted these cards to have a very coh…

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Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division

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Middle East & Africa 7

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